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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 …
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The term Orcadian is sometimes used in English but the dialect is known as Orkney in Scots.Today's Orkney dialect, like that of Shetland, is pervaded with Norse words and turns of speech. …
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People here have traditionally called their dialect Scots or Scotch, but if you live in the northern part of the region you might say you speak Mearns, while those who …
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The dialect of the North East forms part of the wider Northern Scots dialect, but to many of its speakers it is known as The Doric in recognition of its strong association with the …
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The dialect is generally known as Caitnes ('Kate-niss') which is the local form of the county name in Scots.Although Caithness (Caitnes) faces towards Orkney, it forms part …
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This dialect covers a large area known as West Central Scots, though speakers usually call their dialect Scots or Scotch which are the traditional names for the language. …