Say it in Scots: Scottish Place Names


Dr Maggie Scott

Category Language
Pub Date April 2008
ISBN 1845021932
Extent 128pp
Price £4.99
Format Pbk, 145x110 mm
Plate/Illustrations

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Say It in Scots is a series of pocket books designed to inform and entertain the reader about the wonderful, rich and varied language of Scots.

The Scots language is a world of wonderful, historic and evocative words, full of a rich variety that can fit any occasion. And where better to find this use of Scots than in the land itself.

In Scottish Place Names Dr Maggie Scott of Scottish Language Dictionaries takes you around the country from Dumfries to Shetland to explain the meanings of the places that make up today’s Scotland.

Dr Scott will lead you on a trip to Scotland’s towns and cities, up and down the hills and mountains, along the rivers and lochs, through the forests and glens, all the way around the Scottish coast and back to the names of the street where Scots live today.

Author information

Dr Maggie Scott is a Senior Editor for Scottish Language Dictionaries and an Honorary Research Fellow at the University of Glasgow. She is the author of the ‘Scots Word of the Week’ column in The Herald and is editor of the journal of the Society for Name Studies in Britain and Ireland.