Speaking Scots

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Speaking Scots | Sneck The Door

SOME Scots words can have more than one meaning or may be applied to different things…   One such word is a ‘sneck’ usually given to a door-latch or small […]

Culture

Speaking Scots | Sonsie

Lucky to some…   HOPE your first-fits at Hogmanay are all sonsie this year, that’s to say bring you good luck—nae reid heids or flat-fitters among them, which would be […]

Culture

Speaking Scots | Fair Forfochan

Discover some of the more… descriptive Scots words for being completely exhausted!   It is possible, of course, to be tired out anywhere on this globe. All the same, one […]

Culture

What’s In A Name? | Part 1

This series explores the history behind some of Scotland’s more unusual place names!   The names in this country reflect a myriad of influences and changing languages – Brythonic/Brittonic, Cumbric, Gaelic, […]

Culture

Speaking Scots | A Blate Cat…

  Not late, or belated, but blate, another guid Scots word – and a useful one at that!   It means shy, bashful, timid or unpromising and, when applied to crops, backward. […]

Culture

What’s In A Name? | Part 3

The third part in our series as we continue to explore the history and myths behind some of Scotland’s place names…   The Reach of the Campbells There are two Campbel(l)towns […]

Culture

What’s In A Name? | Part 2

The second part in our series as we continue to explore the history and myths behind some of Scotland’s more unusual place names…   Viking Connections The name Dingwall comes […]

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Scots Pronunciation Guide

We’ve teamed up with online reference site, Forvo, to bring you a new pronunciation guide available throughout our website Scotland is full of weird and wonderful place names that can […]

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