Gid awa ti Keith iday ti get a fridge (glamour) an breengit intil a puckle wirdies in e toon. Ken them aa? #scotsleid #doric #aberdeenshire

GROWK: ‘To look longingly at something, esp. of a child or dog begging for food’ (dsl.ac.uk/our-publicatio…). An early example in DSL comes from J.B. Salmond’s My Man Sandy (1894): “Nathan was stanin’ at the table as uswal, growk-growkin’ awa’ for a bit o’ my tea biskit.” #Scots

That’s the nominations for the Scots Language Awards 2025 open fae the day! 📍We’re haein the awards in Dundee - 12.30pm, Saturday 6th September at Discovery Point. Dae ye ken a body wha’s daein great stuff in or for Scots? 🗳️ Get them a nominatit - scotslanguageawards.com

Here’s a wee spoiler-free peek o ma second buik fur bairns, ‘The Moggie Thit Meowed Too Much’! Coming this September. The story o a feart moggie who teaches a wee lassie hoo tae be brave. Illustrated by the braw Bob Dewar. Final cover reveal comin awfae soon fae Luath Press!

Great to read that nominations for the #Scots Language Awards 2025 are now open - scotslanguageawards.com Hands Up For Trad

Ye hae 12 awards tae nominate fowk for at the Scots Language Awards! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Wha’s been daein great stuff for Scots in business, community or the airts? We want tae ken aboot it! 🏆 ➡️scotslanguageawards.com

Some braw #Scots offerings in poetry and performance at this year’s Edinburgh International Book Festival! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿⬇️

You ainly hae until Sunday 3rd August tae nominate yer Scots heroes for an award! 🗳️ Dinnae miss oot!

HERE’S TAE US: ‘A toast or expression of self-congratulation, often used ironically’ (dsl.ac.uk/our-publicatio…).   This popular toast is recorded in full in the Dictionaries of the #Scots Language (DSL) as here’s tae us; wha’s like us? Damn few and they’re aw deid.

🪶We're thrilled to announce 'O'er a' my labours sey your skill: Poetic Responses to Robert Fergusson. Across Scots, English and Gaelic, a wealth of contemporary poets respond to Fergusson's work, proving that, 250 years since his death, his song immortal lives! Taproot Press

LAND O CAKES: ‘A popular designation for Scotland, from the importance of oatcakes to the diet of the rural population’ (dsl.ac.uk/our-publicatio…). In 1728, Allan Ramsay wrote in his Poems: “Nor believe These wha an ill Report would give To Ed'nburgh and the Land of Cakes.”

That’s the third round of proofs of ‘The Moggie Thit Meowed Too Much’ in the bag! 🐈‍⬛ 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 A huge thanks to the Dictionaries of the Scots Language and the Scots Language Centre centre. They provide invaluable resources - aye, even fur professional scrivers - that have helped make this book truly bonnie!

Grumphie: ‘A pig’ (dsl.ac.uk/our-publicatio…). 🐖 DSL’s earliest example comes from Robert Burns, who uses the term in his 1786 poem Halloween: “An’ wha was it but Grumphie Asteer that night?”. dsl.ac.uk/entry/snd/grum… #Scots

2026 NEW WRITERS AWARDS Applications for the 2026 New Writers Awards are currently open. The deadline for all applications is Wed 24 Sept 2025. The awards are free to apply to, all travel expenses are covered, awardees are chosen by a panel of judges. scottishbooktrust.com/writing-and-au…

Listen tae yer hosts - vote NOO fir the Scots Language Awards 2025! 🗳️ Ye’ve gied us a braw shortlist, noo ye need let us ken wha’ll be this year’s winners!🌟 Mon the Scots – projects.handsupfortrad.scot/scotslanguagea…

Vote here: projects.handsupfortrad.scot/scotslanguagea… And lots of other great Scots Language books/folk/organisations...All worth celebrating.

ScotsHoose Yaldi sponsorin the Scots in Business Award 2025. Braw Tea at Broughty Ferry are ane o wir nominees. Vote noo until Aug 31st at hwww.surveymonkey.com/r/SLAVoting2025 The Scots Language Awards are in Dundee on Sept 6th Hands Up For Trad Dundee Culture

Here’s yer nominees for this year's Scots Langugage Awards! ✨ Fae storytellers tae educators, they’re aw playing a huge pairt in keeping Scots strang! 🙌⬇️ Get votin!

🎙️ NEW SPL PODCAST! Samuel Tongue in conversation with Taylor Dyson, who was recently appointed as the Dundee and Angus Scots Scriever, based at the National Library of Scotland. Taylor is a Dundee based performance poet and theatre maker. scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/podcast/samuel…

WHINGE: ‘To complain or fret in a whining manner’ (dsl.ac.uk/our-publicatio…).🧑‍🍼 This word is used to great effect in Allan Ramsay’s Gentle Shepherd (1725): “Syne whindging Getts [bairns] about your Ingleside, Yelping for this or that with fasheous Din.” #Scots