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know f1187: [laugh] f66: andiagree with people i mean
mean thing about béranger butiam going to write a
th- saying i think thereforeiam i mean if if
not mean anything to meiam looking for something that
what does that mean f1011: iam so m1013: i am
yeah yeah okay f951: anian i mean an i
you mean for over hereiapplied to other ones yeah
do you mean by gytitiasked the shaives are set
poly f1038: poly yeah f1037: ib- i mean an excellent
m be- i mean whatibasically look tend to be
mean actually f1009: then iibelieve well then right ma
i was good i meanic- i had settled down
and eh ye know iican hear things i mean
a bit ehm i meanican laugh at the the
yeah okay f951: i meanican read it no trouble
does siccar mean f951: yeahican read it siccar is
mean i i m afraidican t do that i
to be ca- i meanican understand a lot of
you know what i meanican understand it cause if
yeah okay f950: no butican understand what you mean
aboot fit are they onyweyicanna picture fit you mean
f1129: cause i mean ificanna remember cause [censored: forename] was
i mean i m co-icome at things from quite
f745: yeah yeah i meanicou- it was the last
mean the the f- iicouldnae say well it s
eh this well i meanid ca this a sark
ken fit i mean anid ha e tae dee
yeah i mean i iid heard of them myself
yeah m605: [inaudible] i meanid love to be asked
in scotland eh i meanid- i d- ye know
eh i mean i d-id- ye know how long
do ye mean whit daeidae on a thursday nicht
interesting f745: yeah i meanidid like the stuff we
the machine the washing machineididn t mean from off
i rave i rave ehididn t mean to em
sorry mummy f1103: [inaudible] f1104: ididn t mean to f1103:
you know what i meanididn t want to explain
grand i canna believe itididna expect i mean there
bangs the iron down jeesididnae mean it right och
ye lift eh i meanidinna find speakin to sheena
stuff i mean we dinnaidinna ken i dinna hae
aboot five does that meanidinna ken lass it s
f835: do ye mean likeidinna ken like fit ye
eh that s tuppy f1113: idinna ken what you mean
break up the community andyidinna mean what he means
i mean things like newspapersidinna think there s any
mean well i don tidinnae ken aboot that i
that s how i cou-idinnae ken i mean well
m952: but i mean iidinnae ken it noo but
it mean m952: well iidinnae want tae see the
m818: right aye aye ehmido i mean but the
mm mmhm m762: i meanido i think about structure
is that agreed christine grahameido not mean to be
a point on another matterido not mean to suggest
mmhm yeah i mean iidon t dislike it in
yeah yeah i mean wellidon t i dinnae ken
extreme as exactly i meanidon t know any asian
represent scotland i mean isidon t know i don
speak scots ye mean f785: idon t know i mean
t know but i meanidon t know i well
m1174: yeah i mean [exhale]idon t know if any
huh m1174: and i meanidon t know if there
i wouldna mind i meanidon t know if they
huh [inaudible] m017: i meanidon t know if you
okay now i i meanidon t know the quality
mean that s the thingidon t know why people
mean f745: [laugh] f746: [inhale]idon t know yeah it
of popular i mean iidon t m762: mm [tut]
f963: no i don tidon t mean that i
going back to the empireidon t mean the empire
s a great one m1022: idon t mean the wascally
f1103: it s okay f1104: idon t mean to break
m1174: and said okay iidon t mind i mean
i an i mean anidon t suppose if i
is f1150: because i meanidon t think anyone really
f1027: mmhm i mean nowidon t think i would
mean i don t knowidon t think th- there
mean everyone like in lewisidon t think the gap
[cough] no on i meanidon t think you have
f745: yeah yeah i meanienjoyed doing it but you
what does that mean theniexplained in english and he
i mean fit certainly fanifan i moved an as
m762: well i i meanifeel very much like [laugh]
to ask is that iifelt i mean i was
dinnae ken i mean welligo in tae dunbar m1015:
a fellae you mean haveigot a fellae f1054: aye
man m1021: you mean haveigot a fellae you mean
so that s really howigot into it i mean
long i mean that soigrab my daddy horse s
fit dae ye mean amigypit aye ye re nae
cause i mean tae meihad no intention to ever
good i mean i c-ihad settled down and f812:
i mean at one timeihad three sisters aa bidin
what do that mean m964: ihave no idea i well
mean [laugh] m1002: [laugh] m999: ihave whit have you got
ii p 159 to colvinihave written a very mean
jeans i mean says motherihaven t bought a new
can hear things i meanihe- i heard my grandsons
things i mean i he-iheard my grandsons talkin aboot
spendthrift weel i dinna keniheard she was mean and
can mean to lift nowiheard this lady saying i
it mean actually f1009: thenii believe well then right
mmhm yeah i mean iii d heard of them
yeah m952: but i meanii dinnae ken it noo
would it mean m952: wellii dinnae want tae see
f1151: mmhm yeah i meanii don t dislike it
sort of popular i meanii don t m762: mm
wanted to ask is thatii felt i mean i
i mean as i sayii grew up there and
m1174: mmhm yeah i meanii i d heard of
m762: all of these influencesii i mean i m
m816: yeah i mean evenii i mooted it with
north east things i meanii ken are lanarkshire things
f1054: mm f1006: i meanii m afraid i can
yes [laugh] yeah mmhm m762: ii mean academia you know
[laugh] [audio recording of 'daimen icker in a thrave'] [speaking over end of audio recording of 'daimen icker in a thrave'] okay nowii mean i don t
well [laugh] mm m762: wellii mean i feel very
all of these influences iii mean i m kind
that f1025: mmhm [inhale] wellii mean in in the
i thi- i i yesii mean in the sense
oh dear no that wasii mean my father m1042:
yeah i mean even iii mooted it with my
mean you know and soii see myself as as
a deeper level m762: yeahii think so i mean
f1023: an lavvie i meanii ve always ha- like
m865: mmhm m952: i meanii ve bluffed me wey
s it but i meanii ve got words like
weird [laugh] writing i meanii ve read you know
would it w- i meanii would just get get
as yeah m762: i thi-ii yes i i mean
mean do- has it survivedii yes it s still
i mean that s f835: ijust f834: it s always
i mean in simple termsijust think that on day
east things i mean iiken are lanarkshire things tae
eyes his lips barely movediken you mean well doctor
i mean i you knowikind of read some of
t know it i meaniknew it growing up in
is the translator yeah m952: iknow but i mean even
excuse me [laugh] f835: yeahiknow but i mean you
f1151: yeah f1150: i meaniknow cause my boyfriend lives
that s not that longiknow f1026: i mean that
you know i mean f1151: iknow i know totally erm
mean [inaudible] m811: yeah f813: iknow i think i m
mmhm oh yeah i meaniknow in glasgow it s
it [laugh] f978: i meaniknow it looks nice an
to scottish culture i meaniknow it s kinda halfway
do ye mean like m1016: iknow kenny cause kenny used
family there so m815: yeahiknow m816: yeah i mean
idea i mean at leastiknow that whatever i do
to the playground supervisor nowiknow the girl you mean
them in the original ohiknow the one you mean
i mean f1151: i knowiknow totally erm cause i
gaeldom m1007: yeah m1008: eriknow who you mean f1009:
but why why i meaniknow you had dolls and
huh okay m952: i meanilik i say the road
it in primary i meaniliked pe in primary because
i mean that s whatiliked when i took the
off ye mean oh ayeill dae that an i
you mean well doctor butill manish fine he mumbled
what it would mean causeilooked at that and it
one for writing the scriptilooked puzzled oh you mean
don t mind i meanilove following sport er m608:
were different you know f1054: ilove it i mean when
what you mean f1114: [panting]ilove this flower the baby
cause i mean tae meim a shetlander first m865:
mm f1006: i mean iim afraid i can t
to you i mean a-im always saying to people
one of the things wh-im be- i mean what
ehm no i mean i-im because i ve been
i mean sometimes i meanim co- i come at
i think i mean i-i-im drawing on people that
no i mean i supposeim glad i had a
s the same i meanim i m much cleaner
the actual speech i meanim just interested m1174: yeah
influences i i i meanim kind of ra- rambling
want to let folk thinkim mean an i want
[laugh] f965: that s notim mean that s a
same i mean i mim much cleaner in my
f1097: fitt do you meanim nae gaun to see
through gravel mean tae saeim nae school kid ye
s certain erm i meanim not a scholar so
i mean i m notim not especially sympathetic to
i don t mean thatim not frightened sadie what
in wordsworth and i meanim not i m not
happens i mean don tim not in any means
it you know i meanim not saying you know
mm if i mean yeahim not scottish but i
mm m1174: do i meanim not sure m608: i
that i did f746: yeahim really gla- i mean
converge so i mean althoughim saying that mods tended
i mean everywhere s differentim sure there s plenty
inverness and perth f950: weelim865,: i mean people that
you would not want toimean a dry stick of
f718: mmhm m734: was erimean a few memories like
i can understand that causeimean a lot of mm
that s electrical there simean a mic or a
oppo is one buddy erimean a woman seeing a
about it up to youimean a- i m always
[laugh] yeah mmhm m762: iimean academia you know but
or anythin like that butimean actually to fling if
their queer ways andy willieimean adds a few reminiscences
[?]sillier[/?] you re getting andimean after all the arts
on have they aye f1043: imean again probably comin fae
voice that was correcting meimean all our teachers weren
know but ehm m865: [laugh]imean all these difficult questions
yeah f965: an converge soimean although i m saying
who has put a forkytailimean an earwig in my
up again efter ken fitimean an i d ha
okay f951: an i animean an i don t
aa m865: yeah m952: butimean an if ye ging
they an they have theyimean an it s an
know do you know whatimean and not just in
real myths if you likeimean and real legends from
like f832: yeah f835: butimean and then he was
the united kingdom of britainimean apart from walter scott
lots there would you useimean are some o those
can appreciate that much butimean arnie and aliens and
we didnae learn it butimean as for learnin the
decide m865,: uh huh yeahimean as i said it
cause ye go back andimean as i say i
you might feel like itimean as long as there
at least a rough ideaimean at least i know
bidin in the one streetimean at one time i
f829: yes uh huh becauseimean at that time we
like that tae yer jobimean at yin time ower
at the same time yeahimean babs barbara barbie doll
on a place like barraimean barra s a huge
right [laugh] m845: ehm f606: imean because the dialect seems
[sniff] m816: aye [inaudible] butimean big pot full o
yeah because there are bitsimean bits of the south
why he gets so emotionalimean but at the same
f832: well how [laugh] soimean but how are we
aye aye ehm i doimean but the thing is
right f978: see many russiansimean but then i remember
i mean by us butimean by his con- he
a different notion of whatimean by intellectualising the essentially
not to his face butimean by us but i
f1133: aye f1134: i meanimean [censored: forename] s f1133: aye
f606: mm f209: how ermimean certainly the economic erm
learn how to make thatimean children want to learn
day wi all the changesimean coming from getting bea-
attract competition and by thatimean competitors to shetland with
m815: [cough] you know whatimean [cough] m816: the g-
really couldn t remember thatimean couldn t forget their
be guid eh for theimean dae teribus the first
aye but you know whitimean davie was awright sometimes
or blown off course f746: imean did you find the
did you do for leisureimean did you play football
over the language barrier causeimean did you speak italian
somethin gie a wee coughimean dinnae work up tae
s amazing though wow soimean do people in she-
she- that s quite interestingimean do people in shetland
uh huh m608: oh rightimean do you find that
it [laugh] f785: okay [laugh]imean do you just feel
job do you know whatimean do you know that
monthly newspaper and a websiteimean do you see it
think that s what happensimean don t i m
in do you know whatimean each foot in an
aye but you know whatimean eddie it sounds hellish
the local authorities ye knowimean edinburgh cooncil is a
then at that time wellimean eh durin the war
ontae the [laugh] f638: butimean eh f637: and the
ye ken [laugh] f643: butimean eh that mr fabian
s just things in generalimean eh there s no
me to university is englishimean english through and through
that s a good oneimean er tae whit extent
provide within that thirty daysimean er was it largely
f1151: that s the thingimean erm at least this
self sufficient you know whatimean erm f963: mm mmhm
re carrying on m762: yeahimean erm the passage of
bade f1041: aye f1043: animean ev- aa the washin
then m608: mm yeah f637: imean even for my mother
s changed an awful lotimean even here and everything
yeah i know m816: yeahimean even i i i
thing is to hae teachersimean even if it is
it f1041: aye mmhm f1054: imean even if ye cannae
here [laugh] mmhm m952: butimean even lerwick an scalloway
old f718: yeah m734: erimean even now it in
m830: oh yeah f829: soimean even now there s
looks after blinded ex servicemenimean even people like boys
yeah m952: i know butimean even the bible even
and that and f746: yeahimean even the changes over
i know it s reallyimean even the church say
it would be difficult becauseimean everybody have their own
f965: oh yes oh yesimean everybody was very aware
re writing texts speaking yesimean everyone does it m608:
get out of it butimean everyone like in lewis
national language erm which thatimean everyone s looking puzzled
know favoured f835: favoured f834: imean everywhere s different i
in in glasgow m1174: yeahimean [exhale] i don t
of the time was spentimean f1037: theory f1038: most
m1048: do you know whatimean f1049: uh huh m1048:
school do you know whatimean f1049: uh huh m1048:
she do you know whatimean f1049: what was the
f1041: ye ken fine whaimean f1054: [inaudible] m1042: ye
fae what they uise nowimean f1054: is there a
it s just you knowimean f1151: i know i
there at the weekend butimean f606: mmhm f890: but
f829: whaups that s whatimean f606: uh huh m830:
[laugh] if you know whatimean f745: [laugh] f746: [inhale]
yeah f746: do your dissertationimean f745: yeah [inaudible] f746:
f812: do you know whatimean f813: mmhm totally f814:
hippies but you know whatimean f814: it s not
one do you know whatimean f814: [laugh] m811: [laugh]
like doing somethin about itimean f814: no cause it
words that the scots useimean f834: no i think
a shame but ehm [inaudible]imean f834: we- sometimes but
two especially in this worldimean f890: no two years
know m865: mm so wellimean f948: i really don
i-i- it s a spellimean f963: i think you
sen- well he is performingimean f963: mmhm yeah yeah
are common streams of courseimean f963: right yeah yeah
f965: do you know whatimean f963: yeah f965: you
home f978: yes yes f746: imean f978: and we didn
or getting learned richt grammarimean fan we wis at
[laugh] f1073: [laugh] f1074: animean first of aa i
uh huh yes yes f1145: imean fishermen can t go
aye uh huh m842: soimean fit certainly fan i
that s a generational thingimean folk have said that
okay m1163: you know andimean football orientated m608: uh
box that would haud athingimean for for the i
go tae every lecture butimean for like arts subjects
t see the the massiveimean fortunately there s a
they are bein taught alreadyimean french german m865,: yeah
it at such short noticeimean from five o clock
jist gets changed and ada-imean gadgie gadgie s a
fuckin hell man paddy griegimean gettin knocked back affa
actual word f- aye m1010: imean gey gey plain ehm
m762: and that s anotherimean going back to influences
start to jam and weimean he doesn t come
mmhm yes yeah mmhm m762: imean he s guilty about
the arch puritan cromwell [laugh]imean he s trying to
as anything but that simean her mother shouldna allow
conjugal relations is resume timean hou freudian can ye
s a it still takesimean hou- about an hour
things m816: aye my godimean how can you get
s robert f1054: an howimean how far back did
that s how ye decideimean how how would you
the thing about it isimean how many people are
even though i was goodimean i c- i had
western isles a bit ehmimean i can laugh at
uh huh yeah okay f951: imean i can read it
have go to be ca-imean i can understand a
entertain you you know whatimean i can understand it
as well f745: yeah yeahimean i cou- it was
words for eh this wellimean i d ca this
with m741: yeah m605: [inaudible]imean i d love to
m055: active in scotland ehimean i d- i d-
really really interesting f745: yeahimean i did like the
and do you know whatimean i didn t want
much scots ye lift ehimean i dinna find speakin
go f963: mm mmhm m762: imean i do i think
that position m741: yeah butimean i don t know
[audio recording of 'daimen icker in a thrave'] [speaking over end of audio recording of 'daimen icker in a thrave'] okay now iimean i don t know
m608: uh huh m1174: andimean i don t know
i don t know butimean i don t know
it as extreme as exactlyimean i don t know
ehm weel i wouldna mindimean i don t know
a lot of admin butimean i don t know
yeah it is f1150: becauseimean i don t think
mmhm f1025: [cough] no onimean i don t think
though [inaudible] f745: yeah yeahimean i enjoyed doing it
[laugh] mm m762: well iimean i feel very much
i i can hear thingsimean i he- i heard
huh mmhm yeah m952: butimean i i dinnae ken
it easier f1151: mmhm yeahimean i i don t
be very sort of popularimean i i don t
that so m1174: mmhm yeahimean i i i d
to be north east thingsimean i i ken are
short nap f1054: mm f1006: imean i i m afraid
poor reader m865: mmhm m952: imean i i ve bluffed
an that s it butimean i i ve got
kinds of weird [laugh] writingimean i i ve read
f951: it would it w-imean i i would just
coast don t know itimean i knew it growing
do it f1151: yeah f1150: imean i know cause my
time f746: mmhm oh yeahimean i know in glasgow
t like it [laugh] f978: imean i know it looks
or closer to scottish cultureimean i know it s
you think but why whyimean i know you had
m865: uh huh okay m952: imean i lik i say
we did it in primaryimean i liked pe in
i i don t mindimean i love following sport
a place ehm one thingimean i m c- if
their poetry i mean sometimesimean i m co- i
yeah it s the sameimean i m i m
closer to the actual speechimean i m just interested
of these influences i iimean i m kind of
m1174: there s certain ermimean i m not a
to do in wordsworth andimean i m not i
place for it you knowimean i m not saying
or m608: mm m1174: doimean i m not sure
is it f1133: aye f1134: imean i mean [censored: forename] s
was tough actually comin ootimean i moved in primary
ties funerals eh dead funnyimean i never knew my
things happens at naebody lippensimean i never towt dey
yeah f606: uh huh m845: imean i notice eh you
broad broad is the thingimean i one o the
f1143: scum in the sunimean i only heard it
you know otherwise like shakespeareimean i quite like shakespeare
buy an album and youimean i really only buy
except if you see whatimean i recognise the argument
now f963: [laugh] m964: andimean i remember for example
right into my own lifetimeimean i remember irish ceilidh
place can make a differenceimean i remember this is
grain if ye ken fitimean i says to her
it s only fair enoughimean i shouldn t i
this and f745: yeah noimean i suppose i m
f965: gosh f963: you knowimean i suppose in your
so f746: but yeah butimean i suppose like shetland
the research f745: yeah butimean i suppose there already
much of it f745: noimean i suppose you know
really f718: no m734: noimean i think i m
really claustrophobic after a whileimean i think i think
different eh a different thingimean i think it s
know what f1154: [sniff] f1155: imean i think my mum
it was all literature m605: imean i think they ve
f965: forget f963: still didimean i think we still
seein on the page m605: imean i think with someone
m608: mm m1174: erm butimean i think your ideas
yeah i m really gla-imean i took one english
f718: uh huh m734: erimean i ve always kind
think yeah m1014: yes becauseimean i ve got a
thinkin f831: aye m842: ehmimean i ve got i
way f746: oh right yeahimean i ve got quite
eh things that folk daeimean i was even masel
is that i i feltimean i was i was
especially early in the morningimean i was lucky because
my poverty of references erimean i was very struck
it s dyin oot causeimean i well ma granny
wee bit fae readin ehimean i wis i wis
f1037: is that right f1038: imean i work i work
m605: for whatever reason soimean i would say definitely
the thing about ehm [inaudible]imean i wouldnae be there
the owersetting of official documentsimean i wouldnae like to
mean going back to influencesimean i you know i
took a good drink ayeimean i- ah fishermen did
slow doon but ehm noimean i- i m because
it turned into an fimean i- i ve never
mm f637: ye know butimean i- that was the
it s a source ofimean i- you listen to
again f1130: why f1129: causeimean if i canna remember
i think therefore i amimean if if you re
it was the curriculum butimean if it was up
place in promotin scots ehimean if it wisnae for
as possible erm yeah soimean if there s like
are kids are genuine animean if they re speakin
with it m055: [cough] f785: imean if they re the
mmhm mmhm f950: yeah butimean if they were if
was the thing as wellimean if ye cannae really
and i agree with peopleimean if you re writing
would you describe it todayimean if you talk to
different dialects erm different soundsimean if you they were
m762: that s another thingimean if you think about
m762: b- both i thinkimean i-i- i m drawing
ve looked f637: [laugh] f638: imean imagine ye take a
scottish parliament m865: mmhm f951: imean immediately we had had
s joyce isn t itimean in a way you
f1025: mmhm [inhale] well iimean in in the days
a a catholic thing ehimean in our da- f1054:
any m636: evacuees m608: differentlyimean in relation [inaudible] m636:
s such a shame m605: imean in simple terms i
yeah we would keep thatimean in sports reporting erm
was there f606: yeah m845: imean in terms o- of
f606: right yeah m845: ehimean in terms of my
drugs do you know whatimean in the do you
one thing leads to anotherimean in the linear sense
thi- i i yes iimean in the sense that
know do you know whatimean in the sort of
one do you know whatimean [inaudible] m811: yeah f813:
s alright it [sigh] achimean [inaudible] they re all
shetland really does represent scotlandimean is i don t
you think folk are inimean is is is the
m762: mm f963: choices butimean is is that typical
[laugh] are you excited orimean is it just quite
job planned for the summerimean is she going to
she s be- almost be-imean it becomes like that
an alternative to radio ramadhanimean it comes on during
is it m822: an ehimean it d just be
scots f718: uh huh m017: imean it even comes a-a-
in the kitchen right soimean it f807: [laugh] f806:
k bell library in perthimean it has a hundred
that in universities f951: wellimean it in ehm well
all f1151: i suppose yeahimean it is it is
universally m827: aye so butimean it is true filled
to find something else lorettaimean it loretta i will
summer compared to here andimean it probably doesn t
you been working on itimean it s a it
an but f209: yeah f606: imean it s a shame
past m1174: mmhm m608: butimean it s a vague
do you think it simean it s a- an
eh makin the teachers teaimean it s amazin the
after themselves f1150: yeah f1151: imean it s bad enough
i ken aye yeah f831: imean it s broad m842:
but that constitutes a duelimean it s delayed yes
intense physicality cause it isimean it s f963: mm
mmhm f1018: and that simean it s gonnae be
know it s just ehimean it s it s
yeah f951: so it simean it s it s
yaised fur anither artistic purposeimean it s it s
it s no just scotsimean it s it s
that s just the noth-imean it s just no
m1014: mmhm m1017: an whackimean it s just to
goin out an but justimean it s like a
but it just annoys meimean it s like f832:
like that sort of thingimean it s like the
ciggie outside you know whatimean it s m818: aye
f823: no this is itimean it s m824: but
that [laugh] m608: [laugh] f638: imean it s my one
that s all it isimean it s no that
suppose there are bagpipes butimean it s not the
most in most cases tooimean it s not to
nobody speaks it is itimean it s only it
yeah yeah cool m605: causeimean it s published now
f606: [cough] f823: it simean it s really badly
if ye were left han-imean it s so stupid
similar to this m865: wellimean it s supposed mmhm
f785: i don t knowimean it s the idea
me wi whisky again soimean it s usually about
ah that s really goodimean it seems especially on
it s almost like programmingimean it seems that way
[laugh] f833: [laugh] f834: alsoimean it sounds a bit
m608: but it s st-imean it started off it
went it was the sunniestimean it was like a
thing f746: oh right f745: imean it was qu- in
m1161: so yeah definitely [inaudible]imean it was ten years
eggs m608: aye m636: causeimean it was the dried
it was it was reasonablyimean it wasn t too
yourselves as bilingual f1018: definitelyimean it wh- it depends
come from the north becauseimean it wisnae just my
gonna clean this weekend f810: imean it won t be
greatly increase teacher training ehimean it would be regarded
mm f823: tae hae itimean it would look odd
[laugh] f1143: a ned wouldimean it would vary over
well i never had anyimean jane yes f965: did
are you f806: so f807: imean japanese you ve got
off a bide with meimean jesus whose idea was
yer accent m842: yeah butimean k- we ve kinda
on ye f1011: [laugh] m1012: imean know ye said bert
t it m865: yeah wellimean latin is in in
[laugh] what a funny thingimean [laugh] m1002: [laugh] m999:
t mean the empire theatreimean [laugh] the british empire
[laugh] f813: but [laugh] m811: imean like f812: so it
how dae ye get toimean like m1015: [laugh] m1017:
know what you know whatimean like m811: yeah f812:
young bit ye ken fitimean like media fowk fashion
some f813: [laugh] f812: kidsimean like more so in
all f813: and teachers butimean like one day we
not a lot but ehmimean like the name hans
yeah i suppose as wellimean like the oil an
i don t mean thatimean like you know f965:
nae sugars like that sugarimean like you need to
m865: interesting conversations eh wellimean linguists nowadays would say
knows everybody changes i supposeimean look there ally mcquade
f- the wey the folkimean m- [laugh] even the
from primary up to universityimean m055: [tut] i think
that s right be yourselfimean m1013: that s the
like that ye know animean m1014: mmhm m1015: we
we used the word kenimean m1017: aye m1014: we
fragments that are lying aroundimean m608: mmhm m078: essentially
how i got into itimean m608: so what- what
i came in er m605: imean m741: and it was
f814: [laugh] f812: strange causeimean m811: a good representation
the do you know whatimean m811: aye they are
s so funny yeah butimean m811: oh f812: at
that gonnae go know whatimean m815: [inaudible] [inaudible] m816:
it do you know whatimean m816: eh appa- apparently
bastards realise you know whatimean m818: [laugh] ah it
thing if you ken whatimean m865: mmhm mmhm okay
i cannae help it justimean ma ma wife er
that much f806: mm f807: imean many many are pr-
have any idea mak siccarimean many many people struggle
used tae be teddy boysimean maybe before your age
think that you know whatimean mike jones i will
was concerned or or lecturesimean most of them were
schools like and stuff butimean most people would make
dear no that was iimean my father m1042: it
it s quite hard toimean my grandparents are very
having a conversation with themimean my granny every time
m865: mm mmhm mmhm f951: imean my some o the
strict on their language animean no a m1042: ye
count experience against that thoughimean no depends m1163: depends
fragmented if you know whatimean no f718: mm m017:
find that a difficult transitionimean no yeah m1163: it
perth f1025: aye f1027: mmhmimean now i don t
still you could do itimean now in fact but
of living f746: yeah becauseimean now it s a
[laugh] f1043: [laugh] f1041: soimean now we had a
at the christmas dinner f965: imean now you can buy
s cross generational yeah m1174: imean nowadays you know like
and reality too you knowimean obviously f963: right yeah
honestly he was just likeimean obviously it was like
made such an impact erimean obviously kind of the
know f746: mmhm yeah andimean obviously like the landscape
all yeah m830: but itimean obviously words like peedie
much traffic m824: well edinburghimean oh it s f606:
yeah f889: you know whatimean oh she s smart
dinna think that wye lorettaimean once he d made
yeah f963: with with psychoraagimean one of the other
an things m741: mmhm m605: imean one of the things
i say m964: but butimean one of the things
yeah i i think soimean one one of my
more more attached to germanimean our numbering een twa
pollokshields er beautiful houses thereimean pa- you know driving
but it s actually outsideimean people are actually mad
mmhm okay yeah glasgow accentimean people seem to be
perth f950: weel i m865,: imean people that you enjoy
of time inventing games andimean people used to sort
business and gavin hutchison hasimean personally i think it
dinnae ken that ither evidenceimean pintin the other wey
may be tautological or doimean pleonastic or just repetitious
and er parts of itimean pollokshaws pollokshields er beautiful
or accent f950: [exhale] possiblyimean possibly glasgow it s
of more permanent radio stationimean presumably it was successful
hydro what am i sayingimean prince edward island anne
the old and it isimean r- the month of
er f718: a positive influenceimean rather than [laugh] something
be english the whole timeimean really could there no
yes i mean y- yesimean really i- it s
here like here at allimean really [laugh] f978: no
yes f746: really really ni-imean really really different as
has to be sharp animean really sharp you ll
was no danger you knowimean really there was no
she was going too farimean rupert this is all
are terribly expensive good jeansimean says mother i haven
yes [laugh] f1067: the tvimean seeing the macdonald sisters
was down to renny harlinimean shane black that s
f637: mmhm f638: and ehmimean she d hems on
knittin up just fine pauseimean she ll never be
if you do see herimean she ll probably she
f833: [laugh] yeah f835: butimean she s do you
ve heard of her m605: imean she s she s
keepin well jist noo sheimean she s through in
ehm near the city centreimean she was born just
i know but i supposeimean shetland dialect s very
mean they ve been aroundimean since i was a
s no need for theseimean skelpit an ye know
in ireland you know whatimean so m608: okay yeah
so do you know whatimean so no- it s
in italian f1054: so g-imean some in some ways
i m sure that ehimean some o them are
s no a bad wordimean some o them burns
of english [laugh] literature f745: imean some of the things
dancin as well they reimean some of them come
mmhm m194: and then wellimean some of these boats
different upbringings an m865,: wellimean some people would argue
ancient language or m865,: wellimean some people would say
ye speak tae the kidsimean sometimes f831: mmhm m842:
about their about their poetryimean sometimes i mean i
high up ye know whatimean stood at the side
you want to phil upimean sum up phil laughter
m865: mm m952: [laugh] causeimean tae me i had
yeah okay okay m952: causeimean tae me i m
there s there s progressimean take the a k
uni take away takes itimean takes the biscuit at
f746: oh wow right enoughimean talking about the wind
i did read them ehmimean th- [exhale] the thing
picked waaa f963: [inhale] noimean th- there was a
the thing is though ehimean that had that had
wantin it [laugh] [cough] butimean that heidmaster realised we
would be in primary schoolimean that [inaudible] m865,: well
erm m608: uh huh m1174: imean that is er probably
[laugh] but but the caseimean that is really the
is m865: mm ah yeahimean that s a a
green movement didn t itimean that s another very
that that that s superbimean that s even better
that do you know whatimean that s f814: mm
teenage pregnancy but f834: butimean that s f835: i
bought him four easter eggsimean that s just horrific
[laugh] yeah uh huh f1067: imean that s just out-
like m1048: [laugh] f1049: noimean that s not good
that long i know f1026: imean that s not that
uh huh so that thatimean that s one area
half of what they reimean that s one reason
that you like f745: yeahimean that s the thing
the obvious thing f829: butimean that s what i
f963: right yeah mmhm f965: imean that s what people
skills at the lecture levelimean that s where the
that you were ill thoughimean that should really be
crossly don t be longimean that so i grab
said at early on ehimean that teachers should use
chucked the ball at himimean that that f965: yeah
huh but that s whatimean that there would have
blackouts though wouldn t theyimean that was a universal
later on about that butimean that was another thing
five minutes late f638: butimean that was long long
shetland m865: yeah m952: becauseimean the an affa lot
aye erm like zeta jonesimean the auld man would
not to be said butimean the barges were supposed
erm there were no busesimean the bus service was
indian stuff didn t itimean the ecology the whole
they don t do theyimean the figures show it
t feel it s thatimean the girls at dancin
in the school so youimean the glaziers were out
aye m1008: or anything erimean the i think the
it doesn t travel wellimean the if you go
quite it was quite toughimean the kids did say
mean it s broad m842: imean the kids eh some
working class scots you knowimean the kilt was it
go through the book anywayimean the m815: yeah m816:
mm six f963: mm becauseimean the more recent places
anymore there s just notimean the older f832: no
f1049: it s so goodimean the pizzas out of
wi john there was lotsimean the sayings and in
an f746: mm and especiallyimean the shetland fiddle as
kinda they say the wellimean the shetland is the
attention tae it m865: butimean the term scots referring
cause it s friends andimean the the americism the
all these years ago andimean the the behaviour is
oh ye see in ehimean the the lifeguards ll
yeah m816: you know whatimean the the old english
f963: yeah uh huh f965: imean the the population of
f963: but like i sayimean the the you know
got all the stuff andimean the title the eejits
through that aye f978: yesimean the village where i
f638: was durin the warimean the war started when
it s it s justimean the whole the whole
aboot seeven o clock animean there a flat above
that yeah f963: things m964: imean there are some that
with independence could be detrimentalimean there could be a
that i was doing butimean there is a lot
di- there s different wordsimean there ll be two
believe it i didna expectimean there must ve been
years ago yeah m605: wellimean there probably sure there
mean when you arrive inimean there s a big
some f963: mm mm m762: imean there s a lot
m842: be who ye areimean there s a time
tae encourage the shetland dialectimean there s actually a
up f606: mm m824: causeimean there s an affa
maybe eight or nine erimean there s certain things
toilet [laugh] f826: [laugh] noimean there s not like
i dinnae ken aboot thatimean there s [sigh] ye
s got a vibrant sceneimean there s so many
these difficult questions [laugh] yeahimean there s so many
tongue ehm f831: mmhm m842: imean there s still ye
go you use a dunnyimean there s there s
shetland speaker m865: yeah f951: imean there s there s
free m865: mmhm mm wellimean there s various ways
were all cut down anywayimean there s wee stumps
f1049: school was nuts m1048: imean there wa- there was
m636: in those days andimean there was is there
done before as well causeimean there was like so
but erm unavoidable f1150: yeahimean there was nothing you
f978: on the rocks butimean there was- wasn t
an everybody shared ye kenimean there wasnae o- there
on this railway line wellimean there were no rails
was just really really dullimean there were people in
also listen to radio 3imean there wi- there will
alice through the looking glassimean these are still sort
important survived that s itimean these wee scars you
parents do you know whatimean they cause m811: yeah
mm oh aye f637: becauseimean they didnae have a
f978: but ehm they d-imean they don t there
flops they weren t reallyimean they had like you
mmhm okay f951: roadsigns againimean they have to be
we just don t haveimean they re about the
some o the doric wordsimean they re just they
but ehm the the shetlandimean they re like wh-
m824: aye f606: mm f823: imean they re nae doin
of course everybody disnae wantimean they re nae wantin
managed to get them andimean they re really really
f947: do you know butimean they re still the
ceol s craic [inaudible] f947: imean they re trying to
s having a liver transplantimean they really should sort
that days f1040: aye f1043: imean they say they took
out to be this bigimean they should instead of
s a lot of workimean they start having meetings
an i s- it isimean they they do have
took a good drink butimean they they m- they
we used to learn latinimean they used to teach
vary over the years butimean they ve been around
[laugh] glottal stop in glasgowimean they ve f1009: [laugh]
platform same thing aye butimean they ve stripped it
over you f963: yeah f965: imean they were anticipating an
u1028: [inaudible] f951: right wellimean things like newspapers i
m762: and not just superficiallyimean think about george harrison
[laugh] marquis of queensberry thisimean this f963: oh really
had ye know in schoolsimean this is about two
beth this is gordon bethimean this is sadie s
right [laugh] mm mmhm m762: imean this psychoraag spanned five
that older people by whichimean those who are 50
the fisher people would useimean to go back even
was the way it workedimean to have had erm
offspring like philip or alexanderimean to say castor and
that s the whole thingimean um yeah did you
dad f1133: aye [yawn] f1134: imean uncle [censored: forename] f1133: uncle
kind of did a fewimean unwell and tired what
off millie f1018: well unwellimean unwell is so- no
huh uh huh m952: andimean very soon every readin
but it s tokenism ehimean w- f785: [laugh] okay
your own dialect or accentimean w- not f950: well
are quite obtrusive oh wellimean we are all getting
there we d arrived m815: imean we did it it
because we didn t haveimean we didn t have
that s right mm f1011: imean we didn t travel
aa this kind o stuffimean we dinna i dinna
of the jazz musicians cominimean we get professional musicians
it was a great wayimean we had a eh
session but guys arrive inimean we had a we
walter scott and aw thatimean we had keir hardie
should be kind of carefulimean we live erm on
norwegian m865: okay m952: becauseimean we re as near
speirin hoo re ye daeinimean we re nae wantin
that some o the timesimean we spoke to them
i mean first of aaimean we startit sma and
to to learn them itimean we used to learn
influences fae all different placesimean we ve got our
he sets up the flatimean we ve got the
the kids try to talkimean we ve spoken about
er in jimmy s caseimean we warmed towards thae
even understand it [laugh] causeimean we we just werena
beautiful well it had beenimean we we only saw
no i ve no recollectionimean we were young enough
goin on m055: yeah yeahimean well i don t
i cou- i dinnae kenimean well i go in
writer s view or interestimean welsh for example disnae
work exactly f963: mm mmimean wh- when f965: er
ye ken the thistle butimean what has that tae
things wh- i m be-imean what i basically look
s f831: aye m842: athinimean what we were on
was a cultural repression althoughimean what were they going
m608: hm and [?]dad[/?] [hm]imean what what is the
other areas in scotland whatimean what when what they
manner is key to whatimean when i talk about
know f1054: i love itimean when i think of
oh f1040: [laugh] f1043: ohimean when we were kids
t come to the pubimean when you arrive in
the executive ivver pits ootimean where would ye get
m no efter a lassieimean whit yuise are lassies
three to five m865: noimean why do you call
it s vouchers for freeimean why not f810: but
f950: yeah [laugh] [third person in room laughs] becauseimean why should we decide
not do you know whatimean why wo- m741: yeah
toes he must be wrongimean why would anybody need
f1037: yeah but a sandwichimean why would you teach
are gonna get decent contractsimean without [censored: forename] and do
them any kind of leewayimean y- f1151: yeah f1150:
re saying mmhm f950: yesimean y- yes i mean
f637: aye [laugh] f638: butimean ye got got them
m815: [inaudible] jellyfish m816: jellyfishimean ye gottae m815: those
re own m605: but alsoimean ye m741: com- so
know if erm mm ifimean yeah i m not
way f718: [laugh] m734: erimean yeah th- they are
yeah m827: you know whatimean yeah you only get
sadie oh aye carolanne ayeimean yes it was leaning
onbody that was left handitimean yin time even at
in ma head now m605: imean you c- you could
through the act of writingimean you can t just
yeah yeah yeah f951: animean you canna have ye
a way you certainly doimean you could just nae
mmhm m762: yeah yeah yeahimean you could still you
u1028: [inaudible] [inaudible] f951: thereimean you could you could
bred i think that makesimean you d be allowed
spare m636: in those daysimean you didn t know
f835: yeah i know butimean you do see pe-
seemed to survive the accentimean you don t have
mmhm yeah yeah m762: ermimean you had bands that
m608: mm m636: different ball-imean you had r- you
so important isn t itimean you have i feel
quick way o getting thereimean you have to f606:
but if you think aboutimean you idolised your primary
got to read them butimean you just can t
yeah mm mm yeah m762: imean you know and all
m762: do you know whatimean you know and so
mean y- f1151: yeah f1150: imean you know if your
there already is a lotimean you know not a
you go to the brew-imean you must have been
you get beyond all thatimean you must have felt
thirteen f637: mm f638: andimean you must remember john
wisnae a case of itimean you only went to
mean you publish [inaudible] [inaudible]imean you pub- publish poems
literary journal aye [?]sure.[/?] f785: imean you publish [inaudible] [inaudible]
from just out of interestimean you re all from
you do you know whatimean you re not that
lass it s been grandimean you re the only
imagine you being a camperimean you re too used
scotland that you like bestimean you said you ve
it wasn t too homogeneousimean you say middle class
how on earth would youimean you the only reason
dialects or accents in scotlandimean you ve mentioned eh
mmhm m865: children s booksimean you ve seen this
ehm f746: you kind ofimean you were talking about
exactly f1038: it s justimean you wouldn t do
anything like that f809: yeahimean you wouldn t think
they werenae the full shillingimean you wouldnae have said
i mean even i iimooted it with my eh
actually comin oot i meanimoved in primary seven an
ever play peever f963: wellinever had any i mean
eh dead funny i meaninever knew my old boy
at naebody lippens i meaninever towt dey wir onything
uh huh m845: i meaninotice eh you have here
is the thing i meanione o the things i
in the sun i meanionly heard it the other
otherwise like shakespeare i meaniquite like shakespeare but it
so well i mean f948: ireally don t know m865:
album and you i meanireally only buy an album
you see what i meanirecognise the argument behind what
[laugh] m964: and i meaniremember for example when i
my own lifetime i meaniremember irish ceilidh bands coming
make a difference i meaniremember this is kind of
russians i mean but theniremember when they they were
didna take them up anis- it is i mean
you mean uh f1104: noisaid eh f1103: aye i
huh yeah i mean asisaid it can have various
mean davie was awright sometimesisat next tae him in
back and i mean asisay i i grew up
belt though f963: but likeisay i mean the the
m952: i mean i likisay the road signs should
to dunblane hydro what amisaying i mean prince edward
ye ken fit i meanisays to her a posh
quite honest f807: [inhale] yeahisee what you mean f806:
f1151: yeah no i seeisee what you mean it
or noon m078: oh yesisee what you mean m608:
i mean i ve gotishould [inaudible] one o my
i mean i shouldn tishouldn t expect to get
only fair enough i meanishouldn t i shouldn t
think i mean one guyispoke to this is just
ehm all that f746: yeahisuppose as well i mean
f745: yeah no i meanisuppose i m glad i
that fuck knows everybody changesisuppose i mean look there
language again i know butisuppose i mean shetland dialect
you mean jine in soisuppose if you went down
f963: you know i meanisuppose in your day they
mean the same f948: wellisuppose it means the sameehm
but yeah but i meanisuppose like shetland like talkin
f745: yeah but i meanisuppose there already is a
mmhm mmhm m1000: of courseisuppose ye hear often mean
f1150: glasgow at all f1151: isuppose yeah i mean it
it f745: no i meanisuppose you know it s
mean restarting the process andisuspect that the chances of
to what i mean whenitalk about covert intelligence christine
m762: i mean i doithink about structure and stuff
use i mean f834: noithink f835: i ve lived
you know m762: b- bothithink i mean i-i- i
after a while i meanithink i think that s
university i mean m055: [tut]ithink i think the key
mean i- ah fishermen didithink in that days f1040:
no mean somethin an whitithink is that religion s
a different thing i meanithink it s necessary for
hutchison has i mean personallyithink it s the stupitest
f1154: [sniff] f1155: i meanithink my mum s just
love it i mean whenithink of edinburgh accent i
deeper level m762: yeah iithink so i mean one
you re born and bredithink that makes i mean
while i mean i thinkithink that s maybe the
anything er i mean theithink the effect o- of
mean m055: [tut] i thinkithink the key thing is
mean if you shouldn tithink there s too much
all literature m605: i meanithink they ve got this
definitely certainly yeah i meanithink this well me personally
f963: still did i meanithink we still spent a
a spell i mean f963: ithink you know mmhm m762:
get a career i meanithink you should do something
m1174: erm but i meanithink your ideas might happen
m really gla- i meanitook one english lit paper
see what you mean f806: itried to shop for a
an lavvie i mean iive always ha- like been
huh m734: er i meanive always kind of been
mean i- i m becauseive been exposed tae it
mmhm m952: i mean iive bluffed me wey through
m1014: yes because i meanive got a sister in
aye m842: ehm i meanive got i should [inaudible]
oh right yeah i meanive got quite an unusual
i mean for for theive got tools themselves m999:
it but i mean iive got words like tumshies
an f i mean i-ive never heard onywhere else
don t think so noive no recollection i mean
[laugh] writing i mean iive read you know middlemarch
think i m mean aniwant to gi e him
been around i mean sinceiwas a kid an my
i mean the village whereiwas born you know in
mean one of the thingsiwas curious about is that
about the specific thing thatiwas doing but i mean
that folk dae i meaniwas even masel away talkin
oh right f813: even thoughiwas good i mean i
i i felt i meaniwas i was very interested
mean that s just horrificiwas like that s f1037:
in the morning i meaniwas lucky because last year
mean coming from getting bea-iwas lucky enough to get
mean the war started wheniwas seven f637: mmhm well
felt i mean i wasiwas very interested in in
of references er i meaniwas very struck by simply
mean i don t knowiwell i ve never been
dyin oot cause i meaniwell ma granny s nae
mean my granny every timeiwent down she was telling
what i mean mike jonesiwill answer the last part
loretta i mean it lorettaiwill just gi e me
fae readin eh i meaniwis i wis readin a
eh i mean i wisiwis readin a a biography
that right f1038: i meaniwork i work in the
f1038: i mean i workiwork in the chocolate shop
it w- i mean iiwould just get get detention
have different words i meaniwould say chan eil sian
whatever reason so i meaniwould say definitely let s
fingers crossed that could meaniwouldn t be home until
that [laugh] f950: ehm weeliwouldna mind i mean i
about ehm [inaudible] i meaniwouldnae be there it is
of official documents i meaniwouldnae like to think that
yeah m762: i thi- iiyes i i mean in
back to influences i meaniyou know i kind of

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