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'Shetlandic' is an English name used when writing in English</span></a></p> </div> </div> </article>  <article class="two-col landscape three-row big-feature" data-template="big-feature" data-id="229" data-context="frame"> <div class="type-label"> Dialect </div> <a class="image" style="background-image:url('https://d3lmsxlb5aor5x.cloudfront.net/library/image/large/Stromness_2.jpg'); background-position: 0px 0px; background-size: cover" data-media="4517" href="/articles/view/id/4011"> </a> <div class="bottom-panel"> <div class="content-pad"> <h2 class="short length-6" ><a href="/articles/view/id/4011">Orkney</a> </h2> <p><a href="/articles/view/id/4011" class="frame-link"><span class="copy">The term Orcadian is sometimes used in English but the dialect is known as Orkney in Scots.Today's Orkney dialect, like that of Shetland, is pervaded with Norse words and turns of speech. </span></a></p> </div> </div> </article>  <article class="landscape two-col three-row big-feature" data-template="big-feature" data-id="228" data-context="frame"> <div class="type-label"> Dialect </div> <a class="image" style="background-image:url('https://d3lmsxlb5aor5x.cloudfront.net/library/image/large/the-granite-city.jpeg'); background-position: 0px -0.730594px; background-size: cover" data-media="4515" href="/articles/view/id/4014"> </a> <div class="bottom-panel"> <div class="content-pad"> <h2 class="normal length-10" ><a href="/articles/view/id/4014">North East</a> </h2> <p><a href="/articles/view/id/4014" class="frame-link"><span class="copy">The dialect of the North East forms part of the wider Northern Scots dialect, known as The Doric in recognition of its strong association with farming communities</span></a></p> </div> </div> </article>  <article class="landscape two-col three-row big-feature" data-template="big-feature" data-id="231" data-context="frame"> <div class="type-label"> Dialect </div> <a class="image" style="background-image:url('https://d3lmsxlb5aor5x.cloudfront.net/library/image/large/caithness.jpg'); background-position: 0px 0px; background-size: cover" data-media="4519" href="/articles/view/id/4015"> </a> <div class="bottom-panel"> <div class="content-pad"> <h2 class="short length-9" ><a href="/articles/view/id/4015">Caithness</a> </h2> <p><a href="/articles/view/id/4015" class="frame-link"><span class="copy">The dialect is generally known as Caitnes ('Kate-niss') which is the local form of the county name in Scots.Although Caithness (Caitnes) faces towards Orkney, it forms part of another, </span></a></p> </div> </div> </article>  <article class="landscape two-col big-feature three-row" data-template="big-feature" data-id="298" data-context="frame"> <div class="type-label"> Dialect </div> <a class="image" style="background-image:url('https://d3lmsxlb5aor5x.cloudfront.net/library/image/large/arbroath-harbour.jpg'); background-position: 0% 0%; background-size: cover" data-media="6197" href="/articles/view/id/4013"> </a> <div class="bottom-panel"> <div class="content-pad"> <h2 class="normal length-29" ><a href="/articles/view/id/4013">East Angus and Kincardine </a> </h2> <p><a href="/articles/view/id/4013" class="frame-link"><span class="copy">People here have traditionally called their dialect Scots or Scotch, but if you live in the northern part of the region you might say you speak Mearns</span></a></p> </div> </div> </article>  <article class="two-col three-row landscape big-feature" data-template="big-feature" data-id="233" data-context="frame"> <div class="type-label"> Dialect </div> <a class="image" style="background-image:url('https://d3lmsxlb5aor5x.cloudfront.net/library/image/large/glasgow.jpg'); background-position: 0% 0%; background-size: cover" data-media="4522" href="/articles/view/id/4016"> </a> <div class="bottom-panel"> <div class="content-pad"> <h2 class="normal length-13" ><a href="/articles/view/id/4016">West Central </a> </h2> <p><a href="/articles/view/id/4016" class="frame-link"><span class="copy">This dialect covers a large area known as West Central Scots, though speakers usually call their dialect Scots or Scotch which are the traditional names for the language. With</span></a></p> </div> </div> </article>  <article class="landscape two-col big-feature three-row" data-template="big-feature" data-id="234" data-context="frame"> <div class="type-label"> Dialect </div> <a class="image" style="background-image:url('https://d3lmsxlb5aor5x.cloudfront.net/library/image/large/forth_rail_bridge.jpg'); background-position: 0px 0px; background-size: cover" data-media="4914" href="/articles/view/id/4019"> </a> <div class="bottom-panel"> <div class="content-pad"> <h2 class="normal length-18" ><a href="/articles/view/id/4019">East Central South</a> </h2> <p><a href="/articles/view/id/4019" class="frame-link"><span class="copy">The dialect is known as East Central South to distinguish it from the related dialect further north. Speakers call their dialect Scots or Scotch </span></a></p> </div> </div> </article>  <article class="small-feature landscape two-col three-row" data-template="big-feature" data-id="299" data-context="frame"> <div class="type-label"> Dialect </div> <a class="image" style="background-image:url('https://d3lmsxlb5aor5x.cloudfront.net/library/image/large/550184e14e682.jpg'); background-position: -148.863px 2.84217e-14px; background-size: cover" data-media="4564" href="/articles/view/id/4018"> </a> <div class="bottom-panel"> <div class="content-pad"> <h2 class="normal length-15" ><a href="/articles/view/id/4018">South Central </a> </h2> <p><a href="/articles/view/id/4018" class="frame-link"><span class="copy">Scots has been spoken here since the Middle Ages. The dialect is known as South Central Scots, because it is closely related to the other dialects of Central area. <br></span></a></p> </div> </div> </article>  <article class="landscape two-col big-feature three-row" data-template="big-feature" data-id="225" data-context="frame"> <div class="type-label"> Dialect </div> <a class="image" style="background-image:url('https://d3lmsxlb5aor5x.cloudfront.net/library/image/large/hawick.jpg'); background-position: 0% 0%; background-size: cover" data-media="4518" href="/articles/view/id/4046"> </a> <div class="bottom-panel"> <div class="content-pad"> <h2 class="normal length-13" ><a href="/articles/view/id/4046">Borders Scots</a> </h2> <p><a href="/articles/view/id/4046" class="frame-link"><span class="copy">Borders Scots (Southern Scots) is spoken through a region that covers the greater part of the Borders</span></a></p> </div> </div> </article>  <article class="two-col landscape three-row big-feature" data-template="big-feature" data-id="235" data-context="frame"> <div class="type-label"> Dialect </div> <a class="image" style="background-image:url('https://d3lmsxlb5aor5x.cloudfront.net/library/image/large/dundee.jpeg'); background-position: -76px 2.84217e-14px; background-size: cover" data-media="4523" href="/articles/view/id/4020"> </a> <div class="bottom-panel"> <div class="content-pad"> <h2 class="normal length-19" ><a href="/articles/view/id/4020">East Central North </a> </h2> <p><a href="/articles/view/id/4020" class="frame-link"><span class="copy">The dialect of this region has long been called either Scots (the traditional name) or Scotch. 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