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Makars to Miners

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Billy Kay looks at the speech of Fife miners in his series about the Scottish language.

Series exploring the history of the Scottish language. Billy Kay looks at the speech of Fife miners, which has its roots in languages brought to Scotland before the 15th century.

A series of six documentaries on the history of the Scots language written and presented by Billy Kay. (Revised repeat) Today the speech of Fife miners has its roots in languages brought to Scotland before the flowering of the court poets in the 15th century.

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Series exploring the history of the Scottish language, written and presented by Billy Kay.

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