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 ...

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

Yae cannae kid a Geordie or a Scot with a fake accent. They’re far too canny, according to a study. The Irish and those from the north of England are far better at spotting interlopers imitating ...

The UK's best accent cheat-detectors can be found in Glasgow where participants spotted fake Scottish accents with an accuracy ranging between 66 to 85 per cent. In a close second place came 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 ...

Scottishness' is clearly alive and flourishing. This book offers new and detailed insights into Scottish language and its usage by the Scottish press. To what extent does the use of identifiably ...

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 ...