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Use in varieties of Scots

doric Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words151.7 44.1 594.4 0 5.8 62 4.4
Number of occurrences49187 396 0 1 6 1
Number of authors61 25 34 1 2 1

Occurrences of doric in Corpus

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Central

Pyper, Hugh S. The Five Scrolls, (Handsel Press 2023 ISBN: 978-1912052790) Central, poetry
hes ivver been forthset. The Doric Aul Testament o Gordon M. Hay on page vi

1 matches

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
otice ma pal, wha haes a rare Doric tung in his heid, wis like ma on page 74

1 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit Scots Warks - Uphaud an guidance for screivars, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Central, government
ment. For an instance, if the Doric/Northeast fit (meanin 'whit') on page 12
on's Sunset Song an its wab o Doric. Chris Guthrie wis the heroin on page 58

2 matches

Forde, Iain W D The Kirk, The Skuil, The Buik (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2007) Central, prose
wein a bawtie an a mappie, ir Doric an Ionic, he'l can suin tel S on page 13

2 matches

McClure, Derrick J. Lallans 67 - Andra’s Sang, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, poetry
e enn! I hae walit the Buchan Doric for the owersettin, sen the c on page 50

2 matches

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 67 - Reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central - Prestwick, prose
, wha skreives i the Nor-Aist Doric, wi a clekkit orthographie at on page 116

1 matches

Macafee, Caroline Lallans 57 - Lea the leid alane, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, prose
uchan Heritage Society an the Doric Festival. It is pure MacDiarm on page 56

1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 167, (self-published 2007) Central, newspaper
(D for Doric)
1 matches

McAlpine, Joan Meeting of the Parliament, (The Scottish Parliament 2019) Central, government
ike tae gie a cry oot tae the Doric language board, which is base
s o the Scots leid, including Doric, Shetlandic an Glaswegian. Ba
ppy to hear Peter Chapman’s Doric.
I went tae the skweel wis the Doric. Aabodie aboot there spoke th
Aabodie aboot there spoke the Doric. My mum and dad spoke the Dor
23 matches

Somerville, Shirley-Anne Scots Government Commitments tae Gaelic an Scots an Scots Langages Bill: consultation, (gov.scot 2022 ISBN: 978-1804358313) Central - Holyrood, government
Scots Radio/Doric Film Festival
Doric Board
Scots Radio/Doric Film Festival
it Aberdeenshire's furst e'er Doric Film Festival in 2018-2019. T
adio Magazine Show award. The Doric Board wis creatit wi a strang
6 matches

Tait, John M Lallans 62 - Expository Scots, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
at it wis ‘Glesca’ or ‘Doric’ or whitiver, an no thair l
1 matches

Tait, John M Lallans 63 - Expository Scots (2), (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
it I mean. Douglas Kynoch’s Doric Proverbs and Sayings haes a w
ection o Scots – as fornent Doric – proverbs, ye’ll likely
2 matches

Bolland, John Lallans 71 - Line of Sight – excerpt fae a novel in progress, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
s OK,” Margaret seys, her Doric aa rin dry.
1 matches

Clark, Thomas A Scots Pairlament?, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Central - Bellshill, blog
Holyrood, the Lallans an the Doric are tae be heard in ivery cas
1 matches

Malgrati, Paul Ayont the Fake and the Leal: Let's Free the Leid, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central, blog
ndard Habbie or in North-East Doric or in demotic Weegie or in Li
he mixes Ayrshire dialect wi Doric an English - fake bampot! Tak
rth-East: wha speaks the best Doric? Is it doon in Aberdeen? Or i
uk mebbe? But wha speaks true Doric in Gushetneuk? Tell me! Is it
4 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 176, (self-published 2008) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
A Doric Waddin For Colin and Fiona
k o Scots, better kent as the Doric.
wburgh, no that faur frae the Doric capital o Aiberdeen an in fro
the service, Colin said that Doric wis a livin language an they
4 matches

McKillop, Roger Ma Heroes o' Sport, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
An' coined in mony a Doric phrase,
1 matches

Philips, Cally Gonnae No Dae That, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Central - Turriff, prose
nae hinkin’ aboot is it the Doric or Scots leid or Lallans or w
1 matches

Scots Language Center Crackin aboot politics, (Scots Language Centre 2020) Central, blog
ast Scots (whiles kent as the Doric) that made comment on aw kin
1 matches

Young, Clive Creative Scotland an the sowl o Scots, (The Sair Fecht 2016) Central, blog
Scotland (such as Glaswegian, Doric, Ayrshire, Shetland and Lalla
1 matches

Ewen, Allan The “Auld Lang Syne” Paradox, (The Sair Fecht 2014) Central, blog
t. I am yaised tae hearin the Doric o Aiberdeenshire an braid Dee
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 75, (self-published 2000) Central, newspaper
Parlez Vous Doric?
ree-leidit if ye coont in the Doric an aw. Thay stert aff lairnin
an gies the follaein English/Doric/French exemplars:-
in Scotland: The Lallans and Doric Traditions."
prit module, maistlie kent as Doric an Lallans.
5 matches

Douglas, Ashley The Smeddum o Scots, (languagereach.com 2021) Central, prose
he north-east Scots dialect o Doric.
1 matches

Douglas, Ashley Scotland’s Linguistic Landscape - Scots and Gaelic, (Translation Services 24 2022) Central, prose
ots refers tae speikin “the Doric” or “the Gaelic” or tae
ialects o the Scots leid, fae Doric and Glaswegian tae Dundonian
ent that, aforesyne, the term Doric referrit tae Scots as a hale,
3 matches

Begg, James A. Lallans 74 - The Killie Fleshers - 1786, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
eneuch fifty year syne wi his Doric, folk are mair genteel nouada
1 matches

@ionafyfe tweeted
io4 Its giy braw tae hae mair Doric an Scots on i national radio!(2020) search twitter
Leslie A huge thanks fir gien Doric an Scots the spotlight it nee(2020) search twitter
e I slipped a Bothy Ballad in Doric-Scots intae the UK BBC news. (2020) search twitter
k* autocorrect disna like the Doric ??(2020) search twitter

@rosa_alba_macd tweeted
wad ye say "hustings" i Scots/Doric @DrMDempster @billykayscot @a(2020) search twitter
mpster i my wee drama for the Doric Film Festival....mibbes.(2020) search twitter

@LairnScots tweeted
, there some braw NE #Scots / Doric quizzes fir historic sites: h (2021) twitter link
Interestit in the Doric? Jyne this the night! #Scots (2021) twitter link
exts in North East #Scots/the Doric? Hae a look at the @ei_folklo (2021) twitter link
rt story aboot it, written in Doric, here: https://t.co/QaURrZxUd (2020) twitter link
he Embra yins? We've got some Doric yins! Think @Historic_Ally cr (2019) twitter link
and 7 other occurrences.

@MizLiot tweeted
s I have been knawn tae speak Doric roon my cousins frae the broc (2021) twitter link

Doric

McGregor, Iain Lallans 77 - Farquhar, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Doric, prose
fuid, or hearin his bairnheid Doric tongue spake agane, bit Farqu on page 97
A aspeck thay wull, Gylick an Doric baith." on page 99

2 matches

Gilbert, Jo Tales Fae The Doric Side - Introduction, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
itable for aulder students in Doric wis identified, sparkin iss i on page 9
ae official standardisation o Doric/NE Scots yet, we made the dec on page 10

2 matches

Wood, Evelyn Tales Fae The Doric Side - Carlo, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
that Carlo broke wi twa guid Doric words that he could hear ma d on page 29

1 matches

Gilbert, Jo Tales Fae The Doric Side - A hame is a hame is a hame, is it nae?, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, poetry
d taught mi Gaelic as weel as Doric, on page 33

1 matches

Gilbert, Jo Tales Fae The Doric Side - Snog, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
Doric translation bi Jo Gilbert on page 53

1 matches

Bolland, John Tales Fae The Doric Side - Hadean Eon: 4.5 Billion Years ago , (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, poetry
t. Aa thi wirk is scnievtt in Doric. Hadean Eon spiks o thi perio on page 83

1 matches

Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
They' ll nivver see throu Doric verse on page 15

8 matches

Fairbairn, Jamie The Press and Journal (Inverness, Highlands, and Islands) - Doric Corner, (DC Thomson 2024) Doric - Banff, newspaper
Hud gyaan wi yer Doric! on page 37

1 matches

Abel, Charlie The Press and Journal (Inverness, Highlands, and Islands) - Doric Corner, (DC Thomson 2024) Doric - Aberdeen, newspaper
aan aboot 'n' spoke a Scurrie Doric? on page 25

2 matches

Strachan, Shane DWAMS, (Tapsalteerie 2024 ISBN: 978-1916214880) Doric, poetry
tart spikkin in yer strongest Doric, on page 32

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
Dream fir Doric on page 6
Doric - Alive an Kickin on page 7
can!" Ah said, defendin ilky Doric spikkin bodie in the lan. "An on page 8
"Fit dis the Doric mean te you?" Ah speered it f on page 9
say, "At's fit preservin the Doric's aa aboot: folk like them, a on page 10
Also on pages 32, 33, 69
17 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
They shid standardize the Doric. on page 5
Heritage Festival 2008 Senior Doric Writing Category on page 19
a thriller an a wee bookie o Doric short stories." on page 30
Heritage Festival 2011 Senior Doric Writing Category on page 34
Heritage Festival 2009 Senior Doric Writing Category on page 89

7 matches

Carney, Don Doric: Alive an Kickin 2, (Argo Publishing 2006 ISBN: 978-0954615321) Doric, prose
The Doric dialect is somethin that his on page 5

5 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric: Alive an Kickin 2, (Argo Publishing 2006 ISBN: 978-0954615321) Doric - Inverurie, prose
n what you want to say in the Doric? on page 41
Winner of the Doric Festival Writing Competition on page 44

3 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Lallans 58 - Dour, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Doric, prose
glish spukken an my leid bein Doric. And this, I expeck wis jist on page 51

1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Lallans 73 - Obituary for David Ogston, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Doric, prose
Doric skrievar David hes dee'd rece on page 12

1 matches

Goodall, Phyllis J. Doric Sweet Talk, (timberford.demon 2000) Doric, poetry
DORIC SWEET TALK
Or ye won the Doric Competeetion,
Ye winnin the Doric Competeetion.
The Doric Competeetion.
4 matches

Johnstone, Ian Tuney Loon's low doon, (The Fraserburgh Herald 2000) Doric, newspaper
cater fir the mair  Doric: the dialect of North-East Sc
1 matches

Elphinstone Institute Aiberdeenshire Cooncil – Scots Leid Guidelines, (Aberdeenshire Council 2017) Doric, government
(Scots Doric Translation - Aiberdeen Vars
ire, Moray), Scots is kent as Doric an will be kent as Doric here
an will be kent as Doric hereaifter in o this document
ll gie a heeze tae an support Doric, encouragin the respeck an re
ically supports engagement wi Doric in aa 3–18 educational airt
51 matches

Uri, Antonia North East filmmakker feart for the futur o Doric, (Doric Future 2019) Doric, blog
hire, is warkin on a series o Doric films aboot the cultur o the
foo she tries tae uphaud the Doric, she said: “Ah try tae spik
ily is made up o “very much Doric spikkin fowk, rooted in Doric
spikkin fowk, rooted in Doric because o oor cultur fit is a
makin films, Jill has her ain Doric YouTube channel, far she desc
11 matches

Bundy Broch The Doric Min, (YouTube 2020) Doric - Brouch, poetry
t isn’t proper English, its doric we work instead
We speak the doric, we will dee til we dee
n for an aye, or ken, bit the doric it did stay
Oh the bonny sing song doric tongue, I will change it for
4 matches

Kynoch, Douglas Lallans 63 - A Wird i Yer Lug, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Doric, prose
bit an atomie. Richt intae ma Doric dictionar it gaed, for A wis
1 matches

Leslie, Dawn Press and Journal 2023-12-02 - Doric Corner, (no publisher recorded 2023) Doric, newspaper
a puckle undergrad courses on Doric / Scots), nae even a great mu
also in the oomfort a pucklie Doric wirds can gie folk in a stres
2 matches

Leslie, Deborah Bittie aboot oor Doric dialect, (Doric Future 2020) Doric - Inverurie, blog
Doric belangs te you an me: it’s
nt een anither an the wird ‘Doric’ hidna bin inventit – it
ae affa difficult te write in Doric?" I say, "No. Ah spik an thin
say, "No. Ah spik an think in Doric, so it feels, te me, as natur
n oor passion an pride in the Doric, bit in a wye aat’s relevan
6 matches

Gauld, Ilene Ilene Gauld - Piper and Poet, (Doric Future 2020) Doric - Keith, weans
ge to disappear as I love the Doric and I dabble in writing Doric
and I dabble in writing Doric poems. I wrote a wee booklet
2 matches

Uri, Antonia Widney’s Fuil, (Mak Forrit 2017) Doric - Aberdeen, blog
y’s Fule?”, tae whilk the Doric spikkin loun shairply replied
1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena The Spikk o the Nor East Leid, (Dictionaries of the Scots Language 2021) Doric, poetry
inner he penned Tullochgorum, Doric wis fand in mony’s a buik
A heeze o bards in Doric follaed: Charles Murray, Flor
A Doric Dictionar Kynoch penned. Ye
Ah Doric is a feisty tongue: an here a
4 matches

Chapman, Henry , (Facebook 2018) Doric, poetry
say ‘ats the wye tae write Doric stuff doon?
1 matches

Facebook link ( 2013) Doric - Buckie
e, your contraption 'ill type doric but it is a sair fecht fin ye
if a dinna blether tae ye in Doric it's nae thit am a feel gipe

@d_anderson878 tweeted
Aye in Doric. Bit nae aye. https://t.co/aS(2020) search twitter
Fir some fowk athoot doot. In Doric we hae job fir aither meanin,(2020) search twitter

@Doric_Bananaman tweeted
, I dae it fer ye! #RinTaeYe #Doric(2016) search twitter
oo's yer doo's? Aye peckin'? #doric #bananasMin(2015) search twitter
#Twittershire The 24th means Doric BananaWifey gings fae a bitty(2018) search twitter
it bit fits fit bit? #FitBit #doric http://t.co/DVeGxYNyls(2015) search twitter
oo ‘s fit fit fits fit fit? #doric #sheen(2018) search twitter
and 6 other occurrences.

@DoricPhrases tweeted
Just added the Doric word Watterie to our A-Z list(2014) search twitter
We love Stew at Doric Phrases, especially on a cold(2014) search twitter
Birling is today's Doric Phrase of the day at http://t(2014) search twitter
Yokit a collection o Doric jokes at http://t.co/At0xFbV9(2014) search twitter
Doric Phrases featured in the Press(2014) search twitter
and 152 other occurrences.

@FaeFoggie tweeted
de o i border. @DoricPhrases #doric #Aberdeenshire(2019) search twitter
ew Art Gallery fan it opens. #doric #aberdeen #LEGO https://t.co/(2019) search twitter
, we are een! Muckle Love ?? #doric #Aberdeen #A(2019) search twitter
st Dundee. Yir an affa Chiel #doric #Aberdeen #aberdeenfc #standf(2019) search twitter
nna beat a cappie in Stoney. #doric #teuchter #stonehaven https:/(2019) search twitter
and 16 other occurrences.

@AMaxwell54 tweeted
ye..! Nae enough fowlk spik i Doric doon in i Burgh, so ah'm a bi (2018) twitter link
Aye, 'at's richt gweed Doric fae far ih teuchters bide. Sy (2020) twitter link
ts an' English. Sad ere's nae Doric forbye. Fit wye nae Ah ask ma (2020) twitter link
ys, bit Ah'm a Defender o' ih Doric forbye. Div ye ken @Historic_ (2020) twitter link
n thick as mince.. (Foo's yer Doric? Translation?) (2020) twitter link
and 7 other occurrences.

@72redz1903 tweeted
osie Swearing loudly in Scots/Doric worked for me in Brussels a g (2022) twitter link

@cligeey tweeted
atlibscot @NLSlearn Look up a doric chav it's affa different(2020) search twitter
@ScottSMackenzie A splash nae doric bit a roch measurement(2020) search twitter
@alfordbrad A thocht at wisna doric(2020) search twitter
Doric swally the nicht https://t.co(2020) search twitter
gwd1 (Fit wye) spikken broken doric(2020) search twitter
and 2 other occurrences.

@_DawnLeslie tweeted
?? He used tae dee a cracking Doric rendition of ‘You Spin Me Ro(2020) search twitter

@Franwella tweeted
@j_d_r63 I div love th Doric n am aye bein’ mient o’ wor(2020) search twitter
oken in oor mither tongue, th Doric https://t.co/hPcbBlfB50(2020) search twitter
n if ant an dec dinna get the doric or if they hae a death wish?(2011) search twitter

@fittiecrooners tweeted
I dinna ken if there specking Doric or Russian!(2016) search twitter
s mainly shite nae sure aboot doric though! ????(2018) search twitter
oot this if yer interested in Doric! I dinna ken fit she is babbl(2020) search twitter

@glenlivetloon tweeted
@YesAberdeen A #tag for us Doric speakers - Better Together? (2013) search twitter
oot o i midden on oor fairm. #doric(2015) search twitter
or's left a pyoch in i bath" #doric(2013) search twitter
wikein at lang last. #scots #doric #relax(2013) search twitter

@Manuforti1968 tweeted
oo. Using Twitter tae spik e' Doric. Some eese like. Obviously na(2019) search twitter
cPhrases nae seein' "skitter; Doric; tae skitter" e.g, "oh me! e'(2019) search twitter
FaeFoggie @air_ingy Es phones Doric spell checker still disnae ge(2019) search twitter
Rachel Riley rehearsin for e'Doric edition o coontdoon next wik.(2018) search twitter
son878 Ahthin' is derived fae Doric, Mair like.??(2019) search twitter
and 4 other occurrences.

@JamieFairbairn1 tweeted
retains mair similarities wi Doric than even border Scots. Resea (2020) twitter link
s a whisky An Cnoc. Fowk spik Doric and Fitehillers are cried Kin (2020) twitter link
. This young quine's phonetic Doric conjours up a vyce an a wye o (2020) twitter link
ach see World through prism o Doric, an its them A'm presenting t (2020) twitter link
doon, scrievit fower pages in Doric, a retellin o the story the F (2020) twitter link
and 3 other occurrences.

Shetland

Tait, John M Shaetlan is Daed - Lang live Dialect, (Shetland Dialect Conference 2004 2004) Shetland, prose
aithnessian usage, Lallans or Doric.
1 matches

Southern

Wilson, Rab Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Southern - Dumfries, poetry
Hae caused some Doric consternation, on page 212

1 matches

@StuartPoet tweeted
een o weans spikkin their ain Doric @scotslanguage Nocht better! (2020) search twitter
@Angelinekking Doric for 'whit'. As in, fit like? (2020) search twitter
storic_Ally @ScotNational The Doric dialect o the nor-east is gie(2020) search twitter
1 @twentysixbux @billykayscot Doric's Scots. Wyce is Scots.(2020) search twitter

Ulster

@the_gellick tweeted
@Mirtn07 Doric, by japers! I aye heard the G (2014) twitter link