WebScots Wikipedia. The Scots Wikipedia ( Scots: Scots Wikipaedia) is the Scots-language edition of Wikipedia. This edition was started in June 2005. As of November 2022, it has about 40,000 articles. In August 2020, the wiki received criticism from social media and the news for its bad translation from the English language, and is currently being ...

WebBackspeir (to cross-examine, interrogate, question) Bairn (Child) (see Wean) Baith (Both) Bam, Bampot (Crazy person, Maniac) Bane (Bone) Bap (bread roll) (bap is more NE or Ulster Scots, word is also used in parts of England [2] and Wales, [3] roll of bread is more the norm in anglicised central Scotland)

WebA: In August 2020, a user on Reddit discovered that many of the Scots Wikipedia articles were written inaccurately, primarily in mangled English. A significant portion of this was the work of one user. These revelations quickly gained traction on the internet, and received press coverage. The Wikimedia community is now working diligently to ...

WebAug 27, 2020 · Scots is an endangered language, and the Wikipedia community now needs to decide what to do with all the entries. Some have said the website should delete AmaryllisGardner's contributions, arguing ...

WebAug 26, 2020 · Scots Wikipedia Articles Vandalism refers to a controversy surrounding thousands of articles found on Scots Wikipedia that are, instead of Scots, written in mangled English. Origin On August 25th 2020, a thread was made on the 4chan /his/ board that started a discussion about dozens of articles on Scots Wikipedia that weren't even …

WebScots. Scots is a West Germanic language. It is sometimes called Lowland Scots or Lallans. It is not Scottish English but the two are similar. Scottish English is a dialect of English and Scots is a separate language. [4] Ulster Scots is a form of Scots found in the north of Ireland.

WebJul 16, 2022 · Scots. A Germanic language closely related to English and descended from northern dialects of Middle English, spoken in parts of Scotland, now especially in the northeastern and southern regions of the country. synonyms . Synonyms: Scottish, Lowland Scots.

WebAug 27, 2020 · Scots was the language of Robert Burns, but tens of thousands of articles on Scots Wikipedia are written in a non-existent language that is neither English nor Scots THE 19-year-old American who wrote tens of thousands of articles on the Scots version of Wikipedia despite not speaking the language is “devastated” after people reacted ...

WebThe table shaws the ethnic Scots population in the Unitit States frae 1700 tae 2013. In 1700 the tot population o the American colonies wis 250,888, o that 223,071 (89%) war white an 3.0% war ethnically Scots. [11] [13] In the 2000 census, 4.8 million Americans [11] sel-reportit Scots ancestry, 1.7% o the tot US population.