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Also dinnae ken is just fun to say, and everyone should adopt it.It's basically an old Scottish dialect, not only was it influenced by English, but there contact with Old Norse from the Vikings and holdover words from ancient Irish when they settled in Scotland around the 13th Century. The "ken" from "I dinnae ken" is derived from the Old Norse "kenna", meaning "to know".
Basically Blair's use of language is meant to show how disconnected she is from the others. Rae, Cait, Naomi, and to a lesser extent, Lyriel and even Yona will speak in a "modern" dialect to show that they're all on the same wavelength about certain topics, namely magic. They might come from different worlds, but they have that commonality that if someone talks about a magic related topic, they'll be able to understand in a way. But because Blair's world is so different, her understanding of magic is non-existent that she might as well be speaking a different language at times.
As for why Yona is in the game, yes we have a muscle mommy with Naomi, but with Yona we now have a subby muscle mommy.
I personally learned it from the RA Salvatore Drizzt books.