🚨Annooncement!🚨 Here yer #Scotstober 2025 wirds! A'm sharin on aw platforms, but maistly follaein on BlueSky this year. A'm luikin forret tae yer warks 😁 Wirds as text ablow
🚨Annooncement!🚨 Here yer #Scotstober 2025 wirds! A'm sharin on aw platforms, but maistly follaein on BlueSky this year. A'm luikin forret tae yer warks 😁 Wirds as text ablow
Haha, wis jist sittin luikin at it when A opened the app 😅 the weans in the faimily like it... that's ma excuse 🙃
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31st Halla e'en - neep tumshie baigie
1 richts 2 footer 3 dewar 4 dwang 5 peedie 6 quair 7 kinnen 8 doo 9 trauchle 10 swick 11 oxter 12 patch 13 plooter 14 sleekit 15 warlock 16 nyaff 17 warp 18 traipsie 19 shooder 20 vrack 21 zeast 22 vance 23 puggle 24 yeuk 25 brock 26 ȝammer 27 rammie 28 ingle 29 hing 30 glabber
🚨Annooncement!🚨 Here yer #Scotstober 2025 wirds! A'm sharin on aw platforms, but maistly follaein on BlueSky this year. A'm luikin forret tae yer warks 😁 Wirds as text ablow
Jist me?
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Talks some amoont o mince
Hou it stertit vs hou it's gaun
Hou it stertit vs hou it's gaun
Scots is Doric
Imho - that counts 😆
Wow!
A howp it wis fully chairged, tae set ye up fir the day
The Scottish Languages Bill haes been passed unanimously! The first time Scots haes been recognised in Scots law! Weil duin tae awbody involved 🤝👏👏👏👏
The Scottish Languages Bill haes been passed unanimously! The first time Scots haes been recognised in Scots law! Weil duin tae awbody involved 🤝👏👏👏👏
Fowk dinnae realise, but it'd tak ye an entire month athoot sleep tae shake the haun o every person thit reportit they've Scots language in Scotland's Census if ye haed them aw in a queue
My thoughts on the development of Scots language AI in today’s @scotnational.bsky.social: www.thenational.scot/comment/2510...
Ay, McGonagall & the McFusty Clan... At least she cawed her ain sel Jakie
Hairt sair, doon, dowie Dreich, dour Soort fae cowpt howp Efter cowpt howp Ken thon wey? There a want wi me - Reivit roch an rearin, Teirin thro glaur an glabber O ma ain muck midden Ugsome guddle But that's not the proper language for therapy. "I'm a bit sad." I said ÆL
Ay, McGonagall & the McFusty Clan... At least she cawed her ain sel Jakie
I wonder if they'll have her "McFusty Clan" in it to placate the savages "North of the Border"
Geographical distribution o Scots wirds an linguistic features thro the medium o cheese Some features hae clear local variation - lik 5 coonties Some features are general, but hae gaps in contemporary uisage- lik Swiss cheese But maist are universal - lik Scottish cheddar 😋
Yass!!
I wonder how they sought informed consent 🤔
Haud the bus, Scotland - we've been pronooncin lochs wrang, accordin tae *checks notes* The National Geographic. kids.nationalgeographic.com/geography/co... Irony's deid.
The electricity consumption of data centres is projected to more than double by 2030 The primary culprit? Artificial Intelligence https://go.nature.com/42oEERZ
Any (legitimate) criticism of Blue Origin aside, it's good to see an all woman crew launched on a rocket! As a wean I was so buzzed following Helen Sharman's mission Idiots told me I shouldn't have been, because it was a woman In space SciComs- encourage girls! en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helen_S...
How many ex-X folk are here fae Scottish Twitter?
For mair #Scots content on BlueSky follae: @scotslanguage.bsky.social @lairnscots.bsky.social @asls.org.uk An pit mair in yer replies tae this!
Scots is the senior Germanic language o Scotland. "Aye" insteid o "yes" "Heid" insteid o "head" "Drap" insteid o "drop" "Cannae" insteid o "can't" "Maist" insteid o "most" an uisin wirds lik "skite", "scunner","dreich","wabbit","dytit","gowster","lum" aw hae the mair provonance!
Cauld "It's gey cauld" They said But they ken Thit ye'll no Get a haun Tae ye Tell them "It's cold." ÆL
Bairns Coontin Gemm It sterts wi Wan Twa Three Fower Five Six Seiven Eicht Nine Ten Keep gaun Alivin Twal Thirteen Keep gaun Fir five hale oors An mair Tae ye reach The nummer Ae weans Killt These months In Gaza ÆL
"Mad that Musk jist bought an personally privately ains the public coms an DMs o jist aboot aw governments, politicians, journalists, public institutions an public (an private) figures thit wis on Twitter, an thit we're aw stull here tbh"
Papped a haunfae o posts fae "the Ither Place" on here. A'll mibbie dae mair efter
D.I.Y. - Dae It Yersel
That sad thit a significant proportion ae thaim thit's interestit in the social science ae Scotland completely dingie the linguistic situation. Efter the wey a person luiks is taen in the wey thit they soond is the maist important social mairker. Haud on tae yer language!
A braw airticle fae Alasdair Allan
Geographical distribution o Scots wirds an linguistic features thro the medium o cheese Some features hae clear local variation - lik 5 coonties Some features are general, but hae gaps in contemporary uisage- lik Swiss cheese But maist are universal - lik Scottish cheddar 😋
Scots is the senior Germanic language o Scotland. "Aye" insteid o "yes" "Heid" insteid o "head" "Drap" insteid o "drop" "Cannae" insteid o "can't" "Maist" insteid o "most" an uisin wirds lik "skite", "scunner","dreich","wabbit","dytit","gowster","lum" aw hae the mair provonance!
Cauld "It's gey cauld" They said But they ken Thit ye'll no Get a haun Tae ye Tell them "It's cold." ÆL
For mair #Scots content on BlueSky follae: @scotslanguage.bsky.social @lairnscots.bsky.social @asls.org.uk An pit mair in yer replies tae this!
Ya dancer!
Guid tae see ye! Mibbie we kin up the Scots maitters?
He's mibbie got the storage tae accumulate thit maist fowk dinnae?
Magic tae see ye!
Hullo! Braw tae see ye tae 😀
Gled tae see ye!
Ay, I think because we cannae tak oor netwirk wi us fowk mibbie huvnae reconnectit on here richt yit. Mibbie if we uise it mair
There some fowk on X yit. Aw four replies wis folk sayin they ainly dip their heid in cause they've no monie fowk on here
theface.com/society/yer-...
Bein able tae fully engage wi civic society shuidnae be contingent oan ye chyngin yer language. That's hou A speik ma ain Scots at the Scottish pairliament an in the media Maist fowk in Scotland unnerstaun me whan A dae, an maist unnerstaun ither Scots speikers Gie it a shot. Uise yer ain Scots!
Yay!
There some fowk on X yit. Aw four replies wis folk sayin they ainly dip their heid in cause they've no monie fowk on here
Braw, follaed back!
Smashin!!!
Yas!
theface.com/society/yer-...
How many ex-X folk are here fae Scottish Twitter?
Thoughts?
Did ye ken the singin o Scots ballads on Glesga streets an back coorts lead tae the "Glasgow Police Act, 1800" thit's the foondin document o the modren polis forces warld wide? Sing awa!
Oniebody Emb'dy Anybody Anyone Anywan Oniewan Nae.. Aw... Every... Some... Su... ...whaur ...whaar ...wherr ...where ...thing ...thin ...hin ...fin ...in (...c*nt 😱) Whit a variety o indefinite pronoons we hae in #Scots Whit wans dae you uise?
A quick editorial guide tae the #Scots second person personal pronoon. Maist uisual uisage = ye "Aw, ye did that, did ye?" Emphatic = you "Aw, it wis you thit did that. Whit did ye dae that for?" Accusatory or exclamatory = ya "Ye did it, ya star. Aw, ya dancer!" [Du/thou is different]
Did ye ken the singin o Scots ballads on Glesga streets an back coorts lead tae the "Glasgow Police Act, 1800" thit's the foondin document o the modren polis forces warld wide? Sing awa!
A quick editorial guide tae the #Scots second person personal pronoon. Maist uisual uisage = ye "Aw, ye did that, did ye?" Emphatic = you "Aw, it wis you thit did that. Whit did ye dae that for?" Accusatory or exclamatory = ya "Ye did it, ya star. Aw, ya dancer!" [Du/thou is different]
On 8th March 1936 Oor Wullie made his first appearance in the Sunday Post newspaper. #comics #Scotland
🎶 Who’s the cause o aw the mirth? Rob Roy MacGregor-O Fae Glasgow Cross to the Solway Firth Rob Roy MacGregor-O Eat the breid and heid the baw The man that ate the boiled ham raw He very seldom kicks his maw Rob Roy MacGregor-O 🎶
Gin a body meet a body, comin throu the rye!
Traditionally "somebody", the "one" is taen tae be a import fae Southern English English. "Somewan", an even "someane" is gettin uised noo adays bi some. A dinnae say either 🤷🏻♂️
Oniebody Emb'dy Anybody Anyone Anywan Oniewan Nae.. Aw... Every... Some... Su... ...whaur ...whaar ...wherr ...where ...thing ...thin ...hin ...fin ...in (...c*nt 😱) Whit a variety o indefinite pronoons we hae in #Scots Whit wans dae you uise?
@techconnectify.bsky.social hey, good to see you're on here. I filmed this for you after recalling your video on flickering candle bulbs and your explaining this phenomenon. I thought you'd like to see the effect 'in the wild' (We didn't install those switches 😬📏📐)
Hae a swatch at this airticle tae lairn mair aboot oor Wird o the Week, frae oor freens at the Dictionars o the Scots Leid: https://www.scotslanguage.com/articles/view/id/6672 #Scots #ScotsLanguage
I saw an interview with some Hendrix contemporary who said that the right handed strats allowed him access to the arm, the pots, and the switch better than the lefties 🤷🏻♂️ No tried a leftie yet to see
NEW: TV bosses put pressure on directors working on Scottish programmes to watch the “language” of actors so English audiences can understand, an award-winning filmmaker has said. www.thenational.scot/news/2488079...
Lug-in tae Tom Fleming giein this week’s Catholic reading fae The New Testament in Scots bi W.L.Lorimer: https://www.scotslanguage.com/testament/6673 Luke 2:22-40 #Scots #ScotsLanguage
Lug-in tae Tom Fleming giein this week’s Kirk reading fae The New Testament in Scots bi W.L.Lorimer: https://www.scotslanguage.com/testament/6674 Luke 4:21-30 #Scots #ScotsLanguage
If it was common knowledge within the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland that there are three distinct legal systems with clearly defined jurisdictions, so much of my working life would be easier. Please spread the word and correct people 😁
Here twa draft maps A made o Scots skills as reportit in the 2022 Scotland's census bi cooncil area 1) percentage o thaim wi Scots skills in the area (no wan cooncil area reportit ablow 30%) 2) raw nummers o thaim thit reportit Scots skills in ilka area
Wha jist keeched theirsels? 🚨beeeeep beeeeep🚨
A Scots stranghaud!
You tae! ✨ Inspirado ✨
Whitlike is BlueSky in comparison wi the ither places? Gie's the tea bruh
Aw ☺️ A'll try tae mind tae drap in mair fir a blether then
Guid tae see ye here! A'll gie it a wee shottie, see hou it gaes 😁
Guid tae see ye here! A'll mibbies stick aboot fir ae wee #Scotstober leadin fae here insteid o thon boaksome bauchle ower thon 😁
Ta! Weil, A cannae pit claim tae no be addin tae thone tally bi bein here noo, but A'll try fir tae no 😅
Whitlike is BlueSky in comparison wi the ither places? Gie's the tea bruh
l There should be a worldwide adoption of a serif l in every font I'm sure all the folk called Al would agree @unicode.org
It's quite a thought just how many conversations I've had with people who've "just discovered" Scotland or Oor Language. There's probably something meaningful to be drawn from that
Any 21stC contemporary classical music worth a lug? I've just realised we're 1/4 of the way through and I'm soooo last century
It's emerging, more than by-laws, but not a top level jurisdiction (yet)
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Any 21stC contemporary classical music worth a lug? I've just realised we're 1/4 of the way through and I'm soooo last century
It was ever thus: “John Bull is ignorant of the States; he is probably ignorant of India; but, considering his opportunities, he is far more ignorant of countries nearer his own door…” —RL Stevenson, “The Foreigner at Home” MEMORIES & PORTRAITS via @gutenberg.org www.gutenberg.org/files/30598/...