isna
Britishverb
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In addition to that general warning, hundreds of articles also display this more specific disclaimer: “The ‘Scots’ that wis uised in this airticle wis written bi a body that’s mither tongue isna Scots.
From Slate • Sep. 9, 2020
“Aye, the fault lies with them. It isna we who sought the quarrel.”
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
"Weel, weel!" said Madame, "a man that isna roused by anything short o' a battle or a cavalry charge, might be easy to live with—if you have any notion for English lords."
From A Song of a Single Note A Love Story by Barr, Amelia Edith Huddleston
Oh, it is her! there isna the smallest doubt o' that.
From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume I Historical, Traditionary, and Imaginative by Various
Singing a psalm isna a thing fit to be done in your ain parlor on the Sunday.
From A Reconstructed Marriage by Barr, Amelia Edith Huddleston
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