Billy Kay
@billykayscot.bsky.social
Scriever/Braidcaster in Scots, English, an a wheen ither leids forbye.
Writer/Broadcaster in English, Scots and a few other languages as well. Passionate about Scottish independence, my wife, my weans and grandweans. Oh, and Scotland & Dundee United.
Writer/Broadcaster in English, Scots and a few other languages as well. Passionate about Scottish independence, my wife, my weans and grandweans. Oh, and Scotland & Dundee United.
For St Andrews Day and our qualification for the World Cup finals, a reading in Scots fae Born in Kyle set in an independent Scotland when the propaganda machine of the Anglo-British State will finally cease to exist…and we’ll aye qualify for the World Cup!🏴♥️
November 30, 2025 at 10:05 AM
For St Andrews Day and our qualification for the World Cup finals, a reading in Scots fae Born in Kyle set in an independent Scotland when the propaganda machine of the Anglo-British State will finally cease to exist…and we’ll aye qualify for the World Cup!🏴♥️
Here’s a flavour o whit ye can read in the book or lug intae me readin in the Audiobook.
November 25, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Here’s a flavour o whit ye can read in the book or lug intae me readin in the Audiobook.
“We have a dream” The morra nicht micht weel decide if Scotland gaes tae the world cup next year. I wis there in ´74, ‘82 an ‘86 an cannae wait tae gae back wi ma faimily. Here’s pairt o the dream passage fae Born in Kyle. I’ll be readin mair in Saltcoats on Wednesday.
November 17, 2025 at 4:25 PM
“We have a dream” The morra nicht micht weel decide if Scotland gaes tae the world cup next year. I wis there in ´74, ‘82 an ‘86 an cannae wait tae gae back wi ma faimily. Here’s pairt o the dream passage fae Born in Kyle. I’ll be readin mair in Saltcoats on Wednesday.
Ma intro tae the chapter Hame in Born in Kyle - A Love Letter tae an Ayrshire Childhood. Folk fae the Irvine Valley will ken the sang Derval Dam that I quote fae, but theres local versions o it in a wheen airts in lowland Scotland & Ulster. Ye can lug intae me narratin the haill book on Audible.
November 9, 2025 at 10:25 AM
Ma intro tae the chapter Hame in Born in Kyle - A Love Letter tae an Ayrshire Childhood. Folk fae the Irvine Valley will ken the sang Derval Dam that I quote fae, but theres local versions o it in a wheen airts in lowland Scotland & Ulster. Ye can lug intae me narratin the haill book on Audible.
A passage from Scots The Mither Tongue on Scots abroad - this one recalls the speech of Mary Slessor in Calabar, Nigeria.
November 6, 2025 at 10:43 AM
A passage from Scots The Mither Tongue on Scots abroad - this one recalls the speech of Mary Slessor in Calabar, Nigeria.