‘Laugh? We thought our breeks would never dry.’ – Take the Floor production team
‘What could be better than a light-hearted look at the humour of the North-east, compiled by its two foremost exponents? That’s right. Nothing.’ – Mrs Katherine Barrington-Graham, chairwoman, Stronach WRI
‘A beukie that nott a health warnin for fear o fatal seizure wi lachin at sic cantrips. I wyte the ferlies caikled and leuch syne the spyochers and slivers ran oot their nibs and moos and doon their dungars.’ – Professor Alistair Fenman, University of Old Aberdeen
The humour and dialect of the North-east forms a unique and hilarious blend. In this book, packed with anecdotes and stories covering childhood, work, love and marriage, the kirk, the school, old age and several others, Robbie Shepherd and Norman Harper provide a fascinating tour of the wit and wisdom of the North-east of Scotland.
Dash o Doric: The Hale Lot is the accumulated wit and wisdom of the best-selling books Dash o Doric and Anither Dash o Doric. Written and compiled by those two famous sons of the North-east, Robbie Shepherd and Norman Harper, this bumbper collection contains more than 400 humorous stories gathered from throughout the Doric-speaking area.
Robbie Shepherd is a well-known BBC presenter and author, and Norman Harper, author of the Stronach stories, was for many years a weekly columnist for the Press and Journal.
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