{"id":7103,"date":"2026-08-31T09:04:10","date_gmt":"2026-08-31T08:04:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/scotslanguageawards\/?p=7103"},"modified":"2026-08-31T09:04:10","modified_gmt":"2026-08-31T08:04:10","slug":"scots-language-awards-2026-janet-paisle-lifetime-acheivement-award","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/scotslanguageawards\/scots-language-awards-2026-janet-paisle-lifetime-acheivement-award\/","title":{"rendered":"Scots Language Awards 2026: Janet Paisle Lifetime Acheivement Award"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Weel duin tae Janet Paisle Lifetime Acheivement Award wha hae bin nominatit in Janet Paisley Lifetime Achievement Award (sponsored by Creative Scotland) in the Scots Language Awards. Vote now!<\/a><\/p>\n

The 2026 Scots Language Awards tak place on Saturday 19th September at the iconic Discovery Centre, home of the RRS Discovery Ship (1pm). Reserve yer ticket here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The awards will be a daytime event this year, making them as inclusive and accessible to as many award nominees from across Scotland as possible. <\/p>\n

We askit Sheena Wellington o Janet Paisle Lifetime Acheivement Award thae speirins. <\/p>\n

Tell us aboot yersel or yer ootfit.<\/strong>
\nEh wis boarn an brocht up in working class Dundee wi the Dundee tak on Scots my mither tongue.<\/p>\n

Whit wis it got ye involvit wi the Scots leid?<\/strong>
\nGettin telt beh a teacher to gae tae the tap instaid o the well! This fehv year auld kent whaur the tap wis and wisnae up fi a thae stairs;<\/p>\n

Why dae ye feel it is important tae use Scots in everyday life?<\/strong>
\nGin wi dinna yaise it, it'll dee an a the lore and this sangs an thi stries'll deh wi it.<\/p>\n

Dae ye hae a favourite Scots phrase or saying?<\/strong>
\nA guid few, "It's nae loss thit a freen gits", "Wi're a Jock Tamson's Bairns". amond thim\/ Best ane is "Abodie kens this ain ken best!"<\/p>\n

Is there a Scots speaker who inspires you?<\/strong>
\nAgain a guid few, leevin an deid, bi a man cahed David Phillips ower a! He wrote fir Dc Thomson's papers an penned books like 'The Lichty Nichts "The Adventures O Wiselike Ned" an "My and Meh Dundee!". He wis the ane thit showed me thit our ain words werena slang bit strong livin history, fuhll o smeddum!<\/p>\n

Do you hear Scots spoken regularly in your local area? Have you noticed any changes over time?<\/strong>
\nNo is much is when eh wis wee bit stuhll aboot and if ye speak Scots to fowk thi ken whot ye mean th there' them thit wid like ye tae think they dinna! An it's stuhll alehv, new wirds like teckle comin alang!<\/p>\n

Ony particlar career heighlichts<\/strong>
\nNo thit eh cid bring tae mind!<\/p>\n

Wha’s yer plans fir the days aheid?<\/strong>
\nTrehin tae retehr!<\/p>\n

Read more about Janet Paisle Lifetime Acheivement Award<\/a>
\nhttps:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sheena_Wellington<\/a>
\nFacebook: https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sheena.wellington.33?locale=en_GB<\/a>
\nX \/ Twitter: @
\nInstagram: @
\nTikTok: @<\/p>\n

The Scots Language Awards are in Dundee on the 19th September at 1pm. There wull be some grand entertainmint includin a recitals fae Yvonne Tait an Hugh Macmillan alang wi musical performances fae Iona Fyfe and Scott Gardiner.<\/p>\n

To attend the Scots Language Awards there are a few tickets remaining. Click here to reserve your tickets<\/a>. <\/p>\n

Join Elfie Picket Theatre for the Scots language nicht BLETHER, fur a nicht o music, poetry and stories aa celebratin Scots Leid & culture. We hae twa special guests jynin us and a wee open mic. Leadin us intae a big Dundee Fringe Ceilidh! Startin at 6pm, tickets \u00a310.<\/p>\n

If you would like to support Hands Up for Trad in their work with Scottish language please consider donating here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Weel duin tae Janet Paisle Lifetime Acheivement Award wha hae bin nominatit in Janet Paisley Lifetime Achievement Award (sponsored by Creative Scotland) in the Scots Language Awards. Vote now! The 2026 Scots Language Awards tak place on Saturday 19th September at the iconic Discovery Centre, home of the RRS Discovery Ship (1pm). Reserve yer ticket […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":7104,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[99],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7103","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nominee-2026","entry"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/scotslanguageawards\/files\/2026\/08\/Sheena-Wellington.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/phaZzh-1Qz","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/scotslanguageawards\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7103","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/scotslanguageawards\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/scotslanguageawards\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/scotslanguageawards\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/scotslanguageawards\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7103"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/scotslanguageawards\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7103\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7105,"href":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/scotslanguageawards\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7103\/revisions\/7105"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/scotslanguageawards\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7104"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/scotslanguageawards\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7103"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/scotslanguageawards\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7103"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/scotslanguageawards\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7103"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}