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Scots is a language. But not everywan agrees. I’ve scrived a novel where you can see its usage across generations. It’s funny. And asks the bigger questions. If this gets 100 retweets, I’ll pick a retweeter at random and post them a free copy! ☺️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

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Be guid tae yer Mammy: Shortlisted for Scotland's National Book Awards 2022

1:41 PM · Aug 29, 2021

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Putting everyone into the Wheel of Names now! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

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! I’ll DM you now and get the books sent ASAP! ☺️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Thank you so much for helping to spread the word! There’s still plenty of copies at lots of Independent shops, Waterstones and, of course, Amazon!

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Be guid tae yer Mammy: Shortlisted for Scotland's National Book Awards 2022

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What if I retweet, delete and retweet again 100 times?

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Hahha!! But then I don’t think as many people would see the tweet 😅

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I've just bought some kids books in Scots for my wee one when they arrive. They've got to learn that they cannae shove their granny off a bus somehow.

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You must check out

work for weans if you haven’t already!

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honestly Emma whenever i see you talking about your books i am 🥺🥺🥺 i’m so PROUD

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Aww thank you!! Hope you’re doing well xx

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Scrived. Sounds very like it’s derived from the Gaelic Scríobh. Similar pronunciation.

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I gave my mum a guid once (F9168C5E-CEB2-4faa-B6BF-329BF39FA1E4"), but she didn’t know what to do with it… /nerd Good luck with the book! Keeping languages and dialects alive is very important, although I still struggle, when my wife talks Platt (Deutsch) to me!