Scottish
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- noun
- /ˈskɒtɪʃ/
- UK
:
inglés escocés
- The Thompson surname is Scottish in origin, linked to houseofnames.com.
Examples
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Will you be able to understand me despite the Scottish accent?
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Why do the Scottish find this village so pleasing?
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The men at the table behind her were Chinese, Filipino, and Scottish.
Academic text (2016) -
The broadcast will be in Scottish, but the station will be providing a translator.
Blog text (19) -
We hear a voice, husky, Scottish...
Fiction book (1995) -
So I'm really pleased to introduce you to our first Speaker, who is Emma Robinson from the Scottish Parliament.
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I am full-blooded Scottish and was born and bred in America.
Blog text (28) -
After 1750, praise of anything Scottish was seen as a traitorous act against the crown.
Academic text (2006) -
He's Scottish, Col.
Fiction book (1992) -
Many people appreciate the unique words and phrases used in Scottish dialect.
Synonyms
A form of English spoken in Scotland with different sounds and words
Compounds
A Celtic language spoken in Scotland, mainly in the Highlands and islands, different from Irish Gaelic
A mountainous area in northern Scotland with lakes, castles, and traditional dress
A form of English spoken in the Lowlands of Scotland with its own words and sounds
Stories and beliefs from Scotland about monsters and fairies that people pass down over generations
A maple tree with pale flaky grey bark and leaves with five lobes that turn yellow in autumn
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Scottish as a noun comes from the people called the Scots and their land Scotland, so it names the 'way of speaking' used by people there — in other words, the local English or Scots speech of Scotland.