840 Articles matching phrase ‘whit’

MPs Take Oath in Scots

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HECK n a rack or framework

The earliest mention of heck in the Dictionary of the Scots Language is from the Edinburgh Burgh Records for the year 1551: That all maner of stabillaris haue thair stabillis weill and sufficientlie …
Post Vacant at Dictionaries

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Writing our languages

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What the Ladybird Heard

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Scottish Spleen

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Crackin aboot politics

Ever since John Barbour put quill to parchment in the 1370s, people have been debating and discussing political matters on paper through the Scots language, and long before that era, in …
A Relic of Former Days

An interesting episode in Scotlands linguistic history was recently highlighted in the press (Scotsman, 19 February) when it was reported that a very rare dictionary of English was put up for auction …
The Tyger

The Tyger by William Blake, owerset intae Scots by Scott Forster Why might we translate a poem from English into Scots? Not because there is anyone in Scotland who cannot read it in …
Plane and Douce in Edinburgh

On Sunday 8 February there will be a special event in the Greyfriars Church, Edinburgh, to highlight the use of the Scots language in church services and preaching. Called Plane and Douce: …

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