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In 2011, for the first time in history, the Census collected information about the status of the Scots language in Scotland. It showed, unsurprisingly, that the North-East of Scotland had the highest density of Scots speakers in the country. While it would appear that the number of people using Scots/Doric as their primary vehicle for communication is decreasing, there seems to be, what some have called, a 'renaissance' of sorts in its uses in other domains of life. This on-going project documents some of these changing uses, looking at the presence of written, rather than spoken, Scots/Doric in public places where it perhaps would not have featured widely in the past. It focuses primarily on Aberdeen city where North-East Scots has arguably become more visible in the cityscape than ever before and seeks, over time, to learn about and understand the phenomenon through interviews with both those who make these expressions as well as those who perceive and react to them. 

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