InScripting HorizonsbyIsla Baird·Dec 26, 2025The Disappearing Sound of Dialects: What Happens When Language and Place Drift ApartThe bus shelter on South Street smells of damp paint and old rain. A boy waits with his phone glowing blue in his hands. He speaks to a…
Jack McLachlan·Nov 28, 2022BaffiesIt always strikes me as odd when A “guid Scots wird” that I’ve always used and that my family has always used has such poor providence in…
SusiBriggsAuthor·Nov 19, 2022Brickle Signal © Susi BriggsBlinkin wind stung tears Ah pullt a feather aff a web The bricht white shone A brickle signal
Mòrag Lee·Apr 4, 2021Scots and Gaelic aren’t Yes languages — here’s why.The Scots language and Scottish Gaelic are both experiencing a bit of a revival right now. Maybe not on a large or systematic scale, but…
Mari Sherret·Feb 2, 2021The inbetween not quite one thing or the other Scottish weatherI hate grey, dreich, miserable days
