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Scottish
Scottish (Scots) Dialect of English traditionally spoken in Scotland and regarded by some experts as a distinct Germanic language. It is also called Lowland Scots (or Lallans), to distinguish it from the Scots Gaelic (or broad Scots) spoken in the Scottish Highlands, and to differentiate it from the English of Scotland's middle class. It developed from the Northumbrian dialect of Early English before ad 700. Over the following 600 or 700 years, it spread throughout Scotland. Before the union of the English and Scottish crowns in 1603, the Scottish language was both a national language and an official court language. The language continues as a spoken dialect in many areas, and as a vehicle for a vibrant literature.
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"Scottish." World Encyclopedia. 2005. Encyclopedia.com. 31 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Scottish." World Encyclopedia. 2005. Encyclopedia.com. (May 31, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O142-Scottish.html "Scottish." World Encyclopedia. 2005. Retrieved May 31, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O142-Scottish.html |
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Scottish
Scot·tish / ˈskätish/ • adj. of or relating to Scotland or its people: the Scottish Highlands Scottish dancing. • n. [as pl. n.] (the Scottish) the people of Scotland. See also Scots. DERIVATIVES: Scot·tish·ness n. |
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"Scottish." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. 31 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Scottish." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. (May 31, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-scottish.html "Scottish." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Retrieved May 31, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-scottish.html |
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Scottish
Scottish
•cattish, fattish, flattish
•smartish
•coquettish, fetish, pettish, wettish
•leftish • Kentish
•latish, straightish
•sweetish
•British, skittish, twittish
•Pictish
•brightish, lightish, rightish, slightish, whitish
•hottish, Scottish, sottish
•softish • shortish • saltish
•loutish, stoutish
•goatish
•coltish, doltish
•brutish, Jutish
•sluttish • smoothish
•lavish, ravish
•elvish
•knavish, slavish
•peevish, thievish
•spivvish • dervish
•anguish, languish
•vanquish
•distinguish, extinguish
•relinquish
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"Scottish." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. 31 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Scottish." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. (May 31, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-Scottish.html "Scottish." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Retrieved May 31, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-Scottish.html |
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