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| Whit a Fleg!! | Fairnie, Robert | 684 | 1 | 1.46 | |
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... mind aither hou he haed gotten intae this seetiation an a wheen o oorie antrin thochts kep on fleein in an oot his ... |
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| Written Scots | Fairnie, Robert | 762 | 1 | 1.31 | |
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... Languages, the foondin o the Cross Pairty Group on Scots an a growein swall o intrest in the Scots language, the’r gaun ... |
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| The Grunstanes | Forde, Iain W D | 767 | 1 | 1.30 | |
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... wi a pumiss stane or a nail birss gin we hed bruikit hauns an a sair dicht ti the bak a our craigs gin we hedna waashed ... |
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| Ye ken, for lots o's, spring is the best season o the eer - April 4, 2005 | Shepherd, Robbie | 775 | 1 | 1.29 | |
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... fin freens o oors were on holiday at es time in Aviemore an a great attraction wis the different colours o day-aul ... |
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| A wikk o shows taks me back an fore in time - April 25, 2005 | Shepherd, Robbie | 779 | 1 | 1.28 | |
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... centre stage - oh ay an loupin here, there an awye - a twa-an-a-half oors, jist his leefalane. A live Billy Connolly is ... |
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| Foolish Citizens All | Kay, Prof Christian | 824 | 1 | 1.21 | |
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... looking man;” “I didn’t really notice his face;” “He had an .. a … well ... ordinary voice.” I was not merely a sucker, but ... |
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| The Smith's Guidwyfe frae Yarraefuit | Purves, David | 860 | 1 | 1.16 | |
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... hir til a smiddie near Tweedsmuir, haed the shae replaced, an a new ane putten on the ither front fuit anaw. Syne he ... |
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| Scots Tung Wittins 45 | Fairnie, Robert | 868 | 1 | 1.15 | |
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... seen some o the whisy ads makkin guid yiss o the auld leid an A wunner gin the Macallan wull be follaed bi onie o the ... |
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| Dipper: 29 - Harpin | Reid, John | Audio | 888 | 1 | 1.13 |
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... an cuil.' (Will grained alood at that heavenly vision, An a passin deevilock grinned derision). 'I hurried doun tae ... |
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| Scotspik | de Rusett, Wendy | 890 | 1 | 1.12 | |
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... 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 ... |
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| Article for the Shetland Times- An apology to Shetland knitters | De Luca, Christine | 901 | 1 | 1.11 | |
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... 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 ... |
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| Heivenlie Gowf Coorses | Fairnie, Robert | 917 | 1 | 1.09 | |
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... 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 ... |
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| Dipper: 32 - Invite Tae Embro [Content label: lesser] | Begg, Dr James A | 966 | 1 | 1.04 | |
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... 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 ... |
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| Correspondence from Canada: Letter 26 - 09.01.82 | 852 | 1,037 | 1 | 0.96 | |
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... 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 ... |
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| Recounting Blessings - Chapter 3 | Henderson, John | 1,041 | 1 | 0.96 | |
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... Chapter 3 1945-1949 Banknock Village – ‘Tanner Ba’ Playin’ an’ a Cuv’ As my reading ability, even as a eight year old, was ... |
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| The Lest o the Ettins | Purves, David | 1,071 | 1 | 0.93 | |
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... he bullert. “A’m tellin ye the God’s honest truith, an A’l pruive it ti ye. Dottilt, is it?” He cryit out loud til ... |
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| Scots Haiku | Leeming, Mr Bruce | 1,102 | 1 | 0.91 | |
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... aghast I' the drumly burn skelterin doon - a morkin an a babbie's bunnet In the mud-dark stream rushing down - a ... |
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| Craiters: 14 - E Black Things | Fenton, Alexander | 1,111 | 1 | 0.90 | |
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... time e grate wis teem, haad awa fae e broken fire-bricks an a fyow orrals o coal. Eence fin I lookit in ahin e heater, I ... |
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| Dipper: 07 - Furst Bluid | Begg, Dr James A | 1,246 | 1 | 0.80 | |
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... 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. ... |
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| Saands o Maywick | Johnson, Laureen | 1,333 | 1 | 0.75 | |
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... But you say naething. Hit wis been a lang weet hairst, an a braa strug ta get baith coarn an tatties. We wir wrocht in ... |
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| Dipper: 46 - Jenny Wren's Jaunt tae Islay - May 1983 & July 1984 | Begg, Dr James A | 1,340 | 1 | 0.75 | |
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... western strand, Wi a rock-strewn beach forenent the Hotel, An a haven nearby flaired wi sand. The Doctor an Colin were ... |
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| Interview 07: Teacher speaking about childhood in Shetland | N/A | Audio | 1,654 | 1 | 0.60 |
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... eat? F828: [tut] an awful lot o mutton [laugh] //an a lot// F606: //Yeah [laugh].// F828: o fish, ... |
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| Craiters: 17 - E Wasps' Nest | Fenton, Alexander | 1,736 | 1 | 0.58 | |
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... wis a loon, I wis playin some hidin game in a girse park, an a bee got me jist ahin e lug. It's nae a gweed place onywye, ... |
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| Queen Mary, Puir Quine | de Rusett, Wendy | 1,750 | 1 | 0.57 | |
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... Darnley turnt oot tae be ill-natered, prood, greedy, lazy, an a drunkard forby. Mary wis althegither scunnert wi him an ... |
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| The Pypar o Sutherland | Purves, David | 1,847 | 1 | 0.54 | |
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... the feet o the callants an the quynes war set a-clappin an a-chappin. An the wad be lauchter an blythness an aw the ... |
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| Geordie Jooks an the Sand Boat | Fairnie, Robert | 1,884 | 1 | 0.53 | |
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... 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 ... |
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| Pompitie Finnds a Needle | Purves, David | 1,886 | 1 | 0.53 | |
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... but afore Ah can tak it out, Ah maun finnd a whyte fether an a green leaf.” An at this, Pompitie gied a mukkil lowp an ... |
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| A lock o hellery | Johnson, Laureen | 1,933 | 1 | 0.52 | |
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... wir such a hellery o cars.’ ‘We catched twartree haddocks an a hellery o piltocks.’ It was time to call for help. Axin ... |
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| The Ill-Gien Guidmither | Purves, David | 2,005 | 1 | 0.50 | |
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... she, “on yeir wey hame the-nicht ye wul jag yeir fuit, an a skelf wul stick anaith yeir skin. Syne yeir fuit wul stert ... |
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| The Girnin Gates - Chapter 12 | MacDonald, Hamish | 2,071 | 1 | 0.48 | |
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... ther? Eh? Tell mi that." Right enough! Ther wis a buildin. An a wee road leadin tae it tae. Me an Spencer an Mairead ... |
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| Took Fur a Ride | Connell, Andrina | 2,077 | 1 | 0.48 | |
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... 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 ... |
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| Scots Tung Wittins 173 | Fairnie, Robert | 2,078 | 1 | 0.48 | |
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... active for a guid while yet wi wittins aboot the new site an a hyperlink cleek kythin on aw its pages takin the readers ... |
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| Scots Tung Wittins 162 | Fairnie, Robert | 2,130 | 1 | 0.47 | |
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... funds. It's the best thing that cuid hiv happened tae ye an A wad dae the same again if A haed tae. Whit's mair, it ... |
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| Conversation 37: Glasgow father and young daughter | N/A | Audio | 2,157 | 1 | 0.46 |
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... wobbly, and there was [?]scup[/?] stairs for a chute an a big yel- blue chute so it was, M1070: Blue chute? ... |
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| Scots Tung Wittins 154 | Fairnie, Robert | 2,160 | 1 | 0.46 | |
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... wi the maist improbably engineered bosie I've ever seen, an a ful gemm o peevers on stage as weel as a richt gallus jive ... |
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| Scots Tung Wittins 46 | Fairnie, Robert | 2,181 | 1 | 0.46 | |
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... river. Yacker.................a big stane atween a chuckie an a bowlder. Scap.....................mussel beds. ... |
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| Dipper: 26 - The Technicality | Begg, Dr James A | 2,217 | 1 | 0.45 | |
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... upstream, wi juist three or fower scrunty slae busses an a fence atween me an the puil. ‘Weel Hiawatha, here we go ... |
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| Scots Tung Wittins 77 | Fairnie, Robert | 2,278 | 1 | 0.44 | |
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... hou weel thae sell, thare micht weel be a Spirals3 an a Spirals4 tae jyne wi thaim. Juist ower 25% o the text will ... |
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| Scots Tung Wittins 59 | Fairnie, Robert | 2,295 | 1 | 0.44 | |
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... bleck an white cartoon wi the twa craws frae Corbie Close an a picter o ane is shawn ablo; the ither twa haes nocht but ... |
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| Scots Tung Wittins 130 | Fairnie, Robert | 2,302 | 1 | 0.43 | |
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... & Co in 1902. This new edition wis owerset intae Scots an a surprise copy o the new buik, cried The Tale O Peter ... |
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| Scots Tung Wittins 170 | Fairnie, Robert | 2,337 | 1 | 0.43 | |
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... Campbell, weirin cords "in honour of Sorley MacLean" an a tweed jaicket, spake in Gaelic an English congratulatin ... |
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| Scots Tung Wittins 152 | Fairnie, Robert | 2,359 | 1 | 0.42 | |
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... copy o the Itchy Coo buik, "Hercules, Bampots and Heroes" an a copy o the "Scots School Dictionary". The dictionary wis ... |
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| Scots Tung Wittins 136 | Fairnie, Robert | 2,391 | 1 | 0.42 | |
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... - anither wis thir monie flittins frae ae ferm tae anither an a third wis that tae get a free hurl frae their hames tae ... |
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| Scots Tung Wittins 158 | Fairnie, Robert | 2,396 | 1 | 0.42 | |
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... for his kenspeckle "Glasgow Gospel", "Old Testament Tales" an "A Glasgow Bible". Charlie Fairlie, editor o the Glendale ... |
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| Scots Tung Wittins 83 | Fairnie, Robert | 2,399 | 1 | 0.42 | |
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... guid tae say, the likes o:- "No onlie is this an inventive an a whittery tale which brawly serves its linguistic subtext, ... |
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| Scots Tung Wittins 102 | Fairnie, Robert | 2,409 | 1 | 0.42 | |
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... is juist like ither years:- Aw the Best for a Hertie Yule An a Richt Guid New Year Campie Schuil Beirs the Gree SCOTS ... |
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| Scots Tung Wittins 126 | Fairnie, Robert | 2,426 | 1 | 0.41 | |
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... Firth tae the Solway Firth, bydin clear o the Hebrides an a puckle wee pockets o Hieland Cooncil tae gie a ... |
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| Scots Tung Wittins 147 | Fairnie, Robert | 2,430 | 1 | 0.41 | |
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... is blinn tae the man's flaws, seein him as 'the sowel' an a influence for guid. Juist when Tartuffe is owerheard tryin ... |
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| Scots Tung Wittins 82 | Fairnie, Robert | 2,455 | 1 | 0.41 | |
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... o ongauns that maks up Ballater's Victoria Week. A vet an a destrick nurse wis thare an aw tae mak siccar nae herm cam ... |
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| Scots Tung Wittins 134 | Fairnie, Robert | 2,456 | 1 | 0.41 | |
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... position that there a devolved Government, that A lead, an a Pairlament, that is rin on a corporate basis, involvin aw ... |
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