A nation's literature has traditionally been seen as a reflection of the values, tensions, myths, and psychology that identify national character. In the construction of culture and identity there are many shared values that can be discerned and revealed through story and literature. But no literary genre teaches us more about a culture and its values than the literature published for a society's children. In Britain the concept of a literary national identity is further complicated because the United Kingdom is made up of four separate nations and each constituent part claims its own distinctive identity. Within children's literature the picturebook “genre” presents an extremely rich context for the exposition of national identity, using as it does both written text and images. This article suggests that Scottish picturebooks are distinctive and challenge young readers, especially Scottish readers, to discover and recognize who they are in the face of mass market globalization in children's book publishing and thus presents particular opportunities to examine issues of identity in both the cultural and educational environment. Item Type: Gavin Brightwell's history of Dudley Watkins' work". Thatsbraw.co.uk. Archived from the original on 14 May 2009 . Retrieved 21 September 2009.

crivens, int.’ Oxford English Dictionary https://www.oed.com/view/Entry/44613?redirectedFrom=crivens#eid (Consulted 19 October 2020). With time, the Scottishness of Oor Wullie so very prominent in the earlier issues has been toned down in the more recent issues. This, however, does not mean that Oor Wullie has become less interesting or that it is not just as playful today – with new digital means of communication. All in all, the expressions jings, crivvens and Help ma Boab are true landmarks in Oor Wullie, linguistically and culturally. In a corpus of 224 comic strips, jings is the most often used of the three. Jings shows a clear increase in use in the 1980s. It was then that the editors of the comics apparently felt obliged to increase somewhat the Scottishness in these stories. Not only was the language made to sound more Scottish (by using older expressions less common today); certain components were also added that were seen as typically Scottish. Now Wullie had a West Highland Terrier; he went hiking in the Highlands, and often attended traditional Scottish celebrations. This publishing policy, however, was changed in the late 1990s, as the Oor Wullie editors seem to have felt that this strategy was focusing too much on traditional Scottish symbols. In an attempt to attract more younger readers, the Scottish English was now slightly diluted. Oor Wullie in the digital agehey or high jingo’, Oxford English Dictionary https://www.oed.com/view/Entry/101343?redirectedFrom=by+jingo#eid40393170 (Consulted 19 October 2020). This is a glossary of Scots, Scots English dialect and jargon with their meanings and, where appropriate, an example of their use. It's worth noting that Scotland has 3 languages (English/Scots/ Scottish Gaelic) and a collection of different dialects. It used to be used in combination with by or holy, which only served to accentuate the meaning of it. As an example consider the following sentences. hen - term of endearment for a woman, equivalent to "love" or "darling" ( How ye daein' the day, hen?) People such as Nicola Sturgeon, Ewan McGregor, Andy Murray and Amy Macdonald have appeared in the strip over the years. [8] In December 2016, Nicola Sturgeon featured Oor Wullie on a Christmas card, with the original illustration being auctioned for charity. [11]

close - an alleyway or passage at the rear of houses. The passageway leading into a tenement building. Humid weather. Jings, Crivvens, Help ma boab!”– An exclamation of surprise,bewonderment and a cry for help all rolled into 1. Ciganda added: "I'm so happy just to do this for Suzann, for Spain. I'm just so proud. I'm so happy to do this for everyone here of the family, the Spanish crowd, this is just amazing. A total of 36 colourful statues will be displayed in and around the city, with Oor Wullies also appearing in Perth, Newport and St Andrews, from Monday as part of the world’s first nationwide trail that spans more than 700 miles.gem - game/up for (Pronounced by properly enunciating the G ((Hard G)), unlike the term Gem meaning jewel) stovies - a Scottish delicacy usually made from stewed potatoes, fat, onions, meat and occasionally gravy. Criffins, Criftens, Crifty’, Scottish National Dictionary, Dictionary of the Scots Language https://dsl.ac.uk/entry/snd/criffins (Consulted 19 October 2020). bit - a place; usually referring to somebody's house ("Meet me at ma bit." "Ah'll come round tae your bit." "Am stayin' o'er at my da's bit the night.")

wallap (pronounced "wa-lup") - to hit someone/something ( Am gonnae wallap ye wan!) Can also mean to bang a body part ( Ah pure wallaped ma heid aff that table!)The not-so-changing face of Oor Wullie on his 80th anniversary". BBC News. 8 March 2016 . Retrieved 27 October 2021. And the Spaniard delivered. She almost holed her tee shot to the delight of the thousands that had surrounded the par-three 17th. A stunned Korda leaked her effort left and could only chip five feet beyond the hole. The American holed her putt, leaving Ciganda with a putt to win that crucial 14th point.