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Word is out on Scots dictionary
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WHEN Sir William Craigie withdrew to his study in 1925 to begin
compiling a dictionary of medieval Scots, it may have occurred to
him, as it did to Captain Oates on Scott's Antarctic expedition, that
he might be away some time.
It is unlikely, however, that he anticipated that the magnum opus
worked on by a number of successors would not be completed until 80
years later.
It is now a mere two days before the official launch of the long-
awaited, complete Dictionary of the Older...
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RADGE OF HONOUR; Scots dictionary set to include 6000 new words.(News)
Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland)
; ... minute, ya eedjits - some radge Scottish words have been given the seal of approval. The latest volume of the Dictionary of Scots Language has 6000 new words and definitions. And it includes well-known words such as swallie, puggie, radge and ... scouring for words from modern literature, newspapers and the ...
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Scots to lose out in the war of words
Evening News - Scotland
; SCOTS language campaigners reacted with fury today after Scottish Parliament chiefs ruled out signs in Scots for the new building at Holyrood. Presiding ... building. Campaigners had hoped to see Scots translations, such as Wey Oot for Exit ... proper recognition of minority languages. Scots has ...
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Filipinos save dictionary of ancient Scots; (Well it's only taken us 68 years so far to get it into print).(News)
Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland)
; WE had 69 years to get it ready for the millennium. But now the definitive history of the Scots language is a race against time for a squad of Filipinos. In 68 years, the Scots have only got as far as the letter S in the 6800- page Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue. And experts say that squabbling ...
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Scots gave the world F-word.(News)
Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland)
; AN ACADEMIC claims that Scots caused the world wide spread of the word f***. John Ayto, editor of the Oxford Dictionary of Slang insists that the four letter word first entered the dictionary after being used in a Scottish poem in the 16th century. The F-word had made occasional ...
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Website for schools last word in Scots
Evening News - Scotland
; A SCOTS language website for schoolchildren is being launched in the city. Scuil Wab, described ... for bairns o aa ages", is aimed at encouraging primary and secondary pupils to use the Scots language. The site's creators say if children become used to seeing written Scots, they will take more interest in ...
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