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The Scots Tongue

Episode 6: Freedom Come All Ye?

Duration: 28 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio OrkneyLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio Scotland Highlands and Islands

A series of documentaries on the history of the Scots language written and presented by Billy Kay. (Revised repeat)

Today city dialects are often despised - even by Scots language enthusiasts. Can MacDiarmid's 'plastic' Scots and the old, rural dialects come to terms with developing urban speech in the 1980s? Show less

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