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Doric dialect (Scotland)

Doric, the popular name for Mid Northern Scots[1] or Northeast Scots,[2] refers to the Scots language as spoken in the northeast of Scotland. There is an extensive body of literature, mostly poetry, ballads, and songs, written in Doric. In some literary works, Doric is used as the language of conversation while the rest of the work is in Lallans Scots or British English.[3] A number of 20th and 21st century poets have written poetry in the Doric dialect.

In the cluster cht, also ght, may be realised /ð/ in some words, rather than /xt/ as in other dialects, for example: dochter (daughter), micht (might) and nocht (nought), often written dother, mith and noth in dialect writing.

Buchan

The clusters gn and kn are realised /ɡn/ and /kn/, for example gnaw, gnap, knee, knife, knock (a clock) and knowe (knoll).

In Buchan, towards the coast, th followed by er may be realised /d/, rather than /ð/ as in other dialects, for example: brither (brother), faither (father), gaither (gather) and mither (mother), often written bridder, fadder, gaider~gedder and midder in dialect writing.

wh is realised /f/, rather than /ʍ/ as in dialects, for example whit (what) and wha (who), often written fit and fa(a) in dialect writing.

Central Scots

The cluster wr may be realised /vr/, rather than /r/ as in Central Scots dialects, for example wratch (wretch), wrath, wricht (wright) and wrocht (wrought~worked), often written vratch, vrath, vricht and vrocht in dialect writing.

Most consonants are usually pronounced much as in other Modern Scots dialects but:


Some vowel realisations differ markedly from those of Central Scots dialects. The vowel numbers are from Aitken.[8] See also Cardinal vowels.

Modern Scots

Shetland dialect

Ulster Scots

Norn language

Spik O The Place (Canongate Books, 1998)

Harper, Norman

(2009) Spikkin Doric. Edinburgh. Birlinn.

Harper, Norman

Doric A-Z words and phrases

Technical description of Doric pronunciation

Archived 13 June 2020 at the Wayback Machine

Aw Ae Wey—Written Scots in Scotland and Ulster

North East page at Scots Language Centre

and compare with other accents from the UK and around the World.

'Hover & Hear' Doric pronunciations

Hear Doric spoken aloud

The Doric Festival

Scottish MSP takes oath in Doric

(from the Internet Archive - original link down).

Anglic Language Varieties of Northern Scotland

List of Doric Words and English Translations

Doric set to dae the business

Hotel lands uplifting Doric voice

'Fit Like, Yer Majesty?' a book of Doric poems published in 2008

Doric language and area stories from the North East of Scotland

David Jack reads Doric passages from the works of , with some annotated texts: Spikin' Scots wi' Dawvid Jack, YouTube channel

George MacDonald

Scotland's little-known fourth "language" (BBC)