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The dall, since glen tae me Wis jeelin as dule.Wis't a gift, or a toolA likeness o whit quines sud be?Fit weird a lassie maun dree? Fyeuchie's a wirm, Fooshionless, blae, still-born Wis the dall that …
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The Tree o LifeThrough sna an sun the spurgies cheep. Hame-haudin birds their flicht is sma An ay a cheery ootluik keep,Their plain concerns a watergaw.Wing heicher up the Tree o LifeThe corbie, wi far-seein …
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As part of a series on what Scottish independence would mean, The Guardian carried an article about the return of the Scots language last Friday. The article mentions MSPs taking the oath in Scots and …
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Raither than rainin cats an dugs, Whit if it rained doon fowk insteid? Dreichdoms o dominies; Lochans o artists;Puddles o Civil Servants Pitterin ower yer held?A muckle, great, clorty sea; O fractious, …
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It was fifty years ago this month that humankind first went into space. This was achieved by soviet astronaut Yuri Gagarin (1934-1968). Gagarin was born in the village of Klushinka, Russia, and entered …
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Final figures for visits to www.ayecan.com the web site set up by the Scots Language Centre to help people answer the Scots language questions in last month’s census have been revealed by …
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Cosh in Scots is not an offensive weapon for bashing victims over the head. Quite the contrary. It is a couthy and comfortable adjective applicable to everyone’s favourite things. The dictionary …
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A new business specialising in North East Scots – the Doric – has recently been launched. Doric Ditties is the creation of Alison Skinner, a native of Aberdeen who now lives in Portnockie …
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Several of the dictionary quotations for ashet show a degree of affection for this practical item. John MacTaggart’s The Scottish Gallovidian Encyclopedia (1824) gives this definition: “Aschet, …