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Author: Ashley Mackie Publisher: Ashley Mackie ISBN: Category : Language Arts & Disciplines Languages : en Pages : 80
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Doric refers to the dialects of Scots spoken in the northeast of Scotland. This dictionary contains the most widely used words from the past and present language.
Author: Ashley Mackie Publisher: Ashley Mackie ISBN: Category : Language Arts & Disciplines Languages : en Pages : 80
Book Description
Doric refers to the dialects of Scots spoken in the northeast of Scotland. This dictionary contains the most widely used words from the past and present language.
Author: Douglas Kynoch Publisher: Luath Press Ltd ISBN: 191238776X Category : Foreign Language Study Languages : en Pages : 319
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What's the difference between a meggie-monyfeet and a hornie-gollach? Between snap-an-rattle and murly-tuck? All is explained in the Doric Dictionary. It is a two-way lexicon of words and phrases drawn from the former Banffshire in the North through Aberdeenshire to the Mearns and North Angus and drawn from the published works of most the North-east's best-known writers of the 19th and 20th centuries. As the writer says in his foreword, 'There is not one monolithic form of Doric but a multliplicity of forms; and words can change not only from county to county but from village to village'. The Dictionary contains no fewer than eight variants of the term for a seagull. This new version (2018) is enhanced by a most stimulating injection of Buchan vocabulary drawn from W. P. Milne's historical novel, Eppie Elrick.
Author: Norman Harper Publisher: Birlinn Ltd ISBN: 0857909746 Category : Language Arts & Disciplines Languages : en Pages : 149
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Ever been lost for words or just completely mystified by what you hear? This is a new series of pocket books designed to introduce some of the wealth of the spoken and written word in Scotland to those who may not be familiar with them. For the 600 selected Doric words, as well as a simple meaning, the context and background to the word will be explained, along with examples of use (and, as required) a pronunciation guide. Forget about worthy dictionaries, this is a series dedicated to the enjoyment of language.
Author: Norman Harper Publisher: Birlinn Limited ISBN: 9781841586809 Category : Foreign Language Study Languages : en Pages : 135
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DORIC is a vibrant and vital part of everyday life in the North-east of Scotland. This dictionary for the twenty-first century is a guide both for the native speaker and for those new to the language. It explains such expressions as 'bap nose' (an exceptionally squashed nose, named from its resemblance to a sandwich bun), 'dumplins bilin ower' (used of any woman of ample bosom or who is wearing a dangerously low-cut dress), or 'a cuppa tea and a cairry-on' (standard Aberdeen reply to the question: 'Fit will we dee the nicht?'). Accessible, authoritative and very funny, this book is a must-have for those who want to know the North-east better.
Author: C G Buswell Publisher: ISBN: Category : Languages : en Pages : 416
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Think you have a nightmare neighbour... Surely no-one's neighbour could be this vindictive over a few birds? Former special forces soldier Carl hopes to put his wars behind him and moves his wife and young children to Scotland. They find a peaceful village with a school nearby. Their nightmare neighbour soon starts a battle of wits with them, does this SAS Trooper have one more war left in him? One Last War is an angst-ridden suspenseful novel with a wicked twist from the dark mind of C.G. Buswell Reviews for his last book: "I started this book today and could not put it down till I finished, it had me glued to it from beginning to the end." "A great book with a huge twist at the end! So well-written and totally believable. I didn't see the twist coming at all! If you like crime and mystery books, you have to read this!" "Loved this book. I have read a few of Chris's books and enjoy them all. With this one though, I did not expect the ending! Super, most worthy of a read, maybe even twice."
Author: Amanda Thomson Publisher: Saraband ISBN: 1912235757 Category : Nature Languages : en Pages : 365
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Scotland is a nation of dramatic weather and breathtaking landscapes – of nature resplendent. And, over the centuries, the people who have lived, explored and thrived in this country have developed a rich language to describe their surroundings: a uniquely Scottish lexicon shaped by the very environment itself. A Scots Dictionary of Nature brings together – for the first time – the deeply expressive vocabulary customarily used to describe land, wood, weather, birds, water and walking in Scotland. Artist Amanda Thomson collates and celebrates these traditional Scots words, which reveal ways of seeing and being in the world that are in danger of disappearing forever. What emerges is a vivid evocation of the nature and people of Scotland, past and present; of lives lived between the mountains and the sky.
Author: Margaret G. Dareau Publisher: OUP Oxford ISBN: 9780198605423 Category : Reference Languages : en Pages : 0
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The Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue defines and illustrates every meaning of every word used in written English in Scotland up to 1700. It is an indispensable reference tool for historians of Scots language, literature, politics, law, and social history.
Author: Ashley Mackie
Author: Ashley Mackie
Author: Douglas Kynoch
Author: Douglas Kynoch
Author: Douglas Kynoch
Author: Norman Harper
Author: Robert Gordon University
Author: Norman Harper
Author: C G Buswell
Author: Amanda Thomson
Author: Margaret G. Dareau