This dictionary features: words commonly found in literature; grammar notes; verb lists; spelling and pronunciation guidance; and a brief history of the Scots language.
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This new reference book is valuable in its attempt to convey the real viability of Scots vocabulary in many different registers! The ideal reader of the ESD is thus anyone with a genuine interest in the liveliness of languages. Young learners will no doubt be helped by the accessibility of presentation. 'This new reference book is valuable in its attempt to convey the real viability of Scots vocabulary in many different registers! The ideal reader of the ESD is thus anyone with a genuine interest in the liveliness of languages. Young learners will no doubt be helped by the accessibility of presentation.' - Scots Lanuage, 25 This new reference book is valuable in its attempt to convey the real viability of Scots vocabulary in many different registers! The ideal reader of the ESD is thus anyone with a genuine interest in the liveliness of languages. Young learners will no doubt be helped by the accessibility of presentation. 'This new reference book is valuable in its attempt to convey the real viability of Scots vocabulary in many different registers! The ideal reader of the ESD is thus anyone with a genuine interest in the liveliness of languages. Young learners will no doubt be helped by the accessibility of presentation.' - Scots Lanuage, 25
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By Scotland lover "Scot quine" (Arizona) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Essential Scots Dictionary: Scots/English -English/Scots (Scots Language Dictionaries) (Paperback)
This is very helpful if you actually read it before you go & use it while in Scotland. The first trip I kept saying, "Say again please"; second trip I said this less often; third trip I was so lucky to stay with native Scots in varied locations, all willing to blether, crack, clash. I find older Scots or those interested in the history, eager to explain & educate me in the meanings & pronunciation. This book is invaluable when reading Burns or 18/19/20th century literature. Understanding speech & meaning from NE, West Coast, Highlands, Lowlands varies greatly, so this book helps. If you are visiting but have no real interest in the Scots, then the book is of little use. I find it hard to imagine a visit without the book or not falling in love with the Scots.
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The only two-way dictionary they make!,
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This review is from: The Essential Scots Dictionary: Scots/English -English/Scots (Scots Language Dictionaries) (Paperback)
The 'Concise Scots Dictionary' is only Scots-English; and the 'Concise English-Scots Dictionary' is only English-Scots! You MUST get the 'Essential' one.
(But having said that, I don't know much about this other 'Hippocrene (Sc-En En-Sc) Dictionary' -- maybe that's good, too.) I hate to admit it, and all things are equal, but you really have to say, English manufactures are slightly superior to Scottish. (I dunno, maybe they're just better at planning obsolescence (-/making it look unintentional).)
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adj dour, gie someone, yer han, auld claes, rid face, yon time, contemptuous term, mud etc, clumsy person, hay etc, jam etc, last sheaf, slight shower, straw etc, yer feet, wee man Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New Year, Riding of the Marches, High Court, April Fool's Day, Sheriff Court, Court of Session, Roman Catholic, Shrove Tuesday, Jack Frost, Jock Tamson, Scottish Episcopal Church New!
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adj dour, gie someone, yer han, auld claes, rid face, yon time, contemptuous term, mud etc, clumsy person, hay etc, jam etc, last sheaf, slight shower, straw etc, yer feet, wee man Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New Year, Riding of the Marches, High Court, April Fool's Day, Sheriff Court, Court of Session, Roman Catholic, Shrove Tuesday, Jack Frost, Jock Tamson, Scottish Episcopal Church New!
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