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Can ah hae yer een for a wee minute tae threid aboot tartan? We aw ken aboot clan an faimily tartans, but dae ye ken whit came afore clan tartans? 1/
If we were tae gang back a few hunner year, we'll no find the system o clan tartans as we ken it noo. Afore the clan codification o tartans whit stertin in the early 19th century, particular tartans were maislty associated wi single weavers. 2/
Naturally yon weavers were in specific locations. An sae tae begin wi, maist tartans were kent as bein frae a distinct district. 3/
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Here is an update to last week’s discussion of the the Prologue to Scots by Billy Kay. Here follows my discussion of Chapter 1. Thank you to all the kind people who responded to the last post. I hope I saw all the comments. I don’t think I had my notifications set correctly.
#Scots #ScotsLeid #scotslanguage
A Reflection on Scots by Billy Kay
Chapter 1 The Mither Tongue?

All Excerpts From the book Scots by Billy Kay @billykayscot
books.apple.com/us/book/scots/…
This material may be protected by copyright

Other people I reference and/or quote —
Len Pennie Scots Word of the Day @Lenniesaurus
Damian Barr @Damian_Barr
Ian Henderson CTO of Rubric @rubricinc
rubric.com/en-US/scots-la…
Mozilla Firefox in Scots mozilla.org/sco/
BBC Radio Scotland 5 @bbcradioscot Good Morning Scotland 13 Aug 2021
BBC Scotland @BBCScotland
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#scots #scotsleid #scotslanguage
I recently purchased Scots The Mither Tongue (2006) by @billykayscot. I purchased a paperback, and then realized taking notes was easier using an iPad app version. So I ended up buying it twice. (A thread)
As an American, and new to the study of Scots, I’ll reflect on what I’ve learned. Any and all mistakes and misinterpretations are my own. I gladly accept gentle correction.

I will keep quotes from the book to a minimum. Page numbers are from the Apple Books app version.
Excerpts From Scots
Billy Kay
books.apple.com/us/book/scots/…
This material may be protected by copyright. I believe one generally has limited rights to quote minimally in a book review. If I am incorrect or if the author @billykayscott requests that I remove them …
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