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Individuals, groups and communities across Scotland are being invited to take part in a unique event called Dare to Dream. The project – billed in English, Gaelic and Scots - which runs alongside …
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The origin of hantle is uncertain, but it may be a reduced version of handful. However, whereas the modern usage of ‘handful’ implies a few, hantle refers to many, perhaps equivalent …
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Robert Tannahill (1774-1810) lived in Paisley where he was famous is his time and after it, when he was very popular with the mill workers. His poems were mostly songs and CDs are available of these. …
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Academic, writer and co-founder of Itchy Coo, Susan Rennie, has come up with another great translation of a childrens classic. Susan, who has become well known for her Scots translations of Tintin, has …
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The following appreciation of the life of the late James Forbes, who was a long serving board member of the SLC Council, was written by Frances Robson. When I met James twenty years ago, he was a …
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Creative artist and performer Ishbel McFarlane, who is well known for her love of and support for the Scots language, is currently touring Scotland with her one-woman show ‘O is for Hoolet’. …
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This new poem by Sheena Blackhall was inspired by an old map of Westmorland – now part of Cumbria. Sheena has incorporated these northern English place names into Scots, and turned the whole poem …
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One would certainly pity the poor individual to which the above definition could apply. The Dictionary of the Scots Language www.dsl.ac.uk goes on to give us ‘wallydraggle tail – a slattern’. The …
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A North East MP has recently been highlighting the Scots language among Scottish politicians. Aberdeen North MP Kirsty Blackman, who was elected to the seat in May 2015, recently left Westminster clerks …
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The hugely successful children’s author David Walliams now has a couple of his novels translated into Scots. The Billionaire Boy, the tale of a boy with everything except a friend has been translated …