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Title Author Multimedia Word count Freq. Norm.
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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