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ScotlandsFest: Reviving Scots - The Language They Couldn't Silence

Scotland's other national tongue has been misunderstood and (officially) mistreated for centuries. Though weakened by long neglect, Scots stubbornly endures as a rich part of Scotland's everyday speech and culture. Now belatedly on the verge of official recognition, can Scots be rehabilitated as a "proper" minority language like Gaelic? Dr Clive Young, author of Unlocking Scots: The Secret Life of the Scots Language, believes so and leads you on a quest to unveil the hidden history, surprising linguistic verve and feasible future of the language they just couldn't silence.

• Spoken Word
• £10.00
• 4 August 2025
• 60 minutes
• 15:00
• St Columba's by the Castle
• Hall
• Age 14+ (Guideline)
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