The purpose of this little book is to help tourists and newcomers to Scotland to understand some of the unfamiliar words, phrases and the names they may meet.

Introduction (2017 reprint).

Many people regard Scots as simply some kind of quaint dialect made up of words lie hoots mon (which few Scots have ever heard off the English music hall stage), or simply as bad English.

Scots - English (2017 reprint).

This brief list covers mainly Gaelic words and phrases in general use at the present time, and some words have been included because they occur frequently in place-names.

Gaelic - English (2017 reprint).

Scottish place-names come from many different sources.

Scottish place-names (2017 reprint).