bessie
See this word as a collocate cloud
| your leg giein ye pain | bessie | a bittie gladys fit did |
| as well in my flat | bessie | and gladys have been organising |
| a neighbour aged 20 dialect | bessie | and gladys speak broad aberdeen |
| arcade but wi video shops | bessie | attacking gladys on another tack |
| s deid gladys mary farquhar | bessie | aye bannerman was her mairried |
| ye onything for the pain | bessie | aye i think so gladys |
| wi chrissie gladys oor chrissie | bessie | aye she didna like him |
| imagine it in oor day | bessie | bessie fit gladys young neil |
| course in the war min | bessie | bessie just nods quietly gladys |
| gladys is that a richt | bessie | bravely it ll dee gladys |
| just comin tae that bessie | bessie | delighted to have annoyed gladys |
| peggy ye ve nae milk | bessie | did gladys nae get ony |
| tellt me she was deid | bessie | fa gladys furious mary farquhar |
| was she nae a duncan | bessie | fa gladys mary farquhar bessie |
| gladys irrepressible abody ran tae | bessie | fan they were in trouble |
| it in oor day bessie | bessie | fit gladys young neil and |
| i owe ye gladys fit | bessie | for the messages i must |
| she got three folk oot | bessie | four gladys weel aye but |
| need tights peggy all right | bessie | gladys kens the eens i |
| aul boot in the street | bessie | gladys oh me aul boot |
| to get your ain wye | bessie | i dinna gladys ye div |
| i dinna gladys ye div | bessie | i dinna gladys ye div |
| week were ye wantin something | bessie | i ll manage gladys got |
| fit like are ye bessie | bessie | i m a richt gladys |
| she s deid gladys aye | bessie | i never kent that she |
| fa gladys furious mary farquhar | bessie | i never tellt you that |
| gladys an she s deid | bessie | i tellt ye gladys i |
| fa ye were speakin aboot | bessie | impatiently aye gladys an she |
| s that you want back | bessie | instantly 1 22 gladys there |
| bessie fa gladys mary farquhar | bessie | irritated i dinna ken fa |
| in the war min bessie | bessie | just nods quietly gladys can |
| crimson gladys it was reed | bessie | louder it was crimson wi |
| in the paper gladys fa | bessie | mary farquhar she used ti |
| being recognised it isn t | bessie | maybe i ll see gladys |
| noo dinna start you two | bessie | muttering weel i dinna gladys |
| it doesna say gladys mandarin | bessie | nae raspberry gladys no because |
| that s fit you wanted | bessie | nescafé aye gladys but granules |
| when andy was a loon | bessie | oh aye gladys an he |
| pooder or granules gladys granules | bessie | oh gladys is that a |
| did ye get gladys nescafé | bessie | oh pooder or granules gladys |
| that ends in pointing at | bessie | peggy of course gladys oooh |
| being affa hard on gladys | bessie | she likes to hae something |
| tae andy farquhar gladys aye | bessie | she s deid gladys aye |
| wordies hersel gladys i div | bessie | she s ower young peggy |
| whale day gladys gladys fit | bessie | that day on the fairm |
| gladys weel there is noo | bessie | that s feel at gladys |
| it was gladys fit wis | bessie | the bannerman s fairm we |
| ging gladys roon the back | bessie | there s nae wye roon |
| still fa in an athing | bessie | unable to resist keeping gladys |
| i d nae idea gladys | bessie | was oot like a flash |
| could bring some food in | bessie | we ll see gladys think |
| gladys and conveys it to | bessie | who stores it away gladys |
| gladys i canna stand mustard | bessie | ye didna hae tae mak |
| eventually gladys i hope so | bessie | ye ve a got your |
| fit she means gladys oh | bessie | you are so you aye |
| gladys roughly dinna greet noo | bessie | you dinna want tae dae |
| till this minute gladys listen | bessie | you re gettin real dottled |
| miss the jiggin the nicht | bessie | as lang s she min |
| sister i didna min that | bessie | aye she worked in the |
| did that window there min | bessie | bessie who has intended telling |
| keep enough for my bussie | bessie | grandly never min the 22p |
| weel ye never said that | bessie | i did but never min |
| s fit they ve deen | bessie | i min fan you could |
| it was a green ribbon | bessie | it was reed i min |
| efter min nae the morn | bessie | magnanimous in victory that s |
| what are you up to | bessie | naething i ve just min |
| said you didna want ony | bessie | never min i ll be |
| min t something peggy fit | bessie | never you mind peggy ye |
| she s good is she | bessie | och i can min things |
| s your earliest memory ma | bessie | smugly i min the sodgers |
| irritation aye i min t | bessie | the richt kin this time |
| can a min the war | bessie | triumphantly i meant the first |
| that window there min bessie | bessie | who has intended telling this |
| min it fae that age | bessie | you ll min the bombin |
| peggy naebody s suggestin that | bessie | an i m nae gan |
| peggy what s that ma | bessie | bannerman mary bannerman her that |
| condition how are ye feelin | bessie | caul she hunches herself peggy |
| struggle to read the bill | bessie | fit does that say peggy |
| re oot o milk ma | bessie | fit peggy ye ve nae |
| do something for her birthday | bessie | fit wye peggy she will |
| er what s a dumpling | bessie | flummoxed just a dumpling peggy |
| you ve been used tae | bessie | i can manage fine peggy |
| you like to ging in | bessie | i m fine peggy weel |
| to think aboot the future | bessie | i m nae movin peggy |
| get onything else she needs | bessie | i need tights peggy all |
| peggy ma fit s wrang | bessie | i ve seen it afore |
| eeeeeh peggy er tooth edged | bessie | impatiently na na it begins |
| never got you ony fruit | bessie | it says here peggy taking |
| first signs o bein anither | bessie | livingstone peggy but fit s |
| that say peggy 13 78 | bessie | na na the first line |
| uses that i dinna ken | bessie | na surely no peggy nae |
| have ye peggy yes ma | bessie | nane left for me was |
| switch of focus back to | bessie | peggy takes hold of the |
| sister aged 79 peggy livingstone | bessie | s daughter aged 59 loretta |
| face peggy is just puzzled | bessie | s urgency increases ye mauna |
| peggy she will be eighty | bessie | that s nae unusual these |
| settles down with the paper | bessie | triumphantly bannerman peggy what s |
| tellin me aboot mary dyin | bessie | aye mary farquhar fae the |
| nae andy farquhar s wife | bessie | na na na farquhar was |
| re gettin richt dottled bessie | bessie | an you re gettin richt |
| bessie drops a gentle irrelevancy | bessie | at s richt we used |
| you re gettin richt dottled | bessie | bessie an you re gettin |
| was just comin tae that | bessie | bessie delighted to have annoyed |
| loudly fit like are ye | bessie | bessie i m a richt |
| the mornin wasn t it | bessie | bessie with smug quiet authority |
| spring again into the silence | bessie | drops a gentle irrelevancy bessie |
| bessie look look at ehm | bessie | f1125: mmhm f1126: look look |
| who s bessie is that | bessie | f1126: nope yea- f1125: is |
| f1126: yes f1125: who s | bessie | is that bessie f1126: nope |
| s what s that f1113: | bessie | it s called bessie the |
| [child noise] look at him and | bessie | look look at ehm bessie |
| f1113: bessie it s called | bessie | the bird f1114: no that |
| mornin wasn t it bessie | bessie | with smug quiet authority ten |
| have something to eat too | bessie | and loretta are served by |
| spoken tae loretta and neil | bessie | apparently hurt oh i see |
| loretta an you enjoyed it | bessie | aye it was grand loretta |
| to manage withoot your stick | bessie | i forgot an loretta was |
| ha e the last word | bessie | shouting no i dinna loretta |
| good at loretta firmly tae | bessie | they toast her neil speech |
| a new een on me | bessie | to loretta just put the |
| saved three folk s lives | bessie | to loretta mrs chesterton was |
| we see that it holds | bessie | a hunched shrunken aged looking |
| period is the present characters | bessie | livingstone née wilson aged 84 |
| a hunched shrunken aged looking | bessie | pale and withdrawn she is |
| tae neil what is it | bessie | a dumpling biled in a |
| goes out with her pause | bessie | and neil both appear to |
| be congratulated all look towards | bessie | and that s neil he |
| of these is inhabited by | bessie | and the other by neil |
| begins wi s neil serrated | bessie | at s it i aye |
| oh ma neil lavy paper | bessie | aye newspaper efter abody had |
| she bade here an a | bessie | in ere far neil is |
| let alane neil entering pushing | bessie | in front of him at |
| neil but this is wednesday | bessie | it s nae it s |
| a fairm neil neil no | bessie | it widna be the same |
| me give you a pill | bessie | maybe i ll see neil |
| t get too much for | bessie | neil oh that yeah yeah |
| neil some wine mrs livingstone | bessie | oh no nae wine i |
| too neil beginning to pull | bessie | towards the door which programme |
| affa travel though every day | bessie | fit div i owe ye |
| by her wye o t | bessie | responding instantly weel you div |
| centre richt ower the street | bessie | weel far div the cars |
| d better get the doctor | bessie | na na i m a |
| on mrs livingstone your turn | bessie | na na na you dinna |
| a fortune tae pit in | bessie | na she was lucky there |
| mairried name wasn t it | bessie | na that was her ain |
| fit did the doctor say | bessie | och naething he s nae |
| are speakin tae each other | bessie | och she doesna ken half |
| than 50 i would think | bessie | och she must have been |
| it was gey draughty though | bessie | och you re aye feelin |
| she d ken the place | bessie | on her mettle och it |
| hae a fa or something | bessie | i m nae haein her |
| again fa s that now | bessie | it ll be mrs lindsay |
| gettin oot o your bed | bessie | you re a fine een |
| aye but een was deid | bessie | a the same a moment |
| tellt me she s deid | bessie | her that was mairried tae |
| s nae deid is she | bessie | i think it was yesterday |
| tae worry aboot ony mair | bessie | changing the subject get me |
| on your ain ony mair | bessie | every day o my childhood |
| he tosses back his drink | bessie | if that loon has ony |
| be ony work for you | bessie | no i ll just leave |
| the same nae tae me | bessie | fit kin did ye get |
| kennin fit tae dee weel | bessie | got the kids tae rin |
| fit it is oh me | bessie | that s a richt iron |
| ll get ye a cup | bessie | dinna fash yoursel i m |
| dinna dee it for her | bessie | i dinna think she d |
| you dinna want to go | bessie | they can i read aboot |
| helps of course they dinna | bessie | they do then they say |
| my marching orders is it | bessie | you dinna need to bide |
| ma are ye a richt | bessie | hardly able to breath aye |
| richt ma we can manage | bessie | i hate being stuck in |
| was a richt wee rogue | bessie | joey was a richt he |
| the bill fruit yoghurt ma | bessie | oh a richt sudden suspicion |
| weeks tae me and tae | bessie | as weel i ken sae |
| to worry aboot pause weel | bessie | it s my hoose an |
| roon till the next day | bessie | oh weel i ll manage |
| assumes command of the party | bessie | weel efter oor mither died |
| come on a wee drop | bessie | weel just a spot cheers |
| fault the fleer was weet | bessie | weel just you concentrate on |
| count as a ballad o | bessie | bell and mary gray they |
| amused what kind of dumpling | bessie | have you never heard o |
| tea efter a that fuss | bessie | i never made a fuss |
| a lot tae cope wi | bessie | me i ve never been |
| aye took a good tan | bessie | no no i could never |
| him jist across the lobby | bessie | sourly i never see him |
| which programme s that then | bessie | the bill i never misses |
| we never had grass here | bessie | we did i used to |
| only wi a reed frock | bessie | you never had a reed |
| for folk that s dottled | bessie | firmly i m nae gan |
| to speak tae ye aboot | bessie | guessing what s coming nae |
| mak a cup o tea | bessie | i m nae coming ower |
| face the need to change | bessie | i m nae gan tae |
| it it was 10p aff | bessie | i m nae surprised it |
| yours nae come the day | bessie | i made custard for my |
| world no they re nae | bessie | i ve tellt you st |
| that s a different een | bessie | it s nae she tellt |
| nae change for my bussie | bessie | me i didna ken far |
| re all here with you | bessie | no my leg s nae |
| chilly oot o the sun | bessie | i ll be fine she |
| the rear all right now | bessie | i m fine has abody |
| ll get them the morn | bessie | that s fine i m |
| there a great big building | bessie | aye at the side o |
| her backwards out through it | bessie | aye but dae ye ken |
| t she 60 next month | bessie | aye her birthday s two |
| aye a little wee wifie | bessie | aye just a teeny wee |
| in aiberdeen though was there | bessie | aye ye hear a aboot |
| a gipsy da aye said | bessie | choosing not to hear her |
| nope yea- f1125: is that | bessie | f1126: aye f1125: who s |
| on my hands and knees | bessie | no it was aye left |
| aye been earth like this | bessie | stubbornly it was grass then |
| aye meenie was my grandma | bessie | was my mum an i |
| eh for a whilie onywey | bessie | wickedly a surprise oh aye |
| ribbon wi a green frock | bessie | ye aye wore a reed |
| if i get awa noo | bessie | are ye gan doon the |
| an got er ma big | bessie | wis a beezer noo she |
| those days like a horse | bessie | you wouldna think it noo |
| time so at doesna maitter | bessie | complacently she is the centre |
| to her feet staring at | bessie | in horror then she turns |
| is from the flat above | bessie | s she is 48 and |
| one day she ll rebel | bessie | she s been rebelling against |
| bird f1114: no that s | bessie | she s going to see |
| to look out it is | bessie | she said she d be |
| your ain she waits for | bessie | to speak but her mouth |
| as she is auntie glad | bessie | urgently tak me in i |
| tea she gives it to | bessie | who doesn t acknowledge it |
| ye think ye re daein | bessie | wilson that was sair she |
| oot here are ye enter | bessie | a rather frail 84 year |
| just have to enjoy it | bessie | are ye gan tae tell |
| time ye liked tham best | bessie | at was maxwell hoose i |
| hoose quickly moving on before | bessie | can interrupt ye d be |
| be a help tae ye | bessie | haein him jist across the |
| so it s 13 78 | bessie | i gave ye 10 already |
| wir lunch doon the toon | bessie | i ll see ye then |
| 3 78 ye owe me | bessie | in the depths of her |
| loves hers ye ken that | bessie | it widna be just like |
| bring ye oot a cheer | bessie | staying in the doorway out |
| exhausting yourself for no need | bessie | stubbornly they report ye if |
| day tae look efter ye | bessie | stung out of her silence |
| as lang as ye like | bessie | suddenly urgently you re wrang |
| right pause are you listening | bessie | sulkily i canna hear ye |
| think i was ever there | bessie | ye were afore the war |
| re a wicked auld lady | bessie | delighted i ken they laugh |
| complain aboot my washer drier | bessie | the backie was a grass |
| aboot that for a whilie | bessie | wrily i winna need tae |
| ll be feelin the heat | bessie | a voice from the darkness |
| the girl now whispering to | bessie | i ll get the cake |
| cake down on the table | bessie | re taking control you ll |
| greet ll help you silence | bessie | tears gone her spirit back |
| things up aff the fleer | bessie | then they ll just ha |
| the bag wi the stuff | bessie | trying to rise i ll |
| found in there look at | bessie | f1125: yay f1126: [inhale] right |
| yes yes it is wow | bessie | continuing her own thoughts but |
| room for kate and me | bessie | him and her would ha |
| upstairs in her own flat | bessie | is instantly awake and bright |
| me then this worries her | bessie | oot by rosehearty i think |
| their firewatchin on their backs | bessie | regaining control of her story |
| wore at bannerman s fairm | bessie | smoothly her voice drops to |
| and tips out a pill | bessie | takes it her breathing is |
| t know what to do | bessie | taking on all her old |
| of her nose and eyes | bessie | that s the first time |
| bolts out of the door | bessie | tries to get her stick |
| i d rether get him | bessie | maybe in the morning if |
| get the cake he goes | bessie | still grumbling is athing deen |
| seeds get under your plate | bessie | the seeds get under my |
| oh you re sae stubborn | bessie | i ve needed to be |
| you tried any of them | bessie | sulking i think they re |
| he gave it tae ma | bessie | it s the only wye |
| f1041: meenie was my grunny | bessie | was my ma an i |
| bide thegether in oor day | bessie | he widna ve been allowed |
| goes back to the paper | bessie | you spiled that whale day |
| patiently do you want tea | bessie | i m a bittie dry |
| tae tak them this time | bessie | grumbling they mak me sick |
| it would do you good | bessie | it brings me oot in |
| fan they see me comin | bessie | mrs lindsay had it weeks |
| bag and prepares to exit | bessie | no no naething for me |
| he d been at college | bessie | twice so he tells me |
| towartis the wa sayin tae | bessie | bryden james walter brydon s |
| he liked his drink ana | bessie | he took a bucket tae |
| so i was meenie s | bessie | s billie oh f1054: can |
| can just see you though | bessie | wirin into the heap o |
| work had to be deen | bessie | i did a good washin |
| st nicholas street has disappeared | bessie | ach that was lang ago |
| been high jacked even if | bessie | is its heroine i was |
| well i was meenie s | bessie | s billie f1054: gosh so |
| so i was meenie s | bessie | s billie [laugh] m1042: an |
| so i was meenie s | bessie | s billie m1042: that s |
| come rinnin in shouting for | bessie | there was this direct hit |
| watter for the fire an | bessie | was into the pile o |
| when he was a loon | bessie | when alistair was a loon |
| s part 2 you want | bessie | swift change of subject as |
| f1113: uh huh it says | bessie | and ribble f1114: let s |
| can you find rockit and | bessie | and ribble where s rockit |
| winna be for lang maybe | bessie | it s been lang enough |
| oor tootsie s millie s | bessie | s jimmy s grace s |
| agreement with this interpretation of | bessie | s powers sae i picked |
| discovers herself not only through | bessie | s voice which has changed |
| up in john lewis s | bessie | snappy irritable and therefore unreasonable |
| that s not on tonight | bessie | yes it is every tuesday |
| o daein onything for it | bessie | a meal i couldna manage |
| without enthusiasm can i help | bessie | no no jist you sit |
| to put things through separately | bessie | reading fruit i didna ask |
| i brought the bill too | bessie | takes the handbag and the |
| much here i said to | bessie | we werena needin a this |
| back into the shade for | bessie | to sit on are you |
| full o queer looking buildings | bessie | hasna been doon the toon |
| it they settle to listen | bessie | assumes command of the party |
| it had a scalloped neck | bessie | shouting that wisna reed it |
| fan they were in trouble | bessie | riding effortlessly over the top |
| they were thick with stour | bessie | the servant had left and |
| the rest o george street | bessie | there must be they canna |
| joining in reluctantly at first | bessie | with enthusiasm but little volume |
| spree all along from kdy | bessie | beadie in great form saturday |
| there is a long silence | bessie | is crying very quietly and |
| moment expecting more resistance but | bessie | seems almost asleep this decides |
| other hand in the splendid | bessie | smith sequence of the collection |
| and also with his servant | bessie | weems these last twenty two |
| burdoun wasna spared his servant | bessie | weems wasna spared faith he |
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