“I’m continuing to read ‘Orkney Shore’, in which Robert Rendall mentions the muddle which the Latin names for shells had got into due to different people in different places using different spelling”
” Is there another country anywhere where actually teaching your own language in your own schools to your own people would be seen as somehow controversial and politically divisive?”
“Jumping sharks and dropping mics – Modern idioms and where they come from” goes through the origins and use of various idioms such as “Groundhog Day”, that colour our everyday communication.
“Consultation is an important part of the process, so I would encourage anyone with an interest in the plan to share their views.” Professor Todd Walker
“Overall, this is a beautifully written book. I loved the poetic nature of its verses.”
“The archive contains recordings taken from the 1920s through to the 1980s made by Soviet ethnographers and linguists but it is now extremely fragile.” – Professor Anderson
The Firefox web browser has become the first major software available in the Scots language
“After all this time it’s amazing to get together, and especially because so much work has gone on behind the scenes to make it happen.”
The University of Aberdeen’s WayWORD Festival will be taking place from 19th to 26th of September.
“We’re delighted to be hosting such an exciting delegation of poets from the Scottish Isles to perform at StAnza’s online, hybrid festival.”
