The Concise Scots Dictionary [Hardcover]

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Publication Date: Aug 1 1999 | Series: Scots Language Dictionaries

For over sixty years, the Scottish National Dictionary Association has supported and encourage the Scots language. Its first main objective was reached in 1976 with the publication of the Scottish National Dictionary, a major historical work in ten volumes. Since then it has produced more dictionaries, bringing the riches of the standard works to a wider public. The Concise Scots Dictionary contains meanings, spelling variants, pronunciation, information on when and where words are used, grammatical information, idioms and phrases, etymologies and details of Scottish life then and now.

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Hardcover: 820 pages
Publisher: University of British Columbia Press (Aug 1 1999)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1902930002
ISBN-13: 978-1902930008
Product Dimensions: 15 x 2.4 x 22.8 cm
Shipping Weight: 1.4 Kg
Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #1,946,145 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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[An] outstanding achievement. The Herald A masterpiece ... an endless source of entertainment as well as fact. A book for every household in the land. The Scotsman [An] outstanding achievement. A masterpiece ... an endless source of entertainment as well as fact. A book for every household in the land.

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5.0 out of 5 stars endlessly valuable April 14 2005

By Deborah MacGillivray - Published on Amazon.com

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Edinburgh University Press puts out this super Scots Dictionary. It's often very hard to find good a Scots Dictionary or a Good Gaelic Dictionary. This one is VERY good. 820 pages worth, not a little pocket size. It has meanings, spelling variants, pronunciation guide, information on when and were words are used denoting area and districts, grammatical information, and idioms & phrases. What I like best about it - entomologies of the words. So many dictionaries leave off the origins of words, which is so very important when writing history and historical fiction.

It's painstakingly edited and without flaws from start to finish. Best of all it's not teeny print. The print is very clear and easy on the eyes!

Highly recommended.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Mairi Robinson, ed. in chief, Concise Scots Dictionary (Edinburgh University Press, 1985) May 14 2007

By Aline Hornaday - Published on Amazon.com

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The Concise Scots Dictionary presents an excellent 816-page source of definitions for Scots words. It also contains 39 pages on the history of Scots, with a clear explanation of the dictionary's format. Two appendices explain Scots currency, weights and measures, as well as churches in Scotland. I have bought it because I rely on it constantly as an invaluable aid to researching Scots history, with particular reference to the Weir family.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Resource Aug 21 2010

By B. Tilley - Published on Amazon.com

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I ordered this book in order to use it for language research on a book that I am editing. It is an absolutely excellent resource for anyone who needs to understand the Scot's dialect. It is as it says, a dictionary, and one that give thorough, concise definitions of words.

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