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    A Scots thesaurus: 421 terms for snow

    The BBC this morning has a brief description of a Scots thesaurus in development: http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-34323967

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    Quote Originally Posted by Ian.MacAllan View Post
    The BBC this morning has a brief description of a Scots thesaurus in development: http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-34323967

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    It should be noted that this is not the first Scots thesaurus. See for example
    http://www.scotslanguage.com/Scots_p...cots_Thesaurus
    The words in this new study come from throughout history and all dialects of Scots so we need to remember that, for example, Shetland words could be unintelligible to an Aberdonian. To be pedantic, Scots (apart from a few borrowings) is not a "Celtic language" but it's hard to see which forum would have been more suitable.
    Alan

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