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Picters In Yer Heid

Bob Fairnie - on 30th Sep 2011
A mind a puckle year syne takin pairt in a Radio Scotland braidcast aboot the Scots language. Yin o the ithers takin pairt threapit mair or less that oo war aw wastin oor times ettlin tae speak... more

Juist Anither Quaisten

Bob Fairnie - on 06th Aug 2011
Leavin oot thochts o the European Pairlament aw thegither, oo can threap Scotland haes its ain Pairlament. Scotland haes its ain Scottish Government. Scotland haes repraisentation in the British... more

Thochts o Speakin Scots

Bob Fairnie - on 16th Jul 2011
Is it ony wunner at aw that mature professional Scots disnae feel aw that canty tryin tae speak Scots in formal or e'en in informal forgaitherins o thair peers? Efter bein telt for years at the... more

Twa Elizabeths

Bob Fairnie - on 04th Jul 2011
Daes onybody believe awthin they read in the local or naitional newspapers thae days? But ne'er mind awthin, daes onybody believe onythin they read in the papers thae days? It's been gaun on for... more

Emma Chizzit?

Bob Fairnie - on 30th May 2011
In ma younger days, A warkit in the shipyairds, baith in ship design an in management. Howanever, ther cam a day at the back end o the 1960s whan it leukit like ma shipyaird wis on its wey oot... more

A Puckle Thochts on Place Names

Bob Fairnie - on 21st May 2011
Ettlin tae owerset Scottish place names on the map o Scotland intae Scots micht weel be a sicht mair fykie nor it leuks at first. Maist o the place names oo see on maps an road signs the day isnae... more

Bilinguals an Dementia

Bob Fairnie - on 21st Apr 2011
Aboot fower year syne, Eurolang, the wabsite o the European Bureau for Lesser Used Languages, reportit aboot twa studies that spelt guid news for bilingual fowk but no sae guid news for... more

A Question O Scots In The Census

Bob Fairnie - on 14th Mar 2011
Scotland's Census 2011 is the first yin ever tae cairry a question aboot the Scots language. Twa days ago, a wumman cam tae ma door an haundit ower ma Census forms. She asked me yin or twa... more

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