Tag: Gaelic

  • Scots English: do you know your teuchters from your sassenachs?

    Scots English: do you know your teuchters from your sassenachs?

    Mind your Language (The Guardian), 3-10-2014 Irrespective of the political fallout from the independence referendum, the UK’s language patchwork is stronger having retained the rich tradition of Scots English An illustration from The Poetical Works of Robert Burns (1888), showing Tam o’ Shanter with his ‘drouthy neibors’ – thirsty fellows in the pub. Photograph: /flickr There […]