Staundart Scots

oorNews is a Scots Leid media stert-up that aims for tae provide insichtfu unbiased media aboot onythin an awthin. oorNews will ey bide neutral wi regairds tae political maitters an isnae affiliated wi ony political pairty or government.

“Oor mission is tae mak unbiased factual media in Scots free tae awbody for tae uphaud the richt o Scots spikkin fowk tae ainlie seein, hearin an spikkin Scots.”

Nor East Scots / Doric

oorNews is a Scots Leid media stert-up aat aims for tae provide insichtfu unbiased media aboot onythin an aathin. oorNews will ey bide neutral wi regairds tae political maitters an isna affiliated wi ony political pairty or government.

“Oor mission is tae mak unbiased factual media in Scots free til aabody for tae uphaad e richt o Scots spikkin fowk tae ainlie seein, hearin an spikkin Scots.”

Nordren Isles Scots / Orkney & Shetland

oorNews is a Scots Leid media stert-up dat aims for tae provide insichtfu unbiased media aboot onythin an aathin. oorNews will ey bide neutral wi regairds tae political maitters an isna affiliated wi ony political pairty or government.

“Oor mission is tae mak unbiased factual media in Scots free til aabody for tae uphauld da richt o Scots spikkin fowk tae ainlie seein, hearin an spikkin Scots.”

English (Global)

oorNews is a Scots Language media start-up that aims to provide insightful unbiased media about anything and everything. oorNews will always remain neutral with regards to political matters and is not affiliated with any political party or government.

“Our mission is to make unbiased factual media in Scots free to everyone to support the right of Scots speakers to only seeing, hearing and speaking Scots.”

For tae lairn mair aboot Scots gang til / To learn more about Scots go to:

Scots Language Centre

Hame | Scots Leid Assoc­ie (scotsleidassocie.org)

Walcome — come awa ben (scots-online.org)

The Doric Board | North East Tradition And Culture

Scots Radio | Scots Language Podcast

Ulster-Scots Agency (ulsterscotsagency.com)

Shetland ForWirds – Promoting and Celebrating the Shetland Dialect

Dictionaries of the Scots Language (dsl.ac.uk)

Scots language policy: Scots version – gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

Mair whit’s it aw aboot… or fit’s it aa aboot?

Staundart Scots

Fowk that spik Scots hae a richt tae livin their life in Scots ithoot needin tae switch tae Inglis, juist as Scottish Gaelic an Welsh spikkers are able tae dae throu the provision o media in these leids.

For tae address this lack o provision for Scots spikkers, oorNews provides insichtfu airticles in Staundart Scots (aimin tae encompass spikkers frae Ulster tae Dundee as weel as the global Scots commontie), North Eastern Scots (coverin Angus, Aberdeenshire an Moray, referred tae as Doric Scots), Nordern Isles Scots (aimin tae encompass Orkney an Shetland, althou the spellin aligns wi Shetlandic) as weel as Inglis (sae that it can be owerset intae leids spake in Scotland awready catered for by Google Translate sic as Scottish Gaelic, Polish, Urdu etc.).

Scots is for awbody an onybody tae be yaised whaurivver and whanivver – these airticles should stairt conversations in Scots an we should aw feel free tae spik in Scots regairdless o the situation (unless there are non-Scots spikkers). At oorNews we encourage oor readers tae share an discuss the airticles wi their freens and faimly in Scots.

Nor East Scots / Doric

Fowk aat spik Scots hae a richt tae livin eir life in Scots ithoot needin tae switch til Inglis, jist as Scottish Gaelic an Welsh spikkers are able tae dee throu the provision o media in ese leids.

For tae address iss lack o provision for Scots spikkers, oorNews provides insichtfu airticles in Staundart Scots (aimin tae encompass spikkers fae Ulster tae Dundee as weel as e global Scots commontie), Nor East Scots (coverin Angus, Aberdeenshire an Moray, referred tae as Doric Scots), Nordern Isles Scots (aimin tae encompass Orkney an Shetland, althou e spellin aligns wi Shetlandic) as weel as Inglis (sae aat it can be owerset intil leids spake in Scotland aaready catered for by Google Translate sic as Scottish Gaelic, Polish, Urdu etc.).

Scots is for aabody an onybody tae be eesed faarivver and faanivver – ese airticles should stairt conversations in Scots an we should aa feel free tae spik in Scots regairdless o the situation (unless ere are non-Scots spikkers). At oorNews we encourage oor readers tae share an discuss e airticles wi their freens and faimly in Scots.

English

People who speak Scots have a right to living their life in Scots without needing to switch to English, just as Scottish Gaelic and Welsh speakers are able to do through the provision of media in these languages.

To address this lack of provision for Scots speakers, oorNews provides insightful articles in Standard Scots (aiming to encompass speakers from Ulster to Dundee as well as the global Scots community), North Eastern Scots (covering Angus, Aberdeenshire and Moray, also referred to as Doric Scots), Northern Insular Scots (aiming to encompass Orkney and Shetland, although the spelling aligns with Shetlandic) as well as English (so that it can be translated into languages spoken in Scotland already catered for by Google Translate such as Scottish Gaelic, Polish, Urdu etc.).

Scots is for everyone and anyone to be used wherever and whenever – these articles should start conversations in Scots and we should all feel free to speak in Scots regardless of the situation (unless there are non-Scots speakers). At oorNews we encourage our readers to share and discuss the articles with their friends and family in Scots.

The website is currently still under development and so feedback is welcome.

Gin ye see onythin wrang wi the airticles, sic as typos or English words that hinna been set ower tae Scots lat us ken via the airticle comments.

Thoosands o oors hae bin spent pruifreadin aa the airticles – an thoosands mair hae gingt intil scrievin python an biggin the trainin datasets ahint the oorNews owersettin agentic framewark. Mony ither leids are weel supported by LLMs an for Scots tae be taen forrit intil the future we hae tae embrace whit they can dae for wis wi gien a helpin haun tae settin ower intae Scots fae ither leids, as weel as chattin in Scots. For tae lairn mair aboot whit we’re daein wi uphaudin Scots an makkin siccar LLMs hae heich quality trainin data (try oot the major LLMs – they’re guid, bit nae guid eneuch) get in contact at [email protected]

Gin ye’re interestit in ony media or mercatin collaborations, owersettin services, or hae ony questions get in contact via [email protected]