840 Articles matching phrase ‘whit’

SG Support for Scots Language

The Scottish Government recently reiterated its support for the Scots-speaking community. On 3 October 2018 Mark McDonald Independent MSP for Aberdeen Donside lodged the following question To …
Lyart

LYART adj of hair, streaked with white; variegated, multi-coloured The roots of this word are obscure but it is, according to the Oxford English Dictionary, possibly from older French ‘liart’. The …
Education News: Autumn 2018

The Scots Language Centre have developed new, interactive, online resources to support learners of Scots. The materials draw on features that were previously available through Scots Language Dictionarys Scuilwab, …
Diary of a Wimpy Kid

Diary of a Wimpy Kid is due to be released in a Scots version on 20 September. The American satirical novel was written by Jeff Kinney and published in 2004, followed by a film adaption in 2010. Now a …
Jamieson Anniversary

It is now the 210th anniversary of the publication of Reverend Dr John Jamieson’s Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language in 1808. The importance of this work – the first complete …
New Lallans blog

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 …
Scotland & Ulster Forum

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 …
New Scots Scriever appointed

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 …
Lintie

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 …
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 Scottish Poetry Library and has since edited …

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