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 ...

A VIDEO of an Aberdeenshire man speaking about severe snowfall outside his home has gone viral with people fascinated by his ...

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 ...

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 ...

Doric is to be promoted and protected on a new scale in Scotland with a body now set up in Aberdeen to secure the same status for North-East Scots as English and Gaelic. Did you know with a Digital ...

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A new body to promote Doric and the North-East Scots language is being launched in Aberdeen. The North-East Scots Language Board aims to promote the language with the goal of making it more visible in ...

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 ...

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ROBBIE Shepherd MBE, who has died at the age of 87, was renowned for his wonderfully distinctive Doric accent, but he believed that his broadcasting success was down to the fact that he did not ...

A new body to promote Doric and the North-East Scots language is being launched in Aberdeen. The North-East Scots Language Board aims to promote the language with the goal of making it more visible in ...