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Doric!

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Anyone on here speak doric or am i the only one ( bar twink of course, my mum)

This is the language confined to the north east scotland:j

Few examples are:

quine (kwine) - lass, girl
loon - lad, boy
bosie (bozie) - cuddle, hug
greetin' - crying, sobbing
gads - yuck

My dh takes the mickey out of me when i say brakfast!
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  • AnnieH
    AnnieH Posts: 8,088 Forumite
    I've never heard of doric. Although greetin is a common word for crying in the north of England too:)
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  • Miss_Cinnabon
    Miss_Cinnabon Posts: 19,481 Forumite
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    Ok who can decipher this one: ps i can:rotfl:

    Wee Angus on his wae frae work
    would hit tha pub fa a perk
    O' Tennents lager frae tha keg
    whiles chatting up tha barmaid Meg
    A pint or twa there wae friens
    a' bleathering awa like scholars an Deans
    Debators O Parlimentary views
    Ministers preaching o'er tha pews
    Wae drink in hand they'd laugh their fill
    tha glory Mead upon their bill
    Yelping like some bairney pups
    catching breeths atween their sups.

    (nae wiser a man than yin filled wae ale
    Nae greater a time than while drinking frae tha Grail.)

    In football games they A' would linger
    or singing songs for all's a singer
    Nae matter how bad tha voice
    a' would request their favorite choice
    Happy all wae drink in hand
    while holding up the bar they stand
    In rattled curses tae tha bumping airms
    while viewing o'er some lassies chairms
    Whispering oot all dreams an desires
    that drink within them all inspires
    An' Angus kens that soon or late
    he tae hame must tak tha gate.

    Kenning tae deep doun inside
    his drunken breath he'd better hide
    Saying fareweel tae friens and foes
    leaing ahind tha pub's warm burning coals
    Doun he stummels tae tha chippy
    tha air ootside tis crisp an nippy
    Making him drunker than afore
    he side steps frae door tae door
    Eating his fish supper, enjoying each bite
    thinking aboot all that's happened tha night.
    Till there he rouns tha corner street
    His hame sae warmly it does greet,
    Falling o'er tha step ootside his hame
    Tha door it opens, Behold his sullen Dame
    Trying tae act sober wae all his might
    afore his wifie here tha night
    But she nae fool nor blind tae see
    his daft antics, his blabbering plea.

    In comes Angus wae words O' love
    tae face tha thumping slap an shove
    Her roaring voice would put fear intae tha Deil
    Hear wee Angus weep an squeal.

    What type O' life drink it brings
    that great at first yet later stings
    What worth has man tae waste his life
    wae drinks illusions an its strife.
    Sooner or later as true as Hell
    Yin cannie live save by its spell
    getting worse an worse day by day
    while friens an family turn away
    An Angus wheither he kens or no
    has drifted where tha drunkards go
    An time shall tell what fate bestows
    for tha Curse O Ale, nae man knows.
  • Swan_2
    Swan_2 Posts: 7,060 Forumite
    I certainly can, although I'm a little further South than you are :)

    must've been my long stay up one of the Angus glens :D Doric seems to start once you're North of the Sidlaws
  • Violetta_2
    Violetta_2 Posts: 3,588 Forumite
    I remember a few years ago going into a sweetie shop in Stonehaven there were 2 old boys talking away to each other, I could not understand a word, it was completely foreign, Isn't there a bizarre word for earwig, wish I could remember.
    Booo!!!
  • Miss_Cinnabon
    Miss_Cinnabon Posts: 19,481 Forumite
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    Violetta wrote:
    I remember a few years ago going into a sweetie shop in Stonehaven there were 2 old boys talking away to each other, I could not understand a word, it was completely foreign, Isn't there a bizarre word for earwig, wish I could remember.

    LOL yes its forkietailie!
  • grunnie
    grunnie Posts: 1,795 Forumite
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    I can read it too - a Buckie quinie here :beer:
  • Swan_2
    Swan_2 Posts: 7,060 Forumite
    kyle wrote:
    LOL yes its forkietailie!

    Kyle
    now that's a Dundonian one too afaik :)

    although sometimes it's just forky <shudder smiley>
  • Miss_Cinnabon
    Miss_Cinnabon Posts: 19,481 Forumite
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    I canna abide forkies! git a fair puckle in summer, they are gads:rotfl:
  • scotgirl
    scotgirl Posts: 805 Forumite
    We bought a brillant book for our (English) Best Man called Teach Yourself Doric - was such a laugh!!!

    http://www.amazon.co.uk/Teach-Yourself-Doric-Douglas-Kynoch/dp/B000057I0G/sr=8-3/qid=1169588902/ref=sr_1_3/203-3800073-3467128?ie=UTF8&s=music
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