“Scots-Irish,” a popular label among American conservatives today, has long been a kind of shorthand for mythic ideas about what makes someone a “real American.” ...

Scottish poet and social media influencer Len Pennie grew up speaking both Scots and English. Now with more than a million ...

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 ...

Now, some big news for "Harry Potter" fans. The first book of the series, "Harry Potter And The Sorcerer's Stone," has been translated into its 80th language, and it comes out today. What's that ...

There was an Englishman, an Irishman and a Scotsman. The Irishman did something stupid, then the Celtic Tiger thing happened and we stopped making jokes about them. The Scotsman was stingy but these ...

Ulster-Scots is a language which has been part of life here since the first Scots planters arrived in Ulster in the 17th Century. But more than 400 years on, it has become a sticking point in the ...

Coming from a literary background, I know of a lot of writers who choose to compose their poems and stories in the Scots dialect. I say dialect because Scots in its purest form has completely died out ...