Scots Language CentreCentre for the Scots Leid

Names that's soondit

Names that's soondit0:00 / 0:00

The’r a group o weel kent faimly names in Scots that, while thay for ordnar daena differ in thair spelling fae the mak used in Soothron, thay affen arena soondit the richt wey. This haes become mair appearant throu the 20t century whaur the media an scuils, no takkin tent tae the tradeetions o the leid, noo mislippens on ootland tuins. The follaein is a leet o a puckle common Scots names, hoo thay shuid be soondit, an hoo thay shuidna be soondit.

Bowie

Colquhoun

Cowan

Cowie

Duguid

Forbes

Lamont

MacGreegor

MacNachtan

MacKenzie

Menzies

Paton

Porteous

Ruthven

Sinclair

Watson