A Doric Dictionary

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Far hiv ye bin” means “where have you been?”. So if you come home late after a night out “on the toon” during your stay in Aberdeen and Aberdeenshire and your Aberdonian friend asks “far hiv ye bin?”, don’t worry your hearing isn’t muddled with the booze. Acting feel

Heartfelt thanks are due to all those who have willingly contributed to the contents of the 'Kist'. There are too many contributers to thank each one individually but we hope that once you have made the acquaintance of these writers you will look for further examples of their work. Twis a stammygaster fin a wee Scots pedant screived tae me (fair set on garrin me agree wi him) that the grammar an spellin o Lallans wis fit Scots poetry sud be aa aboot! ... Bit then, I'm a Scots illiterate. I didna learn Doric frae a buikie. I learned it frae ma bluid kin, at kistins, at waddins, at wark an at play, ... Sc. 2001 Sunday Mail 25 Mar 13: Heid-bummer - boss. The heid-bummer at ma work looked unca revelt. (My line manager adopted a confused expression)

Origin of Doric

A Festival of Doric culture is to be held next year by Gordon District to promote the North-east dialect. The festival in October 1994, by Gordon District Council, could become an annual celebration of Doric entertainment and culture, Jim McDonald, the council's director of leisure and recreation, said. The district is planning a range of other activities to promote the Doric. Sc. 1993 Scotsman 31 Aug 10: Alternatively, use the guide below to the most common Aberdonian spoken words and Aberdeenshire Phrases: Below is a list of commonly used Doric words and Doric phrases. After you have read them you should be able to read the latest Doric books which are a collection of P&J columns by Aberdonian Robbie Shepherd and Thi Lyfe An Tyme's O An Enshoar Loon: Doric Scot's which translates from Doric to English as The Life and Times of an Onshore Boy which is written by Gordon Morrison, a fisherman from Boddam village, just outside Peterhead. Part of the West Germanic language family, Doric shares commonalities with Friesian and Norwegian, but also with Ancient Greece. The name “Doric” was originally applied in Ancient Greece to help distinguish the pure, rural lingo of Doric from the Athenian dialect, and it has sometimes been suggested that the name was adopted by Scots because of the predominantly urban-rural divide between the Lowlands and Highlands.

The Fence is the first in this series of post-apocalyptic military survival thrillers from the torturous mind of local horror and science fiction novel writer C.G. Buswell. Drookit - drenched. A wiz trapped under thon brandet and am drookit! (Alas, I found myself caught under a drain cover and I'm subsequently soaked to the skin) Go to The Broch, the Fraserburgh area, to hear a broad accent of the Doric. You may wish to take an interpreter! Further links between the two languages were made when comparisons were drawn between the anglicised version of English used in Edinburgh and the language used in more rural areas, and the term Doric became incorporated into our lexicon permanently. Former Royal Air Force Regiment Gunner Jason Harper witnesses this and then his wife, Pippa, telephones him, shouting that she needs him. They then get cut off. He sets straight out, unprepared for the nightmare that unfolds during his journey. Everyone seems to want to kill him.Fortunately, that has been avoided by the way Scotland's traditional music scene has developed, whether the linguistic context in singing is English, Gaelic, Doric, or Lowland Scots. It is no longer the preserve of middle-aged men with beards and Aran sweaters. Possibly one of the most well-known Scottish words: “bonnie” means “beautiful”. We Scots love to use this word to describe most things about Scotland. Even just the country itself in “bonnie Scotland” and a bonnie place it is indeed. What's your favourite Doric expression? But it turns out the Doric-speaking community currently have plenty to shout about. For the dialect, maligned for so long, is undergoing a revival. He [Hugh MacDiarmid] goes on to describe the existing dialects as the 'disjecta membra' of the Doric: surviving varieties of Scots are fragmentary and debased, mere remnants of language. Sc. 1987 Scotsman 2 Mar :