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Census Landmark for Scots

Rob Gibson, SNP MSP for the Highlands and Islands, and Convener of the Cross Party Group for Scots in the Scottish Parliament, welcomed the historic inclusion today of the Scots language in the forthcoming …
Duncan's list of books for Schools

SCOTS SCHOOL DICTIONARY The Scots School Dictionary (Scots-English/English-Scots) is designed to encourage the use of Scots in schools and to provide support in the classroom. It is also a useful compact …
CAPERCAILZIE n woodgrouse

Whether you pronounce the first syllable as ‘cap’ or ‘cape’ is up to you, but don’t pronounce that ‘z’. It represents the letter ‘yogh’ pronounced …
Falkirk Pupils learn about Scots

A Falkirk primary school is taking a new approach to the use of Scots in the classroom, The Falkirk Herald reports. Pupils at Nethermains Primary have been working with well-known Scots writer Matthew …
The Lowing Study

'Ane Instructioun for Bairnis to be Learnit in Scottis' is a co-constructive participatory study of Scots language and literature use for social inclusion in the Scottish secondary classroom. …
STUSHIE n fuss

If you look up stushie as a ‘headword’ in the online Dictionary of the Scots Language, all you will find is the starling, otherwise known as a stuckie. Although a flock of starlings might …
Was Victoria Amused?

The mid-19th century was a period of great change in Scottish society, with the state beginning to centralise in a way that had not been seen before, and Anglicised customs and language were being planted …

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