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New Testament Readings nou on Kirk web site
The Scots Language Centre’s series o weekly readings fae the Lorimer New Testament can nou be heard on the Kirk o Scotland’s web site, as weel’s at the Centre and on Hamecomin Scotland. Michael Hance, Director o the SLC, haes walcomt the K.. more»
Auld Testament Book owerset tae Scots
Duncan Sneddon's Scots owerset o the Auld Testament beuk o Amos can nou be read online on the Kirk o Scotland's wabsite. It wis first set furth this ware i the "Theology in Scotland" journal, an nou jynes Saums, sermons an prayers as pairt o the S.. more»
Traditional Airts Working Group – Public Meetins
David Franics, convener o the Scots Government’s Traditional Arts Working Group will be haudin public meetins aroon Scotland tae gie fowk the chance tae inpit their views tae the group’s ongaun work. The gaitherins is open tae onybodie wi a int.. more»
Languages Forum hauds Orkney gaitherin
The Forum for Research on the Languages of Scotland and Ulster haud its triennial gaitherin last week at Orkney College in Kirkwall. Amang ithers the conference heard papers on attitudes tae Scots in Midlothian schuils; dialect an identity in Shetl.. more»
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Gauin on the Muin
For tae mark the 40t anniversar o the muin landings the Centre for the Scots Leid haes pitten thegither twa-three features, alang wi poyems in Scots, aboot the muin an aff-warld. It wis on the 21 July 1969 that the Apollo 11 lunar module cryed Aigle landit on the face o the muin. Neil Airmstrang wis the first man tae gae on t...
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Word of the week
“DOOK v, n to plunge in water; a soaking ,”
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The summer holiday is the time to don your dookers for that annual dook in the sea or hotel pool, if you are like Robert Henryson’s “paddok ... Quhilk be nature culd dowk and gaylie swym”. In the leisurely days described by A. M. Williams in A Bundle of Old Yarns (1931) “It was not unusual, on a fin.. more
Reproduced with the kind permission ofScots Word of the Week is written by Chris Robinson of Scottish Language Dictionaries www.scotsdictionaries.org.uk
Scots on youtube
Dae ye mind on Ally Bally Bee? Dae ye mind “Sittin on yer mammy’s knee/greetin for a wee bawbee”? Gin ye dae, this will fair tak ye back.
New Testament Readings
2nd August 2009 Reading
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The recordings o the Scots New Testament by Tom Fleming bring aa the weel-kent stories o the gospels tae life in a distinct Scots voice. Throu the Hamecomin year the Centre will be braidcasting a series o readings fae the Scots New Testament CDs. This reading fae the Gospel o John Chapter 6:24-35 merks Sunday 2nd o August. The neist readin will be braidcast on 9th August 200... more
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Life, Luve an Daith in Paisley
The Scots Language Centre haes got thegither wi Autonomi TV tae present Bedroom Radio, a look in tae life in a Paisley hoosin scheme that’s baith couthy an full o hert-peety. The film records the ups an doons, the dreams an tragedies o Gary an Yvonne, twa young fowk that bide in thegither in a roch scheme. Aye lookin at the warld in a optimist... more
Scots in Pictures
Buckie
Mair wis a fish merchant doun by the hairbor o Buckie an this wis a play on the name.
Embra
A van in Embra wi the name o the city 'Auld Reekie' an the saw 'Lang may yer lum reek'. In Inglis this means 'Long may your chimney smoke', in ither words 'lang life tae ye'.
Aberdeen
Advert for Grant's Whisky, King St, Aiberdeen, stert o 1995: 'gangs doon brawlies' means 'goes down really well' in Inglis.
Perth
'The Auld Hoose' howf on Sooth Street o Perth, taen in 1997.
Cupar
The 'Drookit Dug' is a howf in the toun o Cupar in Fife.
Staundraes
In the 1800's Saunt Aundraes burgh cooncil, in Fife, gaed aboot chengin Scots names intil Inglis anes. But lately the cooncil haes pit up signs that shaws the chenges. This ane is for Baxter's Wynd.
Embra
The 'Wee Windaes' is a restaurant on the Royal Mile o Embra.
Corriedoon
Corriedoon care hame on the Isle o Arran
Braeheid
A street sign at St Vigeans in Arbroath. The sign in Inglis means 'summit of the hill side'.
Hamelt
A shop at the plainstanes o the village o Letham in Angus. The Inglis for 'hamelt' is 'native' or 'home-grown'.
The Year in Scots
Scots speakers, like other European peoples, draw from a common European heritage when it comes to names for seasons and months of the year, but, like other groups, forms of names have developed under circumstances pe... more
