A major new linguistic survey of the Scots vocabulary is being launched, in a bid to help preserve the language. Researchers at the University of Aberdeen will lead what they describe as the first ...

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They are words familiar to fans of the hit TV show Outlander. Now a charity has compiled an extensive list of its favourite Scots words, and their meanings, from the books that the series is based on ...

LONDON – The Inuit of the Arctic know a lot about snow, and their wide vocabulary for the white stuff is legendary. But they may face a challenge in snow-describing ability — from Scotland.

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ALTHOUGH spoken Scots appears to be in danger of dying out altogether as a living language, there is now considerable interest in Scots as a means of cultural expression. The poet Sydney Goodsir Smith ...

A West Lothian activist has organised a campaign to champion the Scots dialect ahead of Burns night next week, with primary schools across West Lothian showing their support. Whitburn teacher and ...

CATRIONA: My favourite Scots word has to be 'feart'. I love the way it sounds. It's a really descriptive and expressive word. NARRATOR: Catriona Shearer reads the news for the BBC around 30 times a ...