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Mind on the birdies at the ice lowsin
Whiles the news this week hae been taen owre by the weather an reporters gien oot dire warnins tae us aw aboot 'the beast fae the east', steyin safe...
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Anither Shot at the Baw
This puckle o airticles haes its oreeginal in speirings amang fitba clubs an bodies atween the years 1998 an 2001read more
Hoots mon! Whaur's ma leid?
The language of Mary Queen of Scotsread more
West Central
This dialect covers a large area known as West Central Scots, though speakers usually call their dialect Scots or Scotchread more
William Soutar and Scots language
William Soutar wrote in English & Scots, many of the poems forming the Bairn Rhymes... read more
Peter Kinnen
The well-known Beatrix Potter story 'The Tale of Peter Rabbit' has been translated into Scots by Lyn read more
Wee Windaes
Whither new tae Scots, or aiblins mair weel-kent wi its literature an story, veesitors will fin thair interest kinnelt in the Scots leid – as tauld through a hairstin frae the collections at the Naitional Leebrar o Scotland.
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Numbers and Time
Just as the year is divided into seasons, months and days, the day is divided into hours and times. Scots, like other languages, has its own way of expressing these concepts..read more
Scots in Photos
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Platcock Wynd
Platcock Wynd is in The Chaennry ('Fortrose') on the Black Isle. Platcock is maist likely cryed efter Platcock Rocks aff...
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Wee Curry Shop
The Wee Curry Shop in Glesca ('Glasgow'). Onything that's wee is sma. Gin it's affa wee we micht say it's toatie wee. Th...
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Taps Aff
Taps Aff wrutten on a black buird in Glesca ('Glasgow') Central train station. The Inglis for taps aff is "tops off...
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Christison's brae
Christison's Brae in Cowdnam ('Coldingham') in the Borders. A brae is ony grund that rises or gaes up the wey or maks th...
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A puckle magnetic words
Thir magnetic words in Scots wis seen in a shop in Embra ('Edinburgh'). Hoo mony words div ye ken yersel? Photie taen bi...
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Sweeties in Ainster
This sweetie shop is in Rodger Street o Ainster Easter ('East Anstruther') in Fife. In Scots we speak o sweeties but in ...
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Fash
This wis seen in a shop in Embra ('Edinburgh'). In Scots we speak aboot bein fasht wi things or fowk. The word fash haes...
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Early Braes
Early Braes Park is in Glesca ('Glasgow'). A brae is ony bit grund that gaes up the wey, or rises til a heicht, or maks ...
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Glunch, drunt an pet
This is the windae at the museum o Rabbie Burns's caufgrund in Allowa ('Alloway'), Ayrshire. The tap word is glunch, an ...
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Manse cottage o Liff
This hoose is in Liff tae the wast o Dundee. The word manse is sprung fae the Latin mansio meaning tae bide or stey, an ...
Scots on YouTube
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12 Days o Yule: the Scots ve
Susan Rennie reads an extract from her Scots ...
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Christmas is here
Sheena Blackhall sings her Scots language ver...
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Doric Christmas Poem - The N
A Doric Christmas - tale of a disastrous Chri...
- A Makar for Renfrew
11th June 2018 - North East Scots Language Board
6th June 2018 - Education News: Summer 2018
1st June 2018 - Study on Burns the Brand
21st May 2018 - New Hubbard Works
13th May 2018
Bipolar Burns
Researchers at the University of Glasgow have concluded after a four year study that Robert Burns was probably bipolar. Academics studied over 800 letters and j read more
Scots Language Radio
Episode 49
“We jist dinna hing aboot. We weave oor wye doon tae Llanelli in sooth Wales, for the Celtic Media Festival – an get the opportunity tae spik tae th
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Scots Poetry
Yallow by Betty McKellar
Betty McKellar has lived in Lochwinnoch for over 50 years, as a sheep farmer’s wife and local teacher. She is a well known and now elderly local poet. It’s …
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Scots Proverbs
Facts is cheils that winna din
Scots New Testament
12th Sunday in Ordinary Time
Word of the Week
Lowp
Shetland
ForWirds
Promoting & celebrating Shetland's dialect heritage & culture read more
What is Scots?
Scots is one of three native languages spoken in Scotland today, the other two being English and Scottish Gaelic. Scots is spoken by old and young alike and can be heard in both cities and country areas …read more
The Aitken papers
The Scots Language Centre publishes the Collected Works of A.J. Aitken (1921-1998) one of the leading authorities on the Scots language.read more