By Douglas Kynoch, James Hamilton
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Exercise 4 Write a short essay in Doric about your last illness or operation. Describe the development of the illness: the throbbing ('stoondin') pain you suffered and your inability to keep food down {use 'kowk'). Tell of the doctor's incorrect diagnosis (use 'dunderheid') and of the inadequacy of the specialist (use 'raivelt'). The story of your hospitalisation may include an account of all you had to endure ('thole') when friends and relations visited in teams of ten (use 'hale jingbang'). Give details too of your recovery, despite ('for aa') the best efforts of the nursing staff to keep you from sleep (use 'baalin an scraichin at een anither at aa hoors o the day an necht').
Fine, m'dear. Es your lad? What a size! Like his dad; Got his eyes! Ay, he's mine. Foo's yir maan? Keepin fine? Aat's jistgraan. Mine an aa. Can't complain. Nae avaa. 'S aat 'e rain? Maybe snaa. Wintry kin! I'll awaa. Mither fine? Aye the same; Tyaavin on; Nae her blame; Tragic yon! Mercy me! Hiv tae go! Time for tea! Cheerio! 44 Lesson 6: Skweel Wave yir haan! Cheerie bye! Aat's a maan! Hiv tae fly! Drap a line! Affa wither! Niwer nun' 'Joyed wir blether. Hiv tae go! Lovely chat! Cheerio! Faa wis aat?
A tastie o yir toffee, twaa-three tatties or a sproot, A bilin o yir rhubarb or a basketie o fruit. It's mair than likely fin ye ring their bell, the folk'll aa be oot, Bit ye canna ging wi naething in yir haan. 29 TEACH YOURSELF DORIC Aa the folk that come tae you should unnerstaan They're welcome though they've naething in their haan. Ye wish they widna bother; an for aa it's kindly mint, Ye carina bit be vexed aboot the siller that they've spint, On maakin sure yir hoose is stappit full o stuff ye dinna wint; Bit ye canna ging wi naething in yir haan.