Tag Archives: Dundonian

Three notes: 3, on Scots

Posted on January 5, 2016 by Bill Herbert

(A couple of weeks before Xmas, while I was waiting around to be chosen for jury duty, I was reflecting on the relation between the work I was doing on Scots in my old school, and the latest manifestations of … Continue reading →

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Sweary Words & Difficult Understanding

Posted on July 3, 2013 by Bill Herbert

(An orthographic discussion on Facebook about a localised sweary word in, I think, east coast Scots, led me to think some more about a few of the points I meditate on regularly as a writer who works in a kind … Continue reading →

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