Collins Scottish Words: A wee guide to the Scottish language

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John Abernethy. Collins Scottish Words: A wee guide to the Scottish language
Collins Scottish Words. A wee guide to the Scottish language. Foreword by John Abernethy
Table of Contents
Note on the Text
Editor
Editorial Staff
For the Publishers
Introduction
List of panels
Pronunciation guide
A–Z of Scottish Words
Who knew that was Scots?
The earliest Scots
Gaelic voices
More than a game
The call of the pipes
Places with strange-sounding names
The Auld Alliance
The written word
The romance of the Jacobites
It’s the law
A taste of Scotland
The water of life
Tartan talk
William Wallace
A tale of two cities
Suggestions for Further Reading
Copyright
About the Publisher
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Cover Page
Title Page
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This greeting is often seen on place-name signs for towns, as if one, genuinely warm, welcome were not enough for anybody.
champit tatties plural noun mashed potatoes, one of the traditional accompaniments to haggis, along with bashit neeps, in a Burns Supper
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