A major new linguistic survey of the Scots vocabulary is being launched, in a bid to help preserve the language. Researchers at the University of Aberdeen will lead what they describe as the first ...
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They are words familiar to fans of the hit TV show Outlander. Now a charity has compiled an extensive list of its favourite Scots words, and their meanings, from the books that the series is based on ...
LONDON – The Inuit of the Arctic know a lot about snow, and their wide vocabulary for the white stuff is legendary. But they may face a challenge in snow-describing ability — from Scotland.
The Dictionaries of the Scots Language (DSL) tell us that broukit means “soiled with soot or streaked with dirt”. Nineteenth-century examples show that the term was often used to describe children.
TikTok's Scots Wikipedia page describes it as a "social netwirkin" app "uised tae creaut short dance, lip-sync, comedy an talent videos." ...
A “significant jump” in the number of school pupils studying the Scots language has been recorded. Figures show that 418 pupils achieved the Scots Language Award (SCQF) in 2020 compared to 100 in 2019 ...
A West Lothian activist has organised a campaign to champion the Scots dialect ahead of Burns night next week, with primary schools across West Lothian showing their support. Whitburn teacher and ...
A major new linguistic survey of the Scots vocabulary is being launched, in a bid to help preserve the language. Researchers at the University of Aberdeen will lead what they describe as the first ...
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