Other distinguishing features of the #caithnessdialect o ae #scotslanguage #scots are ae replacement o e ‘i’ in English wi ‘ee’ as in peeg for pig, beeg for big, deeg for dig and breeg for bridge. Similarly’F’ replaces ‘wh’ at ae beginning o wordies lek far for where, fa for who, fan for when and fit for what. Iss hez some similarities til ae Doric although faalin oot o use now.

Last caird in ae #caithnessdialect o ae #scotslanguage #scots series by ma pal Ruth Falconer (see Caithness Chocolate an The Caithness Dictionary on FB & Instagram)

A distinguishing feature o ae #caithnessdialect o ae #scotslanguage #scots is ae use o e ‘ch’ soond (as in ae English “Charge”) til repleice ae lettur ‘J’. So John becomes Chon or Chonnie or Chonag or Chonagie, Janet - Chanet or Chinad, George - Choarge, Choardie or Choardag,James - Chames or Chamsie, Jam Jar - Cham Char, Jumping - Chumpan, Juvenile- Choovenile and so on.

A wordie more recently taken in til ae #caithnessdialect o e #scotslanguage is “Cul”/Cull/Kull” thocht til hev first come intil use at Weik High School in ae early 1970’s. Lekly fei Latin lessons (cul is Latin for buttocks, arse etc) hids used til describe a “radge”; no a bad person bit chist a bit o a “party animal” a cheil or creatur ats thur ain worst enemy,a bit o an eediot. The word “pure” is often used with “cul” as in “At loons nohin bit a pure cul” til reinforce ae level o “cullyness”😂

Anither caird fae ma pal Ruth Falconer (at Caithness Chocolate and The Caithness Dictionary on FB and Instagram) iss ein isna unique til ae #caithnessdialect o ae #scotslanguage bit fun in ither dialects o #scots an a weel used wordie.

Continuin ae series o cairds in ae #caithnessdialect o ae #scotslanguage #scots by ma pal Ruth Falconer. Iss ein micht be a hing over fei a dialect o ae #norn language spoken in #caithness during #norse occupation.

Anither eyn fae ma pal Ruth Falconer’s cairds at Caithness Chocolate she also curates The Caithness Dictionary on Facebook and Instagram. ‘Dirty Weeker’ is used by Thursonians, and ither Caithnessians, Sutherland folk and Invernessians etc. #caithnessdialect #scotslanguage #scots

The #caithnessdialect of the #scotslanguage is sometimes mistaken (even within Scotland) for Ulster Scots particularly the dialect from around Ballymena. Perhaps this due to a Norse/Gaelige/Scots influence in Ulster and a Norse/Gaelic/Scots influence in Caithness? On a recent trip to Belfast I asked several people did my accent sound anything like an Ulster one to them, the common reply was along the lines of “I knew you were a Scotsman as soon as you spoke”.

From a series of cards in the #caithnessdialect of the #scotslanguage #scots by ma pal Ruth Falconer at Caithness Chocolate and The Caithness Dictionary on other Social Media platforms. This one is one of my favourite Caithness expressions, peats are rarely cut now in the County but at one time were the main fuel source especially on crofts.

From a series of cards in the #caithnessdialect of the #scotslanguage #scots by ma pal Ruth Falconer at Caithness Chocolate and The Caithness Dictionary on other Social Media platforms. Ruth’s Grandfather Ian Sutherland was a local historian, author and playwright from Wick who did a mountain of work to record, preserve and promote the history and culture of the area.

Carrying on with words related to gender in the #caithnessdialect of #scots #scotslanguage In common with Doric “Loon” is used to describe a boy or young man. Also “Cheil/Chiel” with regard to a man as in common with Doric and other Scots dialects. “Cheil” can also become “Cheilie” in a more positive/endearing reference. Similarly the non-Scots “Bloke” can become “Blokeie”/“”Blokey”. “Ah see e cheilie Mackay fey Reiss’s loon got a chob in e drawen office at Dounreay”.

Anybody able to comment regarding the #scots word “childe” in the writings of Lewis Grassic Gibbon. Is this effectively the same word as “cheil”/“chiel” in #caithnessdialect and Doric? #scotslanguage

@DrMDempster Bang on! Something that often occurs to me with my own #caithnessdialect ”how in e hell do ye spell at?” “Is thur an apostrophe?” ats wi reference til e “apologetic apostrophe” div ah use hid or no? Ma main form o written dialect is in messagin fowk on ma phone.

#caithnessdialect of the #scotslanguage was shaped by the area having been a cultural crossroads it was at one time a frontier between the Norse Earls and the Kingdom of Scotland. Place names in the NE of the county are influenced mainly by Norse, where in the south and now uninhabited interior by Gaelic. There was at one time it is thought, a local dialect of Norn and two of Gaelic, that of the parishes of Halkirk and Reay and that of the parish of Latheron. Some words are common with Doric.

@Kaitnesskull love #caithnessdialect. Love hearing it.

“Lasgie” or “Lasagie” used in #caithnessdialect #scotslanguage #scots for a girl or young woman. “Creatur” is also used as a term of endearment or in some cases empathy or pity towards females. As in “E wifie Sinclurs (trying not to use the apologetic apostrophe there) gey dottled now, she’s a puir creatur”. “At Lasagie Gunns turned oot a richt clever creatur”. “Wifie” as common across most Scots dialects is used for an older woman (particularly by small boys, sometimes for not so old women 😂)

“Biy” used in #caithnessdialect #scotslanguage for a boy or a greeting to a fellow male regardless of age, even if the recipients name is know to the user. “How ye doin biy?”. “Biyagie” for a small boy. Or a younger acquaintance. The ending “ie” in many Caithness dialect words indicates a diminutive or constitutes a term of endearment. #scots

Here’s a wee bit o nonsense in #caithnessdialect ”ah wis stannin at e byre door tyin up ma gravad, an fa div ye hink wis stannin ere bit ma Brither, Davad” Gravad = scarf, Davad = David.

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