focal Ultais an lae smaointe fánacha x gruaig gan chíorad = this whole thing.
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Rían Ó Díomasaigh retweeted
Feb 27
Erm ackshully the most common word to refer to fox in Scots is ‘tod’. ‘fox’ does exist but was considered archaic and only really appeared in compounds (eg. ‘foxfit’ - ‘buttercup’) until recent English influence 🤓☝️
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Rían Ó Díomasaigh retweeted
Jan 11
Can you understand ACTUALLY SPOKEN Old English??
Here are a few snippets from my conversation with @colingorrie , the first recorded conversation between two advanced OE speakers in over 800 years!
Check out the whole episode here: youtube.com/watch?v=Ww6hoKRW…
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18 Dec 2025
Skeptical appraisals of Ulster Scots from unionist perspectives are usually some variant of "grrr noooo stop it this doesn't help political unionism!!!" and the idea that you might want to do language stuff because you like languages and think they're cool doesn't seem to occur😅
18 Dec 2025
There is an Ulster Scots culture to celebrate. There is a role for the Ulster Scots commissioner, even if it's more through the 'Ulster British Tradition' part of his title. But Ulster Scots is a dialect at most.
irishtimes.com/opinion/2025/…
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Rían Ó Díomasaigh retweeted
12 Jul 2025
Late medieval Irish Parliaments be like:
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1 Jul 2025
If - for some reason - you wanted to get super annoyed, you should read some negative reviews for Robert Louis Stevenson's 'Thrawn Janet' on GoodReads, which are almost all complaints about it being written in Scots.
goodreads.com/book/show/7755…
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The Scottish Languages Bill (2025) has PASSED. Scots is now an official language of Scotland, alongside and equal to Gaelic and English. A huge thanks to every activist, supporter and speaker who have fought so hard 🎉🥳🍾🏴
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Rían Ó Díomasaigh retweeted
17 Jun 2025
The Scottish Languages Bill haes been passed unanimously!
The first time Scots haes been recognised in Scots law!
Weil duin tae awbody involved 🤝👏👏👏👏
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14 Mar 2025
Head of the Ulster-Scots Agency bemoaning that Ulster Scots is in "an underdeveloped position" and that there is "a lack of provision for learning the language"
If only there was someone in a position of authority to do something about that!!!! 🤔🤔🤔
13 Mar 2025
Ulster Scots commissioner not needing to speak language ‘reflects reality’, says agency CEO irishnews.com/news/northern-…
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Rían Ó Díomasaigh retweeted
13 Mar 2025
I disagree with this position, and the approach to the role of the Commissioner essentially being proposed here.
13 Mar 2025
Ulster Scots commissioner not needing to speak language ‘reflects reality’, says agency CEO irishnews.com/news/northern-…
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12 Mar 2025
>apologetic apostrophes
>weirdly informal tone
>spelling English words phonetically instead of using Scots ones
>using Scots words incorrectly
>'tradeeeeeeeeeeetion', 'poleeeeeeeeeetical'
Yep, it's Official Ulster Scots™️ time again
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Rían Ó Díomasaigh retweeted
26 Feb 2024
“Nothing brings me joy like Scots”
Watch Len Pennie's Poyums of Power on @bbciplayer - bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001x05…
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Rían Ó Díomasaigh retweeted
18 Feb 2024
I re-found these, three examples I worked up some years ago, showing old local Ulster-Scots fish names from the Ards Peninsula, some of their historical literary sources, in the style of old botanical art prints.
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13 Feb 2024
Learning Irish can be a difficult and time-consuming process and I wouldn't begrudge anyone not being interested, but taking PRIDE in not learning it and getting catty and condescending with people who did make the effort is so bizarre.
12 Feb 2024
Nothing is really deleted on the internet. Here's the handshake buachaillí in action.
Dowling & Yates 🤝
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9 Feb 2024
"But how did the Scots Language decline so dramatically? Was it something to do with the Act of Union?"
"Tucker please, you barely scratch the surface. You see, in the 10th century, the fledgling Kingdom of Scotland annexed a portion of the Anglo-Saxon Kingdom of Northumbria..."
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Rían Ó Díomasaigh retweeted
8 Feb 2024
it's so over we're so back
ALT gandalf the grey about to fall into the chasm of khazad dum
ALT gandalf the white
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5 Feb 2024
“Nonsensical Ulster Scots neologisms that only appear in government documents” is my favourite genre of word!
Gie Chris a haun sussin this yin oot, gin yer able
5 Feb 2024
I'm trying to work backwards to figure out the etymology of "Claught Resydentèr Curn".
Claught is a verb meaning a grab or a grasp, so maybe something held together
Curn is a noun meaning a small grain or a small piece
Resydentèr is clearly something to do with residents
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1 Feb 2024
An interesting assortment of early 20th century Brigid's Crosses from T. G. F. Paterson's 'Brigid's Crosses in County Armagh'.
No. 4 is the classic modern shape we all know and love, and Paterson reckons it was the most popular in his day too, but just look at the VARIETY!
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1 Feb 2024
But wait, there's more!
No. 12 and its derivatives were apparently sometimes called 'Brigid's Shields' or 'Brigid's Bucklers' rather than 'Brigid's Crosses', and would be worn on the arms of young girls playing the role of Brigid while leading their friends in prayer.
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1 Feb 2024
There's also these vaguely sinister looking fellas. I think Nos. 19 and 20 kind of look like crucifixes but that might just be the ol' Catholic mania kicking in
#SaintBrigidsDay
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19 Jan 2024
Seeing a Dutch tweet pop off and watching monoglot English speakers discover ✨ mutual intelligibility ✨ in real time
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