by Gordon Mackay | Jun 6, 2020 | Doric Blog - People / Culture
Part One – History Family Great Grandfather James Taylor Background Millbrex of Fyvie d.o.b 1825 died 1900 Family Grandfather – Hugh Taylor Married – Margaret Forbes Background Teuchan shop & farm. Margaret was from Portlethen, her family are...
by Gordon Mackay | Feb 28, 2020 | Doric Blog - People / Culture
Hi Jill, Thank you for taking the time to come in and speak with the students. I hope you also enjoyed being at the front of the class. Doric is part of the rich history of this area and is woven in to the fabrics of some many other areas of life. For example, the...
by Gordon Mackay | Jan 8, 2020 | Doric Blog - People / Culture
“A little personal reflection , as I was bringing my older video material to the fore for inclusion in the web site, it has for me been reconciliation of my past. Thinking deeply and writing and drawing videos together has given me a deep rooted sense of who I am and...
by Gordon Mackay | Jan 8, 2020 | Doric Blog - People / Culture
How often nowadays do you hear a Doric phrase uttered in the streets of Aberdeen, or in any of the bigger towns of North East Scotland? Perhaps it’s inevitable in the cosmopolitan, international city Aberdeen has become over the last 40 years, but conversation...
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...
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