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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 ...
Pompitie Finnds a Needle Purves, David 1,886 1 0.53

... 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 ...
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 ...
Pompitie Finnds a Needle - play Purves, David 11,406 6 0.53

... the Heuchie Knowe. His wee houss haed twa windaes in it, an a door, am a lum as heich as heich. In the front gairden, ...
... dae fyne wi a guid cup o tea. Tak thir! Here twa pennies an a siller thummil! Watch an dinna you loss the pennies! ...
... it and sticks it in his coat) Wul ye no byde for a cup an a bit crack wi me? Ah’m gey thrang wi this toll, but Ah can ...
... can tak it oot yeir jaiket, Ah maun finnd a whyte feather an a green leaf. (At this, Pompitie gives a great leap of ...
... aboot hir nou! She haes a neb on hir lyke a hungirie gled, an a face that wad soor milk. Pompitie: Wha can tell whit she ...
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 ...
A lock o hellery Johnson, Laureen 1,933 1 0.52

... wir such a hellery o cars.’ ‘We catched twartree haddocks an a hellery o piltocks.’ It was time to call for help. Axin ...
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]// ...
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 ...
The Ill-Gien Guidmither Purves, David 2,005 1 0.50

... 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 ...
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 Girnin Gates - Chapter 12 MacDonald, Hamish 2,071 1 0.48

... ther? Eh? Tell mi that." Right enough! Ther wis a buildin. An a wee road leadin tae it tae. Me an Spencer an Mairead ...
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 ...
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 ...
Scots Tung Wittins 173 Fairnie, Robert 2,078 1 0.48

... active for a guid while yet wi wittins aboot the new site an a hyperlink cleek kythin on aw its pages takin the readers ...
Scots Tung Wittins 162 Fairnie, Robert 2,130 1 0.47

... 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 ...
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? ...
Scots Tung Wittins 154 Fairnie, Robert 2,160 1 0.46

... 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 ...
Scots Tung Wittins 46 Fairnie, Robert 2,181 1 0.46

... river. Yacker.................a big stane atween a chuckie an a bowlder. Scap.....................mussel beds. ...
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 ...
Scots Tung Wittins 77 Fairnie, Robert 2,278 1 0.44

... hou weel thae sell, thare micht weel be a Spirals3 an a Spirals4 tae jyne wi thaim. Juist ower 25% o the text will ...
Scots Tung Wittins 59 Fairnie, Robert 2,295 1 0.44

... 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 ...
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 170 Fairnie, Robert 2,337 1 0.43

... Campbell, weirin cords "in honour of Sorley MacLean" an a tweed jaicket, spake in Gaelic an English congratulatin ...
Scots Tung Wittins 152 Fairnie, Robert 2,359 1 0.42

... copy o the Itchy Coo buik, "Hercules, Bampots and Heroes" an a copy o the "Scots School Dictionary". The dictionary wis ...
Buchan Words and Ways Fenton, Alexander 52,521 22 0.42

... from a distant time has lefr you with mental heartburn, an' a teem stamach. Have you ever been 'in 'e hingles'? It can ...
... until they knackit against a steen an e shell cracit, an a hard bilet egg aye tastes better in e open air. Pace - ...
... A little wee man in a reed, reed coat, A staff in eez han, An a steen in eez throat, Gin ye tell ma ma riddle, I'll gie ye ...
... draains o neep-clicks, wi widden handgrips, iron shanks an a twa-pronged hook at e heid. Ye didna need em in fine ...
... a dother Baabie Allan. There wis a fireplace on e fleer an a big hole for ais at wid o held a month's ais at a time. ...
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 ...
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 158 Fairnie, Robert 2,396 1 0.42

... for his kenspeckle "Glasgow Gospel", "Old Testament Tales" an "A Glasgow Bible". Charlie Fairlie, editor o the Glendale ...
Scots Tung Wittins 83 Fairnie, Robert 2,399 1 0.42

... guid tae say, the likes o:- "No onlie is this an inventive an a whittery tale which brawly serves its linguistic subtext, ...
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 ...
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 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 147 Fairnie, Robert 2,430 1 0.41

... is blinn tae the man's flaws, seein him as 'the sowel' an a influence for guid. Juist when Tartuffe is owerheard tryin ...
Scots Tung Wittins 82 Fairnie, Robert 2,455 1 0.41

... 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 ...
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 165 Fairnie, Robert 2,462 1 0.41

... "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 ...
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 143 Fairnie, Robert 2,484 1 0.40

... caird is A6 fauldit). Inside, aw the cairds haes a poem an a greetin. The A5 cairds is selt for 60p each if upliftit ...
Scots Tung Wittins 73 Fairnie, Robert 2,491 1 0.40

... Aiberdeen, AB15 6DF, an speir him tae pit a Gaelic column an a Scots column in aw the edeetions o the paper iverie week." ...
Scots Tung Wittins 150 Fairnie, Robert 2,508 1 0.40

... tae whaur the pouer is, hou language is a cless maitter an a political maitter. He dings doon an aw the "acceptit myth" ...
Scots Tung Wittins 68 Fairnie, Robert 2,509 1 0.40

... mind aither hou he haed gotten intae this seetiation an a wheen o oorie antrin thochts kep on fleein in an oot his ...
Gowd Tree an Siller Tree Purves, David 2,511 1 0.40

... 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 ...
Scots Tung Wittins 171 Fairnie, Robert 2,524 1 0.40

... 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 ...
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 157 Fairnie, Robert 2,574 1 0.39

... 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 ...
Scots Tung Wittins 87 Fairnie, Robert 2,587 1 0.39

... strang, aefauld mindit Scottish Pairlament, wad fund itsel an a nae win seetiation. If it gied in tae haein Scots ...
Scots Tung Wittins 51 Fairnie, Robert 2,596 1 0.39

... behauden tae oor Glesca feres for this guid-willie bode an a copie o Scots Tung Wittins Nummer 50 haes been E-mailed ...
Scots Tung Wittins 92 Fairnie, Robert 2,601 1 0.38

... some o the mithers an aw. A photie o the presentation an a wee report aboot it wis furthset in the East Lothian ...
Scots Tung Wittins 89 Fairnie, Robert 2,612 1 0.38

... 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 ...
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 ...

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