- Leather Bound: 928 pages
- Publisher: Chambers (Aug 1985)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0080324479
- ISBN-13: 978-0080324470
- Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 3,525,257 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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[An] outstanding achievement. The Herald A masterpiece ... an endless source of entertainment as well as fact. A book for every household in the land. The Scotsman [An] outstanding achievement. A masterpiece ... an endless source of entertainment as well as fact. A book for every household in the land.
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The Concise Scots Dictionary contains: * Meaning * Spelling variants * Pronunciation * Information on when and where words are used * Grammatical information * Idioms and phrases * Etymologies * Details of Scottish life then and now
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
Bought this for an exiled scot in England. Open to look at one word and find yourself on a journey into new words. Excellent
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
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Mum is Scottish and wanted this and a few other scottish books. She has come across many words that bring back memories of her childhood. A good buy
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endlessly valuable
14 April 2005
Format:Paperback
Edinburgh University Press puts out this super Scots Dictionary. It's often very hard to find good a Scots Dictionary or a Good Gaelic Dictionary. This one is VERY good. 820 pages worth, not a little pocket size. It has meanings, spelling variants, pronunciation guide, information on when and were words are used denoting area and districts, grammatical information, and idioms & phrases. What I like best about it - entomologies of the words. So many dictionaries leave off the origins of words, which is so very important when writing history and historical fiction.
It's painstakingly edited and without flaws from start to finish. Best of all it's not teeny print. The print is very clear and easy on the eyes!
Highly recommended.
It's painstakingly edited and without flaws from start to finish. Best of all it's not teeny print. The print is very clear and easy on the eyes!
Highly recommended.
7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Mairi Robinson, ed. in chief, Concise Scots Dictionary (Edinburgh University Press, 1985)
15 May 2007
Format:Paperback
The Concise Scots Dictionary presents an excellent 816-page source of definitions for Scots words. It also contains 39 pages on the history of Scots, with a clear explanation of the dictionary's format. Two appendices explain Scots currency, weights and measures, as well as churches in Scotland. I have bought it because I rely on it constantly as an invaluable aid to researching Scots history, with particular reference to the Weir family.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Excellent Resource
21 Aug 2010
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I ordered this book in order to use it for language research on a book that I am editing. It is an absolutely excellent resource for anyone who needs to understand the Scot's dialect. It is as it says, a dictionary, and one that give thorough, concise definitions of words.
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