Rían Ó Díomasaigh

focal Ultais an lae + smaointe fánacha x gruaig gan chíorad = this whole thing.

[DreadAnon @DreadAnon]

@wylfcen Erm ackshully the most common word to refer to fox in Scots is ‘tod’. ‘fox’ does exist but was considered archaic and only really appeared in compounds (eg. ‘foxfit’ - ‘buttercup’) until recent English influence 🤓☝️

[Rían Ó Díomasaigh @Ultach1014]

@ianwoodaudio @grahamscheper @colingorrie The differences between Early Scots (c. 15th century) and Modern Scots are a lot less stark than between Old and Modern English but that’s to be expected since you’re only looking at 600 years of difference vs 1600. This is a line from Stewart’s Buik of the Croniclis of Scotland!

[Grǣġhama @grahamscheper]

Can you understand ACTUALLY SPOKEN Old English??

Here are a few snippets from my conversation with @colingorrie , the first recorded conversation between two advanced OE speakers in over 800 years!

Check out the whole episode here: https://t.co/AXsIABGDRX

[Rían Ó Díomasaigh @Ultach1014]

@BEALFEIRSTE1888 @NewtonEmerson Gin Scots grammar daumers ye there's a rowth ae Scots Grammars ye can tak a wale by 📕📗📘

[Rían Ó Díomasaigh @Ultach1014]

Skeptical appraisals of Ulster Scots from unionist perspectives are usually some variant of "grrr noooo stop it this doesn't help political unionism!!!" and the idea that you might want to do language stuff because you like languages and think they're cool doesn't seem to occur😅

[Newton Emerson @NewtonEmerson]

There is an Ulster Scots culture to celebrate. There is a role for the Ulster Scots commissioner, even if it's more through the 'Ulster British Tradition' part of his title. But Ulster Scots is a dialect at most.
https://t.co/VGw8OzorKH

[Rían Ó Díomasaigh @Ultach1014]

@MissTwice I really wanted to get mad about this and do some sort of EPIC REBUTTAL™️ but once you get past the inflammatory title the rest of the article is just tepid political yammering 😴😴 I've been successfully ragebaited!!!

[Rían Ó Díomasaigh @Ultach1014]

@annie_mcginley @NewtonEmerson I don't think that's a massively unusual practice when it comes to language revitilization. Tomás de Bhaldraithe pretty liberally plucked from local dialect word lists when he was putting together his Irish dictionary for example, and now those words are used all over Ireland.

[Dr Francis Young @DrFrancisYoung]

Late medieval Irish Parliaments be like:

[Rían Ó Díomasaigh @Ultach1014]

If - for some reason - you wanted to get super annoyed, you should read some negative reviews for Robert Louis Stevenson's 'Thrawn Janet' on GoodReads, which are almost all complaints about it being written in Scots.
https://t.co/54k3TCNbw6

[Iona Fyfe @ionafyfe]

The Scottish Languages Bill (2025) has PASSED. Scots is now an official language of Scotland, alongside and equal to Gaelic and English. A huge thanks to every activist, supporter and speaker who have fought so hard 🎉🥳🍾🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[michael dempster - cyberscots ᛞᚩᛗ @DrMDempster]

The Scottish Languages Bill haes been passed unanimously!

The first time Scots haes been recognised in Scots law!

Weil duin tae awbody involved 🤝👏👏👏👏

[Rían Ó Díomasaigh @Ultach1014]

@Lenniesaurus Congratulations! Very well deserved 👏

[Rían Ó Díomasaigh @Ultach1014]

Head of the Ulster-Scots Agency bemoaning that Ulster Scots is in "an underdeveloped position" and that there is "a lack of provision for learning the language"

If only there was someone in a position of authority to do something about that!!!! 🤔🤔🤔

[The Irish News @irish_news]

Ulster Scots commissioner not needing to speak language ‘reflects reality’, says agency CEO https://t.co/7xLAZ2nUVQ

[Leah Rachel 🌹 @MissTwice]

I disagree with this position, and the approach to the role of the Commissioner essentially being proposed here.

[Rían Ó Díomasaigh @Ultach1014]

@SeawrightDaniel I think this one is at least marginally better than the last census translation! Marginally. 😐

[Rían Ó Díomasaigh @Ultach1014]

@MissTwice I'd really love to the pick the brain of the person/people who does these and see if they're aware of the kind of reaction they garner both from the general public and Ullans speakers 😅

[Rían Ó Díomasaigh @Ultach1014]

>apologetic apostrophes
>weirdly informal tone
>spelling English words phonetically instead of using Scots ones
>using Scots words incorrectly
>'tradeeeeeeeeeeetion', 'poleeeeeeeeeetical'

Yep, it's Official Ulster Scots™️ time again

[Rían Ó Díomasaigh @Ultach1014]

@Lenniesaurus FOUR 👏 MORE 👏 YEARS 👏

[BBC Radio Scotland @BBCRadioScot]

“Nothing brings me joy like Scots”

Watch Len Pennie's Poyums of Power on @bbciplayer - https://t.co/36xgN6O7T6

[Rían Ó Díomasaigh @Ultach1014]

@Lenniesaurus I don't want to oversell it but this is potentially the most important thing to ever happen in Scotland ever