some scottish dialect from me....

**carole** · 12-15-2009, 01:39 PM

I just thought i would share this for fun and those who might be vaguley interested, as you know i was born in Scotland, and i have been raised very much with the scottish accent and way's,i was only a bairn when i came here,and have never been back to the land of my birth.

We come from Aberdeenshire, and i just wanted to share the dialect spoken there, it is quite unique, it is called the Doric, and this is the diluted version, this is how my parents and extended family all spoke, although my mother said they had never written it, so was good to see it written down, i can speak it with an accent, however i am sure my family in Scotland would have a laugh or two at my expense.
This is a brief poem, i will translate it later if anyone wants me to.

Lonely

Noo Yir lambs are 'a awa
Ma social life bin cut in twa
Ma legs are stiff ma back is sair
my mobile disna ring nae mair
Ma dogs are bored nae sheep tae chase
Stagnation hings aboot the place
Bit shortly I'll be aff the hook
Cuz lambin times just roon the neuk.

1999
A bitter win blew fae the north
The rain come peltin doon
It was half Licht,richt through the nicht
altho' there wis nae moon.

Oh is it Armageddon?
Has nature geen astray?
Na Na its Aberdeenshire
on this the langist day

Now our scottish lassie with the grey kitties you have to keep shhhh....just incase you can understand this,I am not sure she will as the Doric is spoken only where i come from.NB this is the diluted version, they speak even broader than this, I doubt I would even be able to understand them even though i know quite a bit of the dialect been raised with it spoken, my mother still speaks it to me.

**Catherinedana** · 12-15-2009, 02:55 PM

Thanks for posting this! I love Scots and Irish accents. It was definately understandable - and I could hear the accent as I read.

My 1st husband was from Ireland (Monghan town, Monaghan Co.) and I think it was his Irish-ness that attracted me in the first place. He worked in Dublin for some time and had friends from all over Ireland and I absolutely LOVED when we would visit there and they got together and I could hear them all talk. The Dublin accent was the most difficult to keep up with.

I wish I could hear you read it out loud!!!

Cathy

**Barbara** · 12-15-2009, 03:26 PM

I can understand it

But it's not easy. It's easier in a poem as the rhymes will help.

**Taz_Zoee** · 12-15-2009, 05:42 PM

I can understand it for the most part. It's not like reading German or Spanish. Of course I can understand those two languages a little too.

I'd also love to hear this read.

**Freedom** · 12-15-2009, 05:46 PM

Lovely!

I watch most of the British comedies on PBS. I remember watching Taggart, and hearing the Scottish accent; I really had to concentrate to follow that detective show!

You do need to save up and take a trip over. I've been, it is a lovely place!

I also attended the Highland Games in Maine the 5 years I lived up there. Remember this bumper sticker they were selling ( and sold out of, every year!)

England forever; Scotland just a wee bit longer!

**Pinot's Mom** · 12-15-2009, 06:59 PM

Carole, I need no translation, it's lovely to hear! We were in Scotland a few years back; our guide was from Aberdeen - not Aberdeenshire, but I was able to understand. Thanks for the memories!