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RANTER v. to darn, mend, sew n. a method of stitching Ranter is from the older French ‘rentraire’ meaning ‘to seam’. It is defined in the Dictionary of the Scots Language …
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GOWAN n. a daisy Nowadays gowan refers to the common daisy of lawns and daisy-chains, but the Dictionaries of the Scots Language tells us that gowan was formerly a general name for various …
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Gayle Smith is a transwoman and spoken word poet from Baillieston. She co-hosts the long running Words And Music night with her friend Jen Hughes. She has performed her work throughout Scotland since …
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The Doric Board has recently made a series of awards to successful candidates who put forward projects for promoting the North East Scots dialect – aka The Doric – and also aspects of the …
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LUCKEN adj. closed, joined, fastened Derived ultimately from Old English, the most common usage of lucken in modern times is in the compound luckenbooth. Luckenbooths were booths or shops in …
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One of Scotland’s leading equality charities has joined forces with the Scots Language Centre to help young people build bridges higher than walls. Nil by Mouth this week launches ‘Neeps …
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PECH v. to be out of breath, to pant The Dictionary of the Scots Language (www.dsl.ac.uk, DSL) defines pech as ‘To breathe quickly and in a laboured way, to pant with exertion’, …
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Emma Grae is a Scottish author and journalist from Glasgow.She has published fiction and poetry in the UK and Ireland since 2014 in journals including The Honest Ulsterman, From Glasgow to Saturn …
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SKOOSH v. (cause to) gush, squirt; move rapidly, glide, dart, etc. Skoosh is an onomatopoeic word that ably echoes the sound of what it describes. Although it may be considerably older, written evidence …
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Etta Dunn is an actor, writer, award-winning publisher and award-winning poet. Her work has been published in various anthologies, broadcast on radio and performed on stage in the Tron, Glasgow. …