Page 2 - Monthly Archives: September 2015
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Posted: September 11, 2015Read more »
If They handed out Awards for Ugly
Two Mexican Walking Fish have been put on show at Edinburgh Zoo. They are remarkable for being able to grow extra arms and legs if they are torn off. They are also not strictly speaking fish, they are salamanders, called axolotl, Well, trying saying that while gargling. They live all their lives in water and the literal translation of their name is water monsters...
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Posted: September 08, 2015Read more »
A poll refelecting Scotland’s national obsession with the weather has made ‘dreich’ as Scotland’s favourite word in the Scots language.
The Language of Burns
The survey by You Gov asked adults across the country to choose their favourite Scots word. The list included many of Robert Burn’s own favourites, like, ‘sleekit,’ ‘beastie’ and ‘braw.’ from a list of words shown to respondents.
Nearly a...
