More than a quarter of Scots do not trust any political party to fix the housing crisis, a new poll has suggested.The survey, ...

The populist fury aimed at President Obama and his fellow Democrats may have roots much deeper than health care. In fact, it may be that it can be traced back to the emigration of the Scots-Irish, the ...

The Dictionaries of the Scots Language (DSL) define a hurl as “a ride or drive in a wheeled vehicle”. DSL’s earliest example appeared in Thomas Carlyle’s Early Letters (1822): “We will not let you ...

The 2013 census survey showed 3 million Americans with Scots Irish ancestry in 2013. That’s way down from 5.4 million in the 2006 census. It is not clear what caused the drop, but it does seem that ...

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Rude, crude and extremely funny, “Scottish Twitter” has garnered much attention in recent years for its uniquely Celtic wit – and for the specific ways it uses language. Journalist Eve Livingston’s ...

Scots appear to be unwilling to accept their country's leading role in creating the British Empire, a new poll suggests. More people believe that Scotland was simply a subject of England than a ...