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To promote Scotland and it's culture, scenery, history, humour, poetry, music, literature, art, architecture .... etc, etc. This is for everybody, not just the Scots, it is not a club or clique. Please contribute as you see fit. I have initially invited a few fellow Scots to join, in the hope they can contribute to build up a good data base of information should any of you globe trotting str...
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Does Anyone Want to Learn More About the Doric?
Hello Kothay,Thank you for your comment. As I mentioned, the Doric is more a dialect than a language per se.
What would you like to learn?
RE: Does Anyone Want to Learn More About the Doric?
Hi, would you teach me Doric?Where is home?
I am interested in any and all information about Satchells, as in Walter Scott of Satchells. There is a bit of confusing information about Walter Scott and I am not too sure which Walter became a Bucckeuch? Currently there is a family of Satchell in and around Melrose, I have contacted them but no reply. From what I can gather from my family history is that James Satchell settled in America after WW1, he would be my Great Grandfather. So, how far back does the family go and is it a physical place as well? Looking forward to hearing, well, anything. Thanks.Does Anyone Want to Learn More About the Doric?
I was pleasantly surprised to discover that in 2018 the Doric was officially recognised as a Scottish language in its own right. When I returned to Scotland at the end of 2012, after being away for many years, I was somewhat taken aback with regard to how much has changed in the last few decades. Now, road signs and names at railway stations are in Gaelic as well as English. Here in the Highlands, Gaelic is taught in some schools and is still spoken by some on the west coast and the Hebrides.But, what about the Doric, the language of my childhood, which is really more a dialect than a language per se? The Doric is predominantly spoken by people in North East Scotland and it takes a bit of practice to get the hang of it. I recall about 30 years ago a Polish friend and her boyfriend had come to stay with me for a short break and had gone to the village pub one evening. When they returned, the comment my friend made was that they couldn’t understand a word the people were saying. That’s the Doric for you.
For anyone who is interested, I’m going to introduce you to some very basic words and phrases in the Doric.
nae - no/not
aye - yes
canna - can’t
dinna - don’t
fit - how
fas - who
far - where
Fit like the noo? How are you?
I dinna ken. I don’t know.
Far ye gaen/guan? Where are you going?
Ben the hoose - to another room
Far div ye bide? Where do you live?
lassies or quines - girls
lads, loons or loonies - boys
wifies - women
bonnie - lovely
dreich - miserable
scunnered - fed up
nae weel - ill
semmit - vest
sark- shirt
gutty pergees - gym shoes
doddies - mittens
marless- gloves or shoes that don’t match
If there are any speakers of the Doric here, it would be great if you could share some more words and phrases. For those who want to take it further, you can go to - reference.yourdictionary.com and put in the search bar - ‘Doric Language and English Translation’. Another site, which gives some information about the Doric, as well as books you can buy, is doricphrases.com
Those who are even more ambitious might want to read Lewis Grassic Gibbon’s classic trilogy ‘A Scots Quair’ which has been televised several times in the UK. Sunset Song, the first book in the trilogy gives a very moving account of the life of Chris Guthrie in the early years of the last century up until the First World War and is set in an area close to my childhood home. This will test your understanding of the Doric!
RE: Scotish Humour ( Video clips )
Scot-ish Driving Sobriety TestIf it's not Scottish...
SNL - Mike Meyers - "If it's not Scottish... "RE: Tourist Informatrion ( Serious )
I think I would rather have the Midges than the Tennessee ticks which also suck your blood....My heart is in Scotland
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RE: I love Scotland
Your post truly touched my heart, as I can identify with just how you feel. I am from New Orleans La. USA. My father was the only family that I knew on his side and often spoke of Scotland where his family was from. He was a magnificent story teller and would talk on and on for hours about his homeland , that I often felt I was there. He would get this far away look in his eyes, that said his heart was there. I feel he passed that love for where your roots are down to me, for I have those feelings also for my beloved New Orleans as much. or even more than I do for Scotland as well as lreland. I know more than likely, I will never go home due to the critical amount of crime there now, but my heart is often there- still listening to all the familar sounds of the River boats and the Cathedral bells around Jackson Square. You see when my father fell in llove with my mother, he also fell in love with another queen- in fact the queen of queens, my city of New Orleans.Blessings n thank you for sharing your love of Scotland, I too long to one day see the place my father loved.
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Scotish Humour ( Video clips )
May the Mc Force be with you .....Biker?Single??
Single?Love riding motorcycle ??Looking for riding partner,relationship and romance??? Free to join ---I love Scotland
I just got back from Scotland 5 weeks ago..Im an Aussie born and bred. Can u imagine that I have been greetin since I got back..I miss Scotland so very much and all my friends I made in Hlensburgh. I miss Loch Lomond. I miss Glen Coe. I miss the snow and cold. I miss haggis..I miss the tartan everywhere..I miss so very much the accent. I am not a happy lady and I want to return to this wonderful place called Scotland which has entered my heart forever.. I cannie live with out you now.I will try and go back at Christmas this year again. I was there for 3 months and I was so upset to leave I just cried and cried on the plane as it was taking off.
There is something that is calling me back there....don't ask me what it is.I don't know.Its the whole package..I want to meet a Scotsman perhaps one who lives in th highlands. I would just love to live there all my days. I have written a poem about Scotland which I will post next time... so this Aussie Lassie will just have to wait to go back to my beloved Scotland...the land that I love..xx
Hi!
Just discovered there was a Fordyce Scotland.. and as that is my maiden name, just wondering if anyone can give me some interesting tidbits about this area.. Thanks! PeggyFood and Drink
Cranachan is the name, which is simply delicious.
Here are some recipes, let us know how you got on ...
RE: Food and Drink
Hi guys,I am looking for a recipe for a Scottish dessert made with fried oats, berries (i think it was blueberries or raspberries) and whipped cream & honey... Can't recall a name, but remember its delicious taste :)
Anyone knows?
Thanks!
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The last time I went over to the West coast with the kids I took 3 bottles of repellent but never used, didn't see a single midgy.I still have them somewhere but they mite bee out of date.
Still itching I see ...... here, allow me...
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what a relief...Tourist Informatrion ( Serious )
I've found this ....
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after watch the videos, is like a Midges battalion come to visit me.. my head is itching...thanks for your advice RD, I´m not sure for going to the Highlands...
RE: Looking for a partner for online business
hey ,i can help,i live in brusslMusic from Scotland
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