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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 ...
Scots Tung Wittins 43 Fairnie, Robert 2,132 2 0.94

... leid a guid lang wey on the gait tae a Scots orthographie an A'm luikin forrit tae its hamecomin. An electronic vairsion ...
... o the Scots Scuil Dictionar is weel on its wey noo an A've nae doot it'll suin be fundin its wey intae the scuils ...
The Lest o the Ettins Purves, David 1,071 1 0.93

... 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 ...
Scots Haiku Leeming, Mr Bruce 1,102 1 0.91

... aghast I' the drumly burn skelterin doon - a morkin an a babbie's bunnet In the mud-dark stream rushing down - a ...
Scots Tung Wittins 78 Fairnie, Robert 2,217 2 0.90

... (0.46m) an Basque (70,000). Forbye haein "Hertie Yule an a Guid New Year", it'll hae "Nollaig Chridheil agus Bliadhna ...
... Prof. Thornberry, is a man o skill in international law an a maimber o a by-ordinar advisory body pit thegither bi the ...
Craiters: 14 - E Black Things Fenton, Alexander 1,111 1 0.90

... 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 ...
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 ...
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 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 142 Fairnie, Robert 2,298 2 0.87

... ceities haes a lang history an ilka yin haes an auld toun an a new toun. Thankfu-like, Edinburgh's castle is still aye in ...
... "as sudden as daith itsel". Johnnie noo haes a job, a wife an a hoose an the Provost haes saved his embarrassment at the ...
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 ...
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 ...
Scots Tung Wittins 70 Fairnie, Robert 2,337 2 0.86

... wis reportit sayin, "A'm fechtin fit efter a guid brek an A canna wait tae get back till Pittodrie. A'v even haed ma ...
... Candy?................ b. Here's a wheen o Scots words an a wheen o Inglis words aa tapsalteerie. Fun the richt Inglis ...
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 ...
The Nine Sangs Holton, Brian 2,379 2 0.84

... flaffin, ay, flochterin an flingin ane lang souch, see, an A maun rise switherin in ma hairt, ay, wearyin an leukin on ...
... ay, beltit wi the leddy-fern een hauflins steikit, see, an a bonnie smile ye’re browdent on me, ay, gleg ti beglamour ...
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 ...
Scots Tung Wittins 146 Fairnie, Robert 2,397 2 0.83

... maitter, bi genre, as weel as airticles, wittins, reviews an a guid sicht mair forbye. [NOTE: logo here of the dot Sco ...
... But he hauds yokit for the chauve. Guid fordir til him, an A'm shair thare wul be monie lyke me luikin forrit ti his ...
Scots Tung Wittins 80 Fairnie, Robert 2,402 2 0.83

... is juist the same as fernyear wi:- Biddin Ye a Hertie Yule an a Richt Guid New Year This caird's the same size an quality ...
... telt Irene in the pairlament chaumer at Question Time an a ful copie o the ongauns taen frae the Offeecial Report is ...
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. ...
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. ...
Scots Tung Wittins 163 Fairnie, Robert 2,495 2 0.80

... that can haud its heid up high in a multi-lingual Europe an a multi-lingual warld. Monoglots R.I.P.! Leukin tae a New ...
... haes a caunle-stick wi the words 'Lang may yer lum reek' an a notice sayin 'If ye want mair chips for nowt, please ...
Scots Tung Wittins 166 Fairnie, Robert 2,498 2 0.80

... fir ilka subject - an aw the ither leid-words forbye. An A need tae hear it an tae practise it (aften!) juist like ...
... Foo dae A say "slowly"? A need an English-Scots dictionar an a thesaurus. An whit tae say or fit tae say depends on whit ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 177 Fairnie, Robert 2,585 2 0.77

... Hallelujah), fund satires (Quo Stalin on Lenin), essays an a nummer o poetry pamphlets. This walin, publisht eleeven ...
... primary schuil an secondary schuil. The likes o Itchy Coo an a haundfu o primary schuils is daein bravehert stuff ...
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 ...
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 ...
Saands o Maywick Johnson, Laureen 1,333 1 0.75

... 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 ...
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 ...
Craiters: 09 - Watter Rats Fenton, Alexander 2,693 2 0.74

... wi a great big tank tae be fullt o pails o water, an a smaaer tank for paraffin. Tae get er up tae ignition heat ...
... till e ingine took an e fly-wheel spokes wis blurrin roon an a fair blast o win cam aff e spinnin surfaces ontill yer ...
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 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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Scots Extended Grammar Essay 1 Lawson, Robert 2,786 2 0.72

... Ilka pair o modals is dividit intae a ‘near’ modal an a ‘distant’ modal. "Near modals express proximity in time, ...
... This left yit another gap in thi modal verb system, an a ‘dominoes effect’ took place resultin in a ‘modal shift’. ...
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 ...
Millenium Bug Cairry-oot Ferguson, Chris 2,904 2 0.69

... awa an I'll mak ye a jeely piece" an then gie him a hug an a kiss. Tony felt like he cuid dae we a hug an a greet juist ...
... him a hug an a kiss. Tony felt like he cuid dae we a hug an a greet juist then bit aw he hud instead wis this hail ...
The Fremmit Tail Forde, Iain W D 3,072 2 0.65

... wes daein beinlie nane-the-les. Thai aw hed a guid employ an a fouth o freins, an wur fain o ither. Bot thair warl wes ...
... "A'm verra blyth ti hear't," says hir guid faither, "an A think at ye hae the richt o'd. A wes about ti propone the ...
The Ettin's Guidwyfe that Greined for Paerls Purves, David 3,176 2 0.63

... an he haed a wee fisherman’s butt an ben aw til himsell, an a boat ti fish frae. He haed a lass, tae, cawed Catriona, an ...
... she micht spin for naebodie but hissell? He did juist that—an a sicht waur. For he gart hir spin an mak claes for him, no ...
Sermon: Gordon Mackintosh - On Being Christ-like N/A Audio 4,835 3 0.62

... that we see in the world that we know do not please God, an a mu- an a, an a slightly different aspect it may mean ...
... in the world that we know do not please God, an a mu- an a, an a slightly different aspect it may mean that on a ...
... world that we know do not please God, an a mu- an a, an a slightly different aspect it may mean that on a daily ...
Hou Finn Fand Bran Purves, David 3,251 2 0.62

... did. . At midnicht, the laddie bairn cam inti the warld, an a mukkil haund cam at aince doun the lum an hystit the bairn ...
... aw owre his kintrie, an the splore gaed on for a year an a day, afore Finn an Bran coud git leave ti gang hame til ...
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, ...
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 ...
Craiters: 17 - E Wasps' Nest Fenton, Alexander 1,736 1 0.58

... 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, ...
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 ...
Habetrot the Spinstress Purves, David 3,608 2 0.55

... an sweet-scentit violets, keikit oot frae amang the gress, an a wee wattir-waggie cam an lichtit on a stane in the middil ...
... o a mukkil aik tree wi a stick she heild in hir haund, an a green dure Mysie didnae mynd o seein afore, flew open, an ...
Ane Auld Sang Purves, David 7,319 4 0.55

... drums. * * * * But war an its traivels haes made me waesum an a fell feim nou bleizes inby me: it’s thinkin o hou Ah hae ...
... bebbin an never taen tent o the gloamin. Ah sat tipplin an A never kent ‘twes the forenicht, or the fawin petals filled ...
... stream. The war muinlicht, the trees war breirdin blossom an a lown wund saftent the nicht air, for it wes Spring. *** ...
... Ah daursay, the wund wul hae lowdent, syne ye can gae, an A’l no fash aboot ye. *** GLOSSARY The Scots spellings used ...
The Pypar o Sutherland Purves, David 1,847 1 0.54

... 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 ...
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 ...

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