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Hi, ony ither body oot there wintin tae spick anent the Scots leid, literature in Scots, libraries an publishin in Scotland, whitna rubbish the Labour Pairty are, etc?

Hi Caroline, guid tae see ye here. Ah'm aye screenging scrieving in Scots, but nae poetry nor fiction. Hae ye seen the Caledonian Mercury - they pit furth articles in Scots oan politics an sic like.

Ooh, some ither body jyned! Verra pleased tae see ye an aw. Mony thanks for the tip - I sud definitely be follaein the Caledonian Mercury. Ah dae leuk at newsnetScotland - Paul Kavanagh (former student o mine at Glesca) scrieves in Scots there http://www.newsnetscotland.com/arts-and-culture/1898-scots-leid-articles.html

I'm mebbe getting the twa mixed up then. It's the Mercury haes the "Wurd o the Day", and newsnet wi the lang articles. I get baith wi RSS, so Ah dinnae see the mastheid.

(Apologies for not responding in Scots; not being Scottish myself, I would only make a mockery of the language should I attempt to imitate it.)

@ CarolineMacafee: For a long time I used to be the only LT user to catalogue An introduction to a survey of Scottish dialects by Angus McIntosh, until, of course, you nicked that questionable honour. I see your library on the subject is quite extensive, so well done there.

To all others who read this thread: I'd like to recommend some fiction to you. Scottish writer Anne Donovan mixes Scots & English to great effect in her stories. One of her short pieces, Hieroglyphics, is freely available online. I urge you to go give it a read. (Some of you might already be familiar with her; if so, please consider this a confirmation of your excellent taste.)

Hi Petroglyph and thanks for the link.