Len Pennie | |
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Born | 1999 (age 24–25)[1] |
Thrift | poet, leid activist, social media personality |
Leid | Scots |
Len Pennie is a Scots poet an social media personality kent maistly for her darg in forderin the Scots leid online. Pennie wis gart kenspeckle efter her poem, "I'm no havin children" gaed viral on Twitter.[2]
Pennie is weel-kent for her "Scots wird o the day" on Twitter that ettles at learnin fowk mair anent the Scots leid. In the hinnerpairt o 2020 efter a gey wheen o internet trolls ettlelt at dingin Pennie an her leid wark doun wi misogynist flytin, Pennie wis heezit up bi the likes o scriever Neil Gaiman, comedian Janey Godley, an playwricht David Greig.[2]
In December 2020, Pennie wis ane o five Scots poets wale't tae scrieve poesy anent the Scots tradition o lang syne, "The Daft Days" (the twalve days atween Christenmas an the 5t o Januar) bi the supermercat Lidl.[3][4]
Pennie haes screivit for the Times Educational Supplement anent hou tae yoke bairns in the schuil til the Scots leid.[5]
Pennie wis born in Lanrikshire in 1999.[6] troked wi the Scots leid frae a bairn an haed guid thrift wi spoken Scots at shaws pitten on bi Burns Clubs.[7][8] The nou, she is daein an honours degree in the Spanish Leid at the Varsity o Saunt Andras that she is set tae complete this yeir an bides in Fife.[2][6]
A Toast tae the Daft Days - Pennie's poem wrat for LIDL in December 2020.