Culture
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 […]
Speaking Scots
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 […]
Facts & Quizzes
Discover The Scots Language!
It isnae slang, Scots is a living modern language! Discover its origin and understand the meaning behind some of your favourite Scots words.
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 […]
Community
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 […]
Outdoor Scotland
Scottish Place Names Quiz
In Scotland the pronunciation of more than a fair few place names is not what you’d expect from the written form… Whether derived from Scots, Scandinavian, Pictish, Scottish Gaelic or Brythonic […]
