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Scots Language


Enjoy our Scots Language section where you can both read words, poems and stories as well as listen to them.

  • Introduction
    This is where you get an introduction to the Scots language.
  • Short Poems
    We list wee snippets and articles for you to enjoy.
  • Idioms
    Here we list some popular Scots idioms.
  • Sayings
    Here we list some popular Scots sayings.
  • Complete Poems & Stories
    Here we provide you with full length poems and stories.
  • Children's Poems & Stories
    Here are some for the wee ones to enjoy.
  • Glossary
    Here you will find a glossary of Scots words and their translations as well as audio links so you can listen to the word being pronounced.
  • The Doric Language
    The language of the North East of Scotland
  • The Gaelic Language
    Here we provide resources in the Gaelic language.
  • Scot Wit
    We also provide you with a wee collection of Scots jokes.
  • Burns Supper
    Here we provide you with a complete Burns supper with toasts, music, songs and the immortal memory.
  • Burns Collection
    Here we give a list of suggestions for inclusion in the programme of a Burns Supper
  • Tartan Day 6th April 2003
    Here you can listen to a special tribute we did for Tartan Day for the USA and Canada.
  • The Complaynt of Scotland
    This is a most interesting book published around 1550 in the old Scots language.
  • Poems, Stories, Plays in the Scots Language
    by
    David Purves
  • Jamieson's Scottish Dictionary
    This is a pdf file of the abridged version
  • Supplement to Jamieson`s Scottish Dictionary (35Mb pdf)
  • A Critical Inquiry Into the Scottish Language
    With the view of illustrating the Rise and Progress of Civilisation in Scotland By Francisque-Michel (1882)
  • A Dictionary of Lowland Scotch
    With an Introductory chapter on the Poetry, Humour, and Literary History of the Scottish Language and an Appendix of Scottish Proverbs by Charles MacKay LL.D. (1888)
  • Manual of Modern Scots
    By William Grant, M.A., and James Main Dixon (1921) (pdf)
  • The Scottish Tongue
    A Series of Lectures on the Vernacular Language of Lowland Scotland Delivered to the Members of the Vernacular Circle of the Burns Club of London By W. A. Craigie, M.A., LL.D., Professor of Anglo-Saxon, Oxford University, John Buchan, M.A., LL.D., Peter Giles, M.A., LL.D., Master of Emmanuel, Cambridge University, J. M. Bulloch, M.A., LL.D., Editor of "The Graphic,” Chairman, Vernacular Circle, Burns Club of London (1924)
  • Language History as Charter Myth
    Scots and the (Re)invention of Scotland by Costa James (2011) (pdf). In this article, I intend to concentrate on one type of process by which Scots has found new legitimation as a language, and how discourses surrounding the issue of Scots might seek to contribute to the creation of a new Scottish society.

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