Search results
Refine your search | New search
953 occurrences of an a.
304 documents matching criteria (23.10% of corpus)
1,492,373 total words in matching documents (32.53% of corpus)
Showing documents 41 - 60 of 304
Page: < prev next >
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
|
Results per page:
20
50
100
1000
All
|
Max word occurrences per document: 5
Title | Author | Multimedia | Word count | Freq. | Norm. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
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 ... |
Page: < prev next >
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
|
Results per page:
20
50
100
1000
All
|
Max word occurrences per document: 5
Your recently viewed documents:
- Article for the Shetland Times- An apology to Shetland knitters (De Luca, Christine)
- Ane Auld Sang (Purves, David)
- A Wee Scran o Herrin (Fairnie, Robert)
- BBC Voices Recording: Inverurie (N/A)
- Afa sad news, bit thanks for the memories - March 21, 2005 (Shepherd, Robbie)