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                                                23rd September 15, 05:07 AM
                                        
                                
                                
                                        
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			A Scots thesaurus: 421 terms for snow
		
			
				
					The BBC this morning has a brief description of a Scots thesaurus in development: http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-34323967
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                                                23rd September 15, 06:12 AM
                                        
                                
                                
                                        
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	It should be noted that this is not the first Scots thesaurus.   See for example
		
			
			
				
					  Originally Posted by Ian.MacAllan   http://www.scotslanguage.com/Scots_p...cots_Thesaurus
 The words in this new study come from throughout history and all dialects of Scots so we need to remember that, for example, Shetland words could be unintelligible to an Aberdonian.   To be pedantic, Scots (apart from a few borrowings) is not a "Celtic language" but it's hard to see which forum would have been more suitable.
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