We were bilingual. We used the English language as finely and as freely as the English did. All English literature was ours, but our literature was not theirs. |
AYE AYE & WeLCOMEThe Doric Literature Portal makes available some of the jewels of dialect literature from the North-East of Scotland. It contains examples of poetry and prose from a range of writers as well as recordings, biographies and reference works. |
FOWER o the MAIST RARE
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HAMEWITH : FIN OOT ABOOT CHARLES MURRAY
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The imaginative literature of Aberdeen for the past century has been dominated by a single theme – a single myth if you like in the deep psychological sense – a passion for the land... In poetry Charles Murray, John C. Milne and Flora Garry have illuminated the same obsessive concern. |
DORIC WYLE / DORIC CHOICE |
YER ROARIN' NORLAN WINDS |
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Ivry fyle we will hae a Doric wyle fae a weel-kent face roonaboot the nor-east. First aff is GORDON HAY, fa owersettit the New Testament tae Doric, wyles his favourite Doric poem.
A wid hae tae plump for Charles Murray's It wisna his wyte as ma faavourite. A learnt it for a skweel concert fan A wis nine eer aul (A didna tackle the hinmaist verse till A wis 40) and it wis ma introduction tae Doric literature. "His pints wasna tied, an e backs o' his lugs Nott some sma' attention as weel" jist sums up wee loons aawye an in ony ginneration. READ IT WISNA HIS WYTE |
Far Mearns Doric and Angus cam the gither. Violet Jacob's poem The Wild Geese sung be Jean Redpath.
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REMIT BUIKS
GREGOR'S DIALECT
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GUSHETNEUK'S GLOSSARY
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MRS BEATON'S GLOSSARY
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DIALECT OF NORTH-EAST SCOTLAND
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NORTHERN AND INSULAR SCOTS
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PAIRTNERS
