#Scots

Major D Malpas

MajorDMalpas

Scottish nationalism isn’t half a mean spirited creed when you sit back and consider it: The nationalist wants to separate; to be less. The nationalist wants to stop pooling and

Ailig Ó Maolchalann / Alex Mulholland

molach95

Imagine if this was your timeline.This is what @Lenniesaurus is dealing with in response to a #Scots word - in this case cranreuchie yesterday. Nearly every bullying message is a

David Leask

LeaskyHT

The deeply prejudiced and stunningly ignorant subset of unionists abusing @Lenniesaurus & disparaging the speech of their neighbours are not new but they appear to be growing in confidence. It’s

Ailig Ó Maolchalann / Alex Mulholland

molach95

A #Gàidhlig teacher of mine was a native speaker from Skye. He said as a child he turned round to his mother who only spoke Gaelic to him and said

Dr Mike Galsworthy

mikegalsworthy

Very well-written article.The most compelling line in here is: "two wrongs don't make a right".To win the 20% who were No in '14, Remain in '16 & Yes now, there'd

The Majority

themajorityscot

James Kelly (@JamesKelly ) of Pop Goes Scot admits that he uses Panelbase polls to get a better result for yes. 'Panelbase have produced really good results for Yes recently,

Duncan Hothersall🌹

dhothersall

Lots of chat about whether #devolution has been worthwhile this morning, and I understand why some who, like me, favour Scotland remaining in the UK might think it was a

planninganon

Planninganon

Tory and Labour as identities are increasingly comparable to romantic, 19th-century nationalism. The codification of national traditions and costumes happens when the organic society which produced them is fading, like

john milbank

johnmilbank3

George Davie’s remarkable works suggest that the difference of Scottish learned culture is much greater than the Irish one, historically much more impacted by the English. He also shows that

c / אוֹרֶן 🌿

whatabirdy

Anyways, thread on Scottish languages, both modern and ancient (Gaelic, Scots, English, Pictish, and Norn) for anyone who's interested! Firstly, let's divide the most common by language family. Gaelic and

C Roberts(Tweets from an occupied Scotland)

CRobertsonUK

Sky, Virgin, and the BBC share about 2.5 billion pounds of Scots money p.a.Its not added to Scots GDP.They are preventing Scotlands media output being at least like that of

Gaelic House Mafia

DailyGael

How ultra Twitter views languages: Gaelic - nasty Fenian language spoken by nasty Fenians. Arrived from Ireland last week on the Stena line. Gaels don't exist but take ALL

Graham Shearer

GJShearer

To develop this a little, in the C17th there was a huge array of characters and groups, the Presbyterians, Royalists, Muggletonians, Socinians, Ranters, Quakers, Fifth Monarchists etc. Don't ask me

Ailig Ó Maolchalann / Alex Mulholland

molach95

A quote from Steven J. Reid in the new book "Corona Borealis""Early modern Scots understood Classical culture and history with a depth and completeness that modern scholars can admire but

Joanna Cherry QC

joannaccherry

Some follow up thoughts on a great piece by Andrew Tickell: How Scots have learned to love independence in 2020https://www.thenational.scot/news/18970919.scots-learned-2020-independence-feels-good/?ref=twtrec Andrew says; “Now, the idea o

James K Puchowski

kvisleis

I didn't have the opportunity to give a proper explanation of Norwegian at the @OorVyce panel the other day; we need to critique the ideologies around #Scots spelling. Language planning

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