by Gordon Mackay | Nov 26, 2019 | Doric Blog - Language and Culture, Doric Blog - People / Culture
My name is Antonia Uri, I am 23 years old and I was brought up in the countryside in-between Mintlaw and Longside. Preserving the Doric dialect is extremely important to me because it is a huge part of who I am, and is something that ties me to my home no matter where...
by Gordon Mackay | Nov 23, 2019 | Doric Blog - People / Culture
(written especially for Doric Future) DORIC Fit is “Doric”? Doric is the wye north-East folk spik. I suppose ye wid ca’ it an accent or a dialect. Fin I wis a loon, I didna’ ken that I spoke Doric or hid an accent. Ye see, the wye I spoke wis learnt at my midder’s...
by Gordon Mackay | Nov 22, 2019 | Doric Blog - People / Culture
The importance of videoing oral history to document not only how the Doric language is spoken, but also on how we look. There are certain features that mark a Doric face, shaped possibly by the environment we are brought up in. Bessie Cordiner Wilkins has a great...
by Gordon Mackay | Nov 16, 2019 | Doric Future, People / Culture
16th November 2019 Lot’s of people have shown an interest in Jills work and have been asking how they might find out more, well who better to tell them than Jill herself? To watch the video, click the play button on the section below. Join the Doric TV Community today...
by Gordon Mackay | Nov 10, 2019 | People / Culture
18th August 2020 It’s quite sad that when I was younger, speaking Doric was possibly a sign that one didn’t have a great command of the English Language! I really feel proud of my Doric dialect now, having lost so many words and phrases, will endeavour to rekindle...
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