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The Scots Leid Associe / Scots Language Society has recently established an online blog at https://scotsleid.org/ . The bog is intended to complement the existing society website (Lallans.co.uk) but will …
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The Forum for Research on the Languages of Scotland and Ulster will be holding its 12th triennial meeting from Thursday 23 August until Saturday 25 August 2018. The English Language & Linguistics …
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Dr Michael Dempster has just been named as the successful Scots Scriever and will soon begin his two-year residency at the National Library of Scotland.Growing up speaking Scots at …
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lintie n. linnet, the song-birdLintie appears today at the request of a reader from Lochmaben who has been kind enough to send me some of his poetry. Suggestions for future words are most welcome! Lintie …
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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 Scottish Poetry Library and has since edited …
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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 for StAnza on kaleidoscopic …
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Question S5W-19180: Mark McDonald, Aberdeen Donside, Independent, Date Lodged: 03/10/2018To ask the Scottish Government what steps it is taking to promote and encourage the everyday use of the Scots …
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On Thursday 7 December 2017 the new version of the Concise Scots Dictionary will be launched at Edinburgh University. First published in 1985 the CSD has become the standard reference work for …
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If you’re looking for children’s books written in Scots, there are countless titles available.Publishers of books in Scots include:Itchy-cooBlack and White publishingLuath PressCanongateKelpiesCurly …
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Until the early 20th century political commentary was still common in Scots, latterly through the articles, columns and letters of newspapers in Scotland, but from the 1920’s Scots was steadily …