by Gordon Mackay | Sep 16, 2020 | Language / Culture
Doric is the dialect spoken in N.E Scotland . Today we hear many other dialects intertwined in our present day culture . We return to Finnyfaul to listen to Angus McCurrach, Huggadrum and George Emerson, Woodturner demonstrate the art of making Brose ! which was a...
by Gordon Mackay | Sep 14, 2020 | Press Release
Hing on a minty! A university has launched a Doric course in a bid to elevate the dialect from its associations with humour and ‘hame’ and place it on an equal footing with other languages. By Alison Campsie Sunday, 13th September 2020, 7:30 am Doric, a form of North...
by Gordon Mackay | Sep 5, 2020 | Doric Blog - Music / Culture, Doric Blog - People / Culture
I’m relatively new to following Jill, but I’m fair enjoying it. I’d hate wir heritage to disappear as I love the Doric and I dabble in writing Doric poems. I wrote a wee booklet a lang time ago caad “Smile a Fyle” which I sold and split...
by Gordon Mackay | Aug 29, 2020 | Music / Culture
The second part of Iona Fyfes Aberdeenshire folksinger, Iona Fyfe talking about her Doric Roots and her passion for the Scots language, she also goes into more detail about her work with Oor Vyce. Iona Fyfe Scots Singer https://ionafyfe.com/ Join the Doric TV...
by Gordon Mackay | Aug 29, 2020 | Music / Culture
Aberdeenshire folksinger, Iona Fyfe, has become one of Scotland’s finest young ballad singers, rooted deeply in the singing traditions of the North East of Scotland. Winner of Scots Singer of the Year at the MG ALBA Scots Trad Music Awards 2018, Iona has been...
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