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

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.

BAIRN: A child.

BAIRNIKIE: A small child.

Also BAIRNED: Made pregnant.

"Thon vratch o a loon, Tam Cardno, bairned oor Elise." (That wretch of a boy, Tam Cardno, bairned our Elsie.)