AS Scottish regional dialects go, the Doric can be one of the toughest to pick up. Allow us to assist with our brief guide to the history of the north east dialect, and some of the best phrases to ...

It's often seen as the poor cousin of the better-funded Gaelic. But champions of Doric in the north-east have fought a doughty campaign to keep it alive, and today found support from local bus ...

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Much like everything else, we Scots have plenty of words for describing parts of the body. Though these may be confusing to outsiders, they make perfect sense to us and some of them are absolute ...

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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 ...

In the aftermath of her passing, it was reported that Queen Elizabeth could speak the local dialect of Balmoral and the region around it. This dialect of the north-east of Scotland – called the Doric ...

Much like everything else, we Scots have plenty of words for describing parts of the body. Though these may be confusing to outsiders, they make perfect sense to us and some of them are absolute ...