Scots language

West Germanic language

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Scots-language edition of Wikipedia

Campbeltown (; or ) is a town and former royal burgh in Argyll and Bute, Scotland. It lies by Campbeltown Loch on the Kintyre Peninsula. Campbeltown became an important centre for Scotch whisky, and a busy fishing port.

Anglicisation, or anglicization, is a form of cultural assimilation whereby something non-English becomes assimilated into or influenced by the culture of England. It can be sociocultural, in which a non-English place adopts the English language or culture; institutional, in which institutions are influenced by those of England or the United Kingdom; or linguistic, in which a non-English term or name is altered due to the cultural influence of the English language. It can also refer to the influence of English soft power, which includes media, cuisine, popular culture, technology, business pra

former type of Scottish burgh

former verdict in Scottish law

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Scottish lexicographer (1759-1838)

West Germanic language of Lowland Scotland (1450–1700)

oldest style of golf course

A bawbee was a Scottish sixpence. The word means a debased copper coin, valued at six pence Scots (equal at the time to an English half-penny), issued from the reign of James V of Scotland to the reign of William II of Scotland. They were hammered until 1677, when they were produced upon screw presses.

1841 poem and nursery rhyme

fortified house of the Anglo-Scottish border

all-Ireland body promoting Ulster-Scots

six-line stanzaic form with rhyme scheme AAABAB, with tetrameter A lines and dimeter B lines

Municipal title in Scotland

thumb|Smailholm Tower, showing the barmkin wall in the foreground Barmkin, also spelled barmekin or barnekin, is a Scots word which refers to a form of medieval and later defensive enclosure, typically found around smaller castles, tower houses, pele towers, and bastle houses in Scotland and the north of England. It has been suggested that etymologically the word may be a corruption of the word barbican or berm. The barmkin would have contained ancillary buildings, and could be used to protect cattle during raids.

language of Northern Britain descended from Middle English

cold sea fog, especially on the east coast of Britain