Our Scots Word of the Week: do you know a gawpus?

The Dictionaries of the Scots Language (DSL) didn’t pull any punches in its 1956 definition of this term: “A fool, a stupid clumsy lout, ...
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For years, an American has been writing articles in a stereotypical Scottish accent on the official Scots Wikipedia, and some people online are not happy

An American has written and edited thousands of articles on the official Wikipedia site for the centuries-old Scots language. The Wikipedia user AmaryllisGardener, an administrator for the site, has ...
NPR

A Forgotten Referendum On The Union Of Scots And English

Last week, residents of Scotland voted not to break away from the U.K. in a much-anticipated referendum on Scottish independence. For those of us with a special fascination with culture and language, ...
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David Leask: Why do so many Scots cringe when they see the language of their neighbours written down?

We should talk about languages, Scottish ones. In the last few months I keep coming across people who get angry when they see the speech of their compatriots written down. Whether it is road signs in ...
The Conversation

How Twitter is helping the Scots language thrive in the 21st century

E Jamieson has received funding from the Arts and Humanities Research Council. Sadie Ryan has previously received funding from the Lord Kelvin Adam Smith scholarship. Rude, crude and extremely funny, ...
The Scotsman

Scots language course for teachers hailed as 'significant step forward' for Scottish education

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