OXFORD, England, May 1 (UPI) -- A handwritten dictionary of Scottish words and phrases compiled by James Boswell, the biographer of Dr. Samuel Johnson, has turned up at Oxford University. The Bodleian ...

While the UK is only home to around 69 million people, there are dozens of regional languages and dialects spoken across the British Isles. From Cornish to Scottish Gaelic, Manx, and Welsh, each ...

The Scots have coined plenty of funny and well-known phrases that have echoed right across the world down the centuries. From the iconic 'taps aff' which will have done the rounds in the recent warm ...

Scots have coined some funny, well-known phrases that have echoed across the world. From 'taps aff', to remove your top during hot weather, to 'pure dead brilliant,' meaning very good, we are known ...