by Gordon Mackay | Nov 6, 2022 | Doric Blog, Doric Blog - Language and Culture, Doric Blog - Latest Blogs
6th November 2021 Following our success earlier this year at the Doric Film Festival, we were delighted to receive this letter of support from Gillian Martin MSP. Please wait while flipbook is loading. For more related info, FAQs and issues please refer to DearFlip...
by Gordon Mackay | Aug 9, 2022 | Doric Blog - Language and Culture
https://www.bbc.com/travel/article/20210321-scotlands-little-known-fourth-language By Mike MacEacheran22nd March 2021 Doric, a little-known form of North East Scots, is undergoing a pandemic-inspired renaissance. “Slaverin, slubberin, gibberin, gabberin, roon...
by Gordon Mackay | Feb 4, 2022 | Doric Blog, Doric Blog - Language and Culture
Featuring – Dame Evelyn Glennie, Cummine Fraser and Jill McWiiliam. Evelyn Glennie and Jill of Doric TV – send out a request for Doric Speakers to send in a short video of their favourite Doric Expression / story and the period of time recollected to...
by Gordon Mackay | Jun 6, 2021 | Doric Blog, Doric Blog - Language and Culture
Fin Aaron Gale (author/illustrator) an Jackie Ross (storyteller) got igither their imaginations gaed wild! They stairtit tae dream braw dreams. Widn’t it be gran iv mair stories wir telt in Doric sae folk cud enjoy readin an hearin thir mither tongue mair...
by Gordon Mackay | Dec 3, 2020 | Doric Blog - Language and Culture, Doric Blog - People / Culture
Although a ‘Toon Loon’ I came from countra’ stock spending many of my holidays on farms at Westhill Murtle, Skene or Fordoun near to Lewis Grassick Gibbon territory, where I had an uncle who was a tractorman. Although used to Aiberdeen Doric I was attracted to the...
by Gordon Mackay | Nov 10, 2020 | Doric Blog - Language and Culture, Doric Blog - People / Culture
I grew up in Buckie with an English mum and Scots dad, and consider myelf “bi-lingual”. As a student in St Andrews, I recall phoning my parents from the payphone in the corridor on my first night away from home and prattling away in my native dialect, much to the...
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