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Outlander Words

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Outlander Words

17th February 2025

No lang syne Dictionars o the Scots Leid brocht oot a split-new wark cryed 100 Scots Words from Outlander. Set oot efter the fashion o Scots Word of the Week, an 100 Favourite Scots Words, this split-new wark is grundit on vocabular used bi the screivar Diana Gabaldon in her Outlander buiks set in 18ct century Scotland an ayont in the years afore an efter the Jacobite rising o 1745. Dictionars o the Scots Leid askit a wheen o readers tae pit thegither leets o Scots words waled oot the novels an 100 o them wis used tae pit this new buik thegither. Diana Gabaldon hersel took pairt in the project, wrate an inning, an alloued walings fae the Outlander buiks.

Awbody wi an intress can clap thair device here dictionary.scot/outlander for free ingait online.

The'r a soond file o this story in Scots abuin.