He’s a starvation!

Watch oot fir faase freends! Linguistic "faase freends" ir wirds or expressions at look or soond seemlar or jüst da sam, but dir meanins irna. D'ir parteeclarly common atween clossly related languages, or languages at hae closs contact wi een anidder. D'ir aafil læk tae caase misunderstaandins. Der a braa twartree faase freends atween Shætlan an Standirt English. Sic as:

lairn = 'teach' in StE

til = 'to; so that' in StE

starvin = 'very cold' in StE

annoyed = 'cross, angry' in StE

vexed = 'annoyed, disappointed' in StE

Tae "correct" faase freends is a mistak. Aa dey ir is different wirds an expressions athin twa diffrent languages at happen tae soond very alæk.

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