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Correspondence from Canada: Letter 26 - 09.01.82 852 1,037 1 0.96

... I've got one of my essays back - American Lit. - and I got an A- so it isn't that I'm doing badly. But the literature side ...
Travel journal: Peru 852 12,382 1 0.08

... three of us sat out, drinking mineral water, margharita, an a three-coloured cocktail called Macchu Picchu, until the ...
Evie Barron, Charles 11,528 15 1.30

... Nae wonder you’re refusing to join me. (Takes a bite.) An’ a biscuit, ana! This is sinful, this. (She is delighted with ...
... wee news wi’ a nice middle-aged mannie in stripey troosers an’ a sympathetic expression. But fit’s here but a lassie, nae ...
... a richt send-off, in front o’ his chummies fae the club an’ a’thing. But the thocht o’ spendin’ a’ that siller on a ...
... there. A real een – strippet troosers, mornin’ coat an’ a face like Boris Karloff. Withoot a word he gets a wee ...
... like Boris Karloff. Withoot a word he gets a wee brush an’ a dustpan fae ahin the coonter, gets doon on his knees, a’ ...
Fooshion Barron, Charles 17,826 6 0.34

... walking hame wi' a wee pig under his airm one day - an' a week later we were eatin' its pork chops. It maks ye ...
... her on a Sunday morning. LORETTA Of course, she bade here an' a'. BESSIE In 'ere, far Neil is noo. (She points.) I was ...
... resist keeping Gladys on the right track.) It was on fire, an' a', min'. GLADYS (Furious that her story has been ...
... his tea on the table fan he gets in. It's a' they kent - an' a' they wanted. LORETTA (Gently, sadly.) Dinna knock it, ...
... afore Gladys is here to get her up. He gi'es her a cuppie an' a bowl o' flakes in her bed and it sets her up for the day. ...
Guts Barron, Charles 22,515 5 0.22

... Princess Margaret Rose does. She’s real modren. Smokes, an’ a’thing. LIZZIE G’wa, she’s only a quinie. MURIEL She’d be ...
... frien’. In confidence, mind you. Sweer him to secrecy, an’ a’thing. But next mornin’ you’d be the spik o’ the Broch. By ...
... they're affa good at it. (Both laugh wickedly.) ANGELICA An' a' this advice I'm gettin'? It's a based on personal ...
... up to be very brave) A hoosie o’ your ain. (Pause.) An’ a man o’ your ain. (Pause.) An’ bairnies o’ your ain. (Her ...
... hard. He finds this embarrassing.) I’ve got my ain hoose. An’ a weel-paid job. Efter the war … TEENIE (breaking in) I’ll ...
Dipper: 07 - Furst Bluid Begg, Dr James A 1,246 1 0.80

... tae oor side, wi anither man gruppin the middle o the net, an a third haudin the ither end o the rope on the faur bank. ...
Dipper: 11 - Lament for Connel Burn Begg, Dr James A 344 1 2.91

... frae heid tae fuit They'd dam the burn wi stanes, An a gleefu glen wad ring wi cries O bare-scud doukin weans. ...
Dipper: 14 - The Communication Gap Begg, Dr James A 1,013 3 2.96

... Anjuist as we were aboot tae gie up, there wis a creckle, an a faint furren vyce cried, 'Dere eez anodder yin! Bliddy ...
... chipped in, 'we were nae shuiner settlt whan the gairdner an a guest frae the Big Hoose cam doun tae fish for seatroot. ...
... luvvvvv me?" She didnae say ocht, but gied a wee giggle an a wiggle nou an again, tae lead him oan, as they daunert up ...
Dipper: 26 - The Technicality Begg, Dr James A 2,217 1 0.45

... upstream, wi juist three or fower scrunty slae busses an a fence atween me an the puil. ‘Weel Hiawatha, here we go ...
Dipper: 30 - 'Puggie' Begg, Dr James A 1,346 2 1.49

... Puggie wis a poacher, a pest, an a thorn in the flesh o the byllies for near on five year. He ...
... jerkin his thoum at the depairtin Eck. 'He's a byllie, an a bad bugger. He's had me pit aff hauf the streitches on the ...
Dipper: 32 - Invite Tae Embro [Content label: lesser] Begg, Dr James A 966 1 1.04

... Wha, in this land o pride an plenty, Cuid cut ye deid; - An a Plouman Poet maun aye be tentie O's daily breid! But ...
Dipper: 35 - Fair Cop Begg, Dr James A 2,228 3 1.35

... No the place for poachers, ye wad think - an so did I an a wheen mair - but we were wrang! For alang the south bank o ...
... horseshoe wi a heich bank o beech trees on the oot-bend an a braid holm on the ither side, sawn this year wi barley. It ...
... as he wis tellt. He wis a man aboot forty, no that big, an a bit thin on tap, wearin a green byler-suit an saft shune ...
Dipper: 36 - Minnons Begg, Dr James A 265 1 3.77

... A wee roun hole caad oot its dowp, A string roun its neck an a weel-corkit mou Tae haud in the breid-crumbs - an that is ...
Dipper: 46 - Jenny Wren's Jaunt tae Islay - May 1983 & July 1984 Begg, Dr James A 1,340 1 0.75

... western strand, Wi a rock-strewn beach forenent the Hotel, An a haven nearby flaired wi sand. The Doctor an Colin were ...
Dipper: 50 - The Auld Jenny Heron Begg, Dr James A Audio 684 1 1.46

... low, Then faster than lichtnin, a daith-dealin blow An a puir wee bit beardie is gruppt like a vice, Turnt roun ...
Dipper: 51 - Annyntit Begg, Dr James A Audio 1,149 2 1.74

... wis Sanny Todd, a committee member o the Fishin Club, an a regular in oor shop! 'Whit the hell are you daein here?' ...
... a wee bit sorry for Sanny, for I kent he had a puir wife an a hantle o weans tae keep on Benefit - tho it did cross my ...
Dipper: 57 - Bank Pit Begg, Dr James A Audio 350 2 5.71

... An this poem is a memorial tae a vanished community an a deein industry. Snaw-white steam rents the blue veil O ...
... hunner lums As cauld tea's jawed Oot the back door, An a fresh pot masked On the bleck-leid grate For the ...
Dipper: 61 - Double Anyntit Begg, Dr James A 910 4 4.40

... story went! True or fause, we were for takin nae chances, an a team o five byllies linkit up wi fower o the Castle ...
... the caur an crowded roun the back. There were saft thuds an a clink o chains as secks o poachin graith were dumped on ...
... an rand three nets wi chains, mair secks for the fish, an a wee Tate an Lyle seerup tin fou o holes, tied tae a ...
... ither things, but Jimpy finally met his poachin Watterloo, an a £350 fine, whan he got careless an the Polis themsels ...
Allt Darrarie - Burn of the Stunning Noise, Glen Muick Blackhall, Sheena 131 1 7.63

... swan, o' immaculate mystery Doon rowes the burn, on a sang an a wing. Dulcet as Chopin, Menuhin, Beethoven Jinkie's ...
Katy the Crocodile Blackhall, Sheena 2,194 5 2.28

... Sic weather! He cried, an pued his hornies doon A weeter an a wycer loon. Snailie (iii) Slivvery, slivvery, bubbly snoot ...
... the chukkenpox, They sent him hame frae skweel Wi a fever an a furry tongue He really wisna weel That's the wye he's ...
... Coo MOO MOO MOO I'm a Heilan coo, Twa horns fur a hat, An a winnerfu view. I dinna ett sweeties, Or skirly or stew, ...
... got a blackboord. Teacher's got a stick o chakk, computer an a pen Teacher's got a heidache, teacher takks a teabreak ...
... Afore he gings tae play At fitbaa wi a mermaid A labster an a sole Bit every kick he catches, They can niver score a ...
Loon (extract) [Content label: lesser] Blackhall, Sheena 3,235 4 1.24

... jist gaed back tae the trawlers tae earn eneuch fur a dram an a tinnie o roll ups fin he cam back onshore efter a trip tae ...
... glowerin doon at the custard, watchin it growe three skins an a beard, tryin nae tae cowk, keepin ma een doon on the ...
... in the squar, tae skateboard or jist fur a news an lauch an a bit o a cairry-on. The Hame's a mile an a hauf fae my ...
... a news an lauch an a bit o a cairry-on. The Hame's a mile an a hauf fae my hoose, an the rain wis stottin doon fin I left ...
Minnie Blackhall, Sheena 32,033 37 1.16

... advert fur his trade, as thin as the links o the crook an a permanent dreep at the pynt o his snoot, bit he hid a ...
... pole an led them intae the park wi a wheep at his elbuck an a fag rikkin frae the crook o his moo. Syne intae the lang ...
... an reeted, fur mebbe a twa, three generations, nae a day an a denner...an fermers' bairns kent ilkie stick an steen o ...
... pleat, hair the colour o roosty iron, green cat's een an a hairt-shaped face wi a button snoot an lugs as deinty an ...
... a day's wirk wi the futterat, a slack time at the fairm an a guid chaunce tae kill aff the furry vratches o rubbits. ...
Serendipity and ither poems in Scots and English Blackhall, Sheena 12,339 2 0.16

... I fell tae winnerin, as ye dae in a sardine tin Wi wings an a toytoon shitehoose Fit’s in a kintra name? Gin ye trepan a ...
... in the press. Nae wyver. Nae bricht hairth-lowe Anely a da an a stepminnie Fas strang teeth snap up aathin ye pit afore ...
The Boddamers' Monkey Blackhall, Sheena 8,148 8 0.98

... Brig o Balgownie, wight is thy Waa; Wi a wife's ae son, an a mare's ae foal, Doon shalt thou faa. Six white feathers ...
... swanky He smokit a pipe like a Turkish laird He'd a watch an a braw strippit hanky He acceptit an invite tae gyang tae a ...
... Ben the showdin hey takk the road inbye Fur a cheery news an a dram. Far the aipple stauns in the kailyaird neuk In the ...
... they sloked their drooth on Irn Bru an shandy Fish fingers an a puckle chips sweeled doon wi Typhoo tea. Fowk waukin past ...
... tho it's mebbe nae endearin It's a cross wi Eggs an Bacon an a tiger caad Machree. If ye ging inby the Rowett, far ...
The Fower Quarters: 03 - A Gey Dour Bitch Blackhall, Sheena 4,030 2 0.50

... aa happit in a shawlie, fin there wis ae great knell, an a streak o lichtnin cam straucht doon the lum an missed the ...
... "No, I dinna suppose ye div. Ye'd raither makk a clart an a soss o yersel," she girned. Sae I sat in the neuk o the ...
The Fower Quarters: 04 - Disraeli for Me Blackhall, Sheena 1,832 4 2.18

... wis a wee pictur (och, twis naething ava - aboot an inch an a hauf squar jist) o Disraeli as a young chiel, Byronic an ...
... as a young chiel, Byronic an broodin, wi blaik ringlets an a richt kittlie moo. Ye cud hae picturs o the Beatles at ...
... speired at my Da fit wis the difference atween a Communist an a Conservative. "A Conservative ains a coo," he cam back at ...
... "A Conservative ains a coo," he cam back at me, "an a Communist disna." Sae I gaed doon tae the nearest ...
The Fower Quarters: 08 - The Warlock's Curse Blackhall, Sheena 4,243 7 1.65

... war plain an orra. Fan he wis riggit in cassen jeans an a weel-worn green anorak, the quinie's skirt wis o blaik ...
... her heid war pleated ticht, syne lowsin them wi a fing! an a furl o her flouncin skirts. Tracy traivelled ten miles ...
... foregaithered, lat inower the i hallowed grun efter a pyot an a craw focht fur his soul. The pyot won, the pit-mirk soul ...
... daunce is on Setterday nicht. Mebbe ye'll nae need a spell an a magic buik. Mebbe Gavin MacInnes'll sikk tae wauk ye hame ...
... licht-fittit hairst moosies. Kate Murdoch cairriet a buik an a caunle in the foun o her jaiket pooch. Tracy Mowat grippit ...
The Fower Quarters: 15 - Blessed wi the Gift [Content label: lesser] Blackhall, Sheena 3,717 5 1.35

... wye tae Perth. Ootside the toon, he stappit fur a fly cup an a Leith's rowie tae weet his thrapple. Syne he streetched ...
... wis in patriotic mood. We war treated tae "Scots Wha Hae" an "A Man's a Man fur aa That". Syne, aa the wye yonder tae Ayr; ...
... ken fin we got there. We didna pack muckle, jist a map an a fyew tinnies meat. Efter aa, Ireland's jist a lowp ower ...
... the ferry dockit at Larne, Da heidit straucht fur Belfast an a B. an B. tae bide in. I mind fine yon placie. We fand a ...
... hame, an unco thing cam aboot. I breenged inno oor room an a wee plastic bowlie stuck bi a sooker fell aff frae ahin ...
The Fower Quarters: 17 - Veesitors [Content label: lesser] Blackhall, Sheena 3,511 4 1.14

... polished mahogany. Rose hips bluid-spattered the sheugh, an a bigsie cock pheasant struttit ooto the whins, trailin his ...
... her, "fin they war plaisterin the waas ahin the fireplace. An a doctor chiel cam oot frae Aiberdeen tae see them, an said ...
... brakk in yon auld roost-bucket Chae rins!" Efter a fly cup an a piece, at the eyn o the twa oors, Chae an Winnie left. ...
... a jam jar, pittin flooers inno't fan she heard a cracklin an a scooshlin soon. Luikin ower tae a far neuk, she scried the ...
The Fower Quarters: 19 - Ceevic Duty Blackhall, Sheena 1,672 4 2.39

... did the builders drain the bog, than the heivens opened up an a doonpish held the wirkers up fur wikks. The cement mixers ...
... bi nicht. Bulldug Gray hid a jaw o granite, een o flint, an a daud o grey hair that luikit fell like a auld Brillo pad ...
... bairns, judged the fowk o a toon bi the look o the place, an a body wis anely daein his ceevic duty bi keepin aa the ...
... Geographic that Masai warriors can reach a heicht o sax an a hauf fit! Will you sleep easy in yer bed the nicht, Mr ...
The Humpty Dumpty Man [Content label: serious] Blackhall, Sheena 6,223 6 0.96

... raw salmon wis communin Wi a daud o mutton, A heeze o peas An a purple pudden, A fooshty orral hytered tae his feet An ...
... bizz in paradise. Ongauns at Auchensheen Twa mobile phones an a piper's drones sat doon tae hae a blether, Wi a singin ...
... dine an sup gweed wine wi the laird an his fine ladye, An a great strathspey wis born thon day aboot fowk fa'll ne'er ...
... skerries grey. In Meldrum toun he set him doun, wi faith an a Christian zeal, Tae read the wird o the Risen Lord wi ...
... zeal, Tae read the wird o the Risen Lord wi peats an a pucklie meal. Syne he fand a reest as a pairish preist, in ...
The Lan o Tea an Tigers: Poems fae the Muckle Furth Blackhall, Sheena 6,393 1 0.16

... fae its birthbed o slime A tiger wi teeth, baith a purr an a roar, Yer a lowe in the bluid that the mind canna smore. ...
The Quarry Blackhall, Sheena 23,932 14 0.58

... Nava hid a Mars Bar. Bappy tuik oot a pyoke o crips an a can o Coke. Kieran set doon three bars o chuddy. The ...
... “Ye’re haiverin,” quo Brian. A hale year aulder than Nava, an a loon, he thocht that gied him the heich grun in aa ...
... taen wis merryin Jenny, ten year his junior, efter a lick-an-a-spit o coortship, his feet scarce skiffin the grun frae ...
... ’cept noo he wis a boozed-up orral wi a hoast, an ulcer, an a niver-eyndin peenge fur siller. There wis ay some exkeese ...
... Joe’s flash-in-the-pans. Some pan! Some flash! A junkie an a drooth – a kirn made bi the Earl o Hell as iver wis. Myra ...
The Toad on the Rock's Opinion Blackhall, Sheena 5,941 1 0.17

... wabbit Fin the gale deed doon, the whale looked roon An a passin boat he grabbit. 'Oh will ye gie me a hurl ?' quo ...
The Win an the Rain Blackhall, Sheena 8,793 3 0.34

... could need Aathin’s awa bi twelve fifteen Selt fur fags an a fix o speed. Connor McGraw he’s haived a brick Throwe the ...
... Music in Hospitals, Aberdeen Music Hall, 3/12/04 A wagtail an a nightingale met in the Music Haa The nightingle, a native ...
... tune Buenos Aires an Connecticut, Loch Earn an Bogieside An a magpie at the concert pianie playin Clair de Lune Music is ...
The Wizard o the North Blackhall, Sheena 5,141 7 1.36

... Since your wee Sam clogged up its plugs, Wi a jar o glue an a pooch o bugs. Its the anely handwirk he's dane aa year, ...
... clean lums. There wis cholera, typhoid, Diptheria as weel An a muckle black tawse Fin ye gaed tae the skweel They hung ...
... Skweel denne's trendy, mine's a pyoke O chips wi a burger an a can o coke. Kali frae Bali in classroom three, Swallaes ...
... o tea. Dod Jean an Donna sit doon tae dine, On a parten an a labster frae the ocean brine. Hame tae teas- snuff the ...
... kirk steeples soar Her neebors? The Northern lichts, an a pirn tae doo. Skyscrapers rise like gravesteens aside her ...
Winnlestrae [Content label: serious] Blackhall, Sheena 7,366 1 0.14

... sang ben warld wars Barehillock an Newbiggin A godly an a hamely life Crossfauld an Balnagowan Frae toddlin bairn ...
Extract from "One Fine Day In The Middle Of The Night" [Content label: serious] Brookmyre, Christopher 4,155 1 0.24

... knowledge. Never pictured you wi’ a bucket of popcorn an’ a bandana, you know?” “Oh, James and I were always big on ...
Ahint 'e Herst Brown, Charles W 251 1 3.98

... mi is sma Twid bi gran' gin 'e warld cuid a' news awa'. An' a birn A' manidgt ti mak tolrent o' ithers Fan thir religion ...
Bonny in Black [Content label: lesser] Bruce, Eddie 4,823 1 0.21

... nae sure John should be drinkin’ – whit wi’ the medicine an’ a’,” she ventured. “Nonsense lass! Whisky’s a cure for all ...
Thy Neighbour's Wife [Content label: lesser] Bruce, Eddie 2,813 1 0.36

... I get miserable an' lonely wi' the kids maistly at school an' a man that winna come hame till the pubs shut." He looked ...
Peggy's Party Connell, Andrina 2,769 2 0.72

... hospital. “I only had a wee drink, honest son. Jist a hauf an a haul pint an A niver even swallied that fur it was flat.” ...
... had a wee drink, honest son. Jist a hauf an a haul pint an A niver even swallied that fur it was flat.” Archie excused ...
Took Fur a Ride Connell, Andrina 2,077 1 0.48

... Then, afore A knows wher A um, ma troosers get yanked doon an A get a jag on ma bum. That wiz fur tetynus. A didnae see ...
The Stalking Cure [Content label: lesser] Corbett, Dr John B 6,214 3 0.48

... Arab, anither estate rented bi a Dutch corporation, an a third cried Balmoral. Thair letter o challenge shaws the ...
... reversal o Buchan’s imperial ethos – an Arab aristocrat an a Dutch consortium. Tae cock a snook at the stereotypes o ...
... resolve’t whan, makin a jynt getaway involvin a hanglider an a brace o grouse, Alasdair owercomes his phobia, an the ...
Article for the Shetland Times- An apology to Shetland knitters De Luca, Christine 901 1 1.11

... wi her camera gear an mi doubts stowed awa. A deck chair an a picnic basket wid a bön mi preferred tackle, but no, shö ...
A shuttle o soonds De Luca, Christine 362 1 2.76

... an da hill: some lost on da wind owre da flakki o years. An a kyist-foo o soonds for aa kinds o sea wark wi a hoidy-hol ...
Growin auld (Wasterwick) De Luca, Christine 214 1 4.67

... reck oot bi clett an stack. Dy sang is da sang o sels an a thoosand shiftin shalls is dey beach demsels. Da Waarie ...
Magnus, da Yöl pony De Luca, Christine 329 1 3.04

... roond tae da sun; dan dey slippit aff Magnus, wi tanks an a wave at da lambie-hoose whar dey'd begun. Is peerie bairns ...
Reefed in De Luca, Christine 404 1 2.48

... wind at lifts da sail, keeps wirds clos ta her breest. An A'll miss da tilfer underfit, da gunwale's tilt, relief when ...
Re_ Scots Corpus De Luca, Christine 704 4 5.68

... I tink whit du's suggestin will do fine ... aboot an oor an a half aa > tagiddir. We can decide whit bit's we tak ...
... dy Lungawattir > poyim!) > > aa da best > > an a peerie smoorikin > > Alan > > *************** ...
... poetry nicht? > See whit du tinks. > Aa da best > An a peerie smoorikin ta dee anaa! > Christine > PS Hit ...
... Hi aye Christine Na na lass, gying du ahed wi hit. An A'm plaesed t'gying alang wi hit - evin if dis program ...
Smootie gengs ta Lerrick De Luca, Christine 2,412 3 1.24

... ferry. Shö fan a peerie nyook ta hoid in. Da cars cam on, an a truck. Da starn wis hauled up. Da engines dundered. Dey ...
... up. Da fardest dey got wis da Clickimin Centre fur a swim an a ride on da flumes. Afore lang Magnus an Freya's holiday ...
... a collar aroond her neck. On hit der wis a peerie bell an a roond tag at said Mitten 01595 698987 I da moarnin shö ...
Use it or lose it De Luca, Christine 476 1 2.10

... ha'in at laest wan article writin i da dialect ivery week? An a dialect poem? An somethin fur bairns? ...
Burns Nicht Sang for Andra Kindness de Rusett, Wendy 468 1 2.14

... it’s nae fit you think! We’ll aa lift wir glesses, an a toast we will drink Tae the lads that are champions o ...
Queen Mary, Puir Quine de Rusett, Wendy 1,750 1 0.57

... Darnley turnt oot tae be ill-natered, prood, greedy, lazy, an a drunkard forby. Mary wis althegither scunnert wi him an ...
Scotspik de Rusett, Wendy 890 1 1.12

... big. We say muckle. There’s a moose loose aboot the hoose, An a muckle monster in the loch. (Scream!) 7. You say light. We ...
Thomas Edward o Banff de Rusett, Wendy 2,896 1 0.35

... an smaa, got him intae bother wi the squeel maisters, an a puckle o his fellow scholars forby. (Thomas leaps to catch ...
Aboot Cuddies an Camels Fairnie, Robert 664 2 3.01

... cuddy, it wis threapit a man cuid traivel a sicht further an a sicht faster an cairry a sicht mair wecht o graith nor the ...
... cuddy design drawins an set oot tae tweek a wee bit here an a wee bit thare tae improve on the original design. Ae ...
A Braw Guid Alairm Fairnie, Robert 1,498 3 2.00

... o the alairm wi the ither end conneckit tae the horn an a third yin jyned the horn tae the ither terminal o the bell ...
... press.” “Weel oor press wis backin on tae yours Jimmy an A cannae mind o haein onie bother at aw.” “A cannae mind hou ...
... deef but she aye yaised tae jump at the least wee noise an A hid tae hae anither word wi the builders. A telt thaim ...
A fine Ham an Haddie Fairnie, Robert 906 3 3.31

... fish, uncle. A fund it in the gutter ootside the Heywechts an A wis wunnerin if ye cuid tell us whit kin it is.” Uncle Rob ...
... wee man wi a gammy leg, a baldie heid, gray stibblie baird an a glent in his watery blue een. “Ma uncle Rob sent us roond ...
... o the guff o tarry raip an nets. In fack, thare wis twa an a hauf kyle o raip lyin on the bare wuiden flair ower in ae ...
A Wee Scran o Herrin Fairnie, Robert 1,552 3 1.93

... That wis a braw guid catch; fower boxes tae the cran an a wartime controlled price o fower pund a cran; no bad at ...
... aw. Juist you gaun an see me ower yin o thae bits o wire an A'll hae a scran for ye afore ye can cough." Richt eneuch, ...
... then it wis aff tae the shops. Tuppence worth o sweeties an a comic each, Geordie gittin the Dandy an Wattie the Beano ...
Geordie Jooks an the Bleck Corn Flakes Fairnie, Robert 523 3 5.74

... the bleck bits is sookit oot the ship intae the elevator an A ken fine whit thae bleck bits is. Whan A poor the corn ...
... flakes intae ma plate, the’r whiles yin or twa bleck bits an A dinna ken for shuir whit thae yins is, but they dissolve ...
... milk an turn it broon sae A aye gie in tae ma imagination an A dinnae tak nae chances. Whit ither fowks daes - weel, ...
Geordie Jooks an the Sand Boat Fairnie, Robert 1,884 1 0.53

... a cloudless blue sky an, cled in juist his cuttie breeks an a seemit, he felt he wis juist pairt o the beach – pairt o ...
Heivenlie Gowf Coorses Fairnie, Robert 917 1 1.09

... thair tryst. Weel, efter yon day, twa three month gaed by an a wheen mair gemms o gowf till ae day, Sandy up an dee’d. No ...
Letter: 04 Fairnie, Robert 107 1 9.35

... copies o twa o the poems entered, includin "The Slater" an A thocht the students an yersel wad like tae see it if ye ...
Letter: 08 Fairnie, Robert 321 1 3.12

... doot ken yersel, language is the key tae a body's identity an a kennin o thair ain Scots language gies fowk a first cless ...
Letter: 09 Fairnie, Robert 197 1 5.08

... pairlament is the want o onie Scots signage on the wa's an A'v gien [CENSORED: forename] a wee cartoon A did anent it ...
Letter: 11 Fairnie, Robert 105 1 9.52

... o twa o the poems entered, includin "Chocolate Cake!" an A thocht the bairns an yersel wad like tae see it if ye ...
Picters in yer heid Fairnie, Robert 2,174 5 2.30

... wa. The wa hid a caip stane on the tap an stuid aboot twa an a hauf fit high an, the thing that grippit his ee thon ...
... or the door at the left haund side o the ha burstit open an a wumman breenged in screamin for her bairns. “Oh ma ...
... his chist for thare wis a wheen o bairns greetin wi panic an a wheen o mithers an aw. The panic wis kinna catchin an ...
... fowk stertit tae git bleck-oot curtains for thair windaes an a wheen o fowk criss-crossed the insides o thair windaes wi ...
... tubes fixed tae the end o’t. He did somethin tae his poker an a blue flame stertit tae come oot the end. Back fae the ...
Scots in the Community Fairnie, Robert 743 2 2.69

... a Midlands accent, it wis the best English A’d ivver heard an A jaloused richt awa that he wad be shuir tae be at the tap ...
... thon broad Scots rubbish. A’v spoken Fisherraw aw ma days an A’m no gaun tae chynge noo!” As for masel, it wisna till A’d ...
Scots Tung Wittins 100 Fairnie, Robert 2,370 2 0.84

... is quirkie, wi speakers o Scottish English, Scots, Gaelic an a nummer o commonty leids makin up Scots society. Howanever, ...
... leets. The'r a history o the oncome o Scots includit an a word or twa anent its uisage an staunin the day. New weys ...
Scots Tung Wittins 101 Fairnie, Robert 2,698 2 0.74

... Rob Dunbar, an expert on minority language richts an a law lecturer at Glesca University, telt Eurolang that ...
... in Springburn Aa thae roses an geeans will turn tae blume An a black laud frae yont Nyanga Dings the fell gallows o the ...
Scots Tung Wittins 102 Fairnie, Robert 2,409 1 0.42

... is juist like ither years:- Aw the Best for a Hertie Yule An a Richt Guid New Year Campie Schuil Beirs the Gree SCOTS ...
Scots Tung Wittins 103 Fairnie, Robert 2,634 1 0.38

... o - despised. A language wi as lang a pedigree as English an a literature that's kennt an studied aa ower the warld, (wha ...
Scots Tung Wittins 105 Fairnie, Robert 2,608 2 0.77

... the saicont paragraph. A've nae kennin wha this Haining is an A can anelie jalouse that, like maist o the airticle itsel, ...
... daesna dae muckle tae pit its siller whaur its mooth is, an a body cuid be forgien for wunnerin gin the'r no a wee ...
Scots Tung Wittins 106 Fairnie, Robert 3,978 2 0.50

... maun shuirlie shaw up the dangers o a monoglot eddication an a monoglot wey o thinkin.Irene McGugan MSP, depute ...
... ABC - A Scots Alphabet, Planet Fankle, The Hoose o Haivers an A Scots Parliament. Researchers is ettlin tae pit oot aboot ...
Scots Tung Wittins 109 Fairnie, Robert 2,619 7 2.67

... or twa things in it ye're threapin ithers shuid dae. Ay, an A did tak thaim oot o context, but dileeberate like, for A ...
... thon broad Scots rubbish. A've spoken Fisherraw aw ma days an A'm no gaun tae chynge noo!" Howanever, gin oor doctor or ...
... thanks for yer repone til ma email. A hear whit ye say, an A gree that we're baith ettlin towards the selsame ends, ...
... at Glesca Uni we dae discreeminate atween Scots an slang, an A ken that at Embro, scholarly boadies lik Prof Jim Millar ...
... as a hantle spoken dialects wi a braid core vocabulary an a prescriptive grammar (mair David Purves nor Jim Millar, ...
Scots Tung Wittins 112 Fairnie, Robert 2,828 2 0.71

... Bruce, a chiel wi nae sma experience in polar exploration an a eydent Scots nationalist forbye. The voyage wis a sindry ...
... he threapit there wis a spoken leid that he cried "Scots" an a mair artificial written leid that he cried "Lallans". Mair ...
Scots Tung Wittins 114 Fairnie, Robert 2,652 1 0.38

... o Gaelic siccar bi pittin forrit a national language plan an a Action plan tae guide the ongauns o a reinge o agencies ...
Scots Tung Wittins 115 Fairnie, Robert 2,413 4 1.66

... a miniature quaich tae keep for hersel alang wi a buik an a certificate written in Scots. Rachel's winnin poem is set ...
... Awfy Cauld" Andrew an Samantha will baith be gien a buik an a certificate written in Scots. Thae twa poems is prentit ...
... roond the young and auld. A roarin fire gaun up yir lum An a boul o kale tae fill yir tum. Neeps and tatties fur yer ...
... read but there mair tae this collection nor a licht read an a lauch. Matthew's topics is braid-reengin. For example, six ...
Scots Tung Wittins 116 Fairnie, Robert 2,699 2 0.74

... 'minority languages', baith o thaim bein muckle languages an A think there micht be a gravitation o resources tae thaim. ...
... a watter-muller, a win-muller, a coortesan, a wash-wife an a laddie that wis forspeaker for a hunner ither laddies, wi ...
Scots Tung Wittins 117 Fairnie, Robert 2,258 2 0.89

... haud for ae towmond alang wi a wee quaich for her tae keep an a certificate in Scots. Mr Blackie praisentit a certificate ...
... an the twa rinners-up wi a copy o Eck the Bee tae ane an a copy o Planet Fankle tae the tither. Wi six clesses o ...
Scots Tung Wittins 118 Fairnie, Robert 2,374 7 2.95

... Wojtek's permission. "Hello Rab, Thank ye for yer e-mails an A'm sorry A've no scrieved tae ye this monie a lang day. ...
... buikie ye tellt us tae get frae the Scottish Pairlament an A've a few observes aboot it. As faur as A ken, in the Scots ...
... it says, 'Yer MSPs need tae ken whit maitters (...)' an A'm thinkin it shuid be owerset intae the guid Scots lik ...
... it's juist the mixter-maxter o differ noon an verb forms. An A wis ettlin tae say the maist o thae mistaks in't is oot o ...
... a buikie cried 'A Scots Pairliament' bi James Robertson an A cam across sic constructions - the author yaises 'these' ...
Scots Tung Wittins 119 Fairnie, Robert 2,301 2 0.87

... bi David Annand, that wis the ootcome o the wark ower twa an a hauf year bi „fower auld freends' that haed setten up the ...
... me. Ma hairt's crazed. Ma spirit's dowie. A'm oan ma lain An A've nae TCP in ma hoose. Irene Brown 2003 ...
Scots Tung Wittins 120 Fairnie, Robert 2,243 4 1.78

... test. Come alang an hae a shot yersel! There tea/coffee an a piece in yer haund forbye." Scots Tung WITTINS On the wab. ...
... buiks furthset bi Peterloo, Making Blue an Borderers an a raicent ingaitherin for bairns No Homework Tomorrow ...
... the ither inside page says:- "Biddin Ye A Blythe Yuletide An A Guid New Year." The hinnermaist page tells fowk that the ...
... ( suin tae be Edward VII ). The cantilever brig is a mile an a hauf lang an spangs the Forth frae Sooth tae Nor ...
Scots Tung Wittins 121 Fairnie, Robert 2,223 3 1.35

... the windae. Nixt Forgaitherin Tae be decidit Gaelic, Scots an a wee bit o English ON Sunday 16 November the Gaelic program ...
... o Lady Nairne's letters that wis aw written in Scots an aw an a descendent spake ane or twa wee bits o English. The ...
... S.T. Wittins bids aw its readers a Herty Yule an a richt Guid New Year Thochts on 2004 AS the oors an the ...
Scots Tung Wittins 123 Fairnie, Robert 2,259 2 0.89

... TUNG noo haes its ain wabsteid up an rinnin on the wab an a copy o its Hame Page is prentit ablow here. The wab-steid ...
... yet but it leuks like oor sales is heidin for ower fower an a hauf thoosand. The hinnermaist pages dales wi cleeks intae ...
Scots Tung Wittins 124 Fairnie, Robert 2,538 2 0.79

... wi Hamburg an Holland an such This gied us mair German an a wheen words o Dutch. The Gypsies frae Yetholm then topped ...
... that ye'd like tae sit doon wi tae a meal. (It's gret fun an a gey revealin exercise!) Weel, thon's whit Matthew Fitt an ...
Scots Tung Wittins 126 Fairnie, Robert 2,426 1 0.41

... Firth tae the Solway Firth, bydin clear o the Hebrides an a puckle wee pockets o Hieland Cooncil tae gie a ...
Scots Tung Wittins 127 Fairnie, Robert 2,494 4 1.60

... rinnin for a guid imaginative uiss o the Scots language an a guid comand o it an aw in her Cinderella. It wis a richt ...
... aw, a copy o Matthew Fitt's Tam o Shanter's Big Night Oot an a copy o the SLD's Concise Scots Dictionar alang wi an ...
... aff wi a laminatit certificate aw written in Scots an a laminatit copy o the Scots Tung Wittins' supplement sheet, ...
... saw thir twae Porters trauchlin wi ae grit mukkil crate; an A herkint the tain sayin til the ither, "Yow Pow" an the ...
Scots Tung Wittins 128 Fairnie, Robert 2,464 1 0.41

... for the first cless tae be hauden the 14 o Juin at 7.30pm an a plannin forgaitherin for the cless wis scheduled for ...
Scots Tung Wittins 129 Fairnie, Robert 2,468 2 0.81

... 15t century. He wis a Univairsity graduate, in holy orders an a kirk lawyer. O the 15 poems haundit doon tae us, three is ...
... be weel unnerstuid bi the staff. This is a walcome chynge an a muckle impruivement on some Stirling coort sheriffs. ...
Scots Tung Wittins 130 Fairnie, Robert 2,302 1 0.43

... & Co in 1902. This new edition wis owerset intae Scots an a surprise copy o the new buik, cried The Tale O Peter ...
Scots Tung Wittins 131 Fairnie, Robert 2,360 3 1.27

... Makar's Neuk A WAR VETERAN A wis passin the museum An A nearly didnae see him, As A hurried on ma wey doon ...
... a face thit looked gey glaikit An he wore a khaki jaiket An a pair o army boots upon his feet! He'd only yin guid airm ...
... haed been uised at sindry times for a geriatric hospital an a brewery. Soonds like the pairlament micht no be sae oot o ...
Scots Tung Wittins 133 Fairnie, Robert 2,660 1 0.38

... Thon letter wis written in a kinna bairn-like haund an a forspeaker on the program pyntit oot that, "We understand ...
Scots Tung Wittins 134 Fairnie, Robert 2,456 1 0.41

... position that there a devolved Government, that A lead, an a Pairlament, that is rin on a corporate basis, involvin aw ...
Scots Tung Wittins 135 Fairnie, Robert 2,534 1 0.39

... history o Scotland keeps on chyngin. Gien sic experiences, an a conviction o the worth o thair ain accents an dialects, ...
Scots Tung Wittins 136 Fairnie, Robert 2,391 1 0.42

... - anither wis thir monie flittins frae ae ferm tae anither an a third wis that tae get a free hurl frae their hames tae ...
Scots Tung Wittins 137 Fairnie, Robert 2,511 2 0.80

... in tae keep the pat bilin wi its ain kinna discrimination an a wee bit o traditional British "divide an conquer" chucked ...
... she said, "but the kinch is the evendoon want o publishers an a national distrbution wab, an this maks it harder tae ...
Scots Tung Wittins 140 Fairnie, Robert 2,530 4 1.58

... tae keep, alang wi a certificate, a Scots Dictionar an CD, an a copy o Itchy Coo's "Pure Ghosters". The twa Jynt ...
... war aw praisentit wi a certificate, a Scots Dictionar CD an a copy o "Pure Ghosters". The tap three entries frae ilka ...
... silent bi her ain quiet dignity richt throu the book an a pain that taks saicont place tae the communist ideals o ...
... Three o the animals is fameeliar: a hedgehog, an osprey an a pine marten, but the fourth yin, the eponymous hero, is a ...
Scots Tung Wittins 141 Fairnie, Robert 2,380 2 0.84

... Mull". Puddins can include Cranachan, local strawberries an a ne'er tae be forgotten honey an oatmeal ice-cream. The ...
... Nae Dugs", "Scots Language Christmas Cairds Selt Here" an a poster in Scots giein a picter o thae Christmas cairds ...

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