The reddit thread made a great example of "an aw" being used as a substitution for "also", so I'll round that example out to illustrate. In a nutshell, his dic

The reddit thread made a great example of "an aw" being used as a substitution for "also", so I'll round that example out to illustrate. In a nutshell, his dictionary has provided him "also"->"an aw", but it's better translated as "and all" or "as well". So "I had eggs for breakfast; I had toast also" works as "I had toast an aw" (I had toast as well). But "I also had toast" does not work as "I an aw had toast" (I as well had toast). "I had eggs for breakfast; I as well had toast"; As a native English speaker you'd find that perfectly intelligible, but jarring. I'm not Scottish, but I lived there for most my childhood - so I have a reasonable gut for what just feels wrong. And many the examples I've seen so far, look like spam that's been wrung through a thesaurus. The meaning's there but it doesn't make it correct.