n’at: a “general extender” (McElhinny 1999; Johnstone, Bhasin and Wittkofski 2002; Wisnosky 2003; Johnstone and Baumgardt 2004; Johnstone, Andrus and Danielson 2006). (Note: Pronounced like en-ˈat with very short n sound, or ‘gnat, as in the insect )
Example: “We bought a notebook and some pencils n’at.”
Reduction of and that, which can mean “along with some other stuff,” “the previous was just an example of more general case,” or (at least in Glasgow, Scotland) something like “I know this isn’t stated as clearly as it might be, but you know what I mean.”
Geographic distribution: Southwestern Pennsylvania (see above citations).
Origins: Possibly Scots-Irish. Macaulay (1995) finds it in the regular speech and narratives of Scottish coal miners in Glasgow, a principal area from which Scottish settlers emigrated to Northern Ireland, and from there, to the American colonies.
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