Though the Gaelic language is still heard in the Highlands and western isles, the English language is spoken all over the Scotland.

尽管在高地和西部岛屿还能听到盖尔语，但英语却遍及全苏格兰。

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He was also forced to apologise in 2007 after referring to the Outer Hebrides in the Western Isles of Scotland as 'nowheresville.

2007年时，他还因为把苏格兰的外赫布里底群岛说成是“鸟不拉屎的地方”被迫道歉。

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The flood alerts for Monday have been put in place for Argyll and Bute, Ayrshire and Arran, Caithness and Sutherland, Central, Dumfries and Galloway, Dundee and Angus, Orkney, Scottish Borders, Skye and Lochaber, Tayside, West Central Scotland, Wester Ross and the Western Isles.

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Last month, the cost of the planned power cable to link renewable energy projects on the Western Isles and mainland Scotland increased by 75%.

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The cost of a planned subsea power cable to link renewable energy projects on the Western Isles and mainland Scotland has risen by 75%.

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