Scots
Tartan-wearing folk
Scots refers to the people of Scotland or their distinctive language, a Germanic tongue closely related to English but with its own vocabulary, pronunciation, and grammar: Scots wha hae wi' Wallace bled.
As an adjective, Scots describes things Scottish: Scots law, Scots pine.
The language is sometimes called Broad Scots to distinguish it from Scottish English.
Scots also names Scotch whisky in informal speech.
Patterned clan fabric
- bagpipesDroning wind instrument
- kiltWrapped Highland garment
- clanRelated group sharing ancestry
- thistleSpiny flowering weed
haggis · whisky · ceilidh · sporran · piper · caber · Highland Games · Burns Night
Austere classical column style
- GlaswegianPerson from Scotland's largest city
- AyrshireSouthwest Scotland region
- AngusScottish cattle breed
- FifeEast Scottish peninsula
vernacular · dialect · vocabulary · grammar · pronunciation · accent · brogue · lilt
Scottish national poet
- TrainspottingScottish addiction tale
- Tam o' ShanterTraditional Scottish woolen cap
- Auld Lang SyneTraditional year-end song
- balladsNarrative verse set to music
braw
Scottish for fine
nae · bonnie · laddie · lassie · bairn · kirk · loch · burn · glen · croft
tartan
Patterned clan fabric
thistle · haggis · whisky · ceilidh · sporran · piper · caber · Highland Games · Burns Night · St. Andrew
Doric
Austere classical column style
- GlaswegianPerson from Scotland's largest city
- AyrshireSouthwest Scotland region
- AngusScottish cattle breed
Fife · vernacular · dialect · vocabulary · grammar · pronunciation · accent · brogue · lilt · patter
Robert Burns
Scottish national poet
- TrainspottingScottish addiction tale
- Tam o' ShanterTraditional Scottish woolen cap
- Auld Lang SyneTraditional year-end song
English
Britain's native tongue
Norwegian · Swedish · Icelandic · Frisian · Yiddish · Afrikaans · Faroese · Luxembourgish · Anglo-Saxon · Old English
- Indo-EuropeansCelts, Slavs, Indo-Aryan, Aryans, Greeks
- Medieval PeoplesFranks, Saxons, Visigoths, Ostrogoths, Vandals
- Scottish PeopleGael, Caledonian
- dialectologydialectology, dialect atlas, linguistic atlas, regional dialects, fieldwork
- Indo-European LanguagesEnglish, German, French, Spanish, Italian
- English Speakersnative speaker, native speakers, Americans, British, American
ScotsEnglish
Britain's native tongue
Welsh · Irish · Anglo-Saxon · Cornish · Ulster
ScotsStandard English
Codified mainstream dialect
Queen's English · BBC English · Welsh · Irish Gaelic · Cornish
- Scottish ancestryDescent from Scotland
- Scotch tapeTransparent adhesive strip brand
- Scotland YardLondon police headquarters
- scotch and sodaWhisky with fizzy water
- Mary Queen of Scots
- scotch eggsSausage-wrapped eggs, breaded, fried
Scotland, Scottish, Scotch, Scot, Scotsman, Scotswoman, Scotsmen, Scottishness