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EDITORS of the Oxford English Dictionary have reissued a plea for contributions of new words from English-speakers worldwide - 120 years after the first editor made a similar appeal, writes Andy ...

Scotland's top words and phrases have been named, with a list rounding up more than 40 terms. On Thursday, July 24, Cottages & Castles published a "wee guide to Scottish slang". The experts rounded up ...

OXFORD, England, May 1 (UPI) -- A handwritten dictionary of Scottish words and phrases compiled by James Boswell, the biographer of Dr. Samuel Johnson, has turned up at Oxford University. The Bodleian ...

A series of Scottish words have been added to the Oxford English Dictionary in its latest update. More than 10 new Scottish entries have been recorded in the newest version of the dictionary. On ...

The debate over Scottish independence has led to a flurry of words not always readily understandable to non-Scottish ears. Here are some of them. Scots phrases - and non-Scots political terminology - ...

Researchers compiling a new thesaurus of Scottish words say they have found over 400 synonyms for snow. The words will be included in the new Historical Thesaurus of Scots which, when complete, will ...

While the UK is only home to around 69 million people, there are dozens of regional languages and dialects spoken across the British Isles. From Cornish to Scottish Gaelic, Manx, and Welsh, each ...

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