by Gordon Mackay | Jan 7, 2020 | Doric Blog - Music / Culture, Doric Blog - People / Culture
I play moothie (mouth-organ) and diddle; I sing popular Scottish and Doric songs including own compositions; I recite my own Doric poem; I do some ceilidh dance calling; I talk about the Box & Fiddle magazine; and I describe another way in which I carry on the...
by Gordon Mackay | Jan 7, 2020 | Doric Blog - Music / Culture, Doric Blog - People / Culture
(written especially for Doric Future) What does the North East doric mean to me?” To be honest I’ve never thought of it in that way, and there’s your greatest clue. Having been brought up speaking it, I don’t have to think about it – it’s just there. It’s my...
by Gordon Mackay | Jan 1, 2020 | Doric Future, People / Culture
1st Jan 2020 The importance of videoing oral history to document not only how the Doric language is spoken, but also how we look. Bessie to me, is the “Queen of Doric” that’s why I would like her profile up with the others at the beginning of the site. “At reaching...
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