A good Scottish accent brings images of bagpipes, kilts, and dramatically weathered cliffs to mind—but a bad one can make you look like a bogging bampot. The difference lies in the pronunciation, ...

(Reuters) - Scotland's governing party set out its plans on Tuesday for a referendum on independence, but the main opposition parties vowed to block any move to end the 300-year-old union with England ...

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 ...

GLASWEGIANS now say “fink”, “peopo” and “moof” instead of think, people and mouth, according to a new study of the city’s changing accents. Did you know with a Digital Subscription to The Scotsman, ...

IN the long-expected work of which the first part lies before us, Professor Child undertakes to give every existing version of every popular English ballad, together with its comparative history, ...