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The Dictionary of the Scots Language deals with this word at great length, starting with quotations where the reference is to the precious metal. A metaphorical example comes from Robert Sempill in his …
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FLOUR in the Dictionary of the Scots Language covers both the baking necessity and the decorative blossom. Only since the mid-eighteenth century have the spellings diverged. Originally the word denoted …
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If
you are new to the Scots language and would like to learn more about it, but
are not yet at the stage of easy reading in the language, then why not try out Favourite Scots Words by Betty
Kirkpatrick. …
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Well-known writer and broadcaster Billy
Kay presents an eight part series starting today called A History of Scottish
Literature which can be heard on BBC Radio Scotland, each Thursday at 1.30pm.
Programmes …
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Links to pages where Scots language can be listened to or watched on video.Listen to dialects Speech samples from across ScotlandListen to samples of speech from Doric speakers.History of Scotland's …
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Fankled shankies in the vanashin ridlicht o a Range Rover. I dusht the brakesan hazards greetin Whitll we dae?as I jamp oot scooping her aff the road,that gracie neck, langer than I thocht, hingin.Dinnae …
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Children and parents too will be
eager to read the newly published Room on the Broom in Scots which was
launched by Black and White Publishing in Edinburgh on 14 August. The book is a
translation …
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shes a haurd mither, sairscartit wi braes an glensoot-stravaigin ony craws feet. hur face glowers wi heuchshur vyce teems a burn in spateower broon-teeth jaggit scaurs.she pits oan clinty craigs …
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This weeks word is being topically typed with one hand. It comes from Italian stucco but originates in Old High German stukki, a fragment. Like stucco in English, it means fine plaster, but its orthopedic …