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Happy Birthday Scots Language Society
It was 36 years ago this year that the Scots Language Society was formed. At an open meeting held in May 1972 in the Wee Windaes Restaurant, High Street, Edinburgh (which is still there today), a group of like-minded Scots decided to form a society dedicated to the Scots language. It was decided ... more
Scots Tung
Scots Tung was founded in 1994 as a forum for campaigning for rights for Scots speakers and as a place for members to practice speaking the language in an informal setting. It began with 8 or 9 members and today has a core of 50 or so with various associates. It is centered on Musselburgh, East L... more
European Charter
The European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages is a Council of Europe treaty. You can find out about it here and through the links below.
About the Charter
The Charter was drawn up in 1992 to protect and promote regional or minority languages in Europe and give speakers of these... more
Conversation Now Translated into Scots
The Scottish Government’s 'National Conversation' document, published in the autumn of 2007, has now been translated into the Scots language. Ministers Linda Fabiani and Maureen Watt are to be congratulated for taking the decision to include Scots. Both of the ministers, who are currently explo... more
Kay calls on SNP to support Scots culture
Scots broadcaster and writer, Billy Kay, has urged the Scottish government to find ways to support Scots culture. In a letter to Culture Minister, Linda Fabiani, Kay, the author of Scots, the Mither Tongue describes his “shock” on hearing the news that the Scottish Arts Council is to cut fund... more
Scots campaigners blast 'nonsense'
Scots language campaigners have criticised recent comments by the TaxPayers’ Alliance as “ignorant nonsense”. Rod Lovie, convener of Strathisla Scots Spickers, condemned recent attacks on Scotland’s languages and cultures by the London based TaxPayers’ Alliance.
The Alliance has arg... more
Network for Multilingualism in Europe Established
The Federal Union of European Nationalities (FUEN) has decided to set up a network to promote European multilingualism, with a particular focus on Europe’s regional and minority languages. Many European regions are bilingual or multilingual, and the network’s main aim is to make better use of... more
Scots isn't alone
In April 2008, four students in Iceland paid a visit to the Education Ministry in Reykjavik in order to inform the government that they had founded an Association for Icelandic-speaking Youth, reported by Iceland Review Online. The students in question wish to support the Icelandic language for f... more
Ulster Scots set up speakers group
Scots speakers in Ballymoney, Northern Ireland have set up a group for people interested in speaking Scots. Charlie Reynolds from the group is reported to have said, "Some yins taak aboot it (Ulster Scots) - whereas we taak it!"
The full report can be read in the Ballymoney Times
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Network to Promote Linguistic Diversity launched in Brussels
On 11th June, the new Network to Promote Linguistic Diversity (NPLD) was launched in Brussels. The NPLD has been established to work for the promotion and development of Europe’s less widely used languages.
The new network comprises the language departments of member states and autonomous g... more
New Chair at Shetland ForWirds
The dialect promotion group, Shetland ForWirds, has a new convener and vice-convener following its recent AGM.
Writer and former teacher, Laureen Johnson is now leading SFW, with Eileen Brooke-Freeman elected as the new vice-convener.
Both are founding members of the group which was formed ... more
Purves outlines the Way Forward for Scots
In the following article, veteran Scots campaigner, David Purves, outlines his views on the ways in which Scots could be encouarged and supported. The article first appeared in the Scots Independent. Thanks to the SI for allowing it to be reproduced here.
The Way Forward for Scots
By D... more
Euro Charter information added
Information on the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages and the ways in which it effects Scots is now available in the politics and activism section of the site. Click here to read more:
http://www.scotslanguage.com/b
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Homecoming Scotland Shames Scottish Arts Council, Says MSP
Dr Bill Wilson, SNP MSP for the West of Scotland, says that the Homecoming Scotland Events Guide shows that EventScotland and VisitScotland "value indigenous Scottish culture and language, but the same cannot be said for the Scottish Arts Council". Read more at http://tinyurl.com/5t2quu more
Thousands visit site
Statistics from internet search engine Google show that the new Scots Language Centre web site has attracted thousands of visitors since it was launched last October. Reacting to the news, Michael Hance, Director of the Centre, said, "I'm very pleased with the figures - they show that people are ... more
Aboot the Ainu
Whit d'ye mak o this?
- http://www.iht.com/articles/20
Thir's ae braw line, juist at the end, that gar me lauch out loud: "It's not healthy to keep blaming discrimination or history, and not work and pay taxes..." more
