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Angus and Tayside Dialect
The dialect of what is now Angus and Tayside falls somewhere between Central and Northern Scots. Strictly speaking, the speech of, say, Dundee and the area to the west of the city, is the same as the dialect spoken in Edinburgh and Glasgow, called Central Scots. The differences between these citi... more
Spinkies
“Eh, siccan bonnie floueries!” Who visited the old woman on the night before she died and what do her last words mean. Gavin Sprott conjures up a strange, unsettling world in the farmlands of his native Angus.
This story first appeared in Lallans.
There wes this man and his faimly, hi... more
Anniversary of oldest surviving document in Scots
The month of March marks the anniversary of the oldest entire text in Scots, strictly speaking. On 12 March 1380 (1379 old calendar) Alexander Lindsay of Glenesk put his seal to a letter (see text below) which is now the oldest original document – wholly in Scots – to survive. To this we may ... more
Billy Kay on 'The Scottish World'
Billy Kay is tae gie a talk anent ‘The Scottish World’ at the Abertay Historical Society on Wadensday 12 December, 6 for 6.30pm, at the Discovery Point, Dundee. Awbody is walcome, memmers or no. For mair anent the wark o Billy Kay please clap yer moose on this link: www.billykay.co.uk/ more
Langage Conferance
The Forum for Speirings anent the Leids o Scotland an Ulster (Forum for Research in the Languages of Scotland and Ulster) is tae haud a wan-day confeerance cryed ‘Language, History and Place: Name Studies in Scotland and Ulster’ at the AK Bell Leebrary, Perth, fae 10am an skails at 5pm. Amang... more
Perth Burns Club
The Perth Burns Club is tae haud its fowert Yearly Day o Scots Culture in the theatre o the AK Bell Leebrary, York Place, Perth. Stertin aff at 1pm, the will be fower 40-meenit papers gien bi the follaein fowk: Dr Kenneth Simpson (the Versity o Glesca) on ‘Epistolary Performances: Burns and the... more