| Doric Word | English Equivalent | Doric Word | English Equivalent |
| Bosie | Cuddle | Greet | Cry |
| Breeks | Trousers | Loon | Boy |
| Bubblyjock | Turkey | Loup | Jump |
| Clarty | Dirty | Lug | Ear |
| Cloot | Cloth | Neep | Turnip |
| Cowk | Retch | Oxter | Armpit |
| Cuddy | Horse | Puggled | Tired |
| Dicht | Wipe | Puddock | Frog |
| Dookers | Swimming costume | Quine | Girl |
| Dowp | Bum | Sark | Shirt |
| Dreich | Dull | Scrath | Cormorant |
| Dyke | Wall | Sotter | Mess |
| Fash | Trouble | Skelp | Slap |
| Fleg | Fright | Swik | Cheat |
| Foggy Bummer | Bumble-bee | Tattie | Potato |
| Fooshty | Rotten | Tourie | Hat |
| Ganzie | Jumper | Tricket | Delighted |
| Gollach | Beetle | Wheesht | Quiet |
| Doric Word | English Equivalent | Doric Word | English Equivalent |
| Bosie | Greet | ||
| Breeks | Loon | ||
| Bubblyjock | Loup | ||
| Clarty | Lug | ||
| Cloot | Neep | ||
| Cowk | Oxter | ||
| Cuddy | Puggled | ||
| Dicht | Puddock | ||
| Dookers | Quine | ||
| Dowp | Sark | ||
| Dreich | Scrath | ||
| Dyke | Sotter | ||
| Fash | Skelp | ||
| Fleg | Swik | ||
| Foggy Bummer | Tattie | ||
| Fooshty | Tourie | ||
| Ganzie | Tricket | ||
| Gollach | Wheesht | ||
29th June 2019
Torry, lying on the south bank of the River Dee, was once a Royal Burgh in its own right, having been erected a burgh of barony in 1495. It was incorporated into Aberdeen in 1891, after the construction of the Victoria Bridge, itself made possible by the 1871 channelling of the River Dee which had previously followed an unstable course to the sea. The channelling also enabled further expansion of the harbour
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8th June 2019
This is Aberdeen before the arrival of North Sea Oil. People staying around the City will still recognise many of the landmarks.
Footdee is an area of Aberdeen, Scotland known locally as “Fittie”. It is an old fishing village at the east end of the harbour. The name is actually folk etymology. Far from being “Foot of the Dee/Fit o the Dee”, it is actually a corruption of a former dedication to a “St Fittick”.
The area has had a settlement as far back as the Medieval times and the first recorded reference to the area of Fittie was in the year 1398. This village was slightly further North than where Footdee is now located.On an 1828 map, the new housing squares were specifically labelled ‘Fish Town’. ‘Footdee’ referred to the larger area from St. Clement’s Church to ‘Fish Town’. Later, the name ‘Footdee’ was used to refer specifically to the housing squares, with ‘Fish Town’ becoming forgotten.
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Footdee – A hidden gem in Aberdeen
In pictures: The quirky Aberdeen village of Footdee
Doric is the Scots dialect spoken in the North-East of Scotland and, as of 2018, has gained the status of the third official language of Scotland, along with English and Scots Gaelic. While you will easily get by with standard English, knowing of a few phrases of the language will be useful if you need to converse, e.g. with the mannie an wifies, an loons an quines a Fittee, i.e. the men and women, and boys and girls of Footdee (an area down by Aberdeen Harbour).
A common characteristic of Doric is changing the sound of “wh” to “f”. So “what” becomes “fit”, “when” becomes “fan” and “who” becomes “fa”.
You can download a copy of the Doric Dictionary which contains a list of some of useful words in Doric with the English translations
Although Doric is no longer as prevalent as it was, it is still a live spoken language. A transcript of a conversation can be found here.
