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| Scots Tung Wittins 165 | Fairnie, Robert | 2,462 | 1 | 0.41 | |
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... "Naw." wis the repone. "Whit for no? Ye're no that auld an A micht dee the morn." "Ach weel mibbie A will." "Oh! An ... |
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| Scots Tung Wittins 128 | Fairnie, Robert | 2,464 | 1 | 0.41 | |
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... for the first cless tae be hauden the 14 o Juin at 7.30pm an a plannin forgaitherin for the cless wis scheduled for ... |
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| Scots Tung Wittins 143 | Fairnie, Robert | 2,484 | 1 | 0.40 | |
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... caird is A6 fauldit). Inside, aw the cairds haes a poem an a greetin. The A5 cairds is selt for 60p each if upliftit ... |
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| Scots Tung Wittins 73 | Fairnie, Robert | 2,491 | 1 | 0.40 | |
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... Aiberdeen, AB15 6DF, an speir him tae pit a Gaelic column an a Scots column in aw the edeetions o the paper iverie week." ... |
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| Scots Tung Wittins 150 | Fairnie, Robert | 2,508 | 1 | 0.40 | |
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... tae whaur the pouer is, hou language is a cless maitter an a political maitter. He dings doon an aw the "acceptit myth" ... |
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| Scots Tung Wittins 68 | Fairnie, Robert | 2,509 | 1 | 0.40 | |
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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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| Gowd Tree an Siller Tree | Purves, David | 2,511 | 1 | 0.40 | |
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... island haed a keing o its ain, an the keing haed a queen an a littil princess for himsell cawed Gowd Tree, that wes the ... |
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| Scots Tung Wittins 171 | Fairnie, Robert | 2,524 | 1 | 0.40 | |
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... He eikit that syne it is the daily speech o aboot ane an a hauf million Scots, this is lang syne past its time. Scots ... |
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| Scots Tung Wittins 135 | Fairnie, Robert | 2,534 | 1 | 0.39 | |
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... history o Scotland keeps on chyngin. Gien sic experiences, an a conviction o the worth o thair ain accents an dialects, ... |
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| Scots Tung Wittins 157 | Fairnie, Robert | 2,574 | 1 | 0.39 | |
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... shaws picters on a bleck nicht sky o a skinny quarter muin an a ful muin. We weemin kens that atween thae times, for a ... |
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| Scots Tung Wittins 87 | Fairnie, Robert | 2,587 | 1 | 0.39 | |
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... strang, aefauld mindit Scottish Pairlament, wad fund itsel an a nae win seetiation. If it gied in tae haein Scots ... |
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| Scots Tung Wittins 51 | Fairnie, Robert | 2,596 | 1 | 0.39 | |
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... behauden tae oor Glesca feres for this guid-willie bode an a copie o Scots Tung Wittins Nummer 50 haes been E-mailed ... |
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| Scots Tung Wittins 92 | Fairnie, Robert | 2,601 | 1 | 0.38 | |
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... some o the mithers an aw. A photie o the presentation an a wee report aboot it wis furthset in the East Lothian ... |
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| Scots Tung Wittins 89 | Fairnie, Robert | 2,612 | 1 | 0.38 | |
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... the guff e'en Rosyth wis weel athin the reenge o the sea an a muckle lang gate frae the caller watters o the River ... |
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| Scots Tung Wittins 103 | Fairnie, Robert | 2,634 | 1 | 0.38 | |
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... o - despised. A language wi as lang a pedigree as English an a literature that's kennt an studied aa ower the warld, (wha ... |
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| Scots Tung Wittins 63 | Fairnie, Robert | 2,635 | 1 | 0.38 | |
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... ill-willie o the Heilanders. Allan Campbell o the CNAG an a hamelt spaeker hissel, threaps it's no ill-willie at aa ... |
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| Scots Tung Wittins 91 | Fairnie, Robert | 2,638 | 1 | 0.38 | |
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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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| Scots Tung Wittins 94 | Fairnie, Robert | 2,651 | 1 | 0.38 | |
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... wee bit but maimbers o the CPG wad be telt whan it wis due an a fower page summary o the report an hou tae coff it wad be ... |
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| Scots Tung Wittins 114 | Fairnie, Robert | 2,652 | 1 | 0.38 | |
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... o Gaelic siccar bi pittin forrit a national language plan an a Action plan tae guide the ongauns o a reinge o agencies ... |
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| Scots Tung Wittins 133 | Fairnie, Robert | 2,660 | 1 | 0.38 | |
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... Thon letter wis written in a kinna bairn-like haund an a forspeaker on the program pyntit oot that, "We understand ... |
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| Scots Tung Wittins 64 | Fairnie, Robert | 2,672 | 1 | 0.37 | |
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... furthset bi Canongate Books, is a new beuk descrived as an A–Z walin o exemplars o Nor-Aist "Patois" the day. Bi keepin ... |
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| Scots Tung Wittins 88 | Fairnie, Robert | 2,712 | 1 | 0.37 | |
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... schuils yersel. Ma hope is that mony bairns will tak pairt an A look forrit tae seein the cuttie poem an story. Aw the ... |
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| The Weidae's Son an the Streinger | Purves, David | 2,764 | 1 | 0.36 | |
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... the streinger: “Sir, we ir sair dounhauden wi puirtith, an A kenna whitfor ye ir sae ill on me. Ah hae still naething o ... |
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| Interview 18: Columba Centre, Islay | N/A | Audio | 2,794 | 1 | 0.36 |
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... F1067: it's become an "IA" sound, so instead of being an "a" sound, it's an "ia" sound. F606: Mmhm. F1067: So ... |
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| Thy Neighbour's Wife [Content label: lesser] | Bruce, Eddie | 2,813 | 1 | 0.36 | |
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... I get miserable an' lonely wi' the kids maistly at school an' a man that winna come hame till the pubs shut." He looked ... |
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| Daft Jackie | McGonigal, James | 2,850 | 1 | 0.35 | |
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... wi nae breeks? My husband has taen tae walkin in his sleep an a fortnicht past this Tuesday he wandered oot o the hoose at ... |
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| Thomas Edward o Banff | de Rusett, Wendy | 2,896 | 1 | 0.35 | |
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... an smaa, got him intae bother wi the squeel maisters, an a puckle o his fellow scholars forby. (Thomas leaps to catch ... |
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| Interview 10: Orkney woman talking about languages in Scotland | N/A | Audio | 3,238 | 1 | 0.31 |
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... mmhm, mm// F948: //an he's really quite, quite broad an a lot o folk are quite tickled at him ye ken, cause he ... |
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| Conversation 24: Three women chatting in a garden centre | N/A | Audio | 3,307 | 1 | 0.30 |
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... an I've covered it wi stones F606: Yeah. F889: an a big rock an itwis eh, it wis quite expensive, but at the ... |
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| Interview 11: Orkney woman talking about languages in Scotland | N/A | Audio | 3,313 | 1 | 0.30 |
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... M865,: //Mmhm mmhm mmhm// //mmhm mmhm.// F950: //an a lot o folk just wouldna understand it.// M865,: ... |
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| The Lang Tale o the Weidae an hir Thrie Dochters | Purves, David | 3,890 | 1 | 0.26 | |
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... the lassie ti mak reddie the prince’s denner. This she did an a sicht mair. An whan the prince cam hame forfochen frae the ... |
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| Extract from "One Fine Day In The Middle Of The Night" [Content label: serious] | Brookmyre, Christopher | 4,155 | 1 | 0.24 | |
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... knowledge. Never pictured you wi’ a bucket of popcorn an’ a bandana, you know?” “Oh, James and I were always big on ... |
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| Bonny in Black [Content label: lesser] | Bruce, Eddie | 4,823 | 1 | 0.21 | |
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... nae sure John should be drinkin’ – whit wi’ the medicine an’ a’,” she ventured. “Nonsense lass! Whisky’s a cure for all ... |
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| The Toad on the Rock's Opinion | Blackhall, Sheena | 5,941 | 1 | 0.17 | |
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... wabbit Fin the gale deed doon, the whale looked roon An a passin boat he grabbit. 'Oh will ye gie me a hurl ?' quo ... |
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| Gean Blossoms | Purves, David | 6,034 | 1 | 0.17 | |
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... traivlar. A tass o wyne thegither wul mak us blyth, an a pikkil freinship is nae smaw maitter. *** From the Chinese ... |
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| The Lan o Tea an Tigers: Poems fae the Muckle Furth | Blackhall, Sheena | 6,393 | 1 | 0.16 | |
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... 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. ... |
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| Interview 09: Ian Rankin on Rebus | N/A | Audio | 6,552 | 1 | 0.15 |
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... F606: //[laugh] [audience laugh]// M954: An a an I u- a "woolly suit" er a police constable, someone ... |
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| Inaugural speech by John Kirk to launch the Scottish Corpus of Texts and Speech | Kirk, John M | Video | 6,982 | 1 | 0.14 |
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... Scots Wants Fae Govrenment. Sae nou A come tae ma pirlicue an a short leit o whit the Scots leid wants fae Govrement. ... |
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| Winnlestrae [Content label: serious] | Blackhall, Sheena | 7,366 | 1 | 0.14 | |
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... sang ben warld wars Barehillock an Newbiggin A godly an a hamely life Crossfauld an Balnagowan Frae toddlin bairn ... |
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| The Ootlaw | Purves, David | 7,971 | 1 | 0.13 | |
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... oot ower the sea, Ah saw yeir ship cum up oot the East an A becam restless, for aw Ah didna ken it wes your ship. ... |
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| Dog's Bite; Bee's Sting [Content label: serious] | Grainger, Cecilia | 8,532 | 1 | 0.12 | |
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... in that other world if yi didnae hae a university degree an a fancy job wi wads o cash yi got starved an ground doon an ... |
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| Conversation 07: Ayrshire woman on her career | N/A | Audio | 8,821 | 1 | 0.11 |
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... an awful lot of designs for them; erm, my best seller was an, a, a pinafore which, ehm, was the most hideous-looking ... |
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| Conversation 03: Ayrshire couple on motorcycling [Content label: serious] | N/A | Audio | 9,868 | 1 | 0.10 |
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... God! M642: So we're comin in just after three an a half hours in a marathon, and we've all got these on. ... |
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| Conversation 05: Fife couple on shared memories | N/A | Audio | 11,194 | 1 | 0.09 |
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... were five fires in this //house, it was only a but an a ben!// M642: //Five fires.// Aye, a but and a ben! ... |
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| Travel journal: Peru | 852 | 12,382 | 1 | 0.08 | |
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... three of us sat out, drinking mineral water, margharita, an a three-coloured cocktail called Macchu Picchu, until the ... |
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| BBC Voices Recording: Dunbar [Content label: lesser] | N/A | Audio | 13,714 | 1 | 0.07 |
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... winks'. Ehm that's aboot it, aye. M1017: 'Kip' an a 'nap'. 'Away tae bed'. M1016: 'Shut-eye'. M1015: ... |
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| BBC Voices Recording: Portree | N/A | Audio | 14,267 | 1 | 0.07 |
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... a lot of eh words in Gaelic and a few phrases, ehm, an a number of imperatives. [laugh] I would say "stop ... |
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| BBC Voices Recording: Perth | N/A | Audio | 17,146 | 1 | 0.06 |
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... Very much so, it's far more practical now to wear boots an a pair of trousers, especially if your havin tae //wrestle ... |
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| Scottish Parliament: Business Bulletin 1/2003 | Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body | 18,803 | 1 | 0.05 | |
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... Scottish Executive what the average cost to the NHS is of an (a) homeopathic, (b) generic and (c) branded prescription. ... |
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| Interview with Mary A Ronnie, Part 1, for Scottish Readers Remember Project | N/A | Audio | 19,851 | 1 | 0.05 |
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... //so vivid -// F1189: //Mmhm.// F1190: one was an A. A. Milne, F1189: Mmhm. F1190: and I had never ... |
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