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"ref": "2000, Matthew Fitt, But n Ben A-Go-Go, Luath, published 2000, page 132",
"text": "The dreich inhuman blue on Nadia's lang-wheesht thocht-screen fizzed intae life.",
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"Scots terms derived from Proto-West Germanic",
"Scots terms derived from Welsh",
"Scots terms inherited from Middle English",
"Scots terms inherited from Old English",
"Scots terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
"Scots terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic",
"Scots terms with IPA pronunciation"
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"ref": "2000, Matthew Fitt, But n Ben A-Go-Go, Luath, published 2000, page 132",
"text": "The dreich inhuman blue on Nadia's lang-wheesht thocht-screen fizzed intae life.",
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"sounds": [
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"ipa": "/driːx/"
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"ipa": "/driːç/"
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"word": "dreich"
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