Last week, residents of Scotland voted not to break away from the U.K. in a much-anticipated referendum on Scottish independence. For those of us with a special fascination with culture and language, ...

An icon in the shape of a lightning bolt. Impact Link An American has written and edited thousands of articles on the official Wikipedia site for the centuries-old Scots language. The Wikipedia user ...

Welcome to Source Notes, a Future Tense column about the internet’s knowledge ecosystem. The banner posted across Scots Wikipedia bears an important notice: “Followin recent revelations, Scots ...

What would ye twa cotters ken o’ battle, eh? I bet ye Lallybroch tumshies will turn arse and run at first blast o’ cannon fire… Pithy Scots brogue and throwaway insults punctuate Outlander, the ...

Rude, crude and extremely funny, “Scottish Twitter” has garnered much attention in recent years for its uniquely Celtic wit – and for the specific ways it uses language. Journalist Eve Livingston’s ...

Glasgow Zine Library has secured funding to commission a new Scots language publication. The library is one of eight recipients of the Scots Language Publication Grant, awarded by the Scottish Book ...

The work of Robert Burns continues to have a deep connection to Ulster-Scots: the province was the first place outside of Scotland to publish his work and his poetry had meaning and depth for ...