The Doric: Slich or Sleek

Doric, the dialect spoken in the North-East of Scotland is rich in words and phrases associated with the land and the sea. I so much enjoyed my recent journey through the Doric dictionary that I plan to revisit it on an irregular and random basis. As before, the examples are taken mainly from Buchan Claik, The Saut an the Glaur o't written in 1989 by Peter Buchan and David Toulmin.

SLEEK or SLICH: A deposit of silt or mud in the estuaries of tidal rivers.

One of the best things about November in the North of Scotland is the colourful sunsets that we enjoy. This was the scene at dusk today, looking across the Sleeks o' Tarty near to the mouth of the River Ythan.