In the aftermath of her passing, it was reported that Queen Elizabeth could speak the local dialect of Balmoral and the region around it. This dialect of the north-east of Scotland – called the Doric ...

A good Scottish accent brings images of bagpipes, kilts, and dramatically weathered cliffs to mind—but a bad one can make you look like a bogging bampot. The difference lies in the pronunciation, ...

Lee Reynolds, Northern Ireland’s new Ulster Scots commissioner, is a thoughtful and intelligent man. Yet even he is wrestling with the fundamental contradiction of his office: the Ulster Scots ...