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Aboot Cuddies an Camels Fairnie, Robert 664 2 3.01

... cuddy, it wis threapit a man cuid traivel a sicht further an a sicht faster an cairry a sicht mair wecht o graith nor the ...
... cuddy design drawins an set oot tae tweek a wee bit here an a wee bit thare tae improve on the original design. Ae ...
A Braw Guid Alairm Fairnie, Robert 1,498 3 2.00

... o the alairm wi the ither end conneckit tae the horn an a third yin jyned the horn tae the ither terminal o the bell ...
... press.” “Weel oor press wis backin on tae yours Jimmy an A cannae mind o haein onie bother at aw.” “A cannae mind hou ...
... deef but she aye yaised tae jump at the least wee noise an A hid tae hae anither word wi the builders. A telt thaim ...
Advert for "The Paix Machine" Forde, Iain W D 234 1 4.27

... nou. The bit tombe is in thrie buiks wi clinks in atwene, an a pley at the hinneren, ti mak siccar at the main thranes is ...
Afa sad news, bit thanks for the memories - March 21, 2005 Shepherd, Robbie 778 2 2.57

... jist a day efter his dear wife, Sheila, wis laid tae rest an a day afore a faimily waddin. Losh bit it's a blessin we ...
... waddin. Losh bit it's a blessin we dinna ken fit's afore's an a tragic time for the McGarrs wi Peggy - Paddy's sister, fa ...
A Fer Chauve Smith, Alex 23,344 7 0.30

... awa an, the twa o them were noo sittin sippin coffee an, a gless o wine. Muggie beginin tae feel the heat again." Oh ...
... tae see if I could sell ony peats. I knocked at the door an a mannie came tae the door. He spoke in gey broken English. ...
... They looked a richt healthy lot an, wi a suppie rain an a wee bit o Spring heat it wisnae lang afore the flooers ...
... in case the licht went aff. Filled a lantren wi paraffin an a wee stove, so he cood bile a kettle if there wis nae ...
... the meal the bottles came oot. (The T.V. wis switched aff) an a puckle stories were aye telt. Larry Ake says." Aye noo ...
A fine Ham an Haddie Fairnie, Robert 906 3 3.31

... 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 ...
... wee man wi a gammy leg, a 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 ...
Ahint 'e Herst Brown, Charles W 251 1 3.98

... mi is sma Twid bi gran' gin 'e warld cuid a' news awa'. An' a birn A' manidgt ti mak tolrent o' ithers Fan thir religion ...
A Hoary Story - The Cemet'ry Inspector's Lament Henderson, John 188 1 5.32

... spak tae his wallies wi easedom, “Ye'll be fine wi a rub an' a spit.” Bit fan shoved i his mou a mite efter, T’wis clair ...
Allt Darrarie - Burn of the Stunning Noise, Glen Muick Blackhall, Sheena 131 1 7.63

... swan, o' immaculate mystery Doon rowes the burn, on a sang an a wing. Dulcet as Chopin, Menuhin, Beethoven Jinkie's ...
A lock o hellery Johnson, Laureen 1,933 1 0.52

... wir such a hellery o cars.’ ‘We catched twartree haddocks an a hellery o piltocks.’ It was time to call for help. Axin ...
Ane Auld Sang Purves, David 7,319 4 0.55

... drums. * * * * But war an its traivels haes made me waesum an a fell feim nou bleizes inby me: it’s thinkin o hou Ah hae ...
... bebbin an never taen tent o the gloamin. Ah sat tipplin an A never kent ‘twes the forenicht, or the fawin petals filled ...
... stream. The war muinlicht, the trees war breirdin blossom an a lown wund saftent the nicht air, for it wes Spring. *** ...
... Ah daursay, the wund wul hae lowdent, syne ye can gae, an A’l no fash aboot ye. *** GLOSSARY The Scots spellings used ...
An epistle tae Wullie wi the broken jaw Hynd, George 250 1 4.00

... like a ventriloquist's dummy, "Gi'es us a gottle o'geer an a wee dark rummy" So tae help ye oot here's a wee gift frae ...
Article for the Shetland Times- An apology to Shetland knitters De Luca, Christine 901 1 1.11

... wi her camera gear an mi doubts stowed awa. A deck chair an a picnic basket wid a bön mi preferred tackle, but no, shö ...
A Sair Fecht Smith, Alex 23,505 21 0.89

... a pain, Be efterneen ere's sin in a'a it's glory, Mair an a bittie het at's the story. Thursday 10th, Temp. 11/28 Haar ...
... AN POOR WIS THE SAME TAE YOU, FOWK AT'S GRATEFULL MAIR AN A FEW, AYE YOU WIS VICTIM O' THE FILM ROLL, DEID IN THE BODY ...
... Sunday 23rd, Temp. 3/7 (Rainfall 3/16) Dull mornin, quait, an a wee bit sin as weel, Dreich an damp, crabbit it maks a ...
... Wednesday 24th, Temp. (Rainfall 5/16) Wither is affa bare an a bittie raw, Canna compleen, December efter a'a. Thursday ...
... made their day complete an, ey went back tae the car mair an a bittie happy Jonsar Eck an the Wee Wifie finished the day ...
A shuttle o soonds De Luca, Christine 362 1 2.76

... an da hill: some lost on da wind owre da flakki o years. An a kyist-foo o soonds for aa kinds o sea wark wi a hoidy-hol ...
A Small Book of Translations: 03 - Catullus 2 Hutchison, Alexander 201 1 4.98

... nae spiders nae fire in the grate – nithin bit a faither an a gweed step-mither wi jaas that quid crunch up buckies on ...
A Small Book of Translations: 21 - Ronsard 4 Hutchison, Alexander 133 1 7.52

... it winna tak direction – bit loo me noo for my scant hair, an a'll catch yer haun fan it trimmles at the stair. ...
...Auld Zimmery [Content label: serious] Kydd, Robbie 73,728 4 0.05

... She's had a coupla days aff (why can't I have a day off?) an a couple mair in loo o workin on bank holidays. She explains ...
... he said, 'living in a big hoose, wi plentya money comin in an a joab waitin fir ye.' A job waiting for me? In this town? ...
... an the 'work-force' it's British Airways Executive Class an a Daimler wi a chauffeur, bit when I gang beggin tae Lunnon ...
... pals a wumman ever had, it's like haein fifty dochters an a hunner pals, oh, it's better than haein dochters, an I ...
A Wee Scran o Herrin Fairnie, Robert 1,552 3 1.93

... That wis a braw guid catch; fower boxes tae the cran an a wartime controlled price o fower pund a cran; no bad at ...
... aw. Juist you gaun an see me ower yin o thae bits o wire an A'll hae a scran for ye afore ye can cough." Richt eneuch, ...
... then it wis aff tae the shops. Tuppence worth o sweeties an a comic each, Geordie gittin the Dandy an Wattie the Beano ...
A wikk o shows taks me back an fore in time - April 25, 2005 Shepherd, Robbie 779 1 1.28

... centre stage - oh ay an loupin here, there an awye - a twa-an-a-half oors, jist his leefalane. A live Billy Connolly is ...
BBC Voices Recording: Aberdeen N/A Audio 13,536 7 0.52

... M1042: //And underneath that you wore combies an a simmit.// F1043: //[inaudible]// M1042: A ...
... it doesnae say your husband, it says 'a male partner' an a 'male partner' in that days was just your 'bidie-in', or ...
... F1043: //There was a lot o superstitions,// an a lot o nicknames come through the fishin trade. //Ye ...
... M1042: //[inaudible]// F1043: //an a lot o people had never heard o it before but it was aye ...
... er,// F1041: Well my grunny had a settee an two chairs an a piano in her //parlour.// F1040: //[laugh]// ...
BBC Voices Recording: Dunbar [Content label: lesser] N/A Audio 13,714 1 0.07

... winks'. Ehm that's aboot it, aye. M1017: 'Kip' an a 'nap'. 'Away tae bed'. M1016: 'Shut-eye'. M1015: ...
BBC Voices Recording: Hawick N/A Audio 11,536 11 0.95

... I'm Madge [CENSORED: surname], [laugh] a Teri an a guitterbluid, and eh I've lived here for seventy-six ...
... F1011: I'm Madge [CENSORED: surname], I'm a Teri an a guitterbluid. I've lived here aw my life for sixty-si- ...
... sixty-si- seventy-six years. F1054: What's a Teri an a guitterbluid? F1011: I was born in Hawick but the ...
... M1010: //Aye [inaudible].// M1013: //Bools, aye, an a trolley used to, we used tae play wi a// well she's ...
... lot o trolleys of course,// M1010: //Aye.// M1013: an a an an the, and oh it was it was really great fun and a ...
BBC Voices Recording: Inverurie N/A Audio 12,014 5 0.42

... right.// F1001: An I had a granda on my father's side an a papa on my mother's side. M1000: That's right noo, ...
... ye hear often //mean somebody else that's nae related an a freen o yours,// M999: //Aye.// //Aye.// M1000: ...
... o a stirk? Eh well it's eh something between calfie an a stot maybe, but it can be a heifer, eh fae the ages o ...
... o the road at Rocky's, ye ken, l- it's a lang road an a lot o folk, they aa speak aboot the folk in the co- the ...
... hoosies where you can see a little hoosie wi a lum, //eh an a lot o them on Doonside Estate, places like that you still ...
BBC Voices Recording: Leith N/A Audio 16,679 3 0.18

... expecting too much, you want jam on it. [laugh] An a frown is tae glower. F1054: That's a good-, and a ...
... for shopping, I think that's probably universally Scots. An a guider, well we we children, laddies played on the street ...
... Stoats off the grund. //[laugh]// F1018: //An a stoater used to be// a a lassie that was really, you ...
BBC Voices Recording: Perth N/A Audio 17,146 1 0.06

... Very much so, it's far more practical now to wear boots an a pair of trousers, especially if your havin tae //wrestle ...
BBC Voices Recording: Portree N/A Audio 14,267 1 0.07

... a lot of eh words in Gaelic and a few phrases, ehm, an a number of imperatives. [laugh] I would say "stop ...
BBC Voices Recording: Stirling N/A Audio 14,324 6 0.42

... M1146: //Mmhm.// F1143: but Sorrento would be U an a Volvo would be U but a Honda which we've got, would be ...
... but my friend along the road, Alison's, from ehm Melrose an a pail merk, well they didn't have toilets so they sat on a ...
... much better than chancer. It's a word o my father's an a chantywrastler was a trusted prisoner like an Uncle Tom an ...
... they are.// F1054: //Yeah.// F1143: //Mmhm.// An a word that I I love an I hadn't heard it in this context at ...
... have heard it but I was teaching locally on supply an a wee boy opened his piece box an he said, "Oh great, I've ...
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 ...
Buchan Words and Ways Fenton, Alexander 52,521 22 0.42

... from a distant time has lefr you with mental heartburn, an' a teem stamach. Have you ever been 'in 'e hingles'? It can ...
... until they knackit against a steen an e shell cracit, an a hard bilet egg aye tastes better in e open air. Pace - ...
... A little wee man in a reed, reed coat, A staff in eez han, An a steen in eez throat, Gin ye tell ma ma riddle, I'll gie ye ...
... draains o neep-clicks, wi widden handgrips, iron shanks an a twa-pronged hook at e heid. Ye didna need em in fine ...
... a dother Baabie Allan. There wis a fireplace on e fleer an a big hole for ais at wid o held a month's ais at a time. ...
Burns Nicht Sang for Andra Kindness de Rusett, Wendy 468 1 2.14

... it’s nae fit you think! We’ll aa lift wir glesses, an a toast we will drink Tae the lads that are champions o ...
Cairtes in the Scots Leid Kay, Billy 709 2 2.82

... for their veice tae be heard in a Europe o a Hunder Flags an a hunder tongues, a Europe whaur linguistic diversity is ...
... a challenge tae our praisent, a dedicatioun tae our past an a declaratioun o our faith in the future o Scots as a leivin ...
Conversation 03: Ayrshire couple on motorcycling [Content label: serious] N/A Audio 9,868 1 0.10

... God! M642: So we're comin in just after three an a half hours in a marathon, and we've all got these on. ...
Conversation 05: Fife couple on shared memories N/A Audio 11,194 1 0.09

... were five fires in this //house, it was only a but an a ben!// M642: //Five fires.// Aye, a but and a ben! ...
Conversation 06: Three Ayrshire sisters reminiscing N/A Audio 8,918 2 0.22

... in a big// F638: o shoes, //imagine!// F637: //an a, ye'd tae go// tae the Newton //Station,// F638: ...
... it, I wanted tae have a feather in my hat!// F637: //An a feather! [laugh]// F640: Our mother was partial to ...
Conversation 07: Ayrshire woman on her career N/A Audio 8,821 1 0.11

... an awful lot of designs for them; erm, my best seller was an, a, a pinafore which, ehm, was the most hideous-looking ...
Conversation 13: Two male postgraduate students on academic life [Content label: serious] N/A Audio 14,078 3 0.21

... kind of influential, you know? And then I've got an, a session on modern Irish poetry, M741: [click] Oh ...
... many different things. I mean do you spell "faa" without an 'a', with an apostrophe, with a 'w'? I mean, wh- how how ...
... "a".// M605: //South-East Scots// is kind of an "a" //sound, right?// M741: //Yeah.// M605: In, but ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Conversation 32 : Female from Borders and three males from Central Belt [Content label: serious] N/A Audio 9,761 3 0.31

... it's funny because it, has the video not got three men an a little lady but it's got them actually drawn on, like ...
... F940: an they used tae have [laugh] swings an a roondaboot an they used tae have some monkey bars //but ...
... that cause we didn't want my sister an that to get in shit an a that so we co- made this story that it was the eh //it ...
Conversation 37: Glasgow father and young daughter N/A Audio 2,157 1 0.46

... wobbly, and there was [?]scup[/?] stairs for a chute an a big yel- blue chute so it was, M1070: Blue chute? ...
Correspondence from Canada: Letter 26 - 09.01.82 852 1,037 1 0.96

... I've got one of my essays back - American Lit. - and I got an A- so it isn't that I'm doing badly. But the literature side ...
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. ...
Craiters: 03 - Stirries Fenton, Alexander 1,596 4 2.51

... open fireplace, a fancy bit o work wi marbly kinna sides an a marble mantelpiece, an fower flooery tiles at ilky side o ...
... a gweed lowe, an ye’d still tae sit wi a thick gunsey an a thick jaicket, an lowp up an doon noo an aan tae haad yer ...
... oan geelt. E three windaes – twa in e north an sooth waas, an a smaa een in e east gale – didna help edder, bit ere wis ...
... Onywye, it wisna a gentle wakenin I got. First a reemish an a reeshle shot in anaith e grey mist o morning sleep, syne ...
Craiters: 04 - E Backlins Calfie Fenton, Alexander 1,628 2 1.23

... We’d an ootside widden lavvie wi a little windae high up an a wire sneckie on e inside, an a nail for squaries o paper, ...
... wi a little windae high up an a wire sneckie on e inside, an a nail for squaries o paper, maybe e Weekly News or e ...
Craiters: 05 - 'Dirty Beast' Fenton, Alexander 1,953 4 2.05

... I howkit intill eence, an got bits o decoratet pottery an a bonny goldie-yalla flint scraper. In anither pairt ere wis ...
... bankit up aa roon except for a laich bit on e east side, an a gran place for e rabbits tae howk eir holies. I keepit a ...
... bit naething iver did. Aa roon e wid wis a bank of earth an a ditch on e ootside, plantit on tap wi funs an breem, an ...
... o e wid (faar I eest tae dee ma snarin), hid been sortit an a new strainer put in at e far eyn. Jist a rich gweed job. I ...
Craiters: 06 - E Hens Riv Fenton, Alexander 2,225 4 1.80

... wis a big yard, wi a palin o widden spars on three sides, an a beech hedge neesht e road. It grew tatties in season, ere ...
... ken fit watter mint – ir e lack o’t. We’d tae runk a barra an a big milk-can, een at held a gey fyow gallons, an wheel’t ...
... e eyn o e hoose. Es henhoose wis o tarred, timmer planks an a tarred timmer reef tee, sae it wis black a ower, an ye got ...
... Jist on e left inside es door wis anither, made o backs, an a bit rickly, an es let ye intill e aal lavvie. Fit I min is ...
Craiters: 07 - E Oolet Fenton, Alexander 1,856 5 2.69

... spewin oot a bun shafe in a lang line. It wis a busy sicht an a bonny sicht wi e reel furlin, e blade makin its din, an e ...
... e aal days wis better’n e new, for ere’s gweed aboot baith an a buddy mn jist mak e best o e times ey live in. Bit weel, ...
... I wis aboot tae come awa again I heard a bit o a reeshle an a funny kinna squeak inside it. Aye an ill-fashint loon, I ...
... fyow curious steens I’d collectit aff e parks an e dykes, an a puckle all cloots, an wi es I ran aa e wye back again. We ...
... e cats awa, bit ere wis naething we cd dee for its wing an a vet wis niver thocht o. Ye cd see it hid heen a sup at e ...

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