Not to be confused with Scouts . Wiktionarypar ScotsScots may refer to The Scottish people , the inhabitants of Scotland Scots language also known as Lowland Scots to distinguish it from Scottish Gaelic Scotch Irish Scottish English Scots pine , a Scottish tree Short for Pound Scots For the Scots , an ethnic group of the late Iron age , the historical people of Dalriada, a Gaelic speaking kingdom in northeastern Ireland and western Scotland, see Gaels and Scoti Scots Church, Melbourne The Scots College TSC or Scots , a private school in Sydney, Australia Scot s Lo Cost, a warehouse type Grocery store owned by Weis markets SCOTS may refer to The abbreviated term for the Battalions of the Royal Regiment of Scotland Scottish Corpus of Texts and Speech , a linguistic resource Southern Culture on the Skids , an American music group See also Scotch disambiguation Scotts disambiguation Scott s disambiguation Scottish disambiguation disambig Category Scottish people Category Scotland fr Scots homonymie ja oc Scots ... more details
Queen of Scots may refer to Joan of England, Queen of Scots Joan Beaufort, Queen of Scots Margaret Drummond, Queen of Scots Mary, Queen of Scots disambiguation Yolande of Dreux, Queen of Scots Queen of Scots passenger train See also List of Scottish monarchs disambig ... more details
The Scots Kirk is The Kirk , the Church of Scotland . It can also refer to several Scottish churches abroad Scots Kirk, Hamilton , New South Wales, Australia Scots Kirk, Mosman , New South Wales, Australia The Scots Kirk, Paris , France Scots Kirk, Mumbai , India Scots Kirk, Rotterdam , the Netherlands Scots Kirk, Lausanne , Switzerland St Andrew s Scots Kirk , Kingston, Jamaica See also Scots College disambiguation dab ... more details
Hammer of the Scots may refer to Edward I of England who had Hammer of the Scots engraved on his tombstone. Hammer of the Scots board game Hammer of the Scots is a board game chronicling the Wars of Scottish Independence . Disambig ... more details
There are a number of Roman Catholic seminaries called Scots College The Scots College, Paris , France, founded 1325 The Scots College, Douai , France, founded 1573 The Scots College Rome , Italy, founded 1600 , also known as The Pontifical Scots College The Royal Scots College , Salamanca, Spain founded 1627 Scotus College , Bearsden, Glasgow founded 1993 . There are a number of educational establishments called Scots College or Scots School . The Uniting Church in Australia and the Presbyterian Church of Australia also have a number of school s called Scotch College disambiguation Scotch College . Argentina St. Andrew s Scots School , Buenos Aires, founded in 1838, later founded the Universidad de San Andr s Australia The Scots College , in Bellevue Hill, Sydney, New South Wales The Scots PGC College , in Warwick, Queensland, formed by the merger of The Scots College, Warwick and The Presbyterian Girls College The Scots School Albury , in Albury, New South Wales. The Scots School, Bathurst , in Bathurst, New South Wales France Scots College, Douai Scots College at University of Douai Coll C3 A8ge des C3 89cossais, Montpellier Scots College Scots College Paris New Zealand Scots College, Wellington See also Bombay Scottish School Scots Kirk disambiguation schooldis Category Uniting Church in Australia Category Presbyterian Church of Australia Category Roman Catholic seminaries Category Roman Catholic Church in Scotland Category Educational institution disambiguation ... more details
Unreferenced stub auto yes date December 2009 Scots language Central Scots is a group of dialect s of Scots language . It was spoken by Robert Burns . Central Scots is spoken from Fife and Perthshire to the Lothians and Wigtownshire , often split into North East Central Scots Northeast Mid Scots and South East Central Scots Southeast Mid Scots , West Central Scots West Mid Scots and South West Central Scots Southwest Mid Scots . Category Scots dialects Category Fife Category Clackmannanshire Category Perth and Kinross Category Stirling council area Category Falkirk Category East Dunbartonshire Category West Dunbartonshire Category Culture in Glasgow Category Renfrewshire Category Inverclyde Category East Renfrewshire Category North Lanarkshire Category South Lanarkshire Category West Lothian Category Culture in Edinburgh Category Midlothian Category East Lothian Category North Ayrshire Category East Ayrshire Category South Ayrshire Category Galloway sco Central Scots Scotland stub Ie lang stub ... more details
Scots Parliament can refer to Parliament of Scotland , the pre 1707 legislature of the Kingdom of Scotland Scottish Parliament , the post 1999 unicameral devolved legislature of Scotland See also Scots disambiguation dab ... more details
Scots dialect can refer to Scottish English , the varieties of the English language spoken in Scotland Scots language or one of the dialects therein dab ... more details
Older Scots refers to the following periods in the History of the Scots language ref Such chronological terminology is widely used, for example, by http www.scotsdictionaries.org.uk Scottish Language Dictionaries Ltd. Formally SNDA , http www.englang.ed.ac.uk people anne.html Dr. Anne King of http www.englang.ed.ac.uk scots.html The University of Edinburgh and by http www.arts.gla.ac.uk SESLL Stella packs oldscot.htm The University of Glasgow . It is also used in The Oxford Companion to the English Language and http www.bartleby.com 212 0401.html The Cambridge History of English and American Literature . ref Pre literary Scots to 1375 Early Scots to 1450 Middle Scots to 1700 See also Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue Dictionary of the Scots Language External links http www.dsl.ac.uk Dictionary of the Scots Language References div class references small references div Category Scots language ... more details
Scots language Northern Scots refers to the dialects of Modern Scots traditionally spoken in eastern parts of the north of Scotland . The dialect is generally divided into ref cite web url http www.dsl.ac.uk INTRO intro2.php?num 15 title SND Introduction Dialect Districts publisher Dsl.ac.uk date accessdate 2009 05 21 ref North Northern Scots North Northern spoken in Caithness , Easter Ross and the Black Isle . Mid Northern Scots Mid Northern , popularly known as the Doric , spoken in Aberdeenshire , Banff and Buchan , Moray and the Nairn area. South Northern Scots South Northern spoken in East Angus and Kincardineshire the Mearns . References references Category Scots dialects ... more details
Refimprove date December 2006 Scots language Insular Scots comprises varieties of Scots language Lowland Scots generally subdivided into Shetlandic Orcadian dialect Orcadian Both dialects share much Norn language Norn vocabulary, Shetlandic more so, than does any other Scots dialect, perhaps because they both were under strong Scandinavian influence in their recent past. ref McColl Millar. 2007. Northern and Insular Scots. Edinburgh University Press Ltd. p.5 ref It should not be confused with the vernacular of the Islands of the Clyde . References references Category Shetland Category Orkney Category Scots dialects Scotland stub Ling stub ... more details
Infobox website name Wiki favicon Scots Wikipedia screenshot logo caption url http sco.wikipedia.org sco.wikipedia.org commercial No location Miami, Florida type Internet encyclopedia project language Scots language Scots registration Optional owner Wikimedia Foundation author The Scots Wikipedia lang sco Scots Wikipaedia is the Scots language Scots language version of Wikipedia , and is run by the Wikimedia Foundation . It was established on 23 June 2005, and first reached 1,000 articles in February 2006, and 5,000 articles in November 2010. As of CURRENTMONTHNAME CURRENTYEAR , it has about formatnum expr NUMBEROF ARTICLES sco round 3 encyclopedia article articles . ref http meta.wikimedia.org wiki List of Wikipedias ref Controversy A 2008 article in Scotland on Sunday noted that the site had 2,200 articles, and had already outpaced other Wikipedias, such as Maori Wikipedia and Kashmiri Wikipedia. Reported reception, however, was mixed, with Scotland on Sunday s literary editor describing it as convoluted at best, and an absolute parody at worst, ref name scotsun cite web last Horne first Marc url http scotlandonsunday.scotsman.com scotslanguage Scots finds home on gey.3809981.jp title Scots finds home on gey muckle website publisher Scotland on Sunday date 24 February 2008 accessdate 2011 04 24 ref while Ted Brocklebank , culture spokesman for the Scottish Conservative Party Scottish Tories , described it as a cheap attempt at creating a language. ref name scotsun However, Dr Chris Robinson, director of the Dictionary of the Scots Language , spoke more positively of the site, noting The fact it is doing well gives a lie to all those people who decry Scots and try to do it down ... code sco sco icon http sco.wikipedia.org Scots Wikipedia http stats.wikimedia.org EN TablesWikipediaSCO.htm Statistics for Scots Wikipedia by Erik Zachte. Wikipedias Category Wikipedias by language Category Internet properties established in 2003 Category Scots language Wikipedia Category Science ... more details
The Scots Independent is a monthly Scotland Scottish political newspaper that is in favour of Scottish independence . It was formed in 1926 with William Gillies as editor, by the Scots National League SNL and switched its allegiance to the National Party of Scotland NPS when the SNL joined with them in 1928. When the NPS merged with the Scottish Party in 1934 to form the Scottish National Party SNP they switched to supporting them. The paper is still today largely pro SNP. Published in Stirling , it currently has a circulation of around 6,000 and is read by supporters of Scots independence throughout the world. It carries articles in Scots language Lowland Scots and Scottish Gaelic . See also List of newspapers in Scotland External links http www.scotsindependent.org The Scots Independent website Scotland newspaper stub DEFAULTSORT Scots Independent Category Newspapers published in Scotland Category Scottish National Party Category Stirling council area Category Newspapers with Scottish Gaelic content Category Publications established in 1926 ... more details
New Scots was a term used by the Scottish government to describe people of any background who have immigrate d to Scotland . It was sometimes used to describe people born in Scotland to immigrant parents. An example of its use would be in a 2006 National Library of Scotland exhibition ref http www.nls.uk news new scots exhibition.html The New Scots nls.uk, accessed 4 November 2008 ref or in the Scottish Government s Fresh Talent Initiative to encourage people to settle in Scotland. ref http www.scotland.gov.uk Publications 2004 02 18984 33666 New Scots Attracting Fresh Talent to meet the Challenge of Growth scotland.gov.uk, accessed 4 November 2008 ref It is rarely used by the Scottish people and has not entered everyday use. References reflist See also Demographics of Scotland Scottish people Category Immigration to Scotland New Scots Scotland stub ... more details
Distinguish Scottish English Scottish Gaelic Infobox language name Scots nativename Braid Scots , Lallans ... Boord o Leid . agency Scotland None, small although the Dictionary of the Scots Language carries great ... promises support . small . br Ireland None, small although the cross border Ulster Scots Agency ... dia1 Central Scots Central dia2 Southern Scots Southern dia3 Ulster Scots dialects Ulster dia4 Northern Scots Northern dia5 Insular Scots Insular script Latin script Latin iso2 sco iso3 sco lingua 52 ABA aa varieties br 52 ABA aaa to aav map ScotsLanguageMap.png mapcaption Areas where the Scots language ... in Wakelin M.F., Patterns in the Folk Speech of The British Isles, London ref Scots language Scots ... Lowlands Lowland Scotland and parts of Ulster where the local dialect is known as Ulster Scots dialects Ulster Scots . ref http conventions.coe.int Treaty Commun ListeDeclarations.asp?NT 148&CV 1&NA &PO 999&CN 999&VL 1&CM 9&CL ENG ref It is sometimes called Lowland Scots to distinguish it from ..., historical and social status of Scots. ref name English Language 1992. p.894 A.J. Aitken in The Oxford ... results. Focused broad Scots is at one end of a bipolar linguistic continuum, with Scottish English ... 2008. p.47 ref Consequently, Scots is often regarded as one of the ancient varieties of English language ..., Scots is sometimes treated as a distinct Germanic language , in the way Norwegian language Norwegian ... towards the Scots language in which 64 of respondents around 1,000 individuals being a representative sample of Scotland s adult population don t really think of Scots as a language but where the most ... Scots most likely to do so 72 . ref name Public Attitudes cite web last The Scottish Government title Public Attitudes Towards the Scots Language url http www.scotland.gov.uk Publications 2010 01 06105123 0 accessdate 3 January 2010 ref In the 2011 Scottish census, a question on Scots language ability was featured. Nomenclature Native speakers sometimes refer to their vernacular as braid Scots ... more details
Original research date February 2011 Onesource date February 2011 Ethnic group group Irish Scots poptime 49,428 as stated in the 2001 Census popplace Coatbridge , Edinburgh , Glasgow , Dundee langs English language English Irish English Irish Scottish English Scottish , Scots language Scots , Scottish Gaelic , Irish language Irish rels Predominantly Irish Catholic Roman Catholic , Some Protestantism ... people Manx , Cornish people Cornish , Breton people Bretons , Ulster Scots people Scots Irish , Ulster Scots people Ulster Scots Irish Scots are people who live in Scotland who are of immediate or mixed ... s Census Results Online Ethnicity and Religion tables ref The term Irish Scots should not be confused with Ulster Scots people Scottish Irish , a term used to denote those in the Provinces of Ireland Irish province of Ulster who are descended from Scottish people Scots who settled there in heavy numbers during the Ulster Plantations . Famous Irish Scots include author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle , actors ... to better their lives as the Scots and English have to go to Ireland or any other part of Britain ... will have a bad effect on the population. So far, living among the Scots does not seem to have improved the Irish, but the native Scots who live among the Irish have got worse. It is difficult ... between the typically Catholic immigrants and the predominantly Protestant native Scots population ... Scots were instrumental in the formation of Celtic F.C. Celtic Football Club , Hibernian F.C. , and Dundee ... formed to provide recreational facilities for the Irish immigrants. Scots and Irish The terms Scots ... to refer to the past cquote The Scots originally Irish, but by now Scotch were at this time inhabiting Ireland, having driven the Irish Picts out of Scotland while the Picts originally Scots were ... and verce visa . See also The Irish Scots and the Scotch Irish John C. Linehan ISBN 0 7884 0788 ... I Category Scottish people of Irish descent sco Erse Scots ... more details
Unreferenced date October 2006 The Scots gallon was a Scotland Scottish unit of measurement of liquids that was in use from at least 1661, possibly 15th century , until the mid 19th century. It was approximately three times larger than an Imperial gallon that was adopted in 1824. A gallon is made up of eight Joug s, or Scots pints. A gallon is made up of sixteen Chopin unit chopins . A Scots gallon is equivalent to 13.568 litre s See also Obsolete Scottish units of measurement Gill unit Gill Mutchkin Category Scottish weights and measures Category Units of volume Scotland stub ... more details
More footnotes date April 2009 See also Royal Scots Greys Infobox poultry breed name Scots Grey image Scots Grey rooster.jpg imagesize 250px imagecaption A Scots Grey rooster status altname Scotch Grey country Scotland apa apagroup maleweight 9 11 pounds 4 5 kilos femaleweight 7 9 pounds 3.2 4 kilos skincolor White eggcolor Cream comb Single The Scots Grey , originally titled the Scotch Grey , ref Jeremy Hobson and Celia Lewis. Choosing & Raising Chickens The complete guide to breeds and welfare . David & Charles publishing. London. 2009 ref is a breed of chicken originating in Scotland . It is so named because of its striped plumage, which is called either Barred or Cuckoo by poultry enthusiasts. Though superficially similar to breeds such as the Cuckoo Marans and Barred Plymouth Rock , the Scots Grey s feathers have a less distinct pattern with a steel gray base. It can also be sexually differentiated based on color of the adult birds, as hens usually have a noticeably darker hue. Scots Grey are relatively heavy chickens, with hens weighing 7 9 pounds 3.2 4 kilos , and roosters weighing 9 11 pounds 4 5 kilos . In body type, Scots Grey are tall, upright chickens. Though they share a place of origin and often color with the Scots Dumpy , this height can be used to set the two apart. Scots Grey have white skin, a single Comb anatomy comb , and red earlobes. They are considered to be dual purpose, laying both a good amount of white eggs and producing wholesome meat. In temperament, they are active birds that do best under free range conditions, and may develop destructive habits when confined. They are hardy, and can forage well. Hens are not generally inclined to go broody . History Scots Grey have been known in their country since the 16th century, and were developed as barnyard fowl for small farms and croft s. Breeds which are thought to have influenced their development ... cite web url http www.feathersite.com Poultry CGP Grays BRKScotsGray.html title Scots Greys ... more details
mergeto Rod unit discuss Talk Rod unit Perch Rod? date February 2012 Unreferenced stub auto yes date December 2009 Image Holyrood Palace and Abbey from above.jpg right thumb Holyrood, Edinburgh A Scottish rood ruid in Lowland Scots , r d in Scottish Gaelic was a land measurement of Anglo Saxons Anglo Saxon origin. It was in greatest use in the South East of Scotland , and along the border, whereas in the north various other systems were used, based on the land s productivity, rather than actual area. Four Scottish roods made up a Acre Scots Scottish acre . As in England , rood was also used to mean a cross or crucifix , whence Scottish Parliament Holyrood the name of the new Scottish parliament , an Anglicisation of the Lowland Scots haly ruid holy cross , and also Dream of the Rood The Dream of the Rood . Equivalent to Obsolete Scottish units of measurement Scottish measures 1 4 Acre Scots acre , 40 fall Scots falls Metric system 12.7 Hectare Are ares , 1270 square metre s Imperial system 0.325 Rood unit Measurement of area or length roods English See also Obsolete Scottish units of measurement In the East Scottish Highlands Highlands Rood Acre Scots Scottish acre 4 roods Oxgang Damh imir the area an ox could plow in a year around 20 acres Ploughgate ? 8 oxgangs Davoch Daugh Dabhach 4 ploughgates In the West Scottish Highlands Highlands Groatland C ta b n basic unit Pennyland Peighinn 2 groatlands Quarterland Ceathramh 4 pennylands 8 groatlands Ounceland Tir unga 4 quarterlands 32 groatlands Markland Scots Markland Marg fhearann 8 Ouncelands varied Category Scottish weights and measures Category Units of area Scotland stub ... more details
The Kearny Scots are an American soccer club based in Kearny, New Jersey . The Scots have played in both the National Association Football League and the second American Soccer League . When not members of those leagues, the Scots competed in lower level city leagues. They are currently members of the semi professional Champions League of northern New Jersey southern New York. History The Scots had been established in the late 19th century and was a founding member of the first National Association Football League NAFBL . In 1895, the Scots finished runner up to Centreville A.C. Bayonne Centerville in the NAFBL s first season. When the NAFBL folded at the end of the 1898 1899 season, the Scots continued to play in smaller local leagues. In 1909, the Scots became founding members of the second NAFBL and continued to play in the league until 1918. They finished runner up in the 1906 1907, 1915 1916, and 1916 1917 seasons. The Scots began the 1918 1919 season, but the U.S. entry into World War I led to the loss of much of the team. Consequently the Scots dropped out the NAFBL five games into the season. ref http www.sover.net spectrum year 1919.html The Year in American Soccer 1919 ref After leaving the NAFBL in 1919, the Scots continued to play in city leagues. They returned to high level competition when they were an inaugural member of the second American Soccer League in 1933. The club was officially renamed the Kearny Americans beginning with the 1941 42 season, but continued to be better known as the Scots. The club won the New Jersey State Challenge Cup in 1939 and in 1940 took a double winning the league and the Lewis Cup . The club won the Lewis Cup again in 1948. The Kearny Scots are still going strong and participate in http www.championsleaguesoccer.com The Champions League s Premier Division Year by year class wikitable Year Division League Reg. Season Playoffs ... Scots ... more details
Penny Scottish Gaelic peighinn , but see below was used in Scottish parlance for money generally for example, a penny fee was an expression for wages, a penny maister would be a town treasurer, and a penny wedding was one where every guest contributed to pay for the thing. Meanwhile penny wheep was particularly poor beer . My riches a s my penny fee, And I maun guide it canny, O. Robert Burns Burns , My Nannie, O The older Scottish Gaelic word for penny was peighinn . The modern form is sgillinn , literally shilling , which reflects the fact that at the Acts of Union 1707 Union with England in 1707, the exchange rate was fixed at twelve Pounds Scots to one Pound Sterling so one shilling Scots exchanged for one British one penny coin pre decimal English penny . See also Scottish coinage Pennyland Bawbee Bodle Plack coin Plack Pound Scots Black saxpence References MacKay, Charles A Dictionary of Lowland Scotch 1888 Category Coins of Scotland Scotland stub it Penny scozzese ... more details
Fighting Scots may refer to the nickname of athletic teams of several United States high schools and colleges universities, including Colleges Universities The College of Wooster in Wooster, Ohio Edinboro University of Pennsylvania in Edinboro, Pennsylvania Gordon College Massachusetts Gordon College , Massachusetts High schools Rim of the World High School in Lake Arrowhead, California disambig ... more details
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