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 \nDo you know any Doric?  \nINTRODUCTION 02  \nTHE BASICS 04  \nPEOPLE 12  \nSMALL TALK 14  \nSOCIALISING 18  \nEATING & DRINKING 20  \nTHE WEATHER 22  \nCLOTHING 24  \nANATOMY 26  \nACTIONS 29  \nANIMALS 30  \nFURTHER STUDY 32  \nDORIC DICTIONARY 01  \nINTRODUCTION  \nFIT’STHIS AAABOOT EN?  \nWhat’s this all about then?  \nDoric is a Scottish dialect spoken in the North East of Scotland around Aberdeen city and shire.  \nThe term ‘Doric’ is thought to come from the Greek for ‘rural’ or ‘rustic’perhaps due to its strong associations with the farming and fishing communities of the region.  \nThere is an extensive body of literature, poetry, ballads and songs from the North East.  \nIn the Disney animation ‘Brave’, a character speaks Doric and there’s  \na running joke that nobody can understand him. The voice actor was Kevin McKidd, a native of Elgin. Although Doric is the traditional dialect of the North East, don’t worry, we do all speak English!  \nFAR ABOOTS DIV THE’ SPIK IT?  \nIn which areas is it spoken?  \nDORIC DICTIONARY 03  \nTHE BASICS  \nSo FOO DIVYE SPIK I’ DORIC?  \nSo how do you speak Doric?  \nDoric words can differ from town to town. If you’re from Peterhead, you might refer to a seagull as a ‘pyool’ but in Aberdeen, the same bird would be known as a ‘scurry’. And in Buckie it’s a ‘gow’.  \nThere are also many variations on the spellings ofthe words, due to differences of localised pronunciation and phonetics. The word ‘Pyool’ for instance could also be written as ‘pule’,‘pool’ or ‘pyewel’ depending on which town you are from.  \nAYE  \nAYE, AYE!  \nNAE  \nI DA KEN  \nNAE BITHER  \nDIV YE KEN?  \nYES  \nHELLO!  \nNO  \nI DON’T KNOW  \nIT’S No trouBLE  \nDO YOU KNOW?  \nDORIC DICTIONARY 05  \n USING THE ‘F’WORD   \nTry switching ‘wh’ with‘f’  \nFAR?Where?  \nBasic phonology  \n‘Wh’ at the beginning of words is often realised as an‘f’.  \nFAN? When?  \nFIT? What?  \nFOO? How?  \nFIT WYE?  \nWhy?  \nFA?Who?  \nFar ye gaan?  \nWhere are you going?  \nFit’s at?  \nWhat’s that?  \nFan ye aff?  \nWhen are you going?  \nFoo mony?  \nHow many?  \nFa’s at?  \nWho is that?  \nFit wye nae?  \nWhy not?  \nFar div ye bide?  \nWhere do you stay?  \nFit like?  \n(What like?)  \nHow are you?  \nFan div ye yoke?  \nWhen do you start work?  \nFoo’s yer doos?  \n(How are your doves/pigeons?)  \nHow are you?  \nFa’s roond is it?  \nWhose turn is it to buy the drinks?  \nFit wye’s at noo?  \nWhy is that now?  \nDORIC DICTIONARY 07  \nCOLOURS  \n REID  Red  YALLA  Yellow  BLAE  Blue  \nFITE  \nWhite  \nBLAIK Broon SILLERSKYRIE  \nBlack  \nBrown  \nSilver  \nGaudy/showy  \nNUMBERS   \nMONY A MICKLE MAAKS A MUCKLE  \nMany small amounts together becomes a large amount  \nEen: One  \nI’ll hae at een, cheers  \nI’ll have that one, thanks  \nTwa: Two  \nTwa craws sat upon a wa  \nTwo crows sat upon a wall  \nFower: Four  \nAtween fleers een an fower  \nBetween floors one and four  \nHillock: Lots  \nAt’s a fair hillock o’ chips  \nThat’s a lot of chips  \nFoo muckle? 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