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Loanin in the Gloamin: Supportin the Scots Language in Yer Library
Category: Blog, News by Thomas Clark, North Lanarkshire Libraries January is aye a braw month for the Scots language. Aw roond the globe, on the chimin o the bells, fowk link their hauns and handsel in the brent-new year wi a sang in Scots aboot the mindin o the auld yin – and then, a few weeks efter, gie immortal memory tae the scriever o thon lyric wi a nicht o sang an story, poetry an public speakin.
Animal Fairm [Animal Farm in Scots]: Illustraitit Edition
Animal Fairm [Animal Farm in Scots]: Illustraitit Edition By (author) George Orwell; Translated by Thomas Clark; Illustrated by Bob Dewar AW ANIMALS ARE EQUAL BUT SOME ANIMALS ARE MAIR EQUAL THAN ITHERSIt didnae seem unco when Napoleon wis seen daunderin aboot the fairmhoose gairden wi a pipe in his mooth…Frae the instant o its first publication ower seeventy year syne, Animal Fairm, in mony weys, has come tae be oor socio-political urtext – oor wan-singer-wan-sang, oor collective pairty...
Scots Language Publication Grant Awardees 2021
We are delighted to announce the ten new titles to be supported by the Scots Language Publication Grant. The Scots Language Publication Grant provides assistance for publishing new work (including translated texts), reprinting existing historical or culturally significant work, and also effective marketing and promotion of existing and new work.
Neither useful nor ornamental: Why Scots matters
Some fowk think that there’s nae sic thing as writin in Scots. That there’s nae richt spellins, or grammar, or tenses. That the notion o a Scots dictionary is a joke MacGuffin wi the laugh built in, like a left-haundit screwdriver or a tin o tartan paint. That writin in Scots jist means makkin it up as ye gang alang. Man, man. If they anely kent the hauf o it. See, writin o ony kind is an experiment; or it should be.
Diary o a Wimpy Wean
PART OF THE Scots, Whay-hay! ISSUE ‘But dae I get ony thanks for stickin up for the lassies aw this time? Dae I chocolate.’ Itchy Coo have been doing a sterling job translating bestselling childrens’ books into Scots for 17 years and we love to keep an eye on what authors they seek out to get the Itchy Coo treatment. Reading Jeff Kinney’s Diary of a Wimpy Kid in Scots had us fair roarin’ in the office, and we hope you love this little taster too.
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