An A to Z of the Doric: an occasional series. D

Doric, the dialect spoken in the North-East of Scotland is rich in words and phrases associated with the land and the sea. Over the next few weeks I will try to illustrate some of them in an A-Z using examples of their use taken mainly from Buchan Claik, The Saut an the Glaur o't written in 1989 by Peter Buchan and David Toulmin.

DOON THE BRAES: On the sea-shore.

"So, ye're gaan doon the braes tae play, are ye? Weel, if ye come hame here droont, yer father'll murder ye!" (So, you are going to the sea-shore to play, are you? Well, if you come home drowned, your father will murder you!)