MONARCH'S cousin Margaret Rhodes spills the beans on the Queen's sense of humour while her role as food taster for Balmoral bodyguards also comes to light. THE Queen is a keen mimic and often ...
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I WAS interested in Dr John O’Dowd’s condemnation of the Doric accent as used by Ms Agyness Deyn in the recent portrayal of Grassic Gibbon’s masterpiece, Sunset Song (Letters, April 1). I saw the ...
The 87-year-old, who was born in Dunecht in Aberdeenshire, was a champion of north-east Scotland's Doric dialect. He was regular commentator for the Braemar Gathering, a Highland Games attended by ...
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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.
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THE Queen is a keen mimic and often entertains friends and family with her Norfolk and Doric accents, it has been revealed. As she nears her 90th birthday, the monarch is showing no signs of losing ...
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