Any online Scots courses?

Chris Paton · Post by **Chris Paton** » Sat Mar 31, 2007 8:54 am

ULLANS = ULster lalLANS

And a much nicer sounding word, granted....! lol

LesleyB · Post by **LesleyB** » Sat Mar 31, 2007 10:13 am

Hi all
This is a good place to get a feel for the regional variations in dialect in the UK.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/voices/recordings/index.shtml
Best wishes
Lesley

Heather · Post by **Heather** » Sat Mar 31, 2007 2:53 pm

Hello Chris

There is a Gaelic College in Nova Scotia that does offer some online courses. Not sure if this is what you're looking for. Just look under 'school' and then 'online courses'.

http://www.gaeliccollege.edu/index.php

Hope this helps.

Heather

Chris Paton · Post by **Chris Paton** » Sat Mar 31, 2007 3:04 pm

Hi Heather,

I've actually been to St. Ann's Gaelic College on Cape Breton!

I was filming a TV series called Celtic America for STV, S4C and RTE in 1999, and during a three and a half month filming trip to the States I had the good fortune to have a day off whilst working in Halifax, so I popped into a car and headed off to Cape Breton for the day. It turned out when I arrived that the college was in fact closed, but I found a tutor there who spent the next hour talking to me in Gaelic, which was absolutely brilliant as an experience!

As I mentioned in an earlier post though, it was actually the Scots language I am looking for courses on, also known as Lallans (i.e. Lowlands), which is not the same language as Scots Gaelic... If you look at Davie's post earlier, you'll see it's written in Scots, which is close to English, but diufferent enough. My signature below is written in both Scots Gaelic and English, so you can see the difference between Gaelic and Scots.

Regards,

Chris

Chris Paton · Post by **Chris Paton** » Sat Mar 31, 2007 3:04 pm

double post

Jamboesque · Post by **Jamboesque** » Sat Mar 31, 2007 3:49 pm

Although this is not strictly a language site it is still a fascinating look into the Scots Language. I have had great fun entering words that I think are, or have had their origins in Scots.

Dictionary of the Scots Language.

http://www.dsl.ac.uk/dsl/

They have also responded to the Scoittish Executive's "Strategy for the Languages of Scotland" with this PDF document.

http://www.scotsdictionaries.org.uk/pdf ... sponse.pdf

Some folk are trying to keep the language alive and more power to their elbow(s)

Davie · Post by **Davie** » Tue Apr 03, 2007 6:43 pm

It’s guid that somewan in is tryin’ tae keep sumphin oan the verbal gawn in Holywood.
And guid tae huv the wee site above furr a quick refer.
Maist o’ the punters that huv writ up oan the “Scots” lingo jist copied hauf it frae the NDS.
Even ah kid dae that.
I enjoyed the BBC site Lesley, even recognised some o’ the folk in the pics.
And if you have been in Cape Breton Chris, you should be on givin’ us tips oan oor spiel.
The Post is one of my electronic papers.
Not a regular morning read, but occasionally.
http://www.capebretonpost.com/

The wee tomes I have here in the flat oan the subject are,
The Glasgow Gospel
The four Gospels in Braid Scots
The New Testament in Scots.
On a secular theme
Shut yer puss
Scots, The Mither Tongue,
Luath, Scots Language Learner.

Have more in boxes.

I was also informed today that there is a second hand bookshop in Largs.
Is ther oany truth in that wee rumour?

Davie

Chris Paton · Post by **Chris Paton** » Tue Apr 03, 2007 7:19 pm

Hi Davie, there is indeed a second hand bookshop - but it redefines the word 'wee'! At a push, you probably could swing a cat around in it. The best second hand bookshop I've ever found is the one on Great Western Road in Glasgow - they've all sorts of gems in there!

Chris