Scotticisms

A few Scotticisms will be found in these versions, at once to flavour the style, and, it must be admitted, to assist the rhymes.

The Modern Scottish Minstrel , Volume I. The Songs of Scotland of the past half century Various

Scotticisms with an eagerness in proportion to their social aspirations.

Robert Burns How To Know Him William Allan Neilson 1907

It is possible that he read some of the proof-sheets, and helped to get rid of the Scotticisms.

Life of Johnson Boswell, James, 1740-1795 1887

I told him that David Hume had made a short collection of Scotticisms [212].

Life Of Johnson Boswell, James, 1740-1795 1887

Even in his later letters I have noticed Scotticisms.

Life Of Johnson Boswell, James, 1740-1795 1887

'He appears to have earnestly solicited the aid of Lyttelton, Mallet, and others, whose experience of English composition might enable them to detect Scotticisms.'

Life Of Johnson Boswell, James, 1740-1795 1887

Slight errors, often of the nature of Scotticisms, had been corrected, and greater accuracy often given.

Life Of Johnson Boswell, James, 1740-1795 1887

Boswell, in the third edition, corrected most of his Scotticisms.

Life of Johnson Boswell, James, 1740-1795 1887

[212] The first edition of Hume's History of England was full of Scotticisms, many of which he corrected in subsequent editions.

Life Of Johnson Boswell, James, 1740-1795 1887

It is comical to read that the Monk gave Scott lectures in the art of versification and corrected the Scotticisms and false rhymes in his translations from Bürger; and that Scott respectfully deferred to his advice.

A History of English Romanticism in the Eighteenth Century 1886