With how fast the Scots are known for talking, many people across the seas - and even a few miles south of the border - may struggle at times to understand exactly what we are saying. Although accents ...

The new British version of Microsoft's Office 2007 is to introduce Scots words into its dialect dictionary. That's because if you type "it's a braw, bricht moonlicht nicht the nicht" into your ...

One of the many things Scots are well known for is our rich and expressive language. Anyone who has grown up in Scotland, or even just spent some time here, will know that we have a word for just ...

The rapid-fire pace of Scottish speech can sometimes leave those from overseas - and even some just south of the border - scratching their heads trying to decipher what's being said. While accents ...

In the tiny fishing village of Cromarty, on the tip of Scotland's Black Isle, the last speaker of the local dialect has died. Host Rachel Martin speaks with language expert Kelly McGill, about Bobby ...

A new booklet will be published today as part of the effort to save one of the most distinctive dialects in the north of Scotland. "The Cromarty Fisherfolk Dialect", produced by the Highland Council's ...

Scottish people have shared their picks for the best Scots words that are "on the decline". Everything from 'oxters' to 'clarty' was suggested. While Scotland is known for many things, our language is ...

Nine new words will appear in the Dictionaries of the Scots Language, a 4,000 page digital publication, after meeting the threshold to be listed. Dictionary chiefs confirmed they made the cut after ...

Bobby Hogg, the last native speaker of a dialect originating from a remote fishing village in northern Scotland, has died – and so has the dialect he spoke. The death of the 92-year-old retired ...