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Scots Tung Wittins 54 Fairnie, Robert 2,686 4 1.49

... ye ken! It's a walcome muckle step forrit for the Gaelic an a wee'er step forrit for the Mither Tung but a step forrit ...
... a richt guid stert. Fitba an the Warld Tassie hae tae awn, an A'm no prood o it, that onie time A wis watchin England ...
... opposite side tae thaim. Ae nicht, A wis watchin England an A got fair scunnert hearin the commentators sae A turnt the ...
... ma boab, did A no find thair fitba a pleesure tae watch an A stertit rootin for England. It wisna the team nor the ...
Scots Tung Wittins 56 Fairnie, Robert 2,683 3 1.12

... that Scots Tung chysed ti uise, oot o thae dictionars, an a hantle o thaim isna aa that easy ti pit ower yer thrapple. ...
... a guid wheen year syne, a stane age yirdin chaumer an a bronze age yirdin kist that wis baith bein onkivvert bi ...
... wis a photie o the Lone Ranger wi his cuddie, Silver, an a caption ablo that read "Learning Gaelic? Neigh bother." ...
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 ...
Scots Tung Wittins 64 Fairnie, Robert 2,672 1 0.37

... furthset bi Canongate Books, is a new beuk descrived as an A–Z walin o exemplars o Nor-Aist "Patois" the day. Bi keepin ...
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 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 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 94 Fairnie, Robert 2,651 1 0.38

... wee bit but maimbers o the CPG wad be telt whan it wis due an a fower page summary o the report an hou tae coff it wad be ...
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 50 Fairnie, Robert 2,638 3 1.14

... takin, for the pilot licht haes blawn oot yince areddies an A'm a wee bit feart o some kinna craitur gaun intae the flue ...
... the yins that dae are richt guid, parteeclar the Skreivins an A'm shuir it'll no be lang or the ither yins gets fou an aw. ...
... for yer letter o 26t. Februar, signed bi Gavin Barrie, an A weel tak yer pint that, gin the Scots language, alang wi ...
Scots Tung Wittins 91 Fairnie, Robert 2,638 1 0.38

... Languages, the foondin o the Cross Pairty Group on Scots an a growein swall o intrest in the Scots language, the'r gaun ...
Scots Tung Wittins 63 Fairnie, Robert 2,635 1 0.38

... ill-willie o the Heilanders. Allan Campbell o the CNAG an a hamelt spaeker hissel, threaps it's no ill-willie at aa ...
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 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 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 48 Fairnie, Robert 2,614 3 1.15

... diary includit a pair o troosers, twa serks, a bunnet an a pair o shuin alang wi aw the uswal messages for the hoose. ...
... awfu weel wi the teachers an bairns in the Orkney scuils an a wheen o thaim wis giein thair consait o't ower the ...
... ower the wireless. The byleid haes its ain hamelt souch an a pickle o hamelt wirds but, for aw that, it's weel ...
Scots Tung Wittins 89 Fairnie, Robert 2,612 1 0.38

... the guff e'en Rosyth wis weel athin the reenge o the sea an a muckle lang gate frae the caller watters o the River ...
Scots Tung Wittins 79 Fairnie, Robert 2,611 3 1.15

... keek at the hinnermaist Report o the Scots Spellin Comatee an a copy o the Shortleet o Frequent Words in Scots. Ae new ...
... back tae e car, his wirds o wisdom suddenly dawned on me an A stairted tae laach an A wis aye laachin fan A got back ...
... o wisdom suddenly dawned on me an A stairted tae laach an A wis aye laachin fan A got back inower e car. E quines of ...
Scots Tung Wittins 75 Fairnie, Robert 2,610 4 1.53

... brain-washed intae thaim bi a Scottish eddication seestem an a Scottish society. A guid exemplar o hou thon brain-washin ...
... fish, uncle. A fund it in the gutter ootside the Heywechts an A wis wunnerin if ye cuid tell us whit kin it is." Uncle Rob ...
... a wuzzent wee man wi baldie heid, gray stibblie baird an a glent in his watery blue een. "Ma uncle Rob sent us roond ...
... o the guff o tarry raip an nets. In fack, thare wis twa an a hauf kyle o raip lyin on the bare wuiden flair ower in ae ...
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 62 Fairnie, Robert 2,606 4 1.53

... we hae oor doots. Apairt frae the geography, the backdrop an a haundfu o pipes an kilts, it cuid hiv been a typical New ...
... Eagle in Germany:- "A'm a journalist wi Danmarks Radio, an A'm gaun tae bide in Scotland for the neist twa months, frae ...
... the December edeetion. ~~~ooo~~~ Geordie Jooks' Twa Feres an a Heivenlie Gowf Coorse. TWA three weeks efter Geordie Jooks ...
... tryst. Weel, efter yon day, twa three months gaed bye an a wheen mair gemms o gowf till ae day, Sandy up an dee'd. No ...
Scots Tung Wittins 92 Fairnie, Robert 2,601 1 0.38

... some o the mithers an aw. A photie o the presentation an a wee report aboot it wis furthset in the East Lothian ...
Scots Tung Wittins 51 Fairnie, Robert 2,596 1 0.39

... behauden tae oor Glesca feres for this guid-willie bode an a copie o Scots Tung Wittins Nummer 50 haes been E-mailed ...
Scots Tung Wittins 87 Fairnie, Robert 2,587 1 0.39

... strang, aefauld mindit Scottish Pairlament, wad fund itsel an a nae win seetiation. If it gied in tae haein Scots ...
Scots Tung Wittins 177 Fairnie, Robert 2,585 2 0.77

... Hallelujah), fund satires (Quo Stalin on Lenin), essays an a nummer o poetry pamphlets. This walin, publisht eleeven ...
... primary schuil an secondary schuil. The likes o Itchy Coo an a haundfu o primary schuils is daein bravehert stuff ...
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 85 Fairnie, Robert 2,560 4 1.56

... an the nicht feinisht aff wi some braw guid sangs, poems an a readin frae "But n Ben A-Go-Go" ~~~ooo~~~ Gaun Yersel But ...
... Curn wis breardit. STW Bids Aw Its Readers a Hertie Yule an a Richt Guid New Year!!! ~~~ooo~~~ Centre for the Languages ...
... A hivna deen a Countra Clatter for a lang, lang time, ay, an A hiv tae say aat A've bin weel telt aboot it an aa be a ...
... £2000 haes been giftit frae the Edinburgh City Cooncil an a faurer £500 frae the Scots Leid Associe. Juist anither ...
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 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 ...
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 ...
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 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 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 86 Fairnie, Robert 2,513 6 2.39

... phonenumber] STW Bids Aw Its Readers a Hertie Yule an a Richt Guid New Year! ~~~ooo~~~ Oot Wi The Auld In Wi The ...
... Neuk Is there for honest Poverty That hings his head, an a that? The coward-slave, we pass him by, We dare be poor ...
... we pass him by, We dare be poor for a that! For a that, an a that, Our toils obscure, an a that, The rank is but the ...
... poor for a that! For a that, an a that, Our toils obscure, an a that, The rank is but the guinea's stamp, The man's the ...
... That Sense and Worth, ower a the earth, May bear the gree, an a that. For a that, an a that, It's comin yet for a that, ...
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 ...
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 68 Fairnie, Robert 2,509 1 0.40

... mind aither hou he haed gotten intae this seetiation an a wheen o oorie antrin thochts kep on fleein in an oot his ...
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 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 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 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 73 Fairnie, Robert 2,491 1 0.40

... Aiberdeen, AB15 6DF, an speir him tae pit a Gaelic column an a Scots column in aw the edeetions o the paper iverie week." ...
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 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 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 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 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 ...
The Braw Guidwyfe an hir Nicht Veisitors Purves, David 2,460 3 1.22

... an polish, feed the hens an milk the kye? Thay did aw that an a sicht mair, for the war butter ti kirn an kebbok, an monie ...
... feshin an cairriein, afore we can sit doun til oor wark, an a rowth the ir o that!” Sae Mhairi wrocht awa, but the mair ...
... war the wurds oot hir mou, nor a chap cam ti the dure, an a smaw vyce cryin: “Heich Mhairi, braw wyfe that ye ir, Ah ...
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 67 Fairnie, Robert 2,456 4 1.63

... chairge o £15 kivvers mornin an efternuin coffee an a denner o pieces. Beukins frae oniebodie ettlin tae gaun ...
... fish, uncle. A fund it in the gutter ootside the Heywechts an A wis wunnerin if ye cuid tell us whit kin it is." Uncle Rob ...
... a wuzzent wee man wi baldie heid, gray stibblie baird an a glent in his watery blue een. "Ma uncle Rob sent us roond ...
... o the guff o tarry raip an nets. In fack, thare wis twa an a hauf kyle o raip lyin on the bare wuiden flair ower in ae ...

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