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Scots uses the same word as Danish, English another one:
| Danish | Scots | English |
| barn | bearn, bairn | child |
| bygge | big | build |
| flytte | flit | move |
| græde | greit/greet | weep |
| kende | ken | know |
| kigge | keek | look |
| kål | kail | cabbage |
| løbe | lope | run |
| spørge | spier | ask |
| sted | steid | site, place |
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All three languages use the same word,
but Scots pronunciation is closer to Danish:
| Danish | Scots | English |
| en (1) | ane | one |
| fra | frae, fae | from |
| hel | hail | whole |
| efter | efter | after |
| hus | hoos, hus | house |
| vor(es) | oor | our |
| ud | oot | out |
| grund | grund | ground |
| kirke | kirk | church |
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Special words in/from Scots
| Danish | Scots | English |
| pige | quinie | girl | (quinie=kvinde=queen) |
| pige | lassie | girl |
| smuk | bonnie | handsome |
| lille | wee | small |
| meget | muckle | much |
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