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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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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 ...
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Tam o Shanter Close
This close is on the heich gait o Ayr an wis cryed efter thon namely body Tam o Shanter in the poyem bi Burns. A close i...
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Horse Wynd
The Horse Wynd is in Embra ('Edinburgh'). A wynd is ony narra wey that runs aff a main gait an gaes atween hooses. Pho...
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Miekle Cossans
Miekle Cossans is a ferm on the gait sooth o Kirrie, in Angus. Miekle is a mair orra spelling o meikle, or mickle, baith...
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Haste ye back til Ayr
This banner hings at the heich gait o Ayr. Tae the richt side it reads 'haste ye back'. In Scots it's lang been the trad...
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Ravenscraig
This buird wi a waling fae a poyem anent Ravenscraig can be seen at the National Museum o Scotland, in Embra ('Edinburgh...
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...
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16th March 2018
New Hubbard Works
Writer Tom Hubbard has recently produced two new works which are due to be launched in Edinburgh. Tom was born in Kirkcaldy and was the first librarian of the S read more
Scots Language Radio
Episode 48
Weel – it can only be said that this has been een o the busiest months wiv iver hid. In this episode wir at the launch o the new North East Scots La
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Scots Poetry
Pool by David Eyre
David Eyre, who has command of the three languages of Scotland, was the Gaelic writer in residence at StAnza poetry festival in March this year. He has made a presentation …
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Scots Proverbs
Affen ettle, whiles hit
Scots New Testament
Pentacost Sunday 2018
Word of the Week
Speir
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