I grew to admire the Dundonian way with words. It's a dialect of Scots but with an attitude all its own, something more than an accent. Like other dialects of Scots it was once derided as the ...

Scots, the West-Germanic language, has declined in popularity in recent history, however their words are still used by many people. Teachers can use these short clips in the classroom to explore ...

The project will specifically examine if studying towards a Scots Language Award - a national qualification - has an impact on attainment. The university's Elphinstone Institute is behind the ...

He philosophises that Scots use language to “explode pomposity” and to express their very down-to-earth view of the world. Students could be arranged into two lines and armed with insults ...

Centuries of contact between Older Scots and the Scandinavian language of Norn, coupled with geographic isolation, has resulted in the highly distinctive dialects spoken in the Orkney and Shetland ...

For small islands, Great Britain and Ireland are home to a wide variety of accents. Some can be difficult to distinguish from ...

This gives us the most authentic picture of how language is being used, as Speak for Yersel for Scots has demonstrated. “And now we’re excited to expand those findings to other areas ...