LONDON – The Inuit of the Arctic know a lot about snow, and their wide vocabulary for the white stuff is legendary. But they may face a challenge in snow-describing ability — from Scotland.

Researchers compiling a new thesaurus of Scottish words say they have found over 400 synonyms for snow. The words will be included in the new Historical Thesaurus of Scots which, when complete, will ...

I was born and raised in Scotland. While Scotland's first language is English, there are words and phrases exclusive to Scots. Many of these words mean completely different things to the rest of the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. -Credit:georgeclerk / Getty Images (georgeclerk / Getty Images) Scotland's top words and phrases have been named, with a list ...

LONDON (AP) — The Inuit of the Arctic know a lot about snow, and their wide vocabulary for the white stuff is legendary. But they may face a challenge in snow-describing ability — from Scotland.

Did you know that the earliest examples of this well-known word are found in Scots and dialects of northern English? The Dictionaries of the Scots Language (DSL) give us the following definition: “To ...

Scottish people have shared their picks for the best Scots words that are "on the decline". Everything from 'oxters' to 'clarty' was suggested. While Scotland is known for many things, our language is ...