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 term 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.
Radio 2 presenter Chris Evans said: "The OUP's research for Radio 2's 500 WORDS confirms just how incredibly creative children can be.
"They are so often at the forefront of both adopting and adapting to new language trends, and using them in all manner of inventive of ways."
Many children are embedding Scots into their stories.
Dr Susan Rennie, of the University of Glasgow and a lexicographer for OUP, said: "Many Scottish children used the same techniques as adult authors, by embedding Scots in dialogue. We call this the Walter Scott technique."
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