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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
Anglo-Saxon …
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We plan to have some poems on a theme of 'Hopes for Scotland' in the coming months, but first it is a pleasure to bring you this debut poem by Lorna Wallace. Tae a Selfie caused a sensation …
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It's January - that means it's time for my annual column in Shetland Life.
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In November 2013 the Scottish Government published its
White Paper, Scotlands Future: Your Guide to an Independent Scotland.
The purpose of the White Paper is to lay out the governments plans …
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It
was recently reported in the press (Daily Record, 2 January), that the
popularity of the Scots language was given a boost by the results of a survey
of Scottish culture. Conducted by ScotPoll, …
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Like other areas of Scots-speaking Scotland, the dialect here has traditionally been known as Scots or Scotch. However, because this region covers the greater part of the Borders the dialect is …
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Scots has been spoken in Scotland for many centuries and is spoken today throughout the east and south of the country - the historic Lowlands - and also in Orkney and Shetland which form the Northern …
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Are you looking for a gift this
Christmas, something with a Scots language theme or message? Then why not try
Mither Tongue Cards and Gifts. Established at the end of the 1990s by Maggie
Cruickshank, …
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North East writer Douglas Kynoch, who is
well known far beyond Aberdeenshire, and first hit the headlines back in 1994
with Teach Yourself Doric, has
written a collection of Doric poetry and …
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Entries are now invited for
the Shetland Dialect Poetry Competition . First launched in 2009, and known as Bards in the Bog, the competition is run by
Shetland Library in partnership with …