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440,081 total words in matching documents (9.59% of corpus)
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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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| Buchan Words and Ways | Fenton, Alexander | 52,521 | 3 | 0.06 | |
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... or 4 bushels, whether for seed or for sale. Jist lookin aroon, I saa a lot o fairlies. Slung over one of the couples was ... ... in his bed, lookin up at e stars, till the neebours cam aroon and helpit tae pit the reef back on, wechtin't doon as ... ... mak some mess. A clood o saft ess wid rise an coat aathing aroon, nae forgettin e mantelpiece, and e fire micht even be ... |
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| Fooshion | Barron, Charles | 17,826 | 1 | 0.06 | |
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... the Spitfires were chasin' him. Onywye, they drapped a' aroon here. It was the middle o' the mornin', wasn't it, Bessie? ... |
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| Refuge [Content label: serious] | Paisley, Janet | 22,040 | 1 | 0.05 | |
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... believe we dinnae ken whaur she is? He's jist gaunnae turn aroon an say 'eh, sorry fur troublin yeese, shame she's no in, ... |
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| A Fer Chauve | Smith, Alex | 23,344 | 1 | 0.04 | |
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... wis in aboot tae Jonsar Eck's yard he often hid a look aroon. This time he spotted a puckle strainer posts. Noo the ... |
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