Doric

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Brocher | 17 Apr 2008 - 12:56pm

Doric is a dialect ae the NE of Scotland spoken in Dundee Aiberdeen Peterheid and Fraserburgh

Aabody--- everybody
Aathing--- everything
Aff---off
Affa--wfully
Aff pitten--evasive
Aifter--after
Aneth--underneath--below
Anither--another
Atween---between
Aye--yes
Baith--both
Bairn--child
Ben--downor through
Bide--stay
Black affrontit--embarassed
Bleeter--to talk aimlessly
Bosie--a hug
Brakk--break
Cauld&thirling..cold
Claes-- clothes
Claik--gossip
Clarty--dirty
Coorse--to bully--be bad,difficult/nasty
Deid--dead
Dinna--don't
Dinna fash yersel--don't trouble
Div--do
Doon aboot the mou-- depressed
Driech...cold/wet n windy
Drookit--drenched

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maleBrocher | 17 April 2008 - 1:03pm

Eese--use
Enuech--enough
Fa --who
Fash--trouble
Feart--afraid
Feel--daft
Fin--when
Fit--how
Fitbaa--football
Fit like--hello
Fit wye--why
Fleg--fright
Gads--horrible
Galshiks &Smacherry{Sma--herry} buyin lots of single sweets in a mixture
Ganzie--sweater
Guan--going
Ging--go
Hale--whole
Heid--head
Ill tricket--Up to no good
Jis--just
Joco--happy wae yersel
Ken---know
Loon--boy
Maist--most.
Min--man
Mockit--filthy
Mony--many
nae--no
nae wye--nowhere
Neen --none
Nivver--never
nivver fash--don't worry

femaleLADY IN RED | 17 April 2008 - 1:42pm

My favourite scottish word ís Aye and Nay. I wonder if the word 'lad' and 'lass' is only used in Scotland or ? Confused


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maleBrocher | 18 April 2008 - 12:22pm

No lad n lass are used in Yorkshire and in the NE ae England

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