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Aboot Cuddies an Camels Fairnie, Robert 664 2 3.01

... cuddy, it wis threapit a man cuid traivel a sicht further an a sicht faster an cairry a sicht mair wecht o graith nor the ...
... cuddy design drawins an set oot tae tweek a wee bit here an a wee bit thare tae improve on the original design. Ae ...
A Braw Guid Alairm Fairnie, Robert 1,498 3 2.00

... o the alairm wi the ither end conneckit tae the horn an a third yin jyned the horn tae the ither terminal o the bell ...
... press.” “Weel oor press wis backin on tae yours Jimmy an A cannae mind o haein onie bother at aw.” “A cannae mind hou ...
... deef but she aye yaised tae jump at the least wee noise an A hid tae hae anither word wi the builders. A telt thaim ...
Advert for "The Paix Machine" Forde, Iain W D 234 1 4.27

... nou. The bit tombe is in thrie buiks wi clinks in atwene, an a pley at the hinneren, ti mak siccar at the main thranes is ...
Afa sad news, bit thanks for the memories - March 21, 2005 Shepherd, Robbie 778 2 2.57

... jist a day efter his dear wife, Sheila, wis laid tae rest an a day afore a faimily waddin. Losh bit it's a blessin we ...
... waddin. Losh bit it's a blessin we dinna ken fit's afore's an a tragic time for the McGarrs wi Peggy - Paddy's sister, fa ...
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 ...
A fine Ham an Haddie Fairnie, Robert 906 3 3.31

... fish, uncle. A fund it in the gutter ootside the Heywechts an A wis wunnerin if ye cuid tell us whit kin it is.” Uncle Rob ...
... wee man wi a gammy leg, a baldie heid, gray stibblie baird an a glent in his watery blue een. “Ma uncle Rob sent us roond ...
... o the guff o tarry raip an nets. In fack, thare wis twa an a hauf kyle o raip lyin on the bare wuiden flair ower in ae ...
Ahint 'e Herst Brown, Charles W 251 1 3.98

... mi is sma Twid bi gran' gin 'e warld cuid a' news awa'. An' a birn A' manidgt ti mak tolrent o' ithers Fan thir religion ...
A Hoary Story - The Cemet'ry Inspector's Lament Henderson, John 188 1 5.32

... spak tae his wallies wi easedom, “Ye'll be fine wi a rub an' a spit.” Bit fan shoved i his mou a mite efter, T’wis clair ...
Allt Darrarie - Burn of the Stunning Noise, Glen Muick Blackhall, Sheena 131 1 7.63

... swan, o' immaculate mystery Doon rowes the burn, on a sang an a wing. Dulcet as Chopin, Menuhin, Beethoven Jinkie's ...
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 ...
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 ...
An epistle tae Wullie wi the broken jaw Hynd, George 250 1 4.00

... like a ventriloquist's dummy, "Gi'es us a gottle o'geer an a wee dark rummy" So tae help ye oot here's a wee gift frae ...
Article for the Shetland Times- An apology to Shetland knitters De Luca, Christine 901 1 1.11

... 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 ...
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 ...
A shuttle o soonds De Luca, Christine 362 1 2.76

... an da hill: some lost on da wind owre da flakki o years. An a kyist-foo o soonds for aa kinds o sea wark wi a hoidy-hol ...
A Small Book of Translations: 03 - Catullus 2 Hutchison, Alexander 201 1 4.98

... nae spiders nae fire in the grate – nithin bit a faither an a gweed step-mither wi jaas that quid crunch up buckies on ...
A Small Book of Translations: 21 - Ronsard 4 Hutchison, Alexander 133 1 7.52

... it winna tak direction – bit loo me noo for my scant hair, an a'll catch yer haun fan it trimmles at the stair. ...
...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 ...
A Wee Scran o Herrin Fairnie, Robert 1,552 3 1.93

... That wis a braw guid catch; fower boxes tae the cran an a wartime controlled price o fower pund a cran; no bad at ...
... aw. Juist you gaun an see me ower yin o thae bits o wire an A'll hae a scran for ye afore ye can cough." Richt eneuch, ...
... then it wis aff tae the shops. Tuppence worth o sweeties an a comic each, Geordie gittin the Dandy an Wattie the Beano ...
A wikk o shows taks me back an fore in time - April 25, 2005 Shepherd, Robbie 779 1 1.28

... centre stage - oh ay an loupin here, there an awye - a twa-an-a-half oors, jist his leefalane. A live Billy Connolly is ...
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]// ...
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: 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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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: 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 ...
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 ...
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. ...
Burns Nicht Sang for Andra Kindness de Rusett, Wendy 468 1 2.14

... it’s nae fit you think! We’ll aa lift wir glesses, an a toast we will drink Tae the lads that are champions o ...
Cairtes in the Scots Leid Kay, Billy 709 2 2.82

... for their veice tae be heard in a Europe o a Hunder Flags an a hunder tongues, a Europe whaur linguistic diversity is ...
... a challenge tae our praisent, a dedicatioun tae our past an a declaratioun o our faith in the future o Scots as a leivin ...
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! ...
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 ...
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 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 ...
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 ...
Conversation 21: Family from North East Scotland N/A Audio 3,440 4 1.16

... an, eleven a half tonne. M824: uh-huh //eleven an a half tonne.// F606: //mmhm// M822: //So// that's ...
... mile in an hoor I think M822: Aye, Oh it'll be an hoor an a half tae come doon, an hoor tae load, M824: Aye. ...
... an hoor tae load, M824: Aye. M822: an an hoor an a half hame. M824: Aye. //Something like that.// ...
... use Laurencekirk station, ye see F606: mmhm M822: an a lot of this Bre- Brechin folk eh but eh they, they found ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 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? ...
Correspondence from Canada: Letter 26 - 09.01.82 852 1,037 1 0.96

... 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 ...
Craiters: 02 - Kippert Fenton, Alexander 5,255 7 1.33

... ye hear onything'. 'Aye'. Ah weel, we got ower e gab o Mey an a day ir twa aifter at we got e beas oot, an even tried e ...
... saltpetre an driet oot. Ere wis a fleerish in e boxie tee, an a bit o flint at hid a bonnie orange colour. Jock tore aff a ...
... decent at e onset o e wik. E'd aye on a shaftit weskit an a sark buttont up till eez neck, hait or caal e niver wore ...
... e fairly took aff e draaers an briks for e'd fower lassies an a laddie. A richt fine lad, Jock, jist a gem, ere's mony a ...
... a look aboot. Ere wis some kinna black marks on e surface, an a speecial big patch at hid been weel battert doon aside em. ...
Craiters: 03 - Stirries Fenton, Alexander 1,596 4 2.51

... open fireplace, a fancy bit o work wi marbly kinna sides an a marble mantelpiece, an fower flooery tiles at ilky side o ...
... a gweed lowe, an ye’d still tae sit wi a thick gunsey an a thick jaicket, an lowp up an doon noo an aan tae haad yer ...
... oan geelt. E three windaes – twa in e north an sooth waas, an a smaa een in e east gale – didna help edder, bit ere wis ...
... Onywye, it wisna a gentle wakenin I got. First a reemish an a reeshle shot in anaith e grey mist o morning sleep, syne ...
Craiters: 04 - E Backlins Calfie Fenton, Alexander 1,628 2 1.23

... We’d an ootside widden lavvie wi a little windae high up an a wire sneckie on e inside, an a nail for squaries o paper, ...
... wi a little windae high up an a wire sneckie on e inside, an a nail for squaries o paper, maybe e Weekly News or e ...
Craiters: 05 - 'Dirty Beast' Fenton, Alexander 1,953 4 2.05

... I howkit intill eence, an got bits o decoratet pottery an a bonny goldie-yalla flint scraper. In anither pairt ere wis ...
... bankit up aa roon except for a laich bit on e east side, an a gran place for e rabbits tae howk eir holies. I keepit a ...
... bit naething iver did. Aa roon e wid wis a bank of earth an a ditch on e ootside, plantit on tap wi funs an breem, an ...
... o e wid (faar I eest tae dee ma snarin), hid been sortit an a new strainer put in at e far eyn. Jist a rich gweed job. I ...
Craiters: 06 - E Hens Riv Fenton, Alexander 2,225 4 1.80

... wis a big yard, wi a palin o widden spars on three sides, an a beech hedge neesht e road. It grew tatties in season, ere ...
... ken fit watter mint – ir e lack o’t. We’d tae runk a barra an a big milk-can, een at held a gey fyow gallons, an wheel’t ...
... e eyn o e hoose. Es henhoose wis o tarred, timmer planks an a tarred timmer reef tee, sae it wis black a ower, an ye got ...
... Jist on e left inside es door wis anither, made o backs, an a bit rickly, an es let ye intill e aal lavvie. Fit I min is ...
Craiters: 07 - E Oolet Fenton, Alexander 1,856 5 2.69

... spewin oot a bun shafe in a lang line. It wis a busy sicht an a bonny sicht wi e reel furlin, e blade makin its din, an e ...
... e aal days wis better’n e new, for ere’s gweed aboot baith an a buddy mn jist mak e best o e times ey live in. Bit weel, ...
... I wis aboot tae come awa again I heard a bit o a reeshle an a funny kinna squeak inside it. Aye an ill-fashint loon, I ...
... fyow curious steens I’d collectit aff e parks an e dykes, an a puckle all cloots, an wi es I ran aa e wye back again. We ...
... e cats awa, bit ere wis naething we cd dee for its wing an a vet wis niver thocht o. Ye cd see it hid heen a sup at e ...
Craiters: 08 - E Forkietailies Fenton, Alexander 1,857 2 1.08

... an aasome beast, Lang and scaly, Wi a hullock o horns an a hantle o feet, An a forkietailie’ At’s a gey made-up kinna ...
... Lang and scaly, Wi a hullock o horns an a hantle o feet, An a forkietailie’ At’s a gey made-up kinna rhyme. An it’s nae ...
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 ...
Craiters: 10 - E Hares' Lavvie Fenton, Alexander 2,681 3 1.12

... crap o breem an funs at geed gweed shelter till e craps an a hame tae birds an wee beasties. On fae ere ower a rale ...
... I took a fancy tae howk it oot. Nellie'd heen twa rooms an a sheddie at e eyn. Er kitchen hid a steen-flagged fleer an ...
... e place for I come on a skep needle, wi a flat curved pint an a hole at e back eyn. It wis gey roosty, bit in its ...
Craiters: 11 - E Widdie Fenton, Alexander 3,526 5 1.42

... road, at e side o a fairm track wi a deep ditch at ae side an a bank wi a gran growth o breem an funs wi eir bonny yalla ...
... a palin o widden slats roon aboot it. E hoose an gairden an a fyow scrubby treeickies for shelter wis stuck on e side o ...
... hummed by ma lugs, teeth gleamin in a mixter o pleesher an a bit o wirry as e hard road skippit by in anaith. Nae at ...
... a bittie. E press wis a gey hicht, aafa dark at e tap an a bittie frichenin. I couldna see e tap o e ledder. Wid e ...
... maybe sax or seyven, I geed intill e trees wi anither lad, an a quine cam tee, wintin tae play. Shortly we won as far as e ...
Craiters: 12 - Glory Hole Fenton, Alexander 2,953 5 1.69

... sweetie papers an choclit vrappins-, tinnies o pint an a baldie-heidit brush at nott a new wig, teem biscuit tins ...
... o aal linoleum at didna richt cover e fleer, fire irons an a cowpit imitation braiss stand o best weddin present ...
... brodmel in e glory hole wis big. Ey hid lang kinna bodies, an a rich, dark colour at fairly garrt em staan oot on a licht ...
... eez roons. Gweed kens faar e cam fae, bit e wis weel fed, an a freenly breet, an it wis ay a bit o company if ye nott at. ...
... it startit tae split up, till ye cd see twa smaa pucklies an a big een. Ey cam hoverin ower’s an as I breathed oot ey ...
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 ...
Craiters: 15 - E Steppies Fenton, Alexander 1,366 5 3.66

... jist like it, bit syne in e coorse o naiter ey warm up an a buddie jist his tae thole or en. Es business o cushions, ...
... o a plot for greens, though there’s a tooshtie o rhubarb, an a fyow tree ingins at I use files, though naebody else dis, ...
... and size fir flavourin e broth or maybe a pottie o mince, an a tattie or twa, bit tae tell ye e truth ere’s nae a lot ye ...
... E grun's nae aaegidder free. At e tap, ere's a steen dyke an a railin, an syne ye're intill e ither fowk’s Ian. At's faar ...
... steps wi't, an garr't stan ere as ey dichtit it wi a cloot an a pail o hait water. It wis a freenly beast, it widda lowpit ...
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, ...
Craiters: 18 - Foxie Fenton, Alexander 1,256 3 2.39

... picter tae be teen. It wisna need feart. Sharp cockit lugs an a face like a puppy, though its lang tail wis a bittie ...
... in e mornin ere'll hae been shairp teeth throwe e plastic an a sotter ower yer front path, showin aff tae yer neebers e ...
... times a wik, an I convoy im back again, getting aa e news an a bit o exerceese at e same time, at at’s sair nott fin ye ...
Craiters: 19 - Liptovska Teplicka Fenton, Alexander 2,855 3 1.05

... reefin shingles - aa e trock ye nott for e daily darg, an a e sotter o bits an pieces at fowk kept (like fairmers an ...
... afore, an soor geens pooed fae a tree hingin full o em, an a howp o water oot o a wallie. We thocht wirsels richt ...
... e village wis wide, wi heapies o coo sharn here an ere, an a gweed gaan burn rinnin alang ae side. Here, be day, e ...
Craiters: 20 - Biz-Bizzin Fenton, Alexander 3,297 10 3.03

... ere twice afore an she'd teen er freen as weel's er three an a half ear aal graandother, an I wis fine pleaset tae be ...
... ye like, haadin eir mither's haan, fin aff ey'd go, a hop an a skip an a bounce. Iv coorse, aa young craiters dee e same. ...
... haadin eir mither's haan, fin aff ey'd go, a hop an a skip an a bounce. Iv coorse, aa young craiters dee e same. It's ...
... kye, broon an fite, een wi a braid collar roon its neck an a big bell hingin anaith. It wis handy for e lads at e huts ...
... staas at hame, here ey hid widden planks anaith e kye, an a widden passage an a widden greep, an nae trevises. An ere ...
Craiters: 21 - 'I cannot get enough of it' Fenton, Alexander 1,405 3 2.14

... ye, an e air full o e cries o birds an e swoosh o e waves, an a feelin inside ye at maybe it wisna jist aathegither richt ...
... o e island, nae far fae a craft hoose wi low set biggins an a roonaboot corn kiln at ae eyn o e barn. We got ashore wi ...
... ey hung on e updracht, eir heids turnin fae side tae side an a sharp caal stare fae eir een, ay on e look oot for mait or ...
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 ...
Dan Buoy Howson, Dave Audio 1,252 4 3.19

... earliest days ah kin chist mind 'er wi' 'er gates closed an' a boat in 'er, bit for most o' ma childhood days she wiz ...
... eh new slip over at eh herber, she wiz made redundant, an' a while back, eh seventies hid wid a bin, she wiz filled in, ...
... Henderson's lorries. Eh day came fan eh enchine arrived an' a fair crowd o' fowk gethered at eh mooth o' eh dry dock ...
... 'im: that wiz, aal that wiz needed wiz a chentle lower an' a wee bit o' chiggery-pockery. Ye couldna say 'at Dan Buoy ...
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. ...
Dipper: 11 - Lament for Connel Burn Begg, Dr James A 344 1 2.91

... frae heid tae fuit They'd dam the burn wi stanes, An a gleefu glen wad ring wi cries O bare-scud doukin weans. ...
Dipper: 14 - The Communication Gap Begg, Dr James A 1,013 3 2.96

... Anjuist as we were aboot tae gie up, there wis a creckle, an a faint furren vyce cried, 'Dere eez anodder yin! Bliddy ...
... chipped in, 'we were nae shuiner settlt whan the gairdner an a guest frae the Big Hoose cam doun tae fish for seatroot. ...
... luvvvvv me?" She didnae say ocht, but gied a wee giggle an a wiggle nou an again, tae lead him oan, as they daunert up ...
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 ...
Dipper: 29 - Harpin Reid, John Audio 888 1 1.13

... an cuil.' (Will grained alood at that heavenly vision, An a passin deevilock grinned derision). 'I hurried doun tae ...
Dipper: 30 - 'Puggie' Begg, Dr James A 1,346 2 1.49

... Puggie wis a poacher, a pest, an a thorn in the flesh o the byllies for near on five year. He ...
... jerkin his thoum at the depairtin Eck. 'He's a byllie, an a bad bugger. He's had me pit aff hauf the streitches on the ...
Dipper: 32 - Invite Tae Embro [Content label: lesser] Begg, Dr James A 966 1 1.04

... 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 ...
Dipper: 35 - Fair Cop Begg, Dr James A 2,228 3 1.35

... No the place for poachers, ye wad think - an so did I an a wheen mair - but we were wrang! For alang the south bank o ...
... horseshoe wi a heich bank o beech trees on the oot-bend an a braid holm on the ither side, sawn this year wi barley. It ...
... as he wis tellt. He wis a man aboot forty, no that big, an a bit thin on tap, wearin a green byler-suit an saft shune ...
Dipper: 36 - Minnons Begg, Dr James A 265 1 3.77

... A wee roun hole caad oot its dowp, A string roun its neck an a weel-corkit mou Tae haud in the breid-crumbs - an that is ...
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 ...
Dipper: 50 - The Auld Jenny Heron Begg, Dr James A Audio 684 1 1.46

... low, Then faster than lichtnin, a daith-dealin blow An a puir wee bit beardie is gruppt like a vice, Turnt roun ...
Dipper: 51 - Annyntit Begg, Dr James A Audio 1,149 2 1.74

... wis Sanny Todd, a committee member o the Fishin Club, an a regular in oor shop! 'Whit the hell are you daein here?' ...
... a wee bit sorry for Sanny, for I kent he had a puir wife an a hantle o weans tae keep on Benefit - tho it did cross my ...
Dipper: 57 - Bank Pit Begg, Dr James A Audio 350 2 5.71

... An this poem is a memorial tae a vanished community an a deein industry. Snaw-white steam rents the blue veil O ...
... hunner lums As cauld tea's jawed Oot the back door, An a fresh pot masked On the bleck-leid grate For the ...
Dipper: 61 - Double Anyntit Begg, Dr James A 910 4 4.40

... story went! True or fause, we were for takin nae chances, an a team o five byllies linkit up wi fower o the Castle ...
... the caur an crowded roun the back. There were saft thuds an a clink o chains as secks o poachin graith were dumped on ...
... an rand three nets wi chains, mair secks for the fish, an a wee Tate an Lyle seerup tin fou o holes, tied tae a ...
... ither things, but Jimpy finally met his poachin Watterloo, an a £350 fine, whan he got careless an the Polis themsels ...
Divinin for cables Johnson, Laureen 571 1 1.75

... cables wis lyin anunder da grund. Dey wir Tammie an me an a fellow fae Glessgow an peerie John Alec (just oot o da ...
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 ...
Email correspondence 1 - C Kay & J McGonigal Kay, Prof Christian,
McGonigal, James		 1,115 2 1.79

... some of their Scots stuff (grammar broonie etc-- I mean, an a' that). She'll phone me the morn's morn. Awrabest-- Jim ...
... 2 recently. Otherwise it's in cowhand English-- 'a-hootin an a-hollarin' etc. I want to make a point about current usage. ...
Evie Barron, Charles 11,528 15 1.30

... Nae wonder you’re refusing to join me. (Takes a bite.) An’ a biscuit, ana! This is sinful, this. (She is delighted with ...
... wee news wi’ a nice middle-aged mannie in stripey troosers an’ a sympathetic expression. But fit’s here but a lassie, nae ...
... a richt send-off, in front o’ his chummies fae the club an’ a’thing. But the thocht o’ spendin’ a’ that siller on a ...
... there. A real een – strippet troosers, mornin’ coat an’ a face like Boris Karloff. Withoot a word he gets a wee ...
... like Boris Karloff. Withoot a word he gets a wee brush an’ a dustpan fae ahin the coonter, gets doon on his knees, a’ ...
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 ...
Foolish Citizens All Kay, Prof Christian 824 1 1.21

... looking man;” “I didn’t really notice his face;” “He had an .. a … well ... ordinary voice.” I was not merely a sucker, but ...
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. ...
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 ...
Geordie Jooks an the Bleck Corn Flakes Fairnie, Robert 523 3 5.74

... the bleck bits is sookit oot the ship intae the elevator an A ken fine whit thae bleck bits is. Whan A poor the corn ...
... flakes intae ma plate, the’r whiles yin or twa bleck bits an A dinna ken for shuir whit thae yins is, but they dissolve ...
... milk an turn it broon sae A aye gie in tae ma imagination an A dinnae tak nae chances. Whit ither fowks daes - weel, ...
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 ...
Gled Stanes Paisley, Janet 121 1 8.26

... stair. Auld Reekie sings an auld sang tae a newborn tune, an a staur is kenled whaur stane mounts stoor tae heicht us up ...
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 ...
Growin auld (Wasterwick) De Luca, Christine 214 1 4.67

... reck oot bi clett an stack. Dy sang is da sang o sels an a thoosand shiftin shalls is dey beach demsels. Da Waarie ...
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 ...
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 ...
Hale Ir Sindries - Buik Twa Forde, Iain W D 27,001 38 1.41

... caracts lik “Long John Silver” at wes baith meschant an a traditor, whyles bein the maist clivversum cheil i the ...
... Counsail to autoreise the skame. Sae the biggin wes selt, an a tid tint. Eftirlins, the fermer biggit ane horrid wie ...
... frae ma auld marra. He hed coft an auld warks i Leith an A set about meisurin it fur flets. At thon tim, A als ...
... strowed an tint. Sae A maun entertene ye wi ma mishanters an a laist ye’l aiblins hae a lauch, tho A didna ! Syne, the ...
... the voss cawin’m. He hed a caller pynt o yill afoir’m, an a guid bleize bene set i the ingil neuk, crekillin lyfie-lik ...
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 ...
Heivenlie Gowf Coorses Fairnie, Robert 917 1 1.09

... 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 ...
Homage til Carl Nielsen Hubbard, Tom 532 1 1.88

... - but Dauvit; Jeronimus, solemn, fou-breekit, Wi a lauch an a daunce deflatit; An wi aa its twynin an trauchlin agin its ...
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 ...
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. ...
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, ...

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