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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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Robert Burns, arguably our most famous writer, is traditionally celebrated on Burns Night on 25th January - but that doesn't mean that the teaching of Burns poetry has to be confined to January. Here …
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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: Black and White publishingCanongateCurly Tale BooksDoric …
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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 …
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Here we have a translation or owersetting, but it is a stray owersetting from a new book of original poems in Scots and English, approximately half and half, followed by a story in Scots, by the …
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The University of Amsterdam is calling for papers for its Conference on Contested Languages in the Old World (CLOW3) which will take place there on 3 and 4 May 2018. The organisers are aiming to bring …
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It wisna the men alane that played fitba in thae days even tho it wis affen regairdit a man’s gemm bi the kirk meenisters. As faur back as August 1628 the kirk session meenits for Carstairs paroch, …
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Atween 1867 an 1873 competeetion atween the Scots an Inglis brocht aboot the foondin o an associe o Scots fitba clubs for the first time. It wis in July 1867 that Queen's Park in Glesca becam the …