Articles matching 17th century
| Title |
| Title |
Fae the time that John Barbour pit quill\r\ntae parchment in the 1370’s, fowk haes been haudin a wrutten crack throu the\r\nScots leid anent politics, an lang afore Barbour’s day, in Auld-Angles an Auld\r\nNorn. In coorse, Latin (whither direct like or throu Frainch) an Greek haes baith\r\nhaen a haun in swackenin oor political crack for mony hunners o year. Deed, we\r\nlikely wadna think a political debate wis warth its saut haed it nae Latin an\r\nGreek words, an wantin tae soond a bittie mair formal we’d whiles drap them in\r\naboot. A wheen’s that common noo that tae be tellt it wis Latin an Greek fae\r\noor mous wad haes us ferlie at the fact.
\r\n\r\nIt wis aince jaloused that the\r\nvernacular (thon’s the hameower speak o the land) in Scotland wisna fittin for\r\nwritin political tracts, an this wis true o the vernacular leid o Ingland\r\nforby. Wrutten commentars anent politics wis thocht best in Latin, the lang-heidit\r\nlangage o European scholars awgaits, or aiblins in Greek. Hooanever, throu the\r\n14t century this chenged, no jist in Ingland an Scotland, but in the lave o\r\nEurope. Bi the end o the 1300’s fowk in Scotland haed stertit tae write\r\nhistory, draw up diplomatic writes, an pit peteetions tae the government in\r\nthair mither tongue. Bi the 1420’s King Jeems I haed decreed anaw that the acts\r\no his pairlament shuid be wrutten in the mither tongue (tho Gaelic wisna\r\ncomprehendit) sae that the fowk micht better ken the laws.
\r\n\r\nTho the nummer o fowk that cuid read an\r\nwrite wis sma, this custom o writin in Scots estaiblisht the leid as ane for\r\npolitical crackin, an aince the prent buik cam alang in the 16t century Scots\r\ngot a heize. Hooanever, as the mercat in Ingland got owerance o the tred in the\r\nprent buik mony fowk haed thair Scots texts ‘Englished’ (as it wis cryed) afore\r\nsettin furth. Mair important like wis the political union wi Ingland in 1707\r\nthat meant Scots MPs haed tae sit in a pairlament in Lunnon an speachify throu\r\nSoothron for the feck o Inglis memmers. Fae thae times onwards fowk haes\r\nheld-gauin in Scots for political crackin, baith in speech in writing, wi 19t century\r\nnewspaper airticles bein ane instance. But the heid anes in Scotland haed cawed thairsels\r\noot the culture an leid o maist Scots an gied a deif lug tae debate throu Scots\r\n(or Gaelic), either acause thay jaloused it a leid wi nae staunin or thay war\r\nfeart that ony debate throu Scots thirlt them til a kenspeckle Scots identity.
\r\n\r\nThe’r a menu ablow wi a\r\npuckle airticles an PDF documents that reenges Scots as a leid for political\r\ncrackin doun throu the hunners o year bygane. In parteeclar tentie een is cast\r\nower the fykie nature o Scotland’s neeborheid wi Ingland, an place in Europe,\r\nsubjects that’s at the hert o the crack aboot a referendum the noo.
\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
\r\n\r\n","title":"Crackin aboot Politics"}},"status":0,"vector":"'aboot':2A 'crackin':1A 'polit':3A","jvector":"'1300â':197B,711B '1370â':11B,518B '14':174B '1420â':221B,737B '14t':690B '16t':806B '16th':293B '1707':333B,852B '19':381B '19t':895B 'ablow':960B 'aboot':459B,503B,605B,1013B,1020B 'acaus':931B 'act':231B,747B 'actual':112B 'affirm':433B 'afor':535B,839B 'aiblin':684B 'ainc':633B,798B 'airticl':898B,964B 'alang':803B 'along':162B 'also':50B,227B 'although':256B 'anaw':744B 'ane':793B,900B,905B 'anent':531B,667B 'angl':542B 'anglo':34B 'anglo-saxon':33B 'arriv':290B 'articl':385B,444B 'auld':541B,544B 'auld-angl':540B 'awgait':682B 'baith':558B,889B 'barbour':4B,511B 'barbourâ':536B 'began':178B 'begun':203B 'bein':899B 'best':671B 'better':252B,767B 'bi':706B,735B 'bitti':596B 'buik':801B,826B 'bygan':983B 'cam':802B 'came':136B 'cast':989B 'caw':909B 'centuri':62B,176B,294B,383B,466B,691B,807B,896B 'chang':180B 'changeabl':477B 'cheng':693B 'colour':53B 'commentar':666B 'commentari':154B,277B,474B 'common':100B,610B 'complet':73B 'comprehendit':761B 'consid':68B,130B 'continu':365B 'coors':547B 'could':262B,353B 'countri':170B,191B 'cours':40B 'crack':458B,526B,566B,1012B 'crackin':502B,796B,888B,976B,1019B 'cri':838B 'cuid':777B 'cultur':397B,913B 'current':498B 'custom':784B 'd':600B 'day':538B 'debat':16B,71B,279B,367B,408B,500B,579B,925B,946B 'decre':228B,743B 'deed':572B 'deif':922B 'depend':83B 'diplomat':208B,723B 'direct':43B,550B 'discours':58B 'discuss':18B,456B 'disloc':393B 'distinct':428B 'document':209B,447B,967B 'domin':298B 'doun':977B 'draft':207B 'drap':602B 'draw':721B 'een':987B 'either':413B,930B 'elit':389B 'end':194B,708B 'england':150B,184B,331B,485B 'english':301B,350B,358B 'englishedâ':313B,834B 'era':31B 'establish':270B 'estaiblisht':789B 'europ':489B,705B,1003B 'european':169B,190B,680B 'ever':1B 'everyday':121B 'exampl':379B 'explor':449B 'fact':630B 'fae':506B,621B,875B 'fear':426B 'feart':943B 'feck':871B 'ferli':627B 'fittin':649B 'focus':472B 'forbi':664B 'formal':86B,420B,598B 'fowk':520B,713B,765B,775B,828B,879B 'frainch':554B 'french':46B 'furth':841B 'fyki':992B 'gaelic':243B,412B,759B,929B 'gauin':883B 'general':406B 'gie':920B 'got':809B,818B 'govern':214B,730B 'greek':48B,81B,115B,164B,556B,589B,620B,686B 'ha':584B,716B,742B,829B,857B,908B 'hae':521B,557B,625B,880B 'haen':559B 'hameow':641B 'haudin':523B 'haun':561B 'heart':495B 'heid':904B 'heidit':677B 'heiz':811B 'held':882B 'held-gauin':881B 'help':51B 'hert':1009B 'histori':206B,720B 'hooanev':687B,812B 'howev':171B,295B 'hunner':569B,980B 'ident':430B,955B 'ignor':407B 'import':321B,843B 'includ':246B 'increas':297B 'inde':63B 'ing':873B 'ingland':663B,697B,817B,850B,999B 'instanc':901B 'intellectu':160B 'jalous':634B,933B 'jame':224B 'jeem':740B 'jist':695B 'john':3B,510B 'join':325B 'ken':768B 'kenspeckl':953B 'king':223B,739B 'lack':132B,419B 'land':125B,645B 'lang':534B,676B 'lang-heidit':675B 'langag':678B 'languag':26B,148B,161B,274B,302B,399B,418B,437B,453B 'last':464B 'latin':41B,79B,113B,158B,548B,587B,618B,673B 'lave':703B 'law':255B,770B 'learn':109B 'led':305B 'leid':530B,661B,791B,915B,936B,973B 'like':551B,574B,844B 'london':344B 'long':28B 'lug':923B 'lunnon':864B 'mair':597B,842B 'maist':917B 'major':359B,402B 'make':346B 'mani':306B 'market':304B 'matter':20B,369B 'meant':854B 'memmer':874B 'menu':440B,959B 'mercat':815B 'micht':766B 'might':251B 'mither':733B,756B 'moni':568B,827B 'mother':217B,240B 'mous':623B 'mps':335B,856B 'nae':586B,938B 'natur':478B,993B 'neeborheid':997B 'newspap':384B,897B 'noo':611B,1017B 'norn':545B 'nors':38B 'number':258B 'nummer':773B 'o':570B,643B,658B,662B,679B,704B,709B,748B,774B,785B,820B,872B,916B,981B,994B,1010B 'old':37B 'ongo':482B 'oni':945B 'onward':878B 'oor':564B,622B 'oot':911B 'ower':819B,990B 'pairlament':750B,862B 'paper':22B 'parchment':8B,515B 'parliament':234B,342B 'parteeclar':985B 'particular':468B 'pdf':446B,966B 'peopl':13B,199B,250B,260B,363B 'peteet':727B 'petit':212B 'pit':512B,726B 'place':101B,487B,1001B 'polit':19B,57B,70B,139B,153B,276B,328B,368B,455B,460B,504B,532B,565B,578B,652B,668B,795B,847B,887B,975B,1021B 'prent':800B,825B 'present':211B 'press':289B 'print':288B,303B 'probabl':65B,105B 'public':319B 'puckl':963B 'put':5B 'quill':6B,513B 'r':957B 'read':263B,778B 'realli':283B 'reeng':969B 'referendum':499B,1015B 'relationship':483B 'reserv':156B 'sae':762B 'saut':583B 'saxon':35B 'scholar':681B 'scot':25B,271B,310B,371B,404B,410B,450B,529B,788B,808B,831B,855B,885B,918B,927B,948B,954B,970B 'scotland':127B,186B,201B,323B,391B,647B,699B,715B,907B 'scotlandâ':480B,995B 'scottish':334B,429B 'settin':840B 'sever':443B 'shape':55B 'shuid':751B 'sinc':2B,360B,387B 'sit':339B,859B 'sma':782B 'small':267B 'soond':594B 'soothron':868B 'sound':90B 'speachifi':866B 'speak':642B 'speech':122B,348B,374B,891B 'status':133B,422B 'staunin':939B 'stertit':717B 'subject':1004B 'surpris':107B 'swackenin':563B 'tae':514B,593B,613B,718B,728B,858B,924B 'tellt':615B 'tenti':986B 'term':317B 'text':311B,832B 'th':175B,382B 'thae':876B 'thair':732B,830B 'thairsel':910B 'thatâ':1005B 'thay':932B,941B 'theâ':956B 'think':576B 'thirlt':949B 'tho':758B,771B 'thocht':670B 'thonâ':638B 'though':242B 'thought':416B 'threw':76B 'throu':527B,553B,688B,867B,926B,947B,978B 'til':951B 'time':362B,508B,877B 'tongu':218B,241B,734B,757B 'took':284B 'topic':490B 'tract':140B,653B 'tred':822B 'trend':269B,281B 'true':144B,657B 'understand':253B 'understood':355B 'union':329B,848B 'unless':74B 'us':626B 'use':435B 'vernacular':117B,147B,637B,660B 'wad':624B 'wadna':575B 'wantin':592B 'war':942B 'warth':581B 'weâ':599B 'wheenâ':607B 'whether':42B 'while':601B 'whither':549B 'wi':849B,894B,937B,961B,998B 'wis':580B,617B,632B,656B,669B,781B,837B,845B 'wish':88B 'wisna':648B,760B 'word':82B,95B,590B 'would':104B 'wouldnâ':66B 'write':138B,205B,265B,376B,719B,724B,780B,893B 'writin':651B,786B 'written':152B,237B 'wrutten':525B,665B,753B 'year':571B,982B 'â':312B,833B","createdAt":"2026-09-01T09:45:06.881Z","updatedAt":"2026-09-01T09:45:06.881Z","author":null,"CategoryId":1,"tags":[{"type":"tag","id":45,"title":"17th century","abstract":{"en":{"title":"17th century"},"sco":{"title":"17th century"}},"createdAt":"2026-08-31T16:04:31.046Z","updatedAt":"2026-08-31T16:04:31.046Z","parentId":null,"ArticlesTags":{"createdAt":"2026-09-01T09:45:06.897Z","updatedAt":"2026-09-01T09:45:06.897Z","ArticleId":4120,"TagId":45}}],"media":[{"type":"media","id":17,"title":"Debating_chamber,_Scottish_Parliament_(31-05-2006)","description":"","credit":"imported from scotslanguage.com","link":null,"src":"Debating_chamber,_Scottish_Parliament_(31-05-2006).jpg","format":"image","createdAt":"2026-09-01T09:45:06.902Z","updatedAt":"2026-09-01T09:45:06.902Z","ArticlesMedia":{"weight":0,"createdAt":"2026-09-01T09:45:06.906Z","updatedAt":"2026-09-01T09:45:06.906Z","ArticleId":4120,"MediumId":17}}],"Nodes":[]}],"tagArticlesCount":11},"notifications":{"items":[]}}