"In many situations a Scots word or phrase will allow me to express thoughts and feelings in a way English cannot."
Just finish re-reading the Daft Days By Neil Munroe The language is wonderful. Stuff my Grandparents used commonly. They were both born in the late 1800s and their speech was echoed in Munroe's novel, written around 1900.
I find many of these old words and phrases coming back to me as I get near the wire.