Southern Scots

Southern Scots is the dialect (or group of dialects) of Scots spoken in the Scottish Borders counties of mid and east Dumfriesshire, Roxburghshire and Selkirkshire,[1][2] with the notable exception of Berwickshire and Peeblesshire, which are, like Edinburgh, part of the SE Central Scots dialect area.[3][4] It may also be known as Border Scots, the Border tongue or by the names of the towns inside the South Scots area,[citation needed] for example Teri in Hawick from the phrase Teribus ye teri odin. Towns where Southern Scots dialects are spoken include Earlston, Galashiels (Gala or Galae), Hawick, Jedburgh (Jethart), Kelso (Kelsae), Langholm, Lockerbie, Newcastleton (Copshaw or Copshawholm), St. Boswells (Bosells) and Selkirk.

  1. ^ "SND Introduction". Dsl.ac.uk. Archived from the original on 21 March 2012. Retrieved 9 February 2013.
  2. ^ "Wir Ain Leed dialect map".
  3. ^ "Snd Maps". Dsl.ac.uk. Archived from the original on 24 May 2012. Retrieved 9 February 2013.
  4. ^ "Snd Introduction". Dsl.ac.uk. Archived from the original on 12 June 2012. Retrieved 9 February 2013.