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presidential plaid?
The Scottish Conservative Party has invited Barack Obama to mark his inauguration as US president by creating his own tartan.
Apparently the new president's roots can be traced back to William the Lio...
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EdinburghTwestival
Scotclans was at the Edinburgh Twitter Festival (Twestival)last night. We saw quite a few nice kilts, met some intersting people and raised lots of money for the charity 'Water'. We failed however, ...
Scottish companies run up curtains at the White House
Two Scottish companies have now been asked to supply textiles for the redecoration of the White House. Biggar company, Calzeat Ltd were commissioned in January by Los Angeles designer Michael Smith to...
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Glenfinnan Stone found at last
This week sees the return of the historically significant Glenfinnan Stone to Scotland. It is a round, weatherworn stone, about 12 inches in diameter, with a hole carved out at its centre, supposedl...
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Glenfinnan
Scots Slang - Nothing beats it!
Thanks to our twitter crowd we've been inspired to start collecting some of the our favorite examples of Scottish slang. Here's what we have so far:
Driech as in its a driech day ootside
yer erse is...