Dundee, Scotland
The Dundee Accent
Dundee sits inside the Doric dialect area, which covers Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Moray and Angus, Scotland. The nearest other area is Central Scottish, about 0km away.
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What people in Dundee sound like
- WH becomes F: “fit”, “far” and “fa” for “what”, “where” and “who”.
- “Loon” and “quine” for a lad and a lass.
- “Fit like?” as the standard greeting.
- Rhotic with a tapped R, and “cot” and “caught” merged, as across Scotland.
These are the markers of the Doric accent as a whole. No survey claims every speaker in Dundee has all of them — the full Doric profile sets out where the region varies.
Dundee against Geordie
Dundee is close enough to the Geordie area that the two get confused. These are the questions where the survey expects a different answer on each side.
| Question | Dundee | Geordie |
|---|---|---|
| When you say “car” by itself, do you pronounce an R sound at the end? | the R at the end of “car” is pronounced | “car” ends in a vowel, with no R sound |
| Do “cot” and “caught” rhyme in your natural accent? | “cot” and “caught” rhyme | “cot” and “caught” stay distinct |
| How do “Mary”, “marry”, and “merry” compare in your natural accent? | “Mary”, “marry” and “merry” all sound the same, or two of “Mary”, “marry” and “merry” match and one differs | “Mary”, “marry” and “merry” all sound different |
| Do “put” and “putt” have the same vowel in your natural accent? | “put” and “putt” have different vowels | “put” and “putt” sound the same |
Dialect areas near Dundee
Is your accent from Dundee?
There is no way to answer that from a description. The test asks 29 questions about the words you use and how you say them, scores your answers against the Doric / North-East Scots profile and every other profile in the survey, and shows you where people who answer the way you do actually live.