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Forum for research on the languages of scotland and ulster

The Forum for Speirings anent the Leids o Scotland an Ulster (Forum for Research in the Languages of Scotland and Ulster) is tae haud a wan-day confeerance cryed ‘Language, History and Place: Name Studies in Scotland and Ulster’ at the AK Bell Leebrary, Perth, fae 10am an skails at 5pm. Amang the speakers will be Maggie Scott (10.40) on ‘Words, names and culture: place names and the Scots language’; Doreen Waugh (11.40) on ‘Gaddering place-name hentilagets (in Shetland)’; an Kay Muhr (3.10) on ‘Names in the north of Ireland: spelling, sound and sense.’ The fee is tae be £35 (£25 unwagit) an conmprehends denner, morning an efternuin coffee, an a year’s memmership o the Forum. Please speir at J. Derrick McClure, Depairtment o Inglis, Versity o Aiberdeen: j.d.mcclure@abdn.ac.uk