BRIDE & LOON; Couple's struggle for Doric wedding.Byline: By Charlie Gall AN AIBERDEEN loon loon, common name for migratory aquatic birds found in fresh- and saltwater in the colder parts of the Northern Hemisphere. Its strange, laughing call carries for great distances. Like the grebes, loons float low in the water and their legs are placed far back. fa wintit tae wed his quine in Doric wis stammygastered fan the registrar widna div it. Or, for non-Doric speakers - a man from Aberdeen was astonished when the local registrar snubbed his request for a wedding in his mother tongue. Colin Wilson Colin Henry Wilson (born June 26, 1931 in Leicester) is a prolific British writer. Biography Wilson was born and brought up in Leicester. He left school at 16 and worked in factories and numerous other jobs while reading in his spare time. and fiancee Fiona Henderson fashed themsels (put themselves out) to arrange a Doric ceremony in Aberdeen. But they began to jalouse (suspect) that the registrar was being thrawn thrawn adj. Chiefly Scots 1. Crooked or twisted; misshapen. 2. Perverse; contrary. [Scots, past participle of thraw, to twist, wrench, from Middle English (awkward). A series of emails failed to sort out the sotter (mess). And when Colin's last message wasn't answered, he took it that his idea was gaunin'nae wye. Colin and Fiona gave up and wed at the register office in Newburgh, Aberdeenshire Newburgh (sometimes Newburgh on Ythan) is a coastal village in Aberdeenshire, Scotland.[1] The village dates to 1261 AD, when Lord Sinclair wanted to establish a chapel in the area.[2] Somewhat later the chapel of Holy Rood was established. , instead. The clamjamfry (company) had so much fun that they were forfauchan (exhausted) by the end of the night. But the joco (happy) couple were still confused about what happened in Aberdeen. And they've written to the chief registrar in Edinburgh to speer (ask) what went wrong. Colin, 50, said: "We didn't expect any difficulty, given that Scots is a protected minority language." A spokesman for the chief registrar blamed the stooshie on "apparent difficulties in communication". He said: "There is no reason why ceremonies cannot be conducted in Doric. Registrars will always do their upmost to help couples." CAPTION(S): WED AT LAST: Fiona and Colin |
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