Hi everyone!

I'm looking for someone who might be willing to tutor me in Scots, either online or through occasional lessons.

I've had an interest in Scottish history and literature for some time, particularly Older Scots writing such as the Maitland Quarto. Most of my experience with Scots has been through reading historical texts, so I've developed some reading comprehension but have very little experience with pronunciation or spoken Scots.

I'm currently completing a master's degree and exploring the possibility of using Scots to fulfill a foreign-language reading requirement, subject to my university's approval. I'd like to improve my understanding of the language and become more confident reading and interpreting Scots texts.

I'm particularly interested in learning about pronunciation, vocabulary, and the differences between Older Scots and modern varieties.

I don't have a huge budget, but I'd be happy to compensate someone for their time. I'd also appreciate recommendations for tutors, courses, or resources.

Thanks very much for any help or suggestions!

Thought I (21,M, Paisley uni student) had it all wrapped up until my pal dropped out literally tonight haha. I stay about an hour by train away from Glasgow so while I'm scrambling for a hotel (in Glasgow, of course. The nearest towns are Largs or Greenock which are... different from each other but piss for a student night out) where are the places to be that don't require tickets.

I'd have said hive but not friendly enough with any students to invite myself along haha.

Hello,

I move around a lot with my kids who have up to now been homeschooled but from next year I am going to be putting them in Y5 and Y6 primary school. We have lived in dubai, Ethiopia, Kenya, London. I have been looking around online for a nice town to move to in Scotland. I was raised in London, and I am now ready for slow life, no big cities and I love nature. I came across many little towns that seem amazing but I am currently now seriously considering Dunbar. I work from home, so don't need any work opportunities, but I would like a town where we dont stick out like a sore thumb and could be part of a community. Me and my kids are black and as a women with two kids, safety and comfort of my kids is top priority. I know some people may recommend moving to the bigger cities (Edinburgh, Glasgow) but considering what was happening with the riots last year, and my dislike for big city life, I just feel like it will be like living in parts of London, just without knowing where the danger lurks. I think smaller towns will be relatively safer and even if people are not use to different looking people, I feel like it is a lot less likely to escalate or turn into random violence, or push kids into traffic and all the other things people have been reporting.

So, my good people, would you recommend Dunbar to a black women and 2 kids (8 and 10yrs), for a quiet, uneventful peaceful life? if not, is there anywhere else you think would be better for us?

We are going to travel around before buying a home anyway, but I wanted to make a short list of places to checkout.

Would love to hear the experience of any POC living in the smaller towns if they come across this post.

Hi everyone!

I'm a postgraduate in applied linguistics, currently investigating a regional English construction for my syntax assignment.

I'm particularly interested in speakers who naturally use or accept sentences like:

A. The car needs washed.

Here's the question I'm really interested in:

If A sounds natural to you, does B also sound natural?

B. The car needs carefully washed.

And how about:

C. The car needs washed carefully.

I'd love to know:

1. Do you naturally accept A?
2. If yes, do you also accept B and C, or only one of them?
3. Which region are you from, and which variety of English do you speak?

Please go with your natural linguistic intuition rather than prescriptive grammar rules.

Thank you for sharing your intuitions!

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hi I'm doing my Scottish advanced higher music this year and one of the aspects of the course is analysing a piece of music. I've chosen to do feed me from little shop of horrors (I'll put the link in at the end) and I'm just really really stumped and struggling on how to do this. I understand we just need to take concepts out that we hear but I'm really struggling on this and writing it in a coherent way, we need to include time stamps of where in the music we hear the concepts but I'm unsure how to write this out at a advanced level. I'm just hoping if anyone could just help me with some analysis or even just point me in the write direction because frankly I don't have a scooby and I want to pass obviously so just please if anyone could possible take the time to help me if you may have done the advanced course recently or just so happen to be a musician, id be really grateful!

I'm 14 and a huge F1 fan and I think it'd be really beneficial to helping me become fluent if there was a to do what I love through Gaelic. I realise that unfortunately the rebirth of the Scots Gaelic language hasn't generated enough money for BBC Alba to buy rights to the broadcast or anything but if anyone knows of some niche commentary or streamers who watch along and provide play-by-play commentary pls let me know. Taing mhòr!

I'm Italian and I'm making a game where your whole life happens through phone notifications. You can be born in the UK, so you get HMRC letters, A-levels and council tax. Right now I'm writing the dad character: all the messages your dad sends you, from the day you get your first phone at 14 until you're old.

The problem is I'm Italian, and my dad texts differently. I have no idea what a typical Scottish dad text looks like.

Could you help me? Reply with the text your dad sends you most often. I'd really appreciate it, and I'll add the messages you send me to the game.

It's still a beta, if you want to try it: https://pinglife.itch.io/pinglife

I made a short fiction film about Scotland's salmon poaching culture. Shot and made music for the entire thing myself with the help of my best man GUS (who shot a lot of the film himself and stars in it as the character: BOOTS). I'm proud of how it went and I hope you like it too

Hi, I really need a tripod for a phone. I heading by prom to the Isle of Lewis today and my tripod broke in my suitcase. I'm leaving on the ferry on October 28th, and I'll be on the Isle of Lewis on October 29th, and I need a tripod then.
Please help.

I was trying to remember all of the school dinners in primary school. I was telling my niece how good they were back in the day. They were all home made by the dinner ladies. We also got to make a lot of things in home economics. It's sad the kids don't get to experience this today.

Here are the ones I remember. I know there's more feel free to add to the list.

Beef olives, potatoes and peas

Meatloaf, mash and carrots

Pizza and chips

Pink custard and coconut jam cake

Caramel cake and custard

Pie, chips and beans

Fish and chips

Sponge cake with white icing and sprinkles

Lentil soup

Cheese flan, chips and beans

New gas-fired power station at Peterhead is approved

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Who knew the Daily Record was literally in bed with Labour?

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