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Scots
Interjection
hoots mon
- Hey
1840 April, “Autobiography of an Organist”, in The Sporting Magazine, volume 20, number 120, second series, page 435:"Hoots, mon!" said the mate, who was lounging beside, "I ken a far bonnier ane than that—- "Hey!" "I know a far prettier one that that—
1872, Charles Gibbon, “The Laird o' Clashgirn”, in Robin Gray, page 2:"Threaten!" and Jeamie laughed loudly; "hoots mon, what's the use o' taking it that way. […] "- "Threaten!" "hey, what's the use of taking it that way. "
1982, John Lowell, “The diabolical heating scheme of J C Maxwell, or, Maxwell sums nae sae bonny”, in Robert L. Weber, editor, More Random Walks in Science, →ISBN, page 118:Whit's that?–Ye canna tell the fast anes frae the slow? / And ye a michty daemon tae! Hoots, mon, don't ye know / The Doppler shift? Och, hark ye weel, I'll tell ye whit tae do— / Just bang the bluidie-reid anes back, and let the blue yins through!- What's that?–You can't tell the fast ones from the slow? / And you a mighty daemon too! Hey, don't you know / The Doppler shift? Oh, listen well, I'll tell you what to do— / Just bang the bloody-red ones back, and let the blue ones through!