Doric, a little-known form of North East Scots, is undergoing a pandemic-inspired renaissance. “Slaverin, slubberin, gibberin, gabberin, roon wi a wallop, a sklyter, a sweel,” recited the poet.

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LEADING Scottish writers and politicians have called for an Aberdeen literary festival to give as much prominence to the Scots language - especialy the Doric dialect - as it currently gives to Gaelic.

Hing on a minty! A university has launched a Doric course in a bid to elevate the dialect from its associations with humour and ‘hame’ and place it on an equal footing with other languages. Did you ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. “Doric” is a term used across Europe during the Renaissance to refer to rougher, but more genuine forms of language, in comparison ...

DORIC has finally been recognised as an official Scottish language after being brought to a global audience by Pixar film Brave. The native tongue of northeast Scotland has faced decades of ridicule ...

l Kevin McKidd is originally from Elgin, and was encouraged to use the Doric dialect for a character who is meant to be comically hard to understand. l During the recording of his voices, he would ...

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Doing business in the Doric dialect has been brought up to date thanks to an Aberdeen software company. MandOS has produced a tongue-in-cheek guide to common business and computer terms in the pithy ...

DRACULA author Bram Stoker sunk his teeth into DORIC after penning the vampire book in Aberdeenshire, according to a living relative of the writer. The North-East dialect appears in the gothic horror ...