by Gordon Mackay | Nov 1, 2020 | Doric Blog - Language and Culture, Doric Blog - People / Culture
1st November 2020 If you want to share what we do with others, this is a great wee video to motivate them to join our Doric TN Community. To watch the video, click the play button on the section below. Join the Doric TV Community today We very much hope you will join...
by Gordon Mackay | Oct 1, 2020 | Doric Blog - Language and Culture, Doric Blog - Music / Culture
I wis born and broucht up in Tornaveen in rural Aiberdeenshie, wi parents fae Buchan wi i doric aye being spoken and encourged tae use it. Nooadays I sing sangs that tell i stories o i North East and beyond in Doric and Scots, It a vital pairt o the culture and...
by Gordon Mackay | Sep 22, 2020 | Doric Blog - Language and Culture, Doric Blog - People / Culture
Doric belangs te you an me: it’s in the quait o the countryside an the steer o the toons; it’s in the land, the sky an the sea; it’s in the wealth o culture an heritage; it’s in the lives o oor ain folk, past an present, their sangs, stories, an their rich,...
by Gordon Mackay | Jun 19, 2020 | Doric Blog - Language and Culture
Let’s no beat roon the bush – the Scots leid is haein a richt wee Renaissance tae itsel the noo. The leid’s presence in leiterature, poyetry, clessrooms, newspapers, social media, an the public consciousness is growin bi the day. Fir the first time, thair’s a growin...
by Gordon Mackay | Jun 8, 2020 | Doric Blog - Language and Culture
John grew up in Kingston-upon-Spey, the small village that sits to the west of the mouth of the River Spey. He worked on an oar on the salmon nets in the late 1980s, and then did a season as a grouse beater the summer after. He went Milne’s High School and Elgin...
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...
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