Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Scots spoken in Outlander may not be the language spoken today in Scotland, but rather a stage-Scots – essentially English ...

AS THEY CLEARED their heads after Burns Night on January 25th, having celebrated their national poet with whisky and haggis, another hangover loomed for Scots in less than a week’s time. A majority of ...

The story of Harry Potter, the Boy Who Lived, has been translated into 80 languages. J.K. Rowling‘s magical tales wrap around the globe through those translations and reach millions of fans. The 80th ...

Next week, the United Kingdom will be different. Whether it’s “aye” or “naw” in the Scottish Independence referendum, there is already unstoppable momentum for greater national responsibility at ...

Now, some big news for "Harry Potter" fans. The first book of the series, "Harry Potter And The Sorcerer's Stone," has been translated into its 80th language, and it comes out today. What's that ...

GLASGOW—Delegates here at the COP26 climate summit could be excused for thinking it was taking place in an entirely English-speaking country. Step beyond the United Nations-controlled blue zone, and ...

At the beginning of 2004 anyone will be able to access the definitive usage of any Scots word, ancient or modern, for free. The process of putting both the Scottish National Dictionary and the ...

The internet was ablaze earlier this week after it was discovered that the bulk of the Wikipedia pages for Scotland were written by an American teenager who doesn't even know the Scots language. A ...

Lois Sherret, who died of a rare form of cancer, with her arm around her friend Claire Berridge A new children's book aimed at encouraging school pupils to engage with the Scots language has been ...