Whether true or apocryphal, the anecdote demonstrates the strong connections among language, accents, and history. A new study, published in the journal Evolutionary Human Sciences, shows those ...

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Ms Colgan spoke out after it emerged 13 libraries in Aberdeenshire are to close by the end of the year because of declining use and deteriorating buildings. She also slammed a decision to remove ...

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Tonight will continue windy with showers brushing past the Isles and western mainland. The eastern mainland will generally escape drier and a little clearer. Gales possible along coasts. Monday ...

More than 100 schools or nurseries were closed in Scotland on Wednesday because of the weather, with 52 shut in the Highland Council area, 51 in Aberdeenshire, 11 in Moray and two in Shetland.

Today will see another windy day for the southern mainland with less strong winds elsewhere. Frequent showers for the Isles and western mainland, some wintry over the mainland. Brighter in the ...

unaccent is a text search dictionary that removes accents (diacritic signs) from lexemes. It's a filtering dictionary, which means its output is always passed to the next dictionary (if any), unlike ...