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Barred. Dae ye ken that wurd? Barred? It widnae be the furst time that wan o ma boys wis barred. They're ayeweys gettin barred fae thir local. Bit barred? Rabbie Burns, oor National barred? The telly …
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Noo lyart leaves blaw ower the green,Red are the bonny woods o' Dean,An' here we're back in Embro, frien':To pass the winter.Whilk noo, wi' frosts afore, draws in,An' snaws ahint …
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Reports from Northern Ireland suggest that the new government there is still unceratin about how best to support the territory's indigenous languages. Culture Minister, Edwin Poots (DUP), is believed …
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First Minister, Alex Salmond, has appointed Central Scotland list MSP, Linda Fabiani as the new government's Minister for Europe, External Affairs and Culture. Fabiani was first elected to the Scottish …
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A group of researchers from Lancaster University has called on the Executive to promote positive attitudes (to Scots) in all areas of Scottish society". The researchers, all members of RANSAL (Research …
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A report on research undertaken into the use of Shetland dialect in nursery schools across the islands has discovered that there is insufficient provision of material for children who speak the dialect.
Frances …
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Hoatchin is often used of crowded, bustling situations. Last September, a discussion of our national cuisine in the Aberdeen Evening Express commented that 'Scotland is hoatching with some of the best …
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The General Records Office has launched the latest in a series of consultations on the range of questions which it is proposing putting into the next census. One of the questions it would like people's …
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Scots language expert Derrick McClure of the University of Aberdeen's School of Language and Literature has told the Scottish Executive that their draft National Languages Strategy is "vacuous". …
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The Scottish Executive's draft languages strategy has now been put out to consultation.
The draft strategy emphasises that everyone in Scotland needs to be fluent in English but also aims to promote linguistic …