A new interactive map has revealed how and where the Scots language is used across the country.
The webpage, created by the University of Glasgow, aims to record and revitalise the ancient Scots tongue - and we can't think of a more braw idea than that.
Head to the neat wee website and you can fire up the search and check what parts of Scotland share the same Scots lingo and expressions.
Scots Syntax Atlas boasts recordings of true Scots sharing well used phrases and words - from the fits and fars of north east Scotland to the gonnae no’s in Glasgow.
You can also find out why youse might be spreading across the country and learn about the forms that we don’t even realise are Scots: while someone’s ears might prick up when they hear 'I might can do it', they probably wouldn’t bat an eyelid when they hear 'The car needs washed'.
Professor Jennifer Smith, Professor of Sociolinguistics at the University of Glasgow and the Principal Investigator of the Scots Syntax Atlas, said: “From a linguistic point of view, we wanted to look at the make-up of Scots beyond words and sounds – how sentence structures are the same or different across communities in Scotland, and how we can explain these differences.
“Scots can be viewed as an umbrella term for a collection of quite diverse dialects. A look at the history of these different dialects – where they originated and how they subsequently developed - often provides the key to explaining why they are so diverse. For example, in more rural areas there may be preservation of forms that have long disappeared from elsewhere in Scotland. In more urban areas, on the other hand, social and demographic influences from outside can have a profound effect on language change.
“Even if you look at Glasgow and Edinburgh – less than an hour from each other – there are many dialect differences as they draw on different influences from the people who have lived in these cities over the years.
“We also found that spread of language forms isn’t necessarily from south of the border, but instead from within Scotland itself, as demonstrated by the spread of youse and gonnae no from likely Glasgow, outwards”
Check out the map for yourself - just gonnae no spend all night on it!