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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, ...

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