The Coo says Moo

When our children were young and we were teaching them animals noises, Bunty always told them, 'The coo says moo'. Lots of people in our area speak Doric, the popular name for the dialect used in North-east Scotland.

'The term possibly originated as a jocular reference to the Doric dialect of the Ancient Greek language. Greek Dorians lived in Sparta amongst other places, a more rural area, and were supposed by the ancient Greeks to have spoken laconically and in a language that was thought harsher in tone and more phonetically conservative than the Attic spoken in Athens.

Use of the term Doric in this context may also arise out of a contrast with the anglicised speech of the Scottish capital, because at one point, Edinburgh was nicknamed 'Athens of the North'. The upper/middle class speech of Edinburgh would thus be 'Attic', making the rural areas' speech 'Doric'.' Wiki

Examples:
A'm fair dancin mad - I am in a rage.
A'm fair forfochten - I am very tired.
ay is't - reply to the greeting fine mornin
ay fairly or ay michty ay - yes indeed.
aye peckin or peckin awa - Literally "Always pecking." The reply to Fou's yer doos?
the Broch - Fraserburgh also Burghead near Elgin.
come awa ben the hoose for a fly an a piece - Welcome. Come in and I'll make you a cup of tea and something to eat.
Claik - the Doric dialect of Buchan fishing villages - also used more generally to mean either gossip.[19]
dinna be coorse or A'll skelp yer dowp - Don't be naughty or I will smack your bottom. dock can also be used instead of dowp.
fa? (wha?) fit? (whit?) fit wey? (whit wey?) faur? (whaur?) fan? (whan) - "who? what? what way? why? where? when?"
far aboots? (Whaur aboots?) - Whereabouts? (Aberdeen is nicknamed "Furry Boots City" from a humorous spelling of far aboots - furry boots.)
far div ye bide? (Whaur div ye bide?) - "Where do you live?"
fit? (Whit) - "What?"
fit like? (Whit like) - A greeting, essentially, "How are you doing?", to which the response might be "Nae bad. Yersel?" "Aye tawin on", "Fine, thanks" or "juist tyauvin awa'"
fit ye deein? (Whit ye daein?) - "What are you doing?"
fit's adee? (Whit's adae?) - "What's wrong?"
foggy bummer - Bumblebee
for a filie (for a whilie) - for a long time
fou lang (hou lang) - how long
fou's yer dous? (Hou's yer dous?) - literally "how are your pigeons?", now used as "how are you?" A stock phrase, not so often used in speech as to send up Doric.
futrat (Whitrat) - Weasel or other Mustelid, but commonly used for ferret now.
gealt - cold
gie's a bosie! - "Give me a hug!"
gulsochs - sweets, cream cakes, doughnuts, caramels etc.
knapdarloch - dung hanging in knots in wool round a sheep's bottom
louns an quines (louns an queans) - Lads and lassies, boys and girls. (NB loun or loon has no derogatory connotation in Doric)
min - Man, as in Ay ay, min

Anyway I came on this lovely calf on my way back from exercise class in Ellon. Regulations are now very strict regarding the tagging of calves and this is a fine example of these beautiful beasts.