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Typesetting Gaelic in Gaelic type

In Ireland, Gaelic type is widely used for writing Irish (although mainly for decorative purposes these days, if I’m not

Today The Scotsman announced that they will make a quarter of their editorial staff redundant, and The Telegraph have decided

Scot Independence Podcast 19 is an interesting chat with Michael Hance from the Scots Language Centre. At one point they

Iain Macwhirter recently wrote an interesting blog posting comparing the Scottish Highlands with the French Pyrenees. He’s bemoaning how the

I’ve been wondering for a wee while how to express the official referendum question, “Should Scotland be an independent country?”,

I’ve been wondering for a wee while how to express the official referendum question, “Should Scotland be an independent country?”,

Burns wrote his poems in Scots, but he generally used English orthography. For instance, here’s a bit of Auld Lang

Of course it’s not exactly news to readers of this blog, but this YouTube video illustrates the point even better

I recently stumbled upon a collection of odd maps. Many of them are rather US-centric, but a few of them

Flickr allows you to connect your WordPress blog, which allows you to use a Flickr photo to illustrate a blog