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 ...

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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 ...

Growing up in Fraserburgh, the Scots language only existed outside the classroom for Shane Strachan. Not any more. The author and National Library of Scotland’s Scots Scriever explores how the ...

A social media star whose "Doric Dad" videos turned him into a TikTok sensation, a stand-up comic and storyteller from Shetland and a former national poet have been honoured at an annual celebration ...

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.

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.