The term tassie is a diminutive form of tass and is defined in the Dictionaries of the Scots Language (DSL) as, “a cup, bowl, goblet, ...

This Scots form of hotel is recorded in the Dictionaries of the Scots Language (DSL) through a number of 19th-century examples. Sir Walter Scott wrote in St Ronan’s Well (1824): “They maun hae a ...

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Back in 2013, a 12-year-old American with an enthusiasm for the Scots language decided to contribute to the Scots Wikipedia. For seven years, they edited tens of thousands of articles with little ...

AS THEY CLEARED their heads after Burns Night on January 25th, having celebrated their national poet with whisky and haggis, another hangover loomed for Scots in less than a week’s time. A majority of ...

Harry Potter and the Socerer's Stone has been translated to 79 languages. Today, it was published in its 80th translation — Scots. Now, some big news for "Harry Potter" fans. The first book of the ...