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THE new First Minister Humza Yousaf has promised to make culture a priority, and this will hopefully manifest in Scotland’s indigenous languages…

With the days lengthening, thoughts drift to the long evenings of summer. The far north of Scotland, and specifically Shetland, experience the…

PLEASE forgive me if I sound Anglophobic but I’m not really. I have grandchildren who are English, and several English acquaintances whom I regard…

THE tell us that this word originates from the Gaelic for “a kind of churn” and that it was “a milk-based dish traditionally eaten at…

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IN Wednesday’s National,

Keen to promote the Doric language to younger readers, Jackie Ross set-up her very own publishers to do just that.

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Think you ken your teuchters fae yer toonsers? Put your linguistic knowledge to the test with our brand new Scottish words quiz

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