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440,081 total words in matching documents (9.59% of corpus)
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| Diminishing Lines | Blackhall, Sheena | 6,319 | 2 | 0.32 | |
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... bree Sweels roon oor sturdy herbour quey. Doos strut aroon oor Norlan toun, Far lawyers stride in inky goun, An ... ... deerhounds lean an thin, ane afore him, ane ahin, Lowp aroon his hirplin fit, the gangrel wi the kirkyaird smit. Ben ... |
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| The Fower Quarters: 12 - The Smiling Horse of Troy | Blackhall, Sheena | 3,474 | 1 | 0.29 | |
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... loon, we'll veesit Uncle Dod on Setterday an gie ye a turn aroon the park on his cuddy, Major." The small curly head, bowed ... |
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| Interview 13: Shetland man being interviewed about language | N/A | Audio | 3,498 | 1 | 0.29 |
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... at readin, I wasn't even concentratin ken ye'd get readin aroon the class, M865: Mmhm //Mmhm mmhm okay.// M952: ... |
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| The Fower Quarters: 17 - Veesitors [Content label: lesser] | Blackhall, Sheena | 3,511 | 1 | 0.28 | |
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... eneuch that twa o the faimly'd bin killt the last time aroon. There'd bin nae wird frae Arthur, an yon wis queer, bit ... |
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| Scots Tung Wittins 106 | Fairnie, Robert | 3,978 | 1 | 0.25 | |
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... Scots language tae its richtfu staunin athin cless-rooms aroon the country. Some o the first buiks tae be brocht oot, ... |
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| The Fower Quarters: 03 - A Gey Dour Bitch | Blackhall, Sheena | 4,030 | 1 | 0.25 | |
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... heicht an set fur a lassie tae twine her twa fite airms aroon. An I learned forbye that a moo that cud spit an sweir an ... |
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| Scots in Hawaii [Content label: serious] | Smith, Rob Mcclure | 4,470 | 1 | 0.22 | |
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... said Morag, irritated. "That's enough. Nae mair kiddin’ aroon. This is. . ." She thought for a moment. 'This is like ... |
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| The Fanatic (extract 3) [Content label: serious] | Robertson, James | 4,519 | 1 | 0.22 | |
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... me. The only thing I could dae was no admit it. I turned aroon and left the room. Didna say a word tae him. There was a ... |
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| Easterhouse [Content label: serious] | Smith, Rob Mcclure | 4,644 | 1 | 0.22 | |
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... "That must be terrible." "Aye." "Aw them blacks goin' aroon shootin' iverybody. Dangerous, eh?" "Oh, it's not that bad ... |
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| The Toad on the Rock's Opinion | Blackhall, Sheena | 5,941 | 1 | 0.17 | |
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... the muir's communion wine. My Covenant, the Braes o Mar, aroon me Stinch an strang fae the first Crack o Time. What ... |
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| The Lan o Tea an Tigers: Poems fae the Muckle Furth | Blackhall, Sheena | 6,393 | 1 | 0.16 | |
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... lick it up like forkit lizards' tongues. The watter sweels aroon like crème de menthe. Last nicht a taed cam here, ... |
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| Guts | Barron, Charles | 22,515 | 3 | 0.13 | |
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... the last thing ye got to. CHRISSIE But you would rummle aroon’ in’t, stracht awa’, to get at your tangerine. You were ... ... DOD Phew! (He reveals the parcel in his hand.) This rin-aroon’s jist drivin’ me daft. But I’ve got it a’ sorted noo. ... ... I’m aye happy. As lang’s I’ve got the smell o’ fish aroon’ me. (She sings, with or without accompaniment, as ... |
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| Halesome Farin' | Waddell, Mr John | 15,793 | 2 | 0.13 | |
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... Ye'll find that there's an unco lot o fellow-countrymen aroon, tho maist o Scots gae up, no doon. Watch oot for English ... ... Thae weird-like beasts wi yaird-lang shanks? Jist swim aroon an they'll no heed ye, But play them richt - ye'll find ... |
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| The Fanatic (extract 2) | Robertson, James | 8,234 | 1 | 0.12 | |
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... in their privates and when they cried oot, they’d turn aroon and there’d be nae man there, they could niver prove he’d ... |
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| The Win an the Rain | Blackhall, Sheena | 8,793 | 1 | 0.11 | |
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... says Jack. The Xmas tree stauns green an swack Bairns birl aroon the skatin rink Electric angels sway an blink Ower Union ... |
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| The Heavenly Cow of Thebes [Content label: serious] | Blackhall, Sheena | 9,752 | 1 | 0.10 | |
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... aff drookit leaves. Haar haps oor kennin o the fowk aroon. Relationships, like roads ye wauk on bye Nae seein the ... |
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| Conversation 32 : Female from Borders and three males from Central Belt [Content label: serious] | N/A | Audio | 9,761 | 1 | 0.10 |
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... an I gones, "Well, in the Borders aw the midgies sit aroon water", //[laugh]// M942: //And I had to explain ... |
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| BBC Voices Recording: Hawick | N/A | Audio | 11,536 | 1 | 0.09 |
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... [inaudible] F1054: Ian you must hear more words aroon the school aboot things like that, what do you hear young ... |
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| A Sair Fecht | Smith, Alex | 23,505 | 2 | 0.09 | |
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... neest day the fleer wid be laid (sunday). Tam hid a look aroon, seen athing wis ere an started tae work awa. Ere wis een ... ... sayin. "You ken i'm fer bored, ere's naething much tae dee aroon here." As Jonsar Eck made his wye hame he thocht, fit wye ... |
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| Serendipity and ither poems in Scots and English | Blackhall, Sheena | 12,339 | 1 | 0.08 | |
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... hames war biggit roon the closs. The gutsy toun claims aa aroon, the green belt’s noo a street Far barley wyved abune the ... |
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