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Scots Lagnauge Podcast

Scots Language podcast

Sheena Blackhall’s novella, Minnie, tells the story of a young girl growing... listen here

Scots proverb

“A flittin stane gaithers nae fog”

A rolling stone gathers no moss

explanation

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News

Kay celebrates Fergusson

Robert Fergusson 15th Mar
Scots language stalwart Billy Kay is set to celebrate the life and language of Scots poet Robert Fergusson. Fergusson, who was much admired by... more

Spring’s here but is it time yet tae cast yer cloots?

15th Mar
Linda Gunn, the academic leading the project to record Scotland’s intangible cultural heritage, is asking visitors to the Scots Language Centre to... more

Academic studies Scots on flickr

Cooshydoos 15th Mar
An academic from the School of English, Sociology, Politics and Contemporary History at Salford University is studying the SLC’s Scots photos on... more

Other news

Word of the week

“COUTHIE adj sociable, comfortable, ”

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Couthie is related to ‘uncouth’ and ‘unco’ in that their common origin lies in Old English ‘cuth’ (known). From there, the meaning of couthie ... more

Reproduced with the kind permission of The herald

Scots Gospel Readings

Fourth Sunday of Lent 14th March 2010

New Testament The Scots Language Centre is marking Lent and Easter with a series of specially selected readings from the Scots New Testament. Readings will appear on the web site... more

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