Lowland Scotsadj.n.

Brit.

/ˌləʊlənd ˈskɒts/, U.S.

/ˌloʊlənd ˈskɑts/

Forms: also with lower-case initial in the first element.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: lowland n., Scots adj.; lowland n., Scots n.

Etymology: As adjective < lowland n. + Scots adj. As noun < lowland n. + Scots n. Compare Lallan adj., Lallans at Lallan n.

A. adj.

Designating a variety of English used in the Lowlands of Scotland (see sense B.); written in, belonging to, or characteristic of this dialect. Cf. Scots adj. 3.

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the mind > language > languages of the world > Indo-Hittite > [adjective] > Indo-European > Germanic > English > of varieties of English > Scottish English

Scots1533

Scottish1559

Scotch1633

Scotic1647

Lowland Scots1724

lowland1752

Lallan1786

1724 A. Ramsay Ever Green II. 36 It likewise shews that the Lowland Scots Language and the English at that Time were the same.

1858 Athenæum 25 Sept. 390/1 He..accounts most feebly for the origin of the Lowland Scots language.

1894 Scotsman 19 Dec. 10/6 He is well versed in..the Lowland Scots tongue (although..he is too fond of rendering it phonetically).

1927 Times of India 18 Nov. 14/4 The pawky humour of the lowland Scots dialect..is handled with the adroitness of a master.

1958 K. Wittig Sc. Trad. in Lit. 183 All that is amply attested by the Celtic qualities that can be seen in the Lowland Scots poetry of the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries.

2013 Carluke (Scotl.) Gaz. (Nexis) 19 Feb. I remember being chastised at school for using a lowland Scots word and admonished to ‘speak the Queen's English’.

B. n.

A variety of English used in the Lowlands of Scotland. Frequently also viewed as a distinct language. Cf. Lallans at Lallan n., Scots n. 1.

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the mind > language > languages of the world > Indo-Hittite > [noun] > Indo-European > Germanic > English > British English > Scottish English

Scots1494

Scotch1612

Lallan1786

Lowland Scots1792

lowland1822

Kelvinside1903

1792 J. Sinclair Statist. Acct. Scotl. II. 25 The language spoken here is the English, or lowland Scots.

1847 T. B. Shaw Outl. Eng. Lit. xvi. 425 The Scottish dialect is totally different from the Scottish language. The former (usually called Lowland Scots) is essentially..English.

1897 Macmillan's Mag. Aug. 270/1 It is not known for certain whether his native language was Lowland Scots or Gaelic.

1945 Eng. Hist. Rev. 60 426 James's first draft is written in the full flavour and orthography of sixteenth-century Lowland Scots.

1989 J. Kelly & J. Local Doing Phonology iv. 167 A comparable case can be seen in the so-called anaptyctic vowels in lowland Scots (in words such as film and farm).

2010 K. Wales in R. Hickey Varieties Eng. in Writing 64 The linguistic closeness of Lowland Scots with Northumbrian English has..remained until the present-day.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	lowland scots
释义	Lowland Scotsadj.n. Brit. /ˌləʊlənd ˈskɒts/, U.S. /ˌloʊlənd ˈskɑts/ Forms: also with lower-case initial in the first element. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: lowland n., Scots adj.; lowland n., Scots n. Etymology: As adjective < lowland n. + Scots adj. As noun < lowland n. + Scots n. Compare Lallan adj., Lallans at Lallan n. A. adj. Designating a variety of English used in the Lowlands of Scotland (see sense B.); written in, belonging to, or characteristic of this dialect. Cf. Scots adj. 3. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > languages of the world > Indo-Hittite > [adjective] > Indo-European > Germanic > English > of varieties of English > Scottish English Scots1533 Scottish1559 Scotch1633 Scotic1647 Lowland Scots1724 lowland1752 Lallan1786 1724 A. Ramsay Ever Green II. 36 It likewise shews that the Lowland Scots Language and the English at that Time were the same. 1858 Athenæum 25 Sept. 390/1 He..accounts most feebly for the origin of the Lowland Scots language. 1894 Scotsman 19 Dec. 10/6 He is well versed in..the Lowland Scots tongue (although..he is too fond of rendering it phonetically). 1927 Times of India 18 Nov. 14/4 The pawky humour of the lowland Scots dialect..is handled with the adroitness of a master. 1958 K. Wittig Sc. Trad. in Lit. 183 All that is amply attested by the Celtic qualities that can be seen in the Lowland Scots poetry of the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries. 2013 Carluke (Scotl.) Gaz. (Nexis) 19 Feb. I remember being chastised at school for using a lowland Scots word and admonished to ‘speak the Queen's English’. B. n. A variety of English used in the Lowlands of Scotland. Frequently also viewed as a distinct language. Cf. Lallans at Lallan n., Scots n. 1. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > languages of the world > Indo-Hittite > [noun] > Indo-European > Germanic > English > British English > Scottish English Scots1494 Scotch1612 Lallan1786 Lowland Scots1792 lowland1822 Kelvinside1903 1792 J. Sinclair Statist. Acct. Scotl. II. 25 The language spoken here is the English, or lowland Scots. 1847 T. B. Shaw Outl. Eng. Lit. xvi. 425 The Scottish dialect is totally different from the Scottish language. The former (usually called Lowland Scots) is essentially..English. 1897 Macmillan's Mag. Aug. 270/1 It is not known for certain whether his native language was Lowland Scots or Gaelic. 1945 Eng. Hist. Rev. 60 426 James's first draft is written in the full flavour and orthography of sixteenth-century Lowland Scots. 1989 J. Kelly & J. Local Doing Phonology iv. 167 A comparable case can be seen in the so-called anaptyctic vowels in lowland Scots (in words such as film and farm). 2010 K. Wales in R. Hickey Varieties Eng. in Writing 64 The linguistic closeness of Lowland Scots with Northumbrian English has..remained until the present-day. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.n.1724
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