It's a verbal tic that has squeezed into the dialogue of younger generations. Now scientists have found that the so-called ‘quotative like’ – famously spoofed by comedienne Catherine Tate – is ...

so-called anti-English prejudice among Scots, as characterised by your inept and grossly overstated editorial (September 4), is becoming rather tiresome and is symptomatic of the deep feeling of ...

English has been Scotland’s main language since the 18th century, before that many people spoke ‘Scottish’ whether that was Scots or Gaelic… Here’s what that means. Did you know with a Digital ...

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Growing up in Fraserburgh, the Scots language only existed outside the classroom for Shane Strachan. Not any more. The author and National Library of Scotland’s Scots Scriever explores how the ...