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The Reid Bul o Norroway Purves, David 2,742 2 0.73

... a bowle o guid het soup, a crust o breid ti gang wi it, an a sowp o creamie milk. Sae the puir quyne sleepit warm an ...
... haed the been the lyke o it in aw the days o the warld! An a thocht cam til hir that wi siccan a ferlie, she coud ...
The Smith's Guidwyfe frae Yarraefuit Purves, David 860 1 1.16

... hir til a smiddie near Tweedsmuir, haed the shae replaced, an a new ane putten on the ither front fuit anaw. Syne he ...
The Thrie Sisters Purves, David 26,409 14 0.53

... be-in taen til the ceimeterie, the war a military band, an a salute wi rifles be-in fyred. But the warna monie fowk on ...
... we haed! An the-day---whit hae we got the-day? A man an a hauf, an the houss is quaet as a grave. Ah’m awa hame. ...
... houever dreich an dowf it micht be, whaur intelligence an a guid education can be uissless. Lat us suppose that amang ...
... A’ve leeved lyke a pig in pokey wee flats, wi twa chairs an a sofae, an a stove that aye reiks. It’s the flouers Ah’ve ...
... lyke a pig in pokey wee flats, wi twa chairs an a sofae, an a stove that aye reiks. It’s the flouers Ah’ve missed aw ma ...
The Tragedie o Macbeth Purves, David 22,141 23 1.04

... follae him, an lyke a rat athout a tail, A'l dae, A'l dae, an A'l dae. Second Witch: A'l gie ye a wund. First Witch: Ai, ...
... gie ye a wund. First Witch: Ai, ye are kynd! Third Witch: An A'l gie ye anither. First Witch: An A hae aw the ithers, an ...
... are kynd! Third Witch: An A'l gie ye anither. First Witch: An A hae aw the ithers, an the ports ti whaur they blaw frae aw ...
... (Reads) "They met up wi me in the day o ma success, an A hae lairnt sensyne that they ken ferr mair nor mortal ...
... gae nae ferrer in this maitter. He haes honored me latelie an A hae gained a hantil graund opeinions frae monie fowk. A ...
The Wal at the Warld's End Purves, David 3,678 4 1.09

... wal o bubblin claer wattir, beildit ablo green brekkin an a rowan tree. But juist as she made ti fill the flesk in hir ...
... haed made a bergain an that wes that. “Did Ah no promise? An a promise maun aye be keepit. Fyne ye ken that. Oor mither ...
... pats aither. The’r nae air in thaim for me ti breathe, an A’m hauden in an canna lowp aboot. Hey Wyfe! Dae ye hear me? ...
... ay. Ye war ma guidwyfe the meinit ye made yeir promise. An a wyfe maun aye dae as hir man bids hir. Hae ye never heard ...
The Weidae's Son an the Streinger Purves, David 2,764 1 0.36

... the streinger: “Sir, we ir sair dounhauden wi puirtith, an A kenna whitfor ye ir sae ill on me. Ah hae still naething o ...
Whuppitie Stourie Purves, David 1,422 10 7.03

... Ah ken ye’r fond o clashes aboot fairies, bairns, an a storie anent a fairie an the guidwyfe io Kittilrumpit haes ...
... press gang cleikit him up, for aw he wes cled wi a wyfe an a waen forby. Aweill, whan the guidman wes gaen the guidwyfe ...
... wes left aw hir lane wi smaw fendin. Littil gear haed she, an a soukin laddie bairn. Awbodie said hou vext thay war for ...
... She wes buskit in green, aw but a whyte short aipron, an a blek velvet hood, an a steipil-crouned beaver hat on hir ...
... green, aw but a whyte short aipron, an a blek velvet hood, an a steipil-crouned beaver hat on hir heid. She haed a lang ...
Dipper: 29 - Harpin Reid, John Audio 888 1 1.13

... an cuil.' (Will grained alood at that heavenly vision, An a passin deevilock grinned derision). 'I hurried doun tae ...
Letter from an Island in the Middle of an Unknown Sea Rimbaud, Dee 2,534 2 0.79

... for ma wanton ways. But it is ay hot here, ma dearie dear, an a wonder if it’s such a sin, wi no fowk tae see. It is no a ...
... tae Glesga. Three days walk it wis tae Inverness, an a full day’s ride on the train fae thair tae Glesga. How ...
The Borth’ick Waitter Rodger, Matt 21,032 23 1.09

... legislation, sic is the 1872 Scottis Eddication Ack, an A weird thit Scotland wuid hev, lang-sin-syne becum, ae ...
... i the yeir (2005). A’m skreivin, fecklie frae maimorie, An A fin masel thinking i parteeklar on place naems an the fock ...
... Ay, Yid’s still tae the fore up it the Haugh yonner, an A’m juist gey shuire at hei wud bei maist approachable, gin ...
... Byres wis the laist Herd an occupant o Craik Faulds hoose; an A mynd on him an his faimlie flittin doon tae the Meadshaw ...
... Whaupshaw wis the ootbye Herd’s hoose on Mulsintoun ferm, an A hae eet i ma mynd; thit afore thay gaed tae Elrig, Dod wis ...
The Almond Tree Sangster, Maureen 494 2 4.05

... came o that except a muckle big funeral wi a lot o sponges an a lot o tears, Granny saying she widna manage wioot him. ...
... goose wi a nodding heid, a bit like Grandad wis wi Granny an a wee yealla cat - didna seem tae belong tae the ithers: ...
Scottish Parliament: Business Bulletin 1/2003 Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body 18,803 1 0.05

... Scottish Executive what the average cost to the NHS is of an (a) homeopathic, (b) generic and (c) branded prescription. ...
Scottish Parliament: Business Bulletin 162/2000 Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body 41,272 2 0.05

... Scots prose haes in’t, an is baith a byordnar owersettin an a byordnar accomplishment, as weil’s addin wurthilie til oor ...
... oldest clipper ship and the only vessel in Scotland to be an "A" listed structure; regrets that such an important part of ...
Scottish Parliament: Committees: Education, Culture and Sport: Official Reports: Meeting 29, 2000 Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body 29,546 1 0.03

... examination is designed to grade youngsters in terms of an A, B or C pass. That level of demand and sophistication ...
Scottish Parliament: Official Report (07/09/00) Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body 52,710 1 0.02

... for action also lies. It fair behoves us ain an a tae gie muckle steer tae this Pairlement tae mak shair ...
Scottish Parliament: Report on Inquiry intil the role o educational and cultural policy (Scots) Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body 9,216 7 0.76

... tither wis learnit Standart Italian wi a tait o English an a tait o their local dialect blendit intil the teachin. At ...
... gies continuity wi the past, cohesiveness for the present an a foont o collaborative endeavour for biggin the future.” ...
... website will tak in ower 600 webpages o Scots material an a leet o ither institutions that works wi Scots Culture. 64. ...
... that it is aw the mair important tae cairry oot research an a linguistic study tae provide answers tae thir problems. ...
... has been convened tae advise on plans for the theatre an a timetable tae launch. 76. In summary, the submissions ...
Afa sad news, bit thanks for the memories - March 21, 2005 Shepherd, Robbie 778 2 2.57

... jist a day efter his dear wife, Sheila, wis laid tae rest an a day afore a faimily waddin. Losh bit it's a blessin we ...
... waddin. Losh bit it's a blessin we dinna ken fit's afore's an a tragic time for the McGarrs wi Peggy - Paddy's sister, fa ...
A wikk o shows taks me back an fore in time - April 25, 2005 Shepherd, Robbie 779 1 1.28

... centre stage - oh ay an loupin here, there an awye - a twa-an-a-half oors, jist his leefalane. A live Billy Connolly is ...
It's time tae reflect as fiddlers come and go - February 28, 2005 Shepherd, Robbie 787 2 2.54

... presentin o ma radio programme something atween Lee Marvin an a cheese grater. "Ye hae been pittin yer fit in yer moo ...
... moo again hiv ye?" Weel thankfu kyn, I got an aisle seat an a gran view o the hale proceedins - a concert weel worthy o ...
Jeel't tae the marra on a day oot tae the fitba - March 14, 2005 Shepherd, Robbie 787 3 3.81

... the time. The loon - I shid stop caain him at; he's noo 27 an a gweed feow inches bigger than his shelpit faither - wis up ...
... didna haud the same attraction. It maun be aul age an a cosy fireside wi the wireless at ma lug seem't a better ...
... an baked aipple. Syne he adds milk, microwaves for two-an-a-half meenits an, hey presto. The ither day, he gaed farrer ...
Sattlin doon tae steer the fine hotterin porritch - March 7, 2005 Shepherd, Robbie 782 2 2.56

... a plate o soup for the dinner. Syne there wis the cocoa an a chunk o cheese. We were mair than ready for't. BIT back ...
... an aul farrant names come tae myn o Murly Tams, Pizzers - an a query I got nae that lang syne fae ma gweed freen Jim ...
Ye ken, for lots o's, spring is the best season o the eer - April 4, 2005 Shepherd, Robbie 775 1 1.29

... fin freens o oors were on holiday at es time in Aviemore an a great attraction wis the different colours o day-aul ...
A Fer Chauve Smith, Alex 23,344 7 0.30

... awa an, the twa o them were noo sittin sippin coffee an, a gless o wine. Muggie beginin tae feel the heat again." Oh ...
... tae see if I could sell ony peats. I knocked at the door an a mannie came tae the door. He spoke in gey broken English. ...
... They looked a richt healthy lot an, wi a suppie rain an a wee bit o Spring heat it wisnae lang afore the flooers ...
... in case the licht went aff. Filled a lantren wi paraffin an a wee stove, so he cood bile a kettle if there wis nae ...
... the meal the bottles came oot. (The T.V. wis switched aff) an a puckle stories were aye telt. Larry Ake says." Aye noo ...
A Sair Fecht Smith, Alex 23,505 21 0.89

... a pain, Be efterneen ere's sin in a'a it's glory, Mair an a bittie het at's the story. Thursday 10th, Temp. 11/28 Haar ...
... AN POOR WIS THE SAME TAE YOU, FOWK AT'S GRATEFULL MAIR AN A FEW, AYE YOU WIS VICTIM O' THE FILM ROLL, DEID IN THE BODY ...
... Sunday 23rd, Temp. 3/7 (Rainfall 3/16) Dull mornin, quait, an a wee bit sin as weel, Dreich an damp, crabbit it maks a ...
... Wednesday 24th, Temp. (Rainfall 5/16) Wither is affa bare an a bittie raw, Canna compleen, December efter a'a. Thursday ...
... made their day complete an, ey went back tae the car mair an a bittie happy Jonsar Eck an the Wee Wifie finished the day ...
Halesome Farin' Waddell, Mr John 15,793 5 0.32

... pencil's sherp, the paper's white; expectantly they wait, an A'm fair fidgin fain tae write whitiver ye dictate. Here at ...
... bow an arrow. A dinnae use a gun. A widnae hurt a sparrow, An A dinnae hunt for fun. It isnae elk or eland That fills this ...
... - the day A'm jist lettin it rin. A'll pu up the weeds an A'll pit in the seeds, an it will be braw when it's dune. ...
... means, the tap an tail o it - the lot - bit time gaed by, an A forgot. IN TIME PAST Brave Ancestor Ma great, great, ...
... richt! They've been an gone an done it. This wis a battle, an A've won it. Adam (gazing at Eve): Och, Eve, ma dear, A ...
BBC Voices Recording: Aberdeen N/A Audio 13,536 7 0.52

... M1042: //And underneath that you wore combies an a simmit.// F1043: //[inaudible]// M1042: A ...
... it doesnae say your husband, it says 'a male partner' an a 'male partner' in that days was just your 'bidie-in', or ...
... F1043: //There was a lot o superstitions,// an a lot o nicknames come through the fishin trade. //Ye ...
... M1042: //[inaudible]// F1043: //an a lot o people had never heard o it before but it was aye ...
... er,// F1041: Well my grunny had a settee an two chairs an a piano in her //parlour.// F1040: //[laugh]// ...
BBC Voices Recording: Dunbar [Content label: lesser] N/A Audio 13,714 1 0.07

... winks'. Ehm that's aboot it, aye. M1017: 'Kip' an a 'nap'. 'Away tae bed'. M1016: 'Shut-eye'. M1015: ...
BBC Voices Recording: Hawick N/A Audio 11,536 11 0.95

... I'm Madge [CENSORED: surname], [laugh] a Teri an a guitterbluid, and eh I've lived here for seventy-six ...
... F1011: I'm Madge [CENSORED: surname], I'm a Teri an a guitterbluid. I've lived here aw my life for sixty-si- ...
... sixty-si- seventy-six years. F1054: What's a Teri an a guitterbluid? F1011: I was born in Hawick but the ...
... M1010: //Aye [inaudible].// M1013: //Bools, aye, an a trolley used to, we used tae play wi a// well she's ...
... lot o trolleys of course,// M1010: //Aye.// M1013: an a an an the, and oh it was it was really great fun and a ...
BBC Voices Recording: Inverurie N/A Audio 12,014 5 0.42

... right.// F1001: An I had a granda on my father's side an a papa on my mother's side. M1000: That's right noo, ...
... ye hear often //mean somebody else that's nae related an a freen o yours,// M999: //Aye.// //Aye.// M1000: ...
... o a stirk? Eh well it's eh something between calfie an a stot maybe, but it can be a heifer, eh fae the ages o ...
... o the road at Rocky's, ye ken, l- it's a lang road an a lot o folk, they aa speak aboot the folk in the co- the ...
... hoosies where you can see a little hoosie wi a lum, //eh an a lot o them on Doonside Estate, places like that you still ...
BBC Voices Recording: Leith N/A Audio 16,679 3 0.18

... expecting too much, you want jam on it. [laugh] An a frown is tae glower. F1054: That's a good-, and a ...
... for shopping, I think that's probably universally Scots. An a guider, well we we children, laddies played on the street ...
... Stoats off the grund. //[laugh]// F1018: //An a stoater used to be// a a lassie that was really, you ...
BBC Voices Recording: Perth N/A Audio 17,146 1 0.06

... Very much so, it's far more practical now to wear boots an a pair of trousers, especially if your havin tae //wrestle ...
BBC Voices Recording: Portree N/A Audio 14,267 1 0.07

... a lot of eh words in Gaelic and a few phrases, ehm, an a number of imperatives. [laugh] I would say "stop ...
BBC Voices Recording: Stirling N/A Audio 14,324 6 0.42

... M1146: //Mmhm.// F1143: but Sorrento would be U an a Volvo would be U but a Honda which we've got, would be ...
... but my friend along the road, Alison's, from ehm Melrose an a pail merk, well they didn't have toilets so they sat on a ...
... much better than chancer. It's a word o my father's an a chantywrastler was a trusted prisoner like an Uncle Tom an ...
... they are.// F1054: //Yeah.// F1143: //Mmhm.// An a word that I I love an I hadn't heard it in this context at ...
... have heard it but I was teaching locally on supply an a wee boy opened his piece box an he said, "Oh great, I've ...
Conversation 03: Ayrshire couple on motorcycling [Content label: serious] N/A Audio 9,868 1 0.10

... God! M642: So we're comin in just after three an a half hours in a marathon, and we've all got these on. ...
Conversation 05: Fife couple on shared memories N/A Audio 11,194 1 0.09

... were five fires in this //house, it was only a but an a ben!// M642: //Five fires.// Aye, a but and a ben! ...
Conversation 06: Three Ayrshire sisters reminiscing N/A Audio 8,918 2 0.22

... in a big// F638: o shoes, //imagine!// F637: //an a, ye'd tae go// tae the Newton //Station,// F638: ...
... it, I wanted tae have a feather in my hat!// F637: //An a feather! [laugh]// F640: Our mother was partial to ...
Conversation 07: Ayrshire woman on her career N/A Audio 8,821 1 0.11

... an awful lot of designs for them; erm, my best seller was an, a, a pinafore which, ehm, was the most hideous-looking ...
Conversation 13: Two male postgraduate students on academic life [Content label: serious] N/A Audio 14,078 3 0.21

... kind of influential, you know? And then I've got an, a session on modern Irish poetry, M741: [click] Oh ...
... many different things. I mean do you spell "faa" without an 'a', with an apostrophe, with a 'w'? I mean, wh- how how ...
... "a".// M605: //South-East Scots// is kind of an "a" //sound, right?// M741: //Yeah.// M605: In, but ...
Conversation 19: Two North-East teachers on Doric language N/A Audio 3,743 2 0.53

... F831: No. M842: who you are. There's a time an a place, ehm, one thing, I mean, I'm c-, if I'm speakin ...
... //Mmhm// M842: be who ye are, I mean there's a time an a place //like we've// F831: //Aye// M842: spoken ...
Conversation 21: Family from North East Scotland N/A Audio 3,440 4 1.16

... an, eleven a half tonne. M824: uh-huh //eleven an a half tonne.// F606: //mmhm// M822: //So// that's ...
... mile in an hoor I think M822: Aye, Oh it'll be an hoor an a half tae come doon, an hoor tae load, M824: Aye. ...
... an hoor tae load, M824: Aye. M822: an an hoor an a half hame. M824: Aye. //Something like that.// ...
... use Laurencekirk station, ye see F606: mmhm M822: an a lot of this Bre- Brechin folk eh but eh they, they found ...
Conversation 24: Three women chatting in a garden centre N/A Audio 3,307 1 0.30

... an I've covered it wi stones F606: Yeah. F889: an a big rock an itwis eh, it wis quite expensive, but at the ...
Conversation 25: Couple from Auchenblae talking about local varieties of language N/A Audio 5,757 3 0.52

... mm// M903: //you know?// F902: There wis an, an, a lot o inaboot-comers as you would say, as far as when ...
... M903: there's, there's a lot o programmes fae Aberdeen an a lot fae Glasgow an then ye get them fae //well, England ...
... like, Bob [?]Gauld[/?]'s Band an he used to play there an a ken, he used to play in Alexandria an Stonehaven as well ...
Conversation 32 : Female from Borders and three males from Central Belt [Content label: serious] N/A Audio 9,761 3 0.31

... it's funny because it, has the video not got three men an a little lady but it's got them actually drawn on, like ...
... F940: an they used tae have [laugh] swings an a roondaboot an they used tae have some monkey bars //but ...
... that cause we didn't want my sister an that to get in shit an a that so we co- made this story that it was the eh //it ...
Conversation 37: Glasgow father and young daughter N/A Audio 2,157 1 0.46

... wobbly, and there was [?]scup[/?] stairs for a chute an a big yel- blue chute so it was, M1070: Blue chute? ...
Interview 07: Teacher speaking about childhood in Shetland N/A Audio 1,654 1 0.60

... eat? F828: [tut] an awful lot o mutton [laugh] //an a lot// F606: //Yeah [laugh].// F828: o fish, ...
Interview 09: Ian Rankin on Rebus N/A Audio 6,552 1 0.15

... F606: //[laugh] [audience laugh]// M954: An a an I u- a "woolly suit" er a police constable, someone ...
Interview 10: Orkney woman talking about languages in Scotland N/A Audio 3,238 1 0.31

... mmhm, mm// F948: //an he's really quite, quite broad an a lot o folk are quite tickled at him ye ken, cause he ...
Interview 11: Orkney woman talking about languages in Scotland N/A Audio 3,313 1 0.30

... M865,: //Mmhm mmhm mmhm// //mmhm mmhm.// F950: //an a lot o folk just wouldna understand it.// M865,: ...
Interview 16: Woman talking about volunteering in Toryglen N/A Audio 2,768 3 1.08

... tae what they wanted in the playpark an they got it //an a man said to me las- last year, he says, ye know,// ...
... education.// F606: //Mm.// F1039: They got them in an a lot o them have went er tae college F606: Mm! F1039: ...
... hm.// F1039: them have left an come oot an aw an a lot o the hooses are just left, //ye know?// F606: ...
Interview 17: Glasgow man on growing up in Govan N/A Audio 2,325 2 0.86

... M691: were still well open an ye'd get a good butcher an a good fishmonger //an aw this,// F606: //Mmhm.// ...
... has a wee knack tae it ye know? Ye gie it a wee twist an a wee jerk //an it// F606: //Yeah.// M691: more or ...

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