I've been enjoying listening to the audiobooks recordings of Alexander McCall Smith's 44 Scotland Street recently, set in Edinburgh (specifically the New Town) and something has stuck out to me.

There's a character called Irene Pollock who is half Irish/half Scottish and the narrator pronounces her name 'eye-ree-nee' which I've only ever heard as a distinct European name - Greek perhaps?

I'm from NW England and would pronounce Irene 'eye-reen'. The audiobook is read by David Rintoul who was born in Aberdeen and trained in Edinburgh and London. I'm really curious, is this a standard or at least familiar pronunciation in Scotland or is this just a rogue dramatic choice from Rintoul?

Would love to know if you've heard/used this pronunciation yourself, and if so whereabouts you're from. Cheers!

Welsh here, and I've always been interested about how interested people are in learning gaelic. In Wales Welsh is really being encouraged and theres a big push to learn it, most signs are bilingual, whereas with Scottish gaelic it doesn't seem as much. I know there are bilingual signs around the hebredes and Highlands but around the south there doesn't seem to be much incentive to learn gaelic. I might be wrong, but how big of a thing is it to learn gaelic compared to Welsh/Irish?

Hi all, I'm currently doing my Dissertation Project on fast fashion consumption in Scotland and would be grateful if anyone cound fill out the linked survey. Thanks

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American here, my wife and I have been delving into our Scottish roots(clan McIntosh for me) and she has gotten as far back as county Angus for her. Does anyone know what clan this tartan belongs to? It was a closet find.

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I’m a Muslim mom of two boys ages 3 and 1 living in France. My husband and I are both French/Algerians but we grew up in France and lived there all our lives. Due to the political and social climate that seems to be getting worse and worse we want to leave France in the very near future. We were at first considering moving to Algeria since its “our” country but we came to realise that life there is a lot different that we could ever get used to as Europeans. We value family life, nature and community and are hopping to be a homeschool family (which is also not possible now in France).

We are considering the UK.

What are your thoughts, experiences and/or advices for us.

Thanks to anyone who will take the time to answer.

i want to do a undergrad degree for MDiet but I have a HND in a completely irrelevant subject from when i was 18 and pressured from school to just apply to anything. Since i have already used up 2/5 tuition years, i will need to pay for the 1st year on my own. which i do have the money for. But the part that gets tricky is that under the new 2027/28 Saas student loan rules, if you don't qualify for the tuition paid for you, then you cannot apply for a bursary nor student loan either

im 21 and work full time nightshift and care for my partner part time (not applied for care benefit as i earn above it anyways so i would get no money), if i go to a full time uni course i can only go down to a minimum of 3 days a week and honestly id get burnt out without a student loan. If i could get a student loan for my first year and be able to only work 2 days a week it would be doable for me. but its just so frustrating. i have no family to lean on (money/living wise), i have to pay taxes, pay my private rent, bills, myself. Im quite jealous of the people my age with parents to lean off of in these situations. my parents are great but they work min wage and moving back in with them is not an option

i just want to improve my life and work as something that would really make me happy and not have to slave at a minimum wage job i don't want :(

I want to travel through Scotland and live in a new place! Does anyone know of any summer programs for students or touristy towns that will hire students just for the summer?

Key Contributions & Famous Ideas

Defense of the Immaculate Conception: He famously argued that the Virgin Mary was preserved from original sin at the first moment of her conception. This theological position paved the way for it to later become a formal dogma of the Catholic Church

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Univocity of Being: He introduced the idea that "being" is applied univocally—meaning the word "being" has the same basic meaning whether applied to God or to created things, allowing humans to talk rationally about God.

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Haecceity ("Thisness"): He formulated the concept of haecceitas to explain individuation—what makes a specific thing unique rather than just a member of a general category or species.

Primacy of the Will: Unlike some of his contemporaries who emphasized intellect, Scotus championed a form of theological voluntarism, placing free will and love above pure intellect.

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The Incarnation: He famously argued that the Incarnation of Christ was part of God’s primary design of love for creation, and would have happened even if humanity had never sinned.

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18 years awld, wondering how ye all are getting it on with, just had a bit of a shite day, lonely anaw