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Scots Tung Wittins 63 Fairnie, Robert 2,635 1 0.38

... ill-willie o the Heilanders. Allan Campbell o the CNAG an a hamelt spaeker hissel, threaps it's no ill-willie at aa ...
Scots Tung Wittins 91 Fairnie, Robert 2,638 1 0.38

... Languages, the foondin o the Cross Pairty Group on Scots an a growein swall o intrest in the Scots language, the'r gaun ...
Scots Tung Wittins 94 Fairnie, Robert 2,651 1 0.38

... 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 ...
Scots Tung Wittins 114 Fairnie, Robert 2,652 1 0.38

... o Gaelic siccar bi pittin forrit a national language plan an a Action plan tae guide the ongauns o a reinge o agencies ...
Scots Tung Wittins 133 Fairnie, Robert 2,660 1 0.38

... Thon letter wis written in a kinna bairn-like haund an a forspeaker on the program pyntit oot that, "We understand ...
Scots Tung Wittins 64 Fairnie, Robert 2,672 1 0.37

... furthset bi Canongate Books, is a new beuk descrived as an A–Z walin o exemplars o Nor-Aist "Patois" the day. Bi keepin ...
Scots Tung Wittins 88 Fairnie, Robert 2,712 1 0.37

... schuils yersel. Ma hope is that mony bairns will tak pairt an A look forrit tae seein the cuttie poem an story. Aw the ...
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 ...
The Puddock and the Princess Purves, David 19,521 7 0.36

... Ay, mairrit ye ir frae this verra meinit on a puddok, an a lang an blythsum lyfe ti the perr o us, ma bonnie lassie. ...
... – a reception lyke, wi wyne an mebbe a bit Selkirk bannie an a pikkil shortbreid – for the perr o us. That wul be ...
... wutch at aw, Ah’m thinkin. Ringan: She haed nae teeth, an a plouk on hir neb, yeir Hieness Queen: Mercie me, ma mither ...
... yokit! Mairrit ye ir frae this verra meinit on a puddok, an a lang an blythsum lyfe ti the perr o us, ma bonnie lassie. ...
... ye? Morag: (Wringing her hands) Please----! Puddok: An a lang an blythsum lyfe ti the perr o us, ma bonnie ...
Interview 18: Columba Centre, Islay N/A Audio 2,794 1 0.36

... F1067: it's become an "IA" sound, so instead of being an "a" sound, it's an "ia" sound. F606: Mmhm. F1067: So ...
Thy Neighbour's Wife [Content label: lesser] Bruce, Eddie 2,813 1 0.36

... I get miserable an' lonely wi' the kids maistly at school an' a man that winna come hame till the pubs shut." He looked ...
Daft Jackie McGonigal, James 2,850 1 0.35

... 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 ...
Thomas Edward o Banff de Rusett, Wendy 2,896 1 0.35

... an smaa, got him intae bother wi the squeel maisters, an a puckle o his fellow scholars forby. (Thomas leaps to catch ...
The Win an the Rain Blackhall, Sheena 8,793 3 0.34

... could need Aathin’s awa bi twelve fifteen Selt fur fags an a fix o speed. Connor McGraw he’s haived a brick Throwe the ...
... Music in Hospitals, Aberdeen Music Hall, 3/12/04 A wagtail an a nightingale met in the Music Haa The nightingle, a native ...
... tune Buenos Aires an Connecticut, Loch Earn an Bogieside An a magpie at the concert pianie playin Clair de Lune Music is ...
Fooshion Barron, Charles 17,826 6 0.34

... walking hame wi' a wee pig under his airm one day - an' a week later we were eatin' its pork chops. It maks ye ...
... her on a Sunday morning. LORETTA Of course, she bade here an' a'. BESSIE In 'ere, far Neil is noo. (She points.) I was ...
... resist keeping Gladys on the right track.) It was on fire, an' a', min'. GLADYS (Furious that her story has been ...
... his tea on the table fan he gets in. It's a' they kent - an' a' they wanted. LORETTA (Gently, sadly.) Dinna knock it, ...
... afore Gladys is here to get her up. He gi'es her a cuppie an' a bowl o' flakes in her bed and it sets her up for the day. ...
The Ill Guidmither [Content label: serious] Purves, David 18,119 6 0.33

... Juist think, Moula, hou luckie we ir wi oor cosie beds an a guid ruif ower oor heids ti keep oot the blashin rain! ...
... been a blythsum tyme for us aw: ma faither wi a wyfe again an a son o his ain for the first tyme, but awthing’s gaen ...
... ee that on yeir wey hame the-nicht, ye wul jag yeir fuit, an a sherp skelf wul stick anaith yeir skin. Syne yeir fuit wul ...
... ye ocht she coud wryte wi? Knicht: Ah hae a bit pairchment an a crayon in ma poutch, (He rummages in a satchel at his ...
... Ah’m here for. Eilidh, wul ye fesh me a pikkil het wattir an a clout in a bowle? (Eilidh leaves smartly) Lat me hae a ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 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 ...
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,: ...
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 ...
Jade Lute Purves, David 7,581 2 0.26

... Gret Sea. Whit sal Ah send him for a praisent? Twa paerls an a kaim o tortoise-shell. * * * * Ah hear word he is no true: ...
... Auld duds is better nor nae claes ava. An ugsum wyfe an a fashiuss byde-in is aye better nor a tuim houss. But whan ...
The Lang Tale o the Weidae an hir Thrie Dochters Purves, David 3,890 1 0.26

... 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 ...
Extract from "One Fine Day In The Middle Of The Night" [Content label: serious] Brookmyre, Christopher 4,155 1 0.24

... knowledge. Never pictured you wi’ a bucket of popcorn an’ a bandana, you know?” “Oh, James and I were always big on ...
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 ...
Guts Barron, Charles 22,515 5 0.22

... Princess Margaret Rose does. She’s real modren. Smokes, an’ a’thing. LIZZIE G’wa, she’s only a quinie. MURIEL She’d be ...
... frien’. In confidence, mind you. Sweer him to secrecy, an’ a’thing. But next mornin’ you’d be the spik o’ the Broch. By ...
... they're affa good at it. (Both laugh wickedly.) ANGELICA An' a' this advice I'm gettin'? It's a based on personal ...
... up to be very brave) A hoosie o’ your ain. (Pause.) An’ a man o’ your ain. (Pause.) An’ bairnies o’ your ain. (Her ...
... hard. He finds this embarrassing.) I’ve got my ain hoose. An’ a weel-paid job. Efter the war … TEENIE (breaking in) I’ll ...
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 ...
Bonny in Black [Content label: lesser] Bruce, Eddie 4,823 1 0.21

... nae sure John should be drinkin’ – whit wi’ the medicine an’ a’,” she ventured. “Nonsense lass! Whisky’s a cure for all ...
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 ...
The Toad on the Rock's Opinion Blackhall, Sheena 5,941 1 0.17

... wabbit Fin the gale deed doon, the whale looked roon An a passin boat he grabbit. 'Oh will ye gie me a hurl ?' quo ...
Gean Blossoms Purves, David 6,034 1 0.17

... traivlar. A tass o wyne thegither wul mak us blyth, an a pikkil freinship is nae smaw maitter. *** From the Chinese ...
Serendipity and ither poems in Scots and English Blackhall, Sheena 12,339 2 0.16

... I fell tae winnerin, as ye dae in a sardine tin Wi wings an a toytoon shitehoose Fit’s in a kintra name? Gin ye trepan a ...
... in the press. Nae wyver. Nae bricht hairth-lowe Anely a da an a stepminnie Fas strang teeth snap up aathin ye pit afore ...
The Lan o Tea an Tigers: Poems fae the Muckle Furth Blackhall, Sheena 6,393 1 0.16

... 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. ...
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 ...
Inaugural speech by John Kirk to launch the Scottish Corpus of Texts and Speech Kirk, John M Video 6,982 1 0.14

... Scots Wants Fae Govrenment. Sae nou A come tae ma pirlicue an a short leit o whit the Scots leid wants fae Govrement. ...
Winnlestrae [Content label: serious] Blackhall, Sheena 7,366 1 0.14

... sang ben warld wars Barehillock an Newbiggin A godly an a hamely life Crossfauld an Balnagowan Frae toddlin bairn ...
The Ootlaw Purves, David 7,971 1 0.13

... 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. ...
Dog's Bite; Bee's Sting [Content label: serious] Grainger, Cecilia 8,532 1 0.12

... 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 ...
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 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! ...
Travel journal: Peru 852 12,382 1 0.08

... three of us sat out, drinking mineral water, margharita, an a three-coloured cocktail called Macchu Picchu, until the ...
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: 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: 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 ...
...Auld Zimmery [Content label: serious] Kydd, Robbie 73,728 4 0.05

... She's had a coupla days aff (why can't I have a day off?) an a couple mair in loo o workin on bank holidays. She explains ...
... he said, 'living in a big hoose, wi plentya money comin in an a joab waitin fir ye.' A job waiting for me? In this town? ...
... an the 'work-force' it's British Airways Executive Class an a Daimler wi a chauffeur, bit when I gang beggin tae Lunnon ...
... pals a wumman ever had, it's like haein fifty dochters an a hunner pals, oh, it's better than haein dochters, an I ...
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. ...
Interview with Mary A Ronnie, Part 1, for Scottish Readers Remember Project N/A Audio 19,851 1 0.05

... //so vivid -// F1189: //Mmhm.// F1190: one was an A. A. Milne, F1189: Mmhm. F1190: and I had never ...
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 ...

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