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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 …
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Efter ye cam back fae Malawi, A kent mair aboot thon muckle lan o bens, lochs an singin folk, the warm hairt o Africa. A kent elephants jist see black an white, thir is a derk side tae hippos, that crocodiles …
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People from across Scotland have given a warm welcome to the Scots Language Centre's new web site. The site, which went live on 1 October, has already received hundreds of visits. Reactions to the site …
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Academic, Atina NIhtinen, will give a lecture on changing attitudes to Scots as part of a lecture series that will be held at the Renvall Institute, Helsinki during the next few months. Nihtinen has a …
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The controversial subject of a Scottish Six news broadcast is a regular story in itself. The Centre asked well known broadcasters, Billy Kay and Mary Blance to discuss Scots at six. What does the news …
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The Scots Language Centre is one of a number of organisations that exist to further the interests of the Scots language and its speakers. In this section you will find links to the key bodies. You …
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Anne Hoyer from Heidelberg University has been carrying our research into the language used in the Sunday Post's Oor Wullie cartoon strip. Hoyer has discovered that Wullie is using less Scots than he …
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by Mary E. BlanceMary chairs Shetland ForWirds, which was formed on the recommendation of the Shetland Dialect Convention 2004, an initiative promoted by Shetland Arts Trust. She wrote a diary feature …
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SUB DIALECT OF CENTRAL SCOTS
WEST CENTRAL
Name
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 …
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In this section there is a quick overview of the history of the language. You will also find links to other, more detailed inormation.
Where did it come from?Scots is descended from a form of Anglo-Saxon, …