Scots fowk
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The Scots fowk (Scots Gaelic: Albannaich), or Scots, is a naition an ethnic group native til Scotland. Historically thay came frae a mellin o the Pechts an Gaels, incorporatin neebourin Brítons tae the sooth as weel as invadin Germanic fowks siclike the Anglo-Saxons an the Norse.
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In modren uiss, "Scots fowk" or "Scots" is uised fir tae refer tae onybody that's origins is frae within Scotland. The Laitin wird Scotti[1] oreeginally applee'd tae a parteecular, 5t century, Gaelic tribe that inhabitit Ireland.[2]
Tho fir ordinar considert airchaic or pejorative whan applied tae fowk,[3][4] the term Scotch haes been uised fir the Scots fowk an aw, but this uise is nou, tae the maist pairt, bi fowk ootwi Scotland.[5][6] The Oxford Dictionar describes Scotch as an auld-farrant term fur "Scottish".[7]