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 ...

In a special one-day-only Passim School of Music workshop, Songs in Doric Scots, guests will get a hands-on exploration of the traditional songs in the Doric Scots dialect of Northeast Scotland.

The Scottish Corpus of Text and Speech (SCOTS) is a collection of over 1300 spoken and written texts covering a wide range of language use in Scotland. Since it went online in 2004, researchers have ...

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 ...

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.

An array of initiatives committed to supporting and promoting Doric language and culture have benefited from cash injections totaling more than £10,000 thanks to the latest round of awards by 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 ...

Speech and accent are part of who we are. The language we use and our pronunciation are indicators to the outside world of where we come from and the linguistic traits we acquire along the way.

Doric Scots jukebox musical is a defiant blend of humour and emotional impact “Onnyhin’ can haipin in the theatre,” explains young Daisy on the eve of her 17th birthday, breaking the fourth wall to ...