Lallans, a variant of the Scots word lawlands meaning the lowlands of Scotland, was also traditionally used to refer to the Scots language as a whole. More recent interpretations assume it refers to the dialects of south and central Scotland and Doric, a term once used to refer to Scots dialects in general, is now generally seen to refer to the Scots dialects of north east Scotland. Both Robert Burns and Robert Louis Stevenson used it to refer to the Scots language. They took nae pains their spe… (More on Lallans)