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Has Scots had any effect on English?

There are several words of Scottish origin that have entered general English usage from Scots, such as 'daft', 'eerie', 'maybe', 'slogan' and 'weird'. A number of Scots terms have come in relating to activities that began in Scotland, perhaps most notably golf, which gives 'caddie' (caddie 'attendant'), 'divot' (divot 'clod of turf'), 'links' (links 'land near the sea'), 'putt' (putt 'tap').

Scots shares a lot of its vocabulary with northern English dialects, which is not surprising given its history. Words such as cannie 'careful', div 'do' (auxiliary only), gan/gang 'go', gate 'street', kirk 'church' and many others are well known in neighbouring Northumbria. Furthermore the speech of the American South and Canada shows notable Scots-Irish influence, both in terms of accent and vocabulary.

Do all Scots words that look like English mean the same thing?
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