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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 ... |
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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 ... |
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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 ... |
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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 ... |
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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 ... |
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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' ... |
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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 ā€˛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 ... |
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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 ... |
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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 ... |
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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 ... |
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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 ... |
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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 ... |
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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 ... |
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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 ... |
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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. ... |
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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 ... |
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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 ... |
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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 ... |
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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 ... |
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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, ... |
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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 ... |
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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 ... |
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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 ... |
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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 ... |
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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 ... |
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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 ... |
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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 ... |
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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 ... |
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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 ... |
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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 ... |
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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" ... |
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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 ... |
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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 ... |
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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 ... |
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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 ... |
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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 ... |
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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 ... |
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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 ... |
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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 ... |
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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 ... |
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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, ... |
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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 ... |
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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 ... |
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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 ... |
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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 ... |
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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 ... |
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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 ... |
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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 ... |
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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 ... |
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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 ... |