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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 ...
The Lan o Tea an Tigers: Poems fae the Muckle Furth Blackhall, Sheena 6,393 1 0.16

... fae its birthbed o slime A tiger wi teeth, baith a purr an a roar, Yer a lowe in the bluid that the mind canna smore. ...
The Humpty Dumpty Man [Content label: serious] Blackhall, Sheena 6,223 6 0.96

... raw salmon wis communin Wi a daud o mutton, A heeze o peas An a purple pudden, A fooshty orral hytered tae his feet An ...
... bizz in paradise. Ongauns at Auchensheen Twa mobile phones an a piper's drones sat doon tae hae a blether, Wi a singin ...
... dine an sup gweed wine wi the laird an his fine ladye, An a great strathspey wis born thon day aboot fowk fa'll ne'er ...
... skerries grey. In Meldrum toun he set him doun, wi faith an a Christian zeal, Tae read the wird o the Risen Lord wi ...
... zeal, Tae read the wird o the Risen Lord wi peats an a pucklie meal. Syne he fand a reest as a pairish preist, in ...
The Stalking Cure [Content label: lesser] Corbett, Dr John B 6,214 3 0.48

... Arab, anither estate rented bi a Dutch corporation, an a third cried Balmoral. Thair letter o challenge shaws the ...
... reversal o Buchan’s imperial ethos – an Arab aristocrat an a Dutch consortium. Tae cock a snook at the stereotypes o ...
... resolve’t whan, makin a jynt getaway involvin a hanglider an a brace o grouse, Alasdair owercomes his phobia, an the ...
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 ...
The Toad on the Rock's Opinion Blackhall, Sheena 5,941 1 0.17

... wabbit Fin the gale deed doon, the whale looked roon An a passin boat he grabbit. 'Oh will ye gie me a hurl ?' quo ...
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 ...
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. ...
The Wizard o the North Blackhall, Sheena 5,141 7 1.36

... Since your wee Sam clogged up its plugs, Wi a jar o glue an a pooch o bugs. Its the anely handwirk he's dane aa year, ...
... clean lums. There wis cholera, typhoid, Diptheria as weel An a muckle black tawse Fin ye gaed tae the skweel They hung ...
... Skweel denne's trendy, mine's a pyoke O chips wi a burger an a can o coke. Kali frae Bali in classroom three, Swallaes ...
... o tea. Dod Jean an Donna sit doon tae dine, On a parten an a labster frae the ocean brine. Hame tae teas- snuff the ...
... kirk steeples soar Her neebors? The Northern lichts, an a pirn tae doo. Skyscrapers rise like gravesteens aside her ...
Sermon: Gordon Mackintosh - On Being Christ-like N/A Audio 4,835 3 0.62

... that we see in the world that we know do not please God, an a mu- an a, an a slightly different aspect it may mean ...
... in the world that we know do not please God, an a mu- an a, an a slightly different aspect it may mean that on a ...
... world that we know do not please God, an a mu- an a, an a slightly different aspect it may mean that on a daily ...
Bonny in Black [Content label: lesser] Bruce, Eddie 4,823 1 0.21

... nae sure John should be drinkin’ – whit wi’ the medicine an’ a’,” she ventured. “Nonsense lass! Whisky’s a cure for all ...
The Fower Quarters: 08 - The Warlock's Curse Blackhall, Sheena 4,243 7 1.65

... war plain an orra. Fan he wis riggit in cassen jeans an a weel-worn green anorak, the quinie's skirt wis o blaik ...
... her heid war pleated ticht, syne lowsin them wi a fing! an a furl o her flouncin skirts. Tracy traivelled ten miles ...
... foregaithered, lat inower the i hallowed grun efter a pyot an a craw focht fur his soul. The pyot won, the pit-mirk soul ...
... daunce is on Setterday nicht. Mebbe ye'll nae need a spell an a magic buik. Mebbe Gavin MacInnes'll sikk tae wauk ye hame ...
... licht-fittit hairst moosies. Kate Murdoch cairriet a buik an a caunle in the foun o her jaiket pooch. Tracy Mowat grippit ...
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 ...
The Fower Quarters: 03 - A Gey Dour Bitch Blackhall, Sheena 4,030 2 0.50

... aa happit in a shawlie, fin there wis ae great knell, an a streak o lichtnin cam straucht doon the lum an missed the ...
... "No, I dinna suppose ye div. Ye'd raither makk a clart an a soss o yersel," she girned. Sae I sat in the neuk o the ...
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 ...
The Lang Tale o the Weidae an hir Thrie Dochters Purves, David 3,890 1 0.26

... the lassie ti mak reddie the prince’s denner. This she did an a sicht mair. An whan the prince cam hame forfochen frae the ...
Conversation 19: Two North-East teachers on Doric language N/A Audio 3,743 2 0.53

... F831: No. M842: who you are. There's a time an a place, ehm, one thing, I mean, I'm c-, if I'm speakin ...
... //Mmhm// M842: be who ye are, I mean there's a time an a place //like we've// F831: //Aye// M842: spoken ...
The Fower Quarters: 15 - Blessed wi the Gift [Content label: lesser] Blackhall, Sheena 3,717 5 1.35

... wye tae Perth. Ootside the toon, he stappit fur a fly cup an a Leith's rowie tae weet his thrapple. Syne he streetched ...
... wis in patriotic mood. We war treated tae "Scots Wha Hae" an "A Man's a Man fur aa That". Syne, aa the wye yonder tae Ayr; ...
... ken fin we got there. We didna pack muckle, jist a map an a fyew tinnies meat. Efter aa, Ireland's jist a lowp ower ...
... the ferry dockit at Larne, Da heidit straucht fur Belfast an a B. an B. tae bide in. I mind fine yon placie. We fand a ...
... hame, an unco thing cam aboot. I breenged inno oor room an a wee plastic bowlie stuck bi a sooker fell aff frae ahin ...
The Wal at the Warld's End Purves, David 3,678 4 1.09

... wal o bubblin claer wattir, beildit ablo green brekkin an a rowan tree. But juist as she made ti fill the flesk in hir ...
... haed made a bergain an that wes that. “Did Ah no promise? An a promise maun aye be keepit. Fyne ye ken that. Oor mither ...
... pats aither. The’r nae air in thaim for me ti breathe, an A’m hauden in an canna lowp aboot. Hey Wyfe! Dae ye hear me? ...
... ay. Ye war ma guidwyfe the meinit ye made yeir promise. An a wyfe maun aye dae as hir man bids hir. Hae ye never heard ...
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 ...
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 ...
The Fower Quarters: 17 - Veesitors [Content label: lesser] Blackhall, Sheena 3,511 4 1.14

... polished mahogany. Rose hips bluid-spattered the sheugh, an a bigsie cock pheasant struttit ooto the whins, trailin his ...
... her, "fin they war plaisterin the waas ahin the fireplace. An a doctor chiel cam oot frae Aiberdeen tae see them, an said ...
... brakk in yon auld roost-bucket Chae rins!" Efter a fly cup an a piece, at the eyn o the twa oors, Chae an Winnie left. ...
... a jam jar, pittin flooers inno't fan she heard a cracklin an a scooshlin soon. Luikin ower tae a far neuk, she scried the ...
Conversation 21: Family from North East Scotland N/A Audio 3,440 4 1.16

... an, eleven a half tonne. M824: uh-huh //eleven an a half tonne.// F606: //mmhm// M822: //So// that's ...
... mile in an hoor I think M822: Aye, Oh it'll be an hoor an a half tae come doon, an hoor tae load, M824: Aye. ...
... an hoor tae load, M824: Aye. M822: an an hoor an a half hame. M824: Aye. //Something like that.// ...
... use Laurencekirk station, ye see F606: mmhm M822: an a lot of this Bre- Brechin folk eh but eh they, they found ...
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,: ...
Conversation 24: Three women chatting in a garden centre N/A Audio 3,307 1 0.30

... an I've covered it wi stones F606: Yeah. F889: an a big rock an itwis eh, it wis quite expensive, but at the ...
Craiters: 20 - Biz-Bizzin Fenton, Alexander 3,297 10 3.03

... ere twice afore an she'd teen er freen as weel's er three an a half ear aal graandother, an I wis fine pleaset tae be ...
... ye like, haadin eir mither's haan, fin aff ey'd go, a hop an a skip an a bounce. Iv coorse, aa young craiters dee e same. ...
... haadin eir mither's haan, fin aff ey'd go, a hop an a skip an a bounce. Iv coorse, aa young craiters dee e same. It's ...
... kye, broon an fite, een wi a braid collar roon its neck an a big bell hingin anaith. It wis handy for e lads at e huts ...
... staas at hame, here ey hid widden planks anaith e kye, an a widden passage an a widden greep, an nae trevises. An ere ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
The Ettin's Guidwyfe that Greined for Paerls Purves, David 3,176 2 0.63

... an he haed a wee fisherman’s butt an ben aw til himsell, an a boat ti fish frae. He haed a lass, tae, cawed Catriona, an ...
... she micht spin for naebodie but hissell? He did juist that—an a sicht waur. For he gart hir spin an mak claes for him, no ...
Scots version of History of Scots essay Lawson, Robert 3,112 3 0.96

... literature, an influential literary renaissance, an a wide range o speakers, it’s seen bi mony folk as wrang, ...
... (Webster, para 5:1997) In Scots a nummer o dialects exist, an a comparison o Northiastern dialect an Glaswegian dialect ...
... than 5 year syne Scottish Literature consistit o Burns an a few othir Scottish writers, an Scottish leid was ne’er ...
The Fremmit Tail Forde, Iain W D 3,072 2 0.65

... wes daein beinlie nane-the-les. Thai aw hed a guid employ an a fouth o freins, an wur fain o ither. Bot thair warl wes ...
... "A'm verra blyth ti hear't," says hir guid faither, "an A think at ye hae the richt o'd. A wes about ti propone the ...
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 ...
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 ...
Thomas Edward o Banff de Rusett, Wendy 2,896 1 0.35

... an smaa, got him intae bother wi the squeel maisters, an a puckle o his fellow scholars forby. (Thomas leaps to catch ...
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 ...
Daft Jackie McGonigal, James 2,850 1 0.35

... wi nae breeks? My husband has taen tae walkin in his sleep an a fortnicht past this Tuesday he wandered oot o the hoose at ...
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 ...
Thy Neighbour's Wife [Content label: lesser] Bruce, Eddie 2,813 1 0.36

... I get miserable an' lonely wi' the kids maistly at school an' a man that winna come hame till the pubs shut." He looked ...
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 ...
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’. ...
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 ...
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: ...
The Weidae's Son an the Streinger Purves, David 2,764 1 0.36

... the streinger: “Sir, we ir sair dounhauden wi puirtith, an A kenna whitfor ye ir sae ill on me. Ah hae still naething o ...
The Reid Bul o Norroway Purves, David 2,742 2 0.73

... a bowle o guid het soup, a crust o breid ti gang wi it, an a sowp o creamie milk. Sae the puir quyne sleepit warm an ...
... haed the been the lyke o it in aw the days o the warld! An a thocht cam til hir that wi siccan a ferlie, she coud ...
The Knicht o the Riddils Purves, David 2,721 4 1.47

... licht-hertit, stappin but the aince for ti buy sum breid an a morsil kebbok wi thair lest pennie piece. An on the ither ...
... lassie ti Cormac an thair waddin splore lestit a year an a day, an gret wes the luiv atwein thaim. Syne, at the end o ...
... wes the luiv atwein thaim. Syne, at the end o the year an a day, whit did Cormac dae, but send Alasdair hame til his ...
... he haed nae need o onie ither kinrik. He hae yin o his ain an a bryde he loued weill. Sae in the hinner end, baith the ...
Scots Tung Wittins 88 Fairnie, Robert 2,712 1 0.37

... schuils yersel. Ma hope is that mony bairns will tak pairt an A look forrit tae seein the cuttie poem an story. Aw the ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...

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