LONDON – The Inuit of the Arctic know a lot about snow, and their wide vocabulary for the white stuff is legendary. But they may face a challenge in snow-describing ability — from Scotland.

The Dictionaries of the Scots Language (DSL) have plenty to say about cooshie doo, one of several terms for “the ring-dove or wood-pigeon". In 1887, RM Calder’s Minstrelsey of the Merse mentioned, ...

THE Scottish dialect changes from place to place, but we've gathered a list of the best words in our language. THE uniqueness of the Scottish language is what separates us from the rest of the world.

A batch of iconic Scottish words has been added to the Oxford English Dictionary in its most recent update. This morning, June 25, it was revealed that the dictionary now features 13 new terms, all ...

What would ye twa cotters ken o’ battle, eh? I bet ye Lallybroch tumshies will turn arse and run at first blast o’ cannon fire… Pithy Scots brogue and throwaway insults punctuate Outlander, the ...

Rude, crude and extremely funny, “Scottish Twitter” has garnered much attention in recent years for its uniquely Celtic wit – and for the specific ways it uses language. Journalist Eve Livingston’s ...

An icon in the shape of a lightning bolt. Impact Link An American has written and edited thousands of articles on the official Wikipedia site for the centuries-old Scots language. The Wikipedia user ...