Notes for Parents and Teachers

Introduction

For mony bairns, Scots is the language o the hame.

Maist fowk in Scotland speak a mixter-maxter o Scots an Scottish English, whiles yaisin mair o yin an whiles mair o the ithir. Scots is yaised maist at hame wi the faimily. Sae, for a hale wheen o weans, it is the mithir tongue.

Scots isnae slang.
Scots isnae bad English.

It is a braw language in its ain richt.

Aa the words in this wabsteid are in the Scots School Dictionary and the Concise Scots Dictionary.