“I am a man upon the land,
I am a selkie in the sea,
And when I’m far and far frae land
My hame is in the Sule Skerry”

—The Great Selkie of Sule Skerry (traditional)

22 March is #InternationalSealDay 🦭

🎨: Vernon Hill, “The Great Sealchie of Sule Skerrie”, in Ballads Weird & Wonderful (1912)

#Scottish #literature #folksong #folklore #selkie #poem #poetry #Scots #Scotslanguage #seal #seals

"Noting my role as a Scots language author, another commentator said that my books are likely safe from such imitations, but this is not the case.

After hearing from other creatives that their work had been harvested by AI last year, I asked ChatGPT to generate a children’s story in my style to see if I had also been a victim.

To my horror, my work had been stolen, and ChatGPT “created” a story about “a dug thit wasnae there” – a clear rip-off of the ghost animals present in my first children’s book, The Hoolet Thit Couldnae Fly."

#AI #Scots

https://www.thenational.scot/news/25949382.scottish-teachers-encouraged-create-ai-childrens-books/

EDUCATION Scotland has laid the foundations to irreparably damage our rich linguistic heritage by encouraging teachers to create AI-generated children’s books.

https://www.thenational.scot/news/25949382.scottish-teachers-encouraged-create-ai-childrens-books/

#AI #Scotland #Education #Damage #Harm #Cretins #Scots #Language #ScotPol #Glow #Enshittification #Doric #Theft #Plagiarism

Chan eil mi a’ creidsinn gur e seo duilgheadas ann an da-rìribh. Bidh sinn a’ ceartachadh agus uaireannan a’ gàireachdainn le ar clann mu mhearachdan, chan ann mu na mearachdan sin. Tha daoine ann a bhios a’ magadh air daoine airson nach eil an ‘cànan ceart’ aca ach tha iad tearc. Tha fàilte air a h-uile duine as aithne dhomh air daoine a dh’fheuchas ri an cànan a

Bidh sinn a’ magadh air an fheadhainn a bhios a’ gàireachdainn.

https://www.thenational.scot/comment/25945550.wont-save-scots-gaelic-learners-slated-mistakes/

#Gaeilge #gàidhlig #Scots #Language

RSE Investigates: The history of Scots and English in 10 objects

What can objects tell us about the history of our languages?
Prof Jeremy Smith uncovers the unique stories & histories of English & Scots through ten extraordinary objects: a bone, a piece of jewellery, a stone cross, a jug, two manuscripts, two letters, a broadside sheet, & an early printed book.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w8MEEn47TRc

#Scottish #literature #Scots #Scotslanguage #languagehistory