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<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class=MsoNoSpacing><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'">The Guardian<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class=MsoNoSpacing><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'">The return of the Scots language<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class=MsoNoSpacing><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'">"Of course, many people no longer speak Scots – although their grannies did. But I live in Aberdeen, where plenty speak it in its pristine purity. Scots is fantastically expressive. Not knowing it is a loss, a lack."<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class=MsoNoSpacing><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'">The government aims to rectify this, with an increased use of Scots in education ("we want to see teaching about the nature of the language and its literature," says McClure, "and to see teachers using Scots as well as teaching it") and more celebration of Scots in communities.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class=MsoNoSpacing><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'">http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2011/may/20/the-return-of-scots<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P></DIV></BODY></HTML>