Gran and wee were among the most popular words used by children in Scotland this year, according to analysis of entries to a short story competition.
The word wee appeared in 191 entries to the 2015 BBC Radio 2 Breakfast Show's 500 Words competition, research by Oxford University Press (OUP) has found.
The second most popular word was loch - which appeared 80 times - while janny was used 11 times.
The top ten also included gran, sheriff, jetpack, haggis and pandas as well as couch and phoned.
The competition challenged children to compose an original work of fiction using no more than 500 words.
Experts from OUP analysed the 120,421 entries from across the UK to gain insights into the ways in which British children are using language.
They found that across the UK hashtag and the # symbol used to represent it was the most popular term this year.
Analysis of entries from north of the border found that many children are embedding Scots into their stories.
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Scottish children's favourite words revealed (BBC News, 28 May 2015) - listen to Dr Susan Rennie, a lexicographer and expert in Scots language at the University of Glasgow, talking to BBC Radio Scotland's Hayley Millar.
‘Wee’ and ‘gran’ among most popular Scots words (The Scotsman, 28 May 2015)