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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 ...

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 ...

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,: ...

Interview 16: Woman talking about volunteering in Toryglen N/A Audio 2,768 3 1.08

... tae what they wanted in the playpark an they got it //an a man said to me las- last year, he says, ye know,// ...
... education.// F606: //Mm.// F1039: They got them in an a lot o them have went er tae college F606: Mm! F1039: ...
... hm.// F1039: them have left an come oot an aw an a lot o the hooses are just left, //ye know?// F606: ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Interview with Robert Bruce for Scottish Readers Remember Project N/A Audio 28,169 1 0.04

... actually a base. //We were the whole of Malta was a an a [click] a service island you might say it it the, all ...

It's time tae reflect as fiddlers come and go - February 28, 2005 Shepherd, Robbie 787 2 2.54

... presentin o ma radio programme something atween Lee Marvin an a cheese grater. "Ye hae been pittin yer fit in yer moo ...
... moo again hiv ye?" Weel thankfu kyn, I got an aisle seat an a gran view o the hale proceedins - a concert weel worthy o ...

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 ...

Jeel't tae the marra on a day oot tae the fitba - March 14, 2005 Shepherd, Robbie 787 3 3.81

... the time. The loon - I shid stop caain him at; he's noo 27 an a gweed feow inches bigger than his shelpit faither - wis up ...
... didna haud the same attraction. It maun be aul age an a cosy fireside wi the wireless at ma lug seem't a better ...
... an baked aipple. Syne he adds milk, microwaves for two-an-a-half meenits an, hey presto. The ither day, he gaed farrer ...

Katy the Crocodile Blackhall, Sheena 2,194 5 2.28

... Sic weather! He cried, an pued his hornies doon A weeter an a wycer loon. Snailie (iii) Slivvery, slivvery, bubbly snoot ...
... the chukkenpox, They sent him hame frae skweel Wi a fever an a furry tongue He really wisna weel That's the wye he's ...
... Coo MOO MOO MOO I'm a Heilan coo, Twa horns fur a hat, An a winnerfu view. I dinna ett sweeties, Or skirly or stew, ...
... got a blackboord. Teacher's got a stick o chakk, computer an a pen Teacher's got a heidache, teacher takks a teabreak ...
... Afore he gings tae play At fitbaa wi a mermaid A labster an a sole Bit every kick he catches, They can niver score a ...

Kin Ye Mind? Hynd, George 338 1 2.96

... Marchin' ahint the pipe band Wi a tin cup roon yer neck, an a wee bag o buns The happiest lad in the land Kin ye mind o ...

Letter: 04 Fairnie, Robert 107 1 9.35

... copies o twa o the poems entered, includin "The Slater" an A thocht the students an yersel wad like tae see it if ye ...

Letter: 08 Fairnie, Robert 321 1 3.12

... doot ken yersel, language is the key tae a body's identity an a kennin o thair ain Scots language gies fowk a first cless ...

Letter: 09 Fairnie, Robert 197 1 5.08

... pairlament is the want o onie Scots signage on the wa's an A'v gien [CENSORED: forename] a wee cartoon A did anent it ...

Letter: 11 Fairnie, Robert 105 1 9.52

... o twa o the poems entered, includin "Chocolate Cake!" an A thocht the bairns an yersel wad like tae see it if ye ...

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 ...

Loon (extract) [Content label: lesser] Blackhall, Sheena 3,235 4 1.24

... jist gaed back tae the trawlers tae earn eneuch fur a dram an a tinnie o roll ups fin he cam back onshore efter a trip tae ...
... glowerin doon at the custard, watchin it growe three skins an a beard, tryin nae tae cowk, keepin ma een doon on the ...
... in the squar, tae skateboard or jist fur a news an lauch an a bit o a cairry-on. The Hame's a mile an a hauf fae my ...
... a news an lauch an a bit o a cairry-on. The Hame's a mile an a hauf fae my hoose, an the rain wis stottin doon fin I left ...

Ma Gairden Hynd, George 307 2 6.51

... upon the heather Well we got Lobelia's an' tiny wee shrubs An a pair o minature roses An soon the scent o ma gairden Wis ...
... an joy My it wis a wundrous creation Ah built a burd bath, an a wee totty barry Then added a big muckle gnome An noo ma ...

Magnus, da Yöl pony De Luca, Christine 329 1 3.04

... roond tae da sun; dan dey slippit aff Magnus, wi tanks an a wave at da lambie-hoose whar dey'd begun. Is peerie bairns ...

Makin Pancakes Love, Rowena M 208 1 4.81

... coonter. Sweet bit flat, Ah guzzlet it doon, gritty syrup an a, whaur Ah sat tucked high oan hur bentwood chair, legs ...

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 ...

Minnie Blackhall, Sheena 32,033 37 1.16

... advert fur his trade, as thin as the links o the crook an a permanent dreep at the pynt o his snoot, bit he hid a ...
... pole an led them intae the park wi a wheep at his elbuck an a fag rikkin frae the crook o his moo. Syne intae the lang ...
... an reeted, fur mebbe a twa, three generations, nae a day an a denner...an fermers' bairns kent ilkie stick an steen o ...
... pleat, hair the colour o roosty iron, green cat's een an a hairt-shaped face wi a button snoot an lugs as deinty an ...
... a day's wirk wi the futterat, a slack time at the fairm an a guid chaunce tae kill aff the furry vratches o rubbits. ...

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 ...

Picters in yer heid Fairnie, Robert 2,174 5 2.30

... wa. The wa hid a caip stane on the tap an stuid aboot twa an a hauf fit high an, the thing that grippit his ee thon ...
... or the door at the left haund side o the ha burstit open an a wumman breenged in screamin for her bairns. “Oh ma ...
... his chist for thare wis a wheen o bairns greetin wi panic an a wheen o mithers an aw. The panic wis kinna catchin an ...
... fowk stertit tae git bleck-oot curtains for thair windaes an a wheen o fowk criss-crossed the insides o thair windaes wi ...
... tubes fixed tae the end o’t. He did somethin tae his poker an a blue flame stertit tae come oot the end. Back fae the ...

Poems from "Stravaigin" Niven, Liz 215 1 4.65

... foondations crummlt, as butcher builders fleed. A million an a hauf stanes pave memorials in monie tungs. A brick fir ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Rashiecoat Purves, David 984 2 2.03

... “Say ye winna tak him binna thay gie ye a coat o rashes an a perr o slippers!” Weill thay gied hir a coat o rashes an a ...
... an a perr o slippers!” Weill thay gied hir a coat o rashes an a perr o slippers, but she didna want ti tak him for aw ...

Recounting Blessings - Chapter 3 Henderson, John 1,041 1 0.96

... Chapter 3 1945-1949 Banknock Village – ‘Tanner Ba’ Playin’ an’ a Cuv’ As my reading ability, even as a eight year old, was ...

Reefed in De Luca, Christine 404 1 2.48

... wind at lifts da sail, keeps wirds clos ta her breest. An A'll miss da tilfer underfit, da gunwale's tilt, relief when ...

Refuge [Content label: serious] Paisley, Janet 22,040 1 0.05

... fur ye. No this time. If he comes here, wi the polis, an a section order, ye'll hae tae speak fur yersell. (BETH ...

Re_ Scots Corpus De Luca, Christine 704 4 5.68

... I tink whit du's suggestin will do fine ... aboot an oor an a half aa > tagiddir. We can decide whit bit's we tak ...
... dy Lungawattir > poyim!) > > aa da best > > an a peerie smoorikin > > Alan > > *************** ...
... poetry nicht? > See whit du tinks. > Aa da best > An a peerie smoorikin ta dee anaa! > Christine > PS Hit ...
... Hi aye Christine Na na lass, gying du ahed wi hit. An A'm plaesed t'gying alang wi hit - evin if dis program ...

Review of "The Crimson Petal and the White" (Michel Faber) Niven, Liz 502 1 1.99

... ‘Crimson Petal and the White’ transports ye tae a time, an a scrievin style, lang gaun by thou dealin wi timeless ...

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 ...

Sattlin doon tae steer the fine hotterin porritch - March 7, 2005 Shepherd, Robbie 782 2 2.56

... a plate o soup for the dinner. Syne there wis the cocoa an a chunk o cheese. We were mair than ready for't. BIT back ...
... an aul farrant names come tae myn o Murly Tams, Pizzers - an a query I got nae that lang syne fae ma gweed freen Jim ...

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 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 - in Scots Kay, Billy 487 1 2.05

... for their veice tae be heard in a Europe o a Hunder Flags an a hunder tongues, a Europe whaur linguistic diversity is ...

Scots in the Community Fairnie, Robert 743 2 2.69

... a Midlands accent, it wis the best English A’d ivver heard an A jaloused richt awa that he wad be shuir tae be at the tap ...
... thon broad Scots rubbish. A’v spoken Fisherraw aw ma days an A’m no gaun tae chynge noo!” As for masel, it wisna till A’d ...

Scotspik de Rusett, Wendy 890 1 1.12

... big. We say muckle. There’s a moose loose aboot the hoose, An a muckle monster in the loch. (Scream!) 7. You say light. We ...

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 ...

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 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 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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Scots Tung Wittins 109 Fairnie, Robert 2,619 7 2.67

... or twa things in it ye're threapin ithers shuid dae. Ay, an A did tak thaim oot o context, but dileeberate like, for A ...
... thon broad Scots rubbish. A've spoken Fisherraw aw ma days an A'm no gaun tae chynge noo!" Howanever, gin oor doctor or ...
... thanks for yer repone til ma email. A hear whit ye say, an A gree that we're baith ettlin towards the selsame ends, ...
... at Glesca Uni we dae discreeminate atween Scots an slang, an A ken that at Embro, scholarly boadies lik Prof Jim Millar ...
... as a hantle spoken dialects wi a braid core vocabulary an a prescriptive grammar (mair David Purves nor Jim Millar, ...

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 ...

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 115 Fairnie, Robert 2,413 4 1.66

... a miniature quaich tae keep for hersel alang wi a buik an a certificate written in Scots. Rachel's winnin poem is set ...
... Awfy Cauld" Andrew an Samantha will baith be gien a buik an a certificate written in Scots. Thae twa poems is prentit ...
... roond the young and auld. A roarin fire gaun up yir lum An a boul o kale tae fill yir tum. Neeps and tatties fur yer ...
... read but there mair tae this collection nor a licht read an a lauch. Matthew's topics is braid-reengin. For example, six ...

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 ...

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 118 Fairnie, Robert 2,374 7 2.95

... Wojtek's permission. "Hello Rab, Thank ye for yer e-mails an A'm sorry A've no scrieved tae ye this monie a lang day. ...
... buikie ye tellt us tae get frae the Scottish Pairlament an A've a few observes aboot it. As faur as A ken, in the Scots ...
... it says, 'Yer MSPs need tae ken whit maitters (...)' an A'm thinkin it shuid be owerset intae the guid Scots lik ...
... it's juist the mixter-maxter o differ noon an verb forms. An A wis ettlin tae say the maist o thae mistaks in't is oot o ...
... a buikie cried 'A Scots Pairliament' bi James Robertson an A cam across sic constructions - the author yaises 'these' ...

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 ...

Scots Tung Wittins 120 Fairnie, Robert 2,243 4 1.78

... test. Come alang an hae a shot yersel! There tea/coffee an a piece in yer haund forbye." Scots Tung WITTINS On the wab. ...
... buiks furthset bi Peterloo, Making Blue an Borderers an a raicent ingaitherin for bairns No Homework Tomorrow ...
... the ither inside page says:- "Biddin Ye A Blythe Yuletide An A Guid New Year." The hinnermaist page tells fowk that the ...
... ( suin tae be Edward VII ). The cantilever brig is a mile an a hauf lang an spangs the Forth frae Sooth tae Nor ...

Scots Tung Wittins 121 Fairnie, Robert 2,223 3 1.35

... the windae. Nixt Forgaitherin Tae be decidit Gaelic, Scots an a wee bit o English ON Sunday 16 November the Gaelic program ...
... o Lady Nairne's letters that wis aw written in Scots an aw an a descendent spake ane or twa wee bits o English. The ...
... S.T. Wittins bids aw its readers a Herty Yule an a richt Guid New Year Thochts on 2004 AS the oors an the ...

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 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 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 127 Fairnie, Robert 2,494 4 1.60

... rinnin for a guid imaginative uiss o the Scots language an a guid comand o it an aw in her Cinderella. It wis a richt ...
... aw, a copy o Matthew Fitt's Tam o Shanter's Big Night Oot an a copy o the SLD's Concise Scots Dictionar alang wi an ...
... aff wi a laminatit certificate aw written in Scots an a laminatit copy o the Scots Tung Wittins' supplement sheet, ...
... saw thir twae Porters trauchlin wi ae grit mukkil crate; an A herkint the tain sayin til the ither, "Yow Pow" an the ...

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 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. ...

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 131 Fairnie, Robert 2,360 3 1.27

... Makar's Neuk A WAR VETERAN A wis passin the museum An A nearly didnae see him, As A hurried on ma wey doon ...
... a face thit looked gey glaikit An he wore a khaki jaiket An a pair o army boots upon his feet! He'd only yin guid airm ...
... haed been uised at sindry times for a geriatric hospital an a brewery. Soonds like the pairlament micht no be sae oot o ...

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 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 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 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 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 ...

Scots Tung Wittins 140 Fairnie, Robert 2,530 4 1.58

... tae keep, alang wi a certificate, a Scots Dictionar an CD, an a copy o Itchy Coo's "Pure Ghosters". The twa Jynt ...
... war aw praisentit wi a certificate, a Scots Dictionar CD an a copy o "Pure Ghosters". The tap three entries frae ilka ...
... silent bi her ain quiet dignity richt throu the book an a pain that taks saicont place tae the communist ideals o ...
... Three o the animals is fameeliar: a hedgehog, an osprey an a pine marten, but the fourth yin, the eponymous hero, is a ...

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 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 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 145 Fairnie, Robert 2,668 4 1.50

... phonenumber] Hae a Richt Herty Yule A HERTY YULE AN A GUID NEW YEAR tae aw oor readers! Scots Tung wishes ye aw ...
... a guid mairriage that produced mony bairns. He wis a hero an a champion an muckle luved bi awbody. This steered up Hera's ...
... frae the Bygane THERE wis wee Scotty o the Coogate Kirk; an a famous preacher he wis. Ye couldna get a seat in his kirk, ...
... Nae pseudo-incantations said By Minister, or Priest! An a million future years fae noo When they're siftin thru the ...

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 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 149 Fairnie, Robert 2,552 4 1.57

... effects includes a bigger risk o lung cancer, hert disease an a sindry variety o bairns' illnesses. This Act is the ...
... principles, hivin been a union upsteerer, a CND campaigner an a ae time maimber o the Fife Communist Pairty. He wrote aw ...
... an aw, in Scots. Rab eydently delivert a puckle sonnets an a Standart Habbie on some controversial themes the likes o ...
... Matthew Fitt said he's cried a teuchter in Lanarkshire an a weegie when he gauns back tae Dundee, kinna blawin up the ...

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 151 Fairnie, Robert 2,615 3 1.15

... on. This new law wis enforced wi liberal yuiss o the tawse an a campaign tae dirl intae the heids o aw the bairns that ...
... 85, 90 an 122, the phrases, 'sair heid', 'heid bummer' an 'a girn aboot yer face' strikes me as waik owersettins whaur ...
... winner will be treatit tae a fower coorse denner an a nicht oot at the hotel forbye haein thair vyce ...

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 ...

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 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 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 159 Fairnie, Robert 2,479 3 1.21

... thon "Scots" laddie in the tartan troosers wi a shaky leg an a readin problem, singin Auld Lang "Zine" (Syne). Rabbie ...
... Athoot that history, there can be a sense o ruitlessness an a feelin o no belangin. It is, efter aw, shared experience ...
... wi Hamburg an Holland an such This gied us mair German an a wheen words o Dutch. The Gypsies frae Yetholm then topped ...

Scots Tung Wittins 160 Fairnie, Robert 2,645 4 1.51

... - a paperback, a graphic novel, twa simplified vairsions an a vairsion o the graphic novel in Scots. O the 25,000 free ...
... text for younger readers furthset bi Barrington Stoke an a Scots vairsion o the abuin graphic novel owerset intae ...
... subjeck maitter an shaws a guid insicht intae human nature an a gift for social comment as in Bailie Bruce, a latter day ...
... but they chuise tae gaun for extermination o Scots an a nation o monoglots insteid.The modern exterminators we hae ...

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 ...

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 164 Fairnie, Robert 2,436 5 2.05

... The difference atween a bi-lingual view o the warld an a mono-lingual ane can be taen tae be like the difference ...
... wis weel tendit wi a wheen o weel kent auld faces an a haundfu o new anes an aw. Gin aw the apologists haed ...
... keek at human naitur. The Polish Anna micht be an incomer an a weedae afore her time but she is strang an no feart tae ...
... it ends on the positive forrit lookin note o 'a new ploo' an a 'fresh field' Aw the wey throu the play, NE Scots is ...
... the growein prominence o the Hielans athin Scotland an a wheen o thair wark haes gien a vyce tae aspects o history, ...

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 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 167 Fairnie, Robert 2,335 7 3.00

... anither - an then anither till the hauf time whustle blew an A cuid relax wi the score at 0-0. A yaised the same tactics ...
... flouers o the Himalayan balsam. Twa swans, a puckle deuks an a skurrel or twa for company. Noo an agane fowk stravaigit ...
... tae a native spikker but fir me it wis a kinna brekthrou an A howp it'll gie me courage tae try agane. If the fowk that ...
... levels o identity, confidence, motivation, enjoyment an a better knawledge o language in general. The auld fears ...
... a wee blue dug Wi a lead at its chin A lead at its chin An a ruff roon its throat Like a wee blue dug Wi a roch weet ...

Scots Tung Wittins 169 Fairnie, Robert 2,226 3 1.35

... Ph. [CENSORED: phonenumber] Hae A Herty Yuletide An A Guid New Year SCOTS TUNG bids aw its readers a Herty ...
... New Year SCOTS TUNG bids aw its readers a Herty Yuletide an a richt Guid New Year. Aw the best tae you an the anes ye ...
... haes a guid sized alphabetical vocabular at the back an a enthusiastic innin bi Sheena Blackhall. The batter ...

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 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 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 174 Fairnie, Robert 2,357 3 1.27

... is gien a clivver like innin bi a faimly o twa brithers an a sister gaun on holiday tae the Westren Isles. The Wee ...
... haed lines the likes o 'A thoat A'd sheared aa the sheep' an 'A cannae dae it but A've goat tae dae it'. The ither ...
... Scottishness haes been catched bi James P. Spence, poet an a freelance storyteller, that haes owersetten the adaptation ...

Scots Tung Wittins 175 Fairnie, Robert 2,364 3 1.27

... chance. Chance juist happens tae be the name o Phil's new an a guid sicht younger pairtner, Didi, a video-airtist, that's ...
... wi words like 'old bean', 'up hill down dale', 'chums', an 'a tad' as easy as Scots phrases the likes o 'what-d'you cry ...
... gey weel seen wi references tae a braid kin-kind o shuin an a gey significant shae advert! There farcical taigelt wires ...


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