text stringlengths 422 81.4k |
|---|
[Wikipedia:sco] Inglis leid
Inglis () is a Wast Germanic leid that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kinricks o England an spread intae whit wis tae become sooth-east Scotland unner the influence o the Anglian medieval kinrick o Northumbrie. Follaein the economic, poleetical, military, scienteefic, cultural, an colonial influe... |
[Wikipedia:sco] Scots leid
Scots or Lawland Scots (Inglis: Scots or Lowland Scots; ) is a Wast Germanic leid o tha Anglic varietie that's spaken on tha Lawlands o Scotland an en tha stewartrie o Ulster en Ireland (whaur it's kent as "Ulster-Scots", "Scotch", or "Ullans"). En maist airts, it is spaken anent tha an Ingl... |
[Wikipedia:sco] Scots Gaelic
.]]
)]]
The Scots Gaelic leid () is a Goidelic, Celtic leid an ane o the hamelt leids o Scotland.
It is a Q-Celtic leid that's spak in Scotland (in muckler proportions in the northren pairt o Scotland (the Hielands an Islands), an abreed in Canadae (Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia). It is... |
[Wikipedia:sco] Scotland
:For mair airticles adae wi fowk, steids an things in Scotland tak a keek at :category:Scotland.
Scotland (; ; , ) is a kintra in north wastren Europe, an is wan o the fower kintras that maks the Unitit Kinrick. It taks up the northren thurd o the Great Breetain. Sooth o Scotland is Ingland,... |
[Wikipedia:sco] Edinburgh
Edinburgh (Ulster Scots: Eedinburra, Scots Gaelic: Dùn Èideann; whiles cried Embra, Embro or Edinburrie an aw) is the caipital city o Scotland, an is the kintra's seicont mucklest city efter Glesga, that is 45 mile (72 km) tae the wast. It is the seivent mucklest city in the Unitit Kinrick. E... |
[Wikipedia:sco] Scots Pairlament
The Scots Pairlament (Scottish Parliament in the Inglis; Pàrlamaid na h-Alba in the Gaelic) is the devolved legislatur o Scotland. The oreeginal Scots Pairlament, or Estatis of Scotland, wis elidit in 1707 bi the Act o Union, giein wey tae the new-foundit Pairlament o Great Breetain. T... |
[Wikipedia:sco] Glesga
Glesga (; ) is Scotland's lairgest ceetie an the third lairgest ceetie o the Unitit Kinrick. Glesga is fund on the River Clyde in the wast-mids o Scotland an is the thrid maist popular tourist destination in the UK ahint Lunnon an Edinburgh. It haes Britain's seicont maist muckle shoppin centre.... |
[Wikipedia:sco] Flouer o Scotland
(The) Flouer o Scotland (; ) is the unoffeecial naitional sang o Scotland. It wis written bi Roy Williamson o the fowk baund The Corries in the 1960s.
Scotland disna hae an offeecial naitional sang o its ain (offeecially the sang o the Unitit Kinrick, God Save the Queen, is uisit); h... |
[Wikipedia:sco] Dundee
Dundee (Scots Gaelic: Dùn Dèagh) is Scotland's fowert-biggest cietie, on the nor'eist coast. The Cietie o Dundee is ane o the 32 cooncil areas o Scotland. Dundee is on the River Tay. The'r aboot 150,000 fowk bidin in o't. It's on the basaut plug o a slokken volcano cryed the Dundee Law.
Dundee ... |
[Wikipedia:sco] Kirk
A Kirk is a curn o Christian fowk wi a common wey o wirshippin God. It is aft uised as the name o the biggin (see chaipel) that is uised for prayer an services an aa. Monie kirks haes howfs forby (lik the ane in the pictur on the richt).
The national kirk o Scotland is aft callit "the Kirk" as a... |
[Wikipedia:sco] The Kirk
The Kirk o Scotland is the naitional kirk in Scotland. It is Presbyterian, an asinder frae the Anglican Kirk o Ingland. It is a stablisht kirk, as it is the offeecial kirk in Scotland, but it is a free kirk forby — that is, it isna a state kirk (unlike the Kirk o Ingland i Ingland), an disna h... |
[Wikipedia:sco] Auld Inglis
The Auld Inglis leid is a wast Germanic leid that wis spak in Breetain atween aboot 425 an 1125. Hit is an early furm o Inglis an Scots, an is sib wi Auld Frisie an Auld Saxon. Wast Saxon wis the heidmaist mak o Auld Inglis in the auncient corpus, includin the epic poem Beowulf, as the Wast... |
[Wikipedia:sco] Monanday
The Monanday is the day o the week atween Sunday an Tysday. Its name comes fae Mona, the Saxon god o the muin.
Monanday is whiles thocht on as the first day o the week. This is hou it is in the maist o Europe an Sooth Americae. In Asie, monie leids refers tae Monanday as "day ane". For exampl... |
[Wikipedia:sco] Tysday
The Tysday is the day o the week atween Monanday an Wadensday. Hit gits its name in Inglis, Scots, an the Scandinavian leids fae the Nordic god Tyr (in Auld Inglis, Tiw, Tew o Tiu).
The name for the day in Arabic, Armenian, Georgian, Greek, Ebreu an Portuguese is "thrid day". Quakers tradeition... |
[Wikipedia:sco] Wadensday
The Wadensday is the day o the week atween Tysday an Fuirsday. Its name comes fae the Auld Inglis Ƿódnesdæȝ, meanin the day o Woden. The astrological sign o the warld Mercury represents Wadensday, an wis Dies Mercurii tae the Romans. In Scots, this becam Woden's Day acause the Roman god Mercu... |
[Wikipedia:sco] Scots Socialist Pairty
The Scots Socialist Pairty (SSP) () is a left-wing poleetical pairty in Scotland. It staunds for socialist economics an Scots unthirldom. It haed sax MSPs electit tae the Scots Pairlament in 2003 but didna get onybody electit in the 2007 election.
History
The SSP wis estaiblisht... |
[Wikipedia:sco] Scots unthirldom
Scots unthirldom is the poleetical muivement that thinks Scotland shoud be wanthirlt.
Nouadays it means at Scotland wad poleetical sinder itsel frae the Unitit Kinrick, an become an unthirlt kintra wi ane govrenment an a sovereign pairlament. The main uphauders o this idea is the Scot... |
[Wikipedia:sco] Ane Satyre of the Thrie Estaitis
Ane Pleastant Satyre of the Thrie Estaitis is a sateirical morality play wrate by Scots makar David Lyndsay an first pit on i 1552 i Lithgae, though no prentit until 1602. Ane o the Satyres disteinguishin features is is haein faircical comic, awmaist slapstick, interlud... |
[Wikipedia:sco] Europe
Europe is geologically an geographically a hauf-island, takkin up the wastrenmaist pairt o Eurasie. It is for ordinar conseedert a continent, that, in this case, is mair a cultural nor a geographic differ. It is bund in the north bi the Airctic Ocean, in the wast bi the Atlantic Ocean, in the so... |
[Wikipedia:sco] Cooncil areas o Scotland
A cooncil area in Scotland is an area made fur local govrenment. Thare is a o 32 cooncil areas in Scotland as a hale. Thay are aw govrened bi unitary authorities cawed "cooncils". The cooncil areas war creutit on 1 April 1996, unner the provisions o the Local Govrenment etc. (S... |
[Wikipedia:sco] Fife
Fife () is aen o the 32 cooncil areas o Scotland. It liys atween the Firth o Tay an the Firth o Forth. It's a tradietional coontie o Scotland, an a lieutenancie area tui.
Fife wis aen o the Pectish kinriks an is ey kent as the Kinrik o Fife. Fife maistliyk taks its naem frae Fib or Fif, a 7t cent... |
[Wikipedia:sco] Januar
]]
Januar (or Jennewarie) is tha first month o tha yeir in tha Gregorian calendar, an ane o sievin Gregorian months wi 31 days.
Januar is named eftir Janus, Roman god o durs an yetts.
Januar begins (astrologicalie) wi tha sun in tha syn o Capricorn an ends in tha syn o Aquarius. Frae an astro... |
[Wikipedia:sco] Unitit Kinrick
The Unitit Kinrick o Great Breetain an Northren Ireland (), commonly kent the Unitit Kinrick (; UK) or Breetain (), is a kintra in waster Europe. Lyin aff the north-wastren coast o the European mainlaund, the UK includes the isle o Great Breetain, the north-eastren pairt o the isle o Ire... |
[Wikipedia:sco] Auld Alliance
The Auld Alliance is the name gien til a series o treaties atween Scotland an Fraunce for mutual protection agin Ingland atween 1295 an 1560 (tho it shoud be merkit that Norawa wis involved in some o the earlier stents).
The terms wisna the same in ilka treaty that wis gree'd on, but for... |
[Wikipedia:sco] Aprile
Aprile is the fowert month o the year in the Gregorian Calendar, the fifth in the early Julian ane o fower month wi 30 days.
April is commonly associated with the season of spring in parts of the Northern Hemisphere and autumn in parts of the Southern Hemisphere, where it is the seasonal equiva... |
[Wikipedia:sco] Scots Spellin Comatee
The Scots Spellin Comatee (1996–1998) attemptit tae estaiblish a mair staundart spellin system for the Scots. Thay wrocht the Report an Recommends o the Scots Spellin Comatee or RRSSC.
Members
Comatee members wis:
(Nov 1996 - August 1998)|
*Alasdair Allan
*Andy Eagle
*John Law (S... |
[Wikipedia:sco] Fuirsday
The Fuirsday is the day o the week atween Wadensday an Fryday. The name Fuirsday comes fae the Auld Inglis Þunresdæg, meanin the day o Þunor, forby kent in Inglis as Thor.
Bi some conventions (see ISO 8601), the Fuirsdays o a towmond determine the hantlin o the weeks: week 1 is the week at hi... |
[Wikipedia:sco] Phoneme
In spoken leids, a phoneme is a basic, theoretical unit o soond that disteenguishes wirds (that is, bi chyngin a phoneme in ae
wird, the ootcome is anither wird that's meanin differs). The phoneme is a basic soond lith, that's lingueestic function is tae disteenguish
the morphemes o a wird. Pho... |
[Wikipedia:sco] Allophones
In phonetics, an allophone is ane amang mony seemilar phones that's ocht the same phoneme. A phone is a soond that's soond swaw haes a definite shape, altho a phoneme is a basic group o soonds that disteenguishes wirds (i.e. chynging ae phoneme in ae wird brings forrit anither wird); speaker... |
[Wikipedia:sco] Scots vouel lenth rule
The Scots Vouel-Lenth Rule, kent as Aitken's Law forby, efter Professor Jack Aitken, wha first pit it ower in a mensefu mainer, descrieves hou vouel lenth in Scots is condeetiont bi its environs. (Phonetics in IPA.)
The rule affects aw vouels in central dialects, tho in dialects ... |
[Wikipedia:sco] Diphthong
In phonetics, a diphthong (Greek δίφθογγος,
"diphthongos", meanin wi twa soonds) is a the gaun-thegither o twa vouels, for ordinar wi a swith but sliddery muivement fae the tae
vouel tae the tither, aft interpret bi listeners as a single vouel soond or phoneme.
Altho "pure" vouels, or monopht... |
[Wikipedia:sco] Morpheme
In lingueestics, a morpheme is the wee-est pairt o a wird that cairies ocht that gies a semantic unnerstaundin. Morphemes is, for ordinar, a kenspeckle pittin thegither o phonemes (as the lowse furm haund or the bund form s in haunds) haein nae wee-er meaninfu members.
Scots example:
The wird... |
[Wikipedia:sco] Friday
Friday is the day o the week atween Fuirsday an Setturday. Its name comes fae the goddess Frige o Germanic mythologie.
In maist areas wi a five-day wirkin week, Friday is the hindmaist warkday afore the weekend an is tharefore seen as a cause for celebration or relief, leadin tae the sayin TGIF... |
[Wikipedia:sco] Seturday
Setturday is the day o the week atween Friday an Sunday. Its name is the anerly yin amang the names o days thit comes fae the Roman god Saturn, while the ither sax names is derived fae Saxon gods.
Bi tradeetion comin fae the auncient Jews, Setturday is the hindmaist day o the week. That conve... |
[Wikipedia:sco] Phone
: Phone is a hamelt term for telephone.
In phonetics an phonology, a phone is a speech soond conseedert as a pheesical event athoot regaird tae its place in the soond seestem semantics o a langage. A soond lith that haes kenspeckle acoustic properties. A pairteecular kythin o a speech soond lith... |
[Wikipedia:sco] Robert Burns
]]
Robert Burns (25 Januar 1759 in Allowa, Ayrshire – 21 Julie 1796 in Dumfries), cried Robbie or Rabbie Burns forby, is the naitional poet o Scotland. He scrieved in Scots, wi some Inglis influence whiles.
He is weel-kent as the naitional makar o Scotland, an his wark is celebratit athor... |
[Wikipedia:sco] William Wallace
Sir William Wallace (, ; Norman French: ; 23 August 1305) wis the leader o the Scots airmy agin the Inglis fur the first pairt o the Scots Weirs for Unthirldom an wis the Gairdian o Scotland frae 1297 til 1298. Wallace wis born in Elderslie, Renfrewshire an wis eddicate at some time in ... |
[Wikipedia:sco] Adam Smith
Adam Smith (bapteised 5 Juin 1723 – 17 Julie 1790) wis a Scots economist, philosopher an screiver o the Wealth of Nations an o the Theory of Moral Sentiments. Born in Kirkcaudy, he wis a muckle feegur o the Scots Enlichtment, an is kent as the "Faither o Economics" or the "Faither o Caipital... |
[Wikipedia:sco] Tony Blair
The Richt Honourable Sir Anthony Charles Lynton Blair (born on the 6t o Mey 1953 in Edinburrie), for ordinar kent as Tony Blair, wis the Prime Meenister o the Unitit Kinrick frae 1997 tae 2007. He wis the first Prime Meenister frae the Labour Pairty tae hiv haed three consecutive terms in go... |
[Wikipedia:sco] 23 Juin
The 23rd o Juin is the 174t day o the year (175t in lowp years) in the Gregorian Calendar, wi 191 days ti come.
Events
: Banff Naitional Pairk]]
: Results o the Unitit Kinrick European Union membership referendum, 2016]]
* 1314 - Stairt o the Battle o Bannockburn, sooth o Stirlin, Edward II o ... |
[Wikipedia:sco] 26 Mairch
The 26t o Mairch is the 85t day o the year (86t in lowp years) in the Gregorian Calendar, wi 280 days ti come.
Events
]]
* 1511 - A yirdquauk in the Balkans kills an estimatit 6,000 fowk.
* 1707 - The Acts o Union 1707 become law, makkin Ingland an Scotland unitit.
* 1812 - Caracas, Venezuel... |
[Wikipedia:sco] 1 Mey
The 1st o Mey is the 121st day o the year (122nt in lowp years) in the Gregorian Calendar, wi 244 days ti come.
Events
: Empire State Building]]
: New EU member states in yellae, exeestin anes in blue]]
* 1328 - Scots Weirs for Unthirldom end: Treaty o Edinburrie-Northampton – Ingland accepts Sc... |
[Wikipedia:sco] 25 Januar
The 25t o Januar is the 25t day o the year in the Gregorian Calendar, wi 340 days ti come (341 in lowp years).
Events
: Banner o Ukraine]]
]]
* 1515 - Coronation o Francis I o Fraunce.
* 1554 - The ceety o Sao Paulo in present-day Brazil is foondit.
* 1576 - The ceety o Luanda in present-day... |
[Wikipedia:sco] 21 Julie
The 21st o Julie is the 202nt day o the year (203rd in lowp years) in the Gregorian Calendar, wi 163 days ti come.
Events
: Aswan Dam]]
: Vostok Station]]
: Space Shuttle Atlantis efter last landin]]
* 1298 - Battle o Fawkirk: Edward Longshanks defeats the Scots airmy o William Wallace.
* 179... |
[Wikipedia:sco] 5 Juin
The 5t o Juin is the 156t day o the year (157t in lowp years) in the Gregorian Calendar, wi 209 days ti come.
Events
: Unitit Kinrick referendum results]]
* 1224 - The Varsity o Naples is foondit.
* 1257 - Krakow receive its ceety richts.
* 1849 - Denmark becomes a constitutional monarchy.
* 19... |
[Wikipedia:sco] 17 Julie
The 17t o Julie is the 198t day o the year (199t in lowp years) in the Gregorian Calendar, wi 167 days ti come.
Events
: Tomb o Nicholas II o Roushie an his faimily]]
: Disneyland in Californie]]
: Olympic Stadium in Montreal]]
: Humber Brig]]
*1402 – Zhu Di, better kent bi his era name as th... |
[Wikipedia:sco] 23 August
The 23rd o August is the 235t day o the year (236t in lowp years) in the Gregorian Calendar, wi 130 days bidin.
Events
: Monument tae William Wallace near Stirlin]]
: State Banner o North Rhine-Westphalie]]
: State Banner o Schleswig-Holstein]]
: The Baltic Way in Lithuanie]]
* 1305 - Scots ... |
[Wikipedia:sco] Sunday
Sunday is the day o the week atween Setturday an Monanday, an the seicont day o the weekend in some culturs. It is thocht on as a haliday in kintras wi a Christian tradeetion, an is the day that Christians maist aften gangs tae the Kirk.
In the Gregorian calendar, nae century can stairt on a Su... |
[Wikipedia:sco] 30 November
The 30t o November is the 334t day (335t in lowp years) o the year in the Gregorian Calendar, wi 31 days bidin.
Events
: Crystal Palace on fire]]
: Banner o Barbados]]
* 1700 - Charles XII o Swaden defeats Peter I o Roushie in the Battle o Narva.
* 1731 - A yirdquauk in Beijing kills thous... |
[Wikipedia:sco] 5 Julie
The 5t o Julie is the 186t day o the year (187t in lowp years) in the Gregorian Calendar, wi 179 days ti come.
Events
: Banner o Venezuela]]
: Banner o Algerie]]
: Banner o Cape Verde]]
: Dolly the Sheep]]
* 1295 - Scotland's Auld Alliance wi Fraunce is creatit.
* 1811 - Venezuela declares unt... |
[Wikipedia:sco] 5 August
The 5t o August is the 217t day o the year (218t in lowp years) in the Gregorian Calendar, wi 148 days ti come.
Events
: Benz automobile]]
: Banner o Burkina Faso]]
: Andy Murray wins Olympic gowd in Lunnon]]
: The current Banner o Mauritanie]]
* 1100 - Coronation o Henry I o Ingland.
* 1305 ... |
End of preview. Expand in Data Studio
No dataset card yet
- Downloads last month
- 2