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Ever wondered how the robin got his red breast? Let the kids from Whalsay School in Shetland show you. Thanks to David Irvine, Grant Irvine and the children of Whalsay primary school for giving permission …
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Artist Scott Simpson has illustrated a series of Scots words by assigning a character to each one. These include 'ned', 'clype', 'crabbit' and many other well known words. Wrongly reported by the Daily …
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Dr Bill Wilson, MSP for the West of Scotland, lodged a motion in the Scottish Parliament on 5 November 2007 which is critical of the BBC for failing to make any mention of the Scots language in its Public …
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Umquhile is a rare and rather unusual word, now generally confined to archaic use in Scottish legal or literary texts. Twentieth-century examples occur in John Buchan's The Free Fishers (1934): "What …
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Strathisla Scots Spickers has discovered that something is far from right at the BBC in so far as language is concerned. The BBC Trust, which outlines the plans and policies of the BBC, has published …
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It's no aye rainin' on the misty Achils, It's no aye white wi' winter on Nigour ; The winds are no' sae mony sorrowin' Rachels, That grieve, and o' their grief will no' gie owre. Dark are Benarty slopes, …
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A new comedy programme from BBC Radio Scotland in Doric will be on air from Saturday 1st September. Set in the North East and broadcast entirely in the local dialect, Desperate Fishwives is the first …
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Colin Wilson, a Scots language campaigner from Aberdeen has translated the summary of the Scottish government's National Conversation (on the way Scotland should be governed) in to Scots. Wilson, the …
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Film clips, interviews and video blogs will feature on an updated version of the Scots Language Centre's web site. The new features will appear on the site when changes to its structure come into effect …
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A new agreement signed by both parties in the last month will see the Scots Language Centre and the Lorimer Trust working together to promote the Scots translation of the New Testament. The Scots version …