EMDEE wrote:On looking through the poetry and language sections of the North Antrim Culture and Heritage Forum, I was quite surprised that the "Ulster Scots" or "Ullans" language seems to have a lot in common with the Kintyre dialect in the way of words and pronunciations. Two words in particular that I noticed were "doag" and "wile", which I thought were purely Kintyre.
The historical connections between the two communities must have been a lot stronger than they have been in more recent years.
Emdee - You should try and get hold of a CD by Charlie Gillen, The North Antrim Rhymer, called "Whun a' the Kye had Names" - it's a collection of spoken word pieces by laced with some tunes from Ptarmigan and some of his cohorts. After about twenty seconds of adjustment, the similarities between Charlie's vocabulary and the Kintyre vernacular are absolutely astonishing. Once you get tuned in to the slight change in accent I'm certain you will understand just about every word. I'm sure Ptarmigan can point you in the right direction for the CD