Did vs Didna - What's the difference?
did | didna |
(Scotland) did not
* {{quote-book, year=1827, author=Various, title=The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction, Vol. 10,, chapter=, edition=
, passage=And he gi'ed him anither shake--then, laying haud of his nose, he swore that he would pu't as lang as a cow's tail, if he didna that instant restore him his lost property. }}
* {{quote-book, year=1888, author=Helen Hunt Jackson, title=Between Whiles, chapter=, edition=
, passage=Don't ye remember I wore it to the picnic? an' then it didna suit, an' I put it back in the box. }}
* {{quote-book, year=1917, author=John Hay Beith, title=All In It: K(1) Carries On, chapter=, edition=
, passage=When I said that a man's name was on a bullet, I didna mean that it was written there." }}
As a proper noun did
is sun (sunday).As a contraction didna is
(scotland) did not.did
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* (roman numeral) DID, CMXCIX, cmxcix (DID)See also
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