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Thousands visit site

Statistics from internet search engine Google show that the new Scots Language Centre web site has attracted thousands of visitors since it was launched last October. Reacting to the news, Michael...

Scots Corpus web site goes live

A new web site from the Scots Corpus, the organisation which collects information about written and spoken Scots and Scottish English, is now live online. http://www.scottishcorpus.ac.uk/

Secondary level online resources

Secondary level online resources can be found on the following websites. Glasgow University A collection of material by Scots (some in Scots language). Plays, prose, poetry, language criticism,...

Hello!

Hello tae aw, an walcome tae ma blog. Here ye'll fin ma thochts, haivers, wee picturs I think wurdy o pittin on here etc. I ettle tae post a blog ilka week; aiblins mair aften, aiblens less. ...

Buiks, fitbaw an ithir blethers

Hello aw, I howp ye hae aw been weil this week past. Gin ye byde in Edinburgh, ye cuid hae duin waur this week nor poppin intae St. Andrew's an St. George's Kirk on George Street tae tak a keik...

Estate agents in fremmit airtins, an a challenge

Hello aw, walcome tae this week's blog. It's a raither dreich day in Edinburgh the nou, tho yesterday wis braw, sae braw in fack, that whan Michael an I met wi ilk ithir up toun fer a wee...

Fitbaw: whit a scunner + Norrowegian fowkies an glaikit trowes

I dinna ken hou monie o ye haes been watchin the fitbaw frae Austrick an Swisserland ower the hinmaist week or twa, but I maun say - sum o it's been pretty guid. Whan ye see hou kintras like...

Chorin Stanes...

Hello aw, howp ye hae aw been fine this hinmaist week. I'm nippin out in a bit, sae jist time fer a wee blog this week I hae been feil thrang, I can tell ye that. Syne I'll be daein Scottish...

Scots Leid Forum

Heya aw, howo ye'r aw daein weil. I hae faimily comin up frae Kendal the day, sae the hous is aw in an affy fankle an I ainlie hae time for a wee blog the nou. The heidmaist thing I'm...

Haud the cuddie (til I get aff)

I'm awa hame tae ma mither and faither's hoose fir a day or twa, and I dinnae ken if the Internet is richt plumbed in thereabouttes, sae dinnae fash yersels gin ye dinnae hear fae me fir a wee...

Langauge chynges...

Hello aw, how ye hae been makkin the maist o this...this...simmer? Na, that's no the wurd, canna be... Ah, weil - I howp ye hae been makkin the maist o white'er fowk want tae cry this time o...

Flittin, Nae Mince etc.

Weil, I'm back on bloggin efter a wee whilie awa. Jist flittit twa week syne, sae aye trying tae redd out a nummer o fankles that's no richt just yet. It's guid tae see thon veidio "Nae...

Neologisms

...weil, I haed tae blog on it suiner or later, jist be gled it's no spellin... Ane o first things a bodie rins up agin in Scots writin is the nummer o wurds ye see that dinna resemble the...

Campaigners say, “Gie’s Scots on Facebook!”

A campaign set up by two students from St Andrews and Glasgow universities to have more Scots and Gaelic on Facebook has attracted supporters from around the world. The group called Scots and...

Facebook

I wis about tae pit up a link tae the campaign tae get Facebook i Scots, but I jist saw the story on the hame page afore I did! Oniewey, here's the link, alang wi twa-thrie ithirs for onie o ye...

Centre on Facebook, Flickr and Youtube

Plans to increase the quantity of Scots on social networking and video sharing sites will bear fruit soon according to a statement released today by the Scots Language Centre. SLC Director,...

EXCLUSIVE - ChielMeister talks to SLC

Nae Mince in Moray has been this year’s surprise Scots language hit on youtube. Writer and singer, The Chielmesiter, talks exclusively to the Scots Language Centre about mince, rowies, French...

Scots Language podcast

Braken Fences, Wolf Kurtoglu’s first novel, has been described as ‘masterful’ (the Blether Region) and ‘the best novel written in Scots in recent times’ (Rab Wilson, Lallans). You can now enjoy...

European Day o Leids

The ithir day wis the European Day o Leids - though I'd no hae kent thon gin I haedna seen it on the BBC wabsite the ithir day. (http://www.bbc.co.uk/languages/edl/). I haed a wee keik at the...

Merrier Christmas and Brawer Hogmanay at SLC

With December only weeks away, the Scots Language Centre is putting the finishing touches to what should be its best ever Christmas and New Year programme. There are many old favourites – the...

Centre leads in Google searches

Commenting on the news that the Scots Language Centre leads all other organisations in online searches for Scots language, Director, Michael Hance, said, “We’re very pleased to be in this...

News about minority languages now on Facebook

Eurolang, the news site about Europe’s lesser used languages, is now on facebook. Facebook members can become fans here  

Scots monologues now online

Traditional musician, Nigel Gatherer, has collected a number of Scots monologues on his web site. The Monologue was a popular comic form in the 19th and early 20th century. Many were recorded and...

SLC best language site say Friesians

Meindert Tjerkstra, the head of online development for Friesian language organisation, Ried fan de Fryske Beweging, has described the Scots Language Centre’s web site as, ‘the best language site I...

School of Scottish Studies and Centre to co-operate on dialect archive

The School of Scottish Studies at Edinburgh University is home to a large archive of audio recordings, many in Scots. In the next few months selections from the archive will begin to appear on the...

BBC discussion on Scots attitudes survey

The recent Scottish Government survey on attitudes to Scots is discussed on BBC Scotland.

Aye aye, Doric's on facebook

Speakers of the North East dialect of Scots, known widely as Doric, can now chat away with each other on facebook courtesy of a new group devoted to the local dialect. Members can join in with...

Shetland Dialect Online

Dialect support group, Shetland Forwirds will launch its new website at the Shetland Amenity Trust on Saturday 27 March at 12 noon when George PS Peterson will press the 'start button'.  The...

Shetland web site launched

A new web site dedicated to Shetland dialect and culture was launched in Lerwick on Saturday. Folk from the community joined members of the dialect campaigning group, Shetland Forwirds, at an...

Sign up for the Barras story

A project using film and oral history to uncover the social and cultural history of the Barras - Glasgow's famous market - is being developed by Diversity Films. To find out more and to sign up...

One Day Removals

Mark Stirton’s film, One Day Removals, is a slapstick, black comedy based in and around Aberdeen. The dialogue is entirely in the local North East dialect making One Day Removals the first full...

Census - nou the wark ralley stairts

Weil, first I’d lik tae say walcome tae Margaret Tong – I’m ralley luikin forrit tae readi mair o yer blogs, Margaret.   The muckle news for Scots raicently haes been the 2011 Census.  Efter a...

Summer School Language lectures

The University of the Highlands and Islands is offering a series of lectures and workshops on Orkney and Shetland language and culture at a summer school to be held at a number of locations in the...

An app’s an app for a’ that

Ahead of this year's Burns night, the Scottish Government has released a Burns app for the iPhone. As well as including more than 550 of the Bard's poems and love songs, the app gives users a...

The news in Scots

BBC Scotland has produced a range of new Scots language resources. Check them out at the BBC Learning Zone.

Mark Thomson on Youtube

On youtube there are a number of short videos of Mark Thomson performing his poetry or talking about the Scots language. He also has his own channel - markthomsonpoet.