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Jamie Fairbairn Post 1

• 15 September 2025, 11:47 AM

Welcome

Fit like abdy?

Welcome tae the forum, far ye can introduce yersels, mak application task posts, and mak comments, encourage each other an share resources. 

We aa luik forrit tae haein ye on board. 

Ye dinna hae tae scrieve in Scots, but if ye fancy haein a shot in a safe space.. Please do!

Aa the best and grand tae hae ye aa on board, 

Jamie - one of yer tutors.

I teach Scots at Banff Academy based in the Humanities Faculty, and hae lang been passionate aboot the revitalisation o Scots in schuil an community. 

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Colin Clark Post 2 (summarised) in reply to 1

• 15 September 2025, 3:23 PM
Hi Jamie, Ah widnae mak sae bold as tae claim ah kin scrieve in scots.. yit.....
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Jamie Fairbairn Post 4 (summarised) in reply to 2

• 16 September 2025, 9:04 AM
Ye've made a crackin stert wi scrievin in Scots - love mooth-bourach!
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Nicky Bothoms Post 3 (summarised) in reply to 1

• 15 September 2025, 7:57 PM
Jist wirkin ma way through thon Induction tasks. A can scrieve in Scots if A...
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Jamie Fairbairn Post 5 (summarised) in reply to 3

• 16 September 2025, 9:07 AM
Guid stuff. It's gey normal tae wheech back tae English fan ye stert scrievin...
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Robert (aka 'Bobby') Wallace Post 6 (summarised) in reply to 3

• 16 September 2025, 9:07 AM
Hi everybody. Bobby Wallace from New College lanarkshire. Looking forward to...
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Pauline Irvine Post 7 (summarised) in reply to 1

• 16 September 2025, 11:47 AM
Hello Pauline Irvine fae Shetland. I canno write in Scots or read it that...
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Sylvia Warnecke Post 8 (summarised) in reply to 1

• 16 September 2025, 7:09 PM • Edited by the author on 4 March 2026, 5:13 PM
Hiya aw, A'm fair chuffed tae meet all o' yees an excited tae work wi yees on...
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Caroline Mulvey Post 9 (summarised) in reply to 8

• 16 September 2025, 8:00 PM
HI Everyone, I am a primary teacher in Lanark. I fair enjoy reading Matthew...
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Kirsten Sutherland Post 10 (summarised) in reply to 8

• 21 September 2025, 2:52 PM
I did not know there was Plattdeutsch in Brandenburg!
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Kirsten Sutherland Post 11 (summarised) in reply to 1

• 21 September 2025, 3:00 PM
Hi, I'm Kirsten, and I also work at Banff Academy. I am an ASL Teacher, at...
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Bruce Eunson Post 12 (summarised) in reply to 1

• 6 October 2025, 5:42 PM
Hi'i aabody Hope yir aa gittin on good wi the coorse sae far - lookin forward...
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Mhairi belva Shewan Post 13 (summarised) in reply to 1

• 3 November 2025, 8:15 AM
Aye aye, abdy, Mhairi fae Aiberdeen. Mi Mither's faimly were crofters fae...
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