The spik o the place: dialect and its place in the folkloric cultures and traditions in North-East Scotland.

Reid, Peter H.

Abstract

This chapter explores the role that the Doric dialect has in the cultural heritage and folklore traditions of North-East Scotland, as well as how visitors to the region encounter it. The chapter considers the place of dialect in folklore more generally, the twin concerns of things lost and things to be preserved, and how and why Doric represents such as strong, visceral cultural marker for North-East Scotland. The chapter goes on to address the ways in which tourism, cultural and heritage organisations have responded to this, and how the dialect is being deployed in contemporary idioms to enrich the experiences of visitors to the region. It considers how visitors come upon Doric, and the use of dialect by bodies such as Historic Environment Scotland and the National Trust for Scotland as part of their storytelling at properties. It also examines Doric in the context of the culinary heritage of the region. It concludes by considered the durability and survival of Doric and addresses the strong and prevailing belief that Doric is one of those things to be preserved.

Citation

REID, P.H. 2023. The spik o the place: dialect and its place in the folkloric cultures and traditions in North-East Scotland. In Hunter, J. and Ironside, R. (eds.) Folklore, people and places: international perspectives on tourism and tradition in storied places. Abingdon: Routledge [online], chapter 4. Available from: https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003374138-6

• Online Publication Date: Mar 16, 2023
• Publication Date: Mar 16, 2023
• Deposit Date: Jan 9, 2023
• Publicly Available Date: Sep 17, 2024
• Publisher: Routledge
• Pages: 67-81
• Series Title: Routledge Advances in Tourism and Anthropology
• ISBN: 9781032316932
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003374138-6
• Keywords: Doric dialect; Cultural heritage; Folklore traditions; North-East Scotland
• Public URL: https://rgu-repository.worktribe.com/output/1849003
• Related Public URLs: https://rgu-repository.worktribe.com/output/1848728 (Book in which this was published)