It’s hard to imagine this funny, eloquent champion of Ulster-Scots being ill-tempered, but she’s adamant this is the case, ...

Familiarity with the Scots Language shows that Ulster-Scots is not mispronounced, degraded English as some commentators stubbornly believe. Its words and forms have historical provenance. The chances ...

A new online series is exploring Ulster-Scots words and phrases and their influence on modern-day language. In A Word In Yer Lug, broadcaster Jane Veitch and native Ulster-Scots speaker Liam Logan ...

Jan Carson tells Anne how her Presbyterian upbringing has shaped her writing, Michelle Gallen describes how Ulster-Scots words influence her characters' dialogue, and Wendy Erskine reveals how she ...

The first thing that made me challenge my instinctual ‘feckers’ narrative was, strangely, an Ulster-Scots language test. In one little booklet it asked if I knew these ‘hunner words’? Usually any ...

frequently used recognisable words and information to change perceptions of even the most sceptical. Tim McGarry’s Ulster Scots Journey, a two part series is due to begin on Wednesday ...

Nelson McCausland: SF go potty over planters in Ulster Scots but houl their wheesht if you mention the £25m for Gaelic Republicans talk a lot about 'equality', but it's just a tactic in pursuit ...

The new Stormont commissioner for Ulster Scots will not be required to speak the language – unlike their counterpart for Irish. Despite the advert for the £79,000-£89,000 role appearing in ...

A later example, in Ulster Scots, comes from the Belfast Newsletter ... had hoped to do it in about four-and-a-half hours.” Scots Word of the Week is written by Pauline Cairns Speitel.

Donald Trump’s choice for Republican vice-presidential running mate has previously described his pride in being descended from Ulster Scots who moved to America from the north of Ireland in the ...