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...Auld Zimmery [Content label: serious] Kydd, Robbie 73,728 69 0.94

... Here, lemme gie yer face a dicht.' She, has to use a big bunch of tissues on my resentful face, and then several ...
... office to beard the Cock o the North (Officer-in-Charge, Big Charlie, Matron's hen-pecked 'Old Man' - what's in a ...
... but she'll be cross if she sees him licking his pencil. My big brother, Andy thinks, writes his figures very very fast ...
... Andy tries several deep breaths, as quietly as he can. His big brother can sharpen a pencil, but he can't. Andy needs to ...
... a squashed worm. The next he tries is better but much too big. The next is almost perfect but even bigger. Fiona, Andy ...
Interview with Robert Bruce for Scottish Readers Remember Project N/A Audio 28,169 50 1.78

... mmhm mmhm.// M1682: //Because it was it was such a big blaze at the time they tried to clear everybody out of the ...
... //Mmhm mmhm mmhm.// M1682: //It was er it was a big Catholic a- academy at the time, for secondary school.// ...
... the best ones and that was yeah that's gon- and I was big into comics, I I //especially the Classics,// F1189: ...
... and I enjoyed reading.// //That was that was the big thing, I enjoyed reading it was eh it was a past time I ...
... I sometimes read to my sisters but I would say it wasn't a big thing. F1189: Mm. //Mm mmhm.// M1682: //To me it ...
Buchan Words and Ways Fenton, Alexander 52,521 50 0.95

... need for cuffs. If you wore a dress or coat that was too big, someone would say, 'That een's been made for yer growth'. ...
... of chain that completed the binnin were fixed to the big loop of the sweevle. One had a loop end and the other a ...
... I winner foo mony o ye hiv iver tried e smiler? That's a big shoulder rake, used for example to gather hay left over ...
... enough sign of how hard it was to pull. The old style had big wooden teeth, but the ones I knew had curved iron tines. ...
... for hauling out broomstocks by the root, so it had to be big and powerful. It was smiddy-made, all of iron, with a ...
Conversation 05: Fife couple on shared memories N/A Audio 11,194 46 4.11

... was a// M642: //uh-huh// M608: //mm// F643: big fire in that corner, and there was a big fire there. ...
... F643: big fire in that corner, and there was a big fire there. M642: There was five chimneys in the ...
... and the rats used tae eat the wallpaper off. And we got a big hose and we washed aw the walls doon an awthing //and ...
... wash yer claes there was an auld //shed ootside, wi a big biler where ye'd tae light the fire.// F643: //The ...
... ye aboot.// M608: //oh aye.// M642: //The big hole, wi the big pump!// F643: //We shoulda kept it ...
Conversation: Buckie - Mother and child 03, recording 2: Play-Doh N/A Audio 6,928 42 6.06

... the Play-Doh. F1113: Oops. Right, in the F1114: Big circle. F1113: We'll get it oot the tub. F1114: ...
... go[/?].// F1113: shape, look. F1114: I need the big ain, you'll have the little ain. F1113: Sorry? F1114: ...
... the little ain. F1113: Sorry? F1114: I need the big ain. I need the big ain. Cannae do it. F1113: Wait ...
... Sorry? F1114: I need the big ain. I need the big ain. Cannae do it. F1113: Wait a minute then. ...
... do it. F1113: Wait a minute then. F1114: Made it big. F1113: Right, here look, there's an elephant, look. ...
Conversation: Buckie - Mother and child 03, recording 4: Playing Kerplunk and bedtimes stories N/A Audio 7,924 36 4.54

... F1114: Yes. F1113: Was it good? F1114: In the big chute I slided. [cough] F1113: Went right down the ...
... chute I slided. [cough] F1113: Went right down the big chute? F1114: I just slided. F1113: You was ...
... the chute, wasn't you? F1114: I was-, remember a big yellow chute. F1113: Aye, a big yellow chute. And the ...
... was-, remember a big yellow chute. F1113: Aye, a big yellow chute. And the roundabouts. //Roundabouts is ...
... is good, isn't they?// F1114: //Yes.// Yes, big blue chute. F1113: A big blue chute? F1114: I ...
Interview with woman at Glasgow Women's Library N/A Audio 7,542 32 4.24

... Mmhm. F1218: And wooden shutters. And er, two big chairs, wooden stairs, there was four te-, four ...
... so so nice to me, so sweet to me. //And they were always big ladies with white, white, white coats on.// F1217: ...
... my stepdad worked in an underground tunnel where they had big pieces of wood, and the men would chop up a little bit and ...
... brother and sister and it was a long walk, I got a great big bundle of rags, which was common in those days, all this ...
... my brother and sister with the pram, and I had a great big bundle of rags from my aunt, and you got great money for ...
Interview with Bernice Sibbald for Scottish Readers Remember Project N/A Audio 28,837 32 1.11

... younger ones came after you?// Five of you, and you're a big sister. F1680: Mmhm. F1189: You're a middle child ...
... //That's right.// That's right. F1189: Now, how big was that house in Niddrie, it was a local authority house, ...
... it was still small, but you know, we thought it was big. F1189: Mmhm. So you got a four apartment then, and ...
... that was used the most, believe it or not, cause it was a big kitchen, but //it's like everywhere else, we all used to ...
... room.// F1189: //Mmhm mm.// And did you have a big kitchen, er did you say you had a big kitchen? F1680: ...
Conversation 32 : Female from Borders and three males from Central Belt [Content label: serious] N/A Audio 9,761 30 3.07

... the box// M939: //Got this in a little candy store in Big W.// F940: //[inaudible]// M942: //Uh-huh, ...
... I had to explain how we don't have small rivers in the big cities,// //so aw the midgies hing aboot the bins.// ...
... What are you like?// M942: //You're cruel! You're a big meanie.// M941: //Well it's crap!// F940: //I'm ...
... What?// F940: //[laugh]// M939: //[laugh] That big [inaudible].// M941: //[laugh]// F940: ...
... went an performed there //an it [laugh] there was this big sculpture, I ken, but I have tae talk to the recorder ...
Conversation: Buckie - Mother and child 03, recording 3: Getting dressed and household chores N/A Audio 4,939 27 5.47

... [cough] He's up on top of the wardrobe. F1114: A big Winnie, look at that big Winnie the Pooh. F1113: Ken, ...
... top of the wardrobe. F1114: A big Winnie, look at that big Winnie the Pooh. F1113: Ken, he's huge, isn't he? ...
... huge, isn't he? F1114: Yes. F1113: That's a great big one you got when you was born. Look at the size o him. ...
... at the size o him. He's huge! F1114: Yes, Dad's like a big Winnie the Pooh. F1113: Dad gave you the big one, ...
... like a big Winnie the Pooh. F1113: Dad gave you the big one, that's right, big Winnie the Pooh when you was born. ...
Conversation: Buckie - Mother and child 11, recording 2: changing the bedsheets and playing with My Little Pony N/A Audio 5,645 27 4.78

... erm back and fore. F1103: Oh. F1104: This is a big big cover for my sea. My deep sea. Oh, oh! This is a ...
... erm back and fore. F1103: Oh. F1104: This is a big big cover for my sea. My deep sea. Oh, oh! This is a big ...
... big cover for my sea. My deep sea. Oh, oh! This is a big sea over it. [inhale] Because this big sea is ...
... This is a big sea over it. [inhale] Because this big sea is F1103: [inaudible] my quilt. F1104: Fitt? ...
... F1103: Cause you were wanting a pipie, but you're a big girl, you dinna need a pipie. F1104: Yeah. That's ...
Conversation 06: Three Ayrshire sisters reminiscing N/A Audio 8,918 27 3.03

... was Miss [?]Hamell[/?].// F638: //And mind// mind big tumshie Thomson? Miss Loudon poked him wi the poker and he ...
... Well I had F640: Cause I had the one wi the great big F638: Right! Well I had Miss [CENSORED: surname], no ...
... M608: //[laugh]// F638: And the great big gauntlets and she came in a //motorbike. So she did!// ...
... never.// F637: //I know that, and it was a great big// motorbike, //ye know.// M608: //And what kind ...
... F637: ye were seven and then ye went up tae the big school. M608: mmhm F637: And ye were there fae ye ...
Interview with Margaret Ritchie for Scottish Readers Remember Project N/A Audio 24,558 25 1.02

... F1192: It lies between two rivers and the nearest big town is Kirkcaldy. F1189: Mmhm mmhm. F1192: And ...
... brother. F1189: Mmhm. F1192: Aye, so //it was a big struggle.// F1189: //So three children.// F1192: ...
... um it was one of these Thornton itself didn't have a big cinema, it //just// F1189: //Mmhm.// F1192: was ...
... nice house actually. //And ehm.// F1189: //Yeah, how big was it?// F1192: Three-bedroomed house. F1189: Mm ...
... annuals, //You know// F1189: //Mmhm.// F1192: big thick, with all wee different stories in them. //Mm.// ...
Conversation 12: Two male students chatting about pastimes N/A Video 12,111 23 1.90

... every bone in my body. M815: No. M816: None o the big, //none o the,// M815: //Too careful!// M816: ...
... M816: in Scotland have got them. They're sort of big cats that are about the //place. There seems to be ...
... be quite,// M815: //Don't know. It's probably just a big dog, or something.// M816: there seems to be quite a ...
... M816: And er, and in the semi-final, this great big heifer //of a centre-half// M815: //[cough]// ...
... I don't play it so much these days. but, in my day, it was big folk thing was the M815: Yeah. M816: the things, ...
Conversation: Buckie - Mother and child 03, recording 1: jigsaws, building blocks and hairdressing N/A Audio 7,040 22 3.13

... present? F1114: Yes! F1113: It's a ball with a big bow. A big bow tied round the ball, isn't it? F1114: ...
... F1114: Yes! F1113: It's a ball with a big bow. A big bow tied round the ball, isn't it? F1114: Yes, the ...
... And what are they doin? F1114: They [inaudible] big [?]clock[/?] lovie. F1113: They give each other a ...
... The spider? F1114: S- spider. F1113: A big spider. F1114: No, a little spider. F1113: Oh ...
... F1113: Okay. F1114: Okay. F1113: It's a big ball. F1114: Um mm. Train book. F1113: Train ...
Conversation: Buckie - Mother and child 11, recording 1: making jigsaws and playing with games N/A Audio 7,958 21 2.64

... Snow White will though, cause the Snow White ain's a bit big. Isn't it? Than the rest o them. //That's all of them. ...
... F1103: Oh, I see. F1104: We bide the [inaudible] big big big big [inaudible]. F1103: Do ye? F1104: We ...
... Oh, I see. F1104: We bide the [inaudible] big big big big [inaudible]. F1103: Do ye? F1104: We ...
... Oh, I see. F1104: We bide the [inaudible] big big big big [inaudible]. F1103: Do ye? F1104: We bide ...
... I see. F1104: We bide the [inaudible] big big big big [inaudible]. F1103: Do ye? F1104: We bide ...
Deadly Weapons [Content label: serious] Grainger, Cecilia 15,826 21 1.33

... Anybody bring ironing? STEW. Ower there! CAMMY. WHAT…the big bag…there? Nicely creased Ah hope? (He rushes to the bag; ...
... (He rushes to the bag; opens it) AW… Stew sheets great big walloping sheets; creased ti fuck…sheer heaven! Cammy ...
... dense dark place… DIMPS. Shrink talk…heid doctors wi thur big fuckin hooters…poking aboot…huv yi this; huv yi that? Did ...
... Ah kin tell yi what should be in here…in this shrinks big book…? STEW. The three A’s! DIMPS CAMMY. Acceptance, ...
... could’ve fixed aw that… STEVE. Uncle Sandy’s laddie? Yur big cousin? Why wid he dae that? STEVE. Ti frighten mi; ti ...
Interview with David Thomson for Scottish Readers Remember Project N/A Audio 20,274 19 0.94

... us onto learning very early and ehm I know she gave me a big help as far as reading and writing and that sort of thing ...
... twenty-two. F1189: Mm. M1193: So she's a big influence in my life. And probably was one of the main ...
... well// There were ehm, yeah, we had a fairly big bookcase. F1189: Mm. M1193: I, I just can't ...
... don't learn' so. F1189: Your aunt seems to have been a big //influence in that way mm.// M1193: //Oh big ...
... been a big //influence in that way mm.// M1193: //Oh big influence in my, my life.// //Yeah, there's no question ...
The Borth’ick Waitter Rodger, Matt 21,032 19 0.90

... hei sayed thit hei hed been descrived is ane expert (ae big wurd) sae it hed been necessar fur him tae pruve til the ...
... yon, whit wis kent is the dryin green, it the back o the big hoose, whare the claithes wur peggit oot tae dry, the auld ...
... the ferm hoose. The Skelton faimlie wur the tenants o the big hoose, is fer back is A can mynd; an than, i the late ...
... ae gey wheen yeir an serd saivrel tenants whae rentit the big hoose. Jimmy likit his nip o whuskie an whan hei gat aff ...
... Whan A wur ae callant, thar wur saivrel servans i the Big Hoose, whae bade on the premises. Agness Rutherford, gin A ...
Conversation 16: Four students on memories and music festivals [Content label: serious] N/A Video 11,091 18 1.62

... She-ra.// M811: Yeah, yeah, [inaudible] bit in a big lion //thing.// F813: //Yeah, I do// remember ...
... in the advert// they had to, like, climb up this big, to castle and stuff like //that and she had a// F813: ...
... and your foot// F814: //Yeah.// F812: in that big machine //[laugh]// F814: //[laugh]// F813: ...
... cause you want to go up and get your foot measured on the big contraption [inaudible]// F813: And one foot was ...
... ended up taking our tent, right, we're, we actually had a big tents in a circle, it was like all his friends and that, ...
Interview with Evelyn Entwistle for Scottish Readers Remember Project N/A Audio 19,719 18 0.91

... he lost his first wife.// F1189: Well you had a big sister then. //That-that's nice, uh-huh uh-huh mmhm.// ...
... yes not nice at all.// F1189: Now was it quite a big house then? //Mmhm mm mm mmhm.// F1195: //Oh yes it ...
... bedrooms cause my brother had a wee room, my parents had a big room and I had a big room and my sister had a big room.// ...
... had a wee room, my parents had a big room and I had a big room and my sister had a big room.// //And there was a ...
... had a big room and I had a big room and my sister had a big room.// //And there was a small room for the maid so it ...
Conversation: Buckie - Mother and child 18, recording 1: making jelly, making paper snowflakes and having a bath N/A Audio 9,044 17 1.88

... Smell it in fact! F1111: Oh, it just smells like a big strawberry! [inhale] But you don't have to eat it like ...
... so I should be okay. But it would be nice to go for a big clean wash. Would that be a good idea? F1112: No, ...
... Cut in triangles. And what else could I cut? Maybe a big rectangle. A box. F1112: Eh? You can not do that. ...
... makes funny shapes, doesn't it? //It makes shapes like a big crocodile's mouth, doesn't it?// F1112: //But this ...
... hoosie. F1112: That's a wall bittie. F1111: Oh a big wall that is. //And the roof.// F1112: //It is.// ...
Refuge [Content label: serious] Paisley, Janet 22,040 17 0.77

... room, welded to the fireplace. I thought they had a dog, a big dog. CAROLANNE: Oh Maggie. MAGGIE: What are we living ...
... A bucket for a toilet. This house is a (SHE INDICATES BIG) - he's a doctor! She said he'd padlock the collar. ...
... aboot the weans, you think? AGNES: Och, aye. Her ain are big noo. Ages wi your Gordon the laddie? SADIE: Near 'nuff. ...
... Oh great. I'll get to play in the playroom now. SADIE: Big wean. There's burgers for your tea. (GORDON HEADS FOR THE ...
... RUBBING HER RIBS) GORDON: Hey Agnes, you could've been big. AGNES: Son, ah um big. Whit's mair, ah've ayewis been big ...
Interview 01: Stranraer man talking about WWII N/A Audio 6,480 16 2.47

... They were one side of the jetty whe when they had big hangars. They had a big, well one big hangar, where they ...
... of the jetty whe when they had big hangars. They had a big, well one big hangar, where they took the planes in and ...
... whe when they had big hangars. They had a big, well one big hangar, where they took the planes in and repaired them. ...
... //uh-huh// M194: side of the water, they built two big jetties, so they did. And everything was brought in by ...
... the [inaudible] into Cairnryan, they built a great big jetty there, two je- they made one, two, three, they ...
Conversation 36: Family in Hamilton on childhood memories and holidays N/A Audio 8,325 15 1.80

... [laugh] Right. What's an armature?// F1077: //Big, big coils, isn't that?// //Part of a motor, part of ...
... [laugh] Right. What's an armature?// F1077: //Big, big coils, isn't that?// //Part of a motor, part of a- an ...
... it was lanky.// M1078: No, y-y- //"You take the big one and I'll take the other one."// F718: ...
... one."// F718: //[laugh]// F1077: //"You take the big one" or something. [laugh]// Yeah, that was Gordon. ...
... was, what sort of F1077: Well there was one of these big glitter balls, I remember that. //Was that the, uh-huh. ...
Geordie Jooks an the Sand Boat Fairnie, Robert 1,884 14 7.43

... he cuid see they war hard wrocht diggin oot a muckle big hole juist abuin whare the sands jyned the sea bed. Bi the ...
... the sea bed. Bi the leuks o’t, it wis gaun tae be a gret big sooster. “Sae ye fund a bit, Geordie!” cried Big Rab. ...
... be a gret big sooster. “Sae ye fund a bit, Geordie!” cried Big Rab. “C’mon well! Gie’s a haund for the tide’ll be here in ...
... His wee brither Wattie wis thare wi Wee Jock, Jinky an Big Rab. They aw hid bits o wuid, like Geordie’s, that they ...
... “But listen, dae ye no think we shuid pit some yackers an big stanes roond the ootside o the dyke? It micht help tae ...
Conversation: Buckie - Mother and child 16, recording 3: playing match the pairs game and with building blocks N/A Audio 3,935 14 3.56

... here.// What about taking out your blocks and making a big house or a tower or something? //Mmhm.// M1094: ...
... Mmhm. And what bits do you do first? F1093: The big bits first. M1094: This bitties first? F1093: ...
... M1094: That bitties. F1093: We'll make a great big house, will we? M1094: For Daddy. F1093: That's ...
... join them all together. M1094: Ah. F1093: Make a big house! That's it. Put it along that way. That's a ...
... F1093: That's it. M1094: Where is it, the other big ain? One more big ain. F1093: We need one more big ...
Extracts from weblog [Content label: serious] Rimbaud, Dee 8,258 14 1.70

... messages. For example: 'It doesn't matter how big your cock is, what really matters is the size of your ...
... cigarettes (although I couldn't say for sure, as I'm not a big racing fan). Now, in 2006, finally, I have been banned ...
... Underdogs? Today is a day for football. I'm not usually big into football, but I do have an almost pathological desire ...
... he intends to stay at Gretna. Despite the obvious lure of big bucks, he's more interested in job satisfaction. Even if ...
... really going on in our minds. I still have a diary. It's a big, black book that I sometimes write in. Not often, these ...
Dipper: 35 - Fair Cop Begg, Dr James A 2,228 13 5.83

... fou o snags, wi open meedaes on the south bank, an the Big Hoose gairdens slopin doun tae the watter's edge on the ...
... o byllies, an at the hinner-en had juist John the Dominie, Big Wull frae up the watter, an young Mick, oot on his furst ...
... furst nicht as a prentice byllie, tae gaird the Dam Puil. Big John set himsel doun by the faur side o the dam-dyke, ...
... licht gaun aa-roads, frae the faur bank. 'Whit the Hell's Big John daein?' growled Wull. 'That's buggert up everything!' ...
... wis parked impidently ootside yin o the smert hooses! Whan Big John jyned us he confirmed this, by tellin us hou he had ...
Awfy thochts: The closemouth jottings of Wullie MacKersall Glen, Michael Hamish 3,176 13 4.09

... that brolly Doon so low.' SEASONS GREETING Kenny's heid is Big an bald. An in the winter It gets cauld. But summer disnae ...
... Cannae pass the time. ROTARY CLUB Ma lassie's hamster's No big deal. Aw it does is Birl its wheel. Wee legs paidlin Fur ...
... bend. NICHT HOWL Ma hairy duggie Rins aff frae fowk. Ma big Shuggie's A feardie-gowk. Shuggie's even Feart fur the ...
... Pit oot the licht An he's feart tae bark. PET FOOD Ma big rabbit Wis a stotter. Then next door's whippet Went an got ...
... a stotter. Then next door's whippet Went an got 'er. Ma big Bessie Wis a beezer. Noo she's heidless In the freezer. ...
Conversation: Buckie - Mother and child 08, recording 2: making chocolate crispie cakes and filling party bags N/A Audio 3,454 13 3.76

... F1117: This one should work. No, that one's too big. We need the littler pan. F1118: This little pan. ...
... in it. F1118: Yes. Not too hard, Mum. //Not too big .// F1117: //Eh?// //Now,// F1118: //Not too ...
... [inaudible] water. [laugh] You maded it too big. F1117: Now, we need to melt some F1118: [laugh] ...
... the bottom o this. Only thing is, is the tub, is the jar big enough? F1118: Yes. I wanna put that in it! F1117: ...
... Yes. Now Mum. F1117: Now, we need two spoonies, a big one and a little one. F1118: [inaudible] F1117: ...
Conversation: Buckie - Mother and child 19, recording 1: a walk on the beach and in the park N/A Audio 3,752 13 3.46

... F1136: [inaudible] [blow] F1135: Here's a big one. F1136: [blow] Where? F1135: Come and get ...
... o'clock. F1136: Three o'clock. F1135: Blow. Big blow. F1136: [blow] F1135: Four o'clock. F1136: ...
... F1135: Six o'clock. F1136: Six o'clock. F1135: Big blow. F1136: [blow] F1135: Look at them all. ...
... [blow] I want to see boat, Mum, I want to see the em big fishing boat. But I //can't see it.// F1135: ...
... F1135: What one? F1136: That one. F1135: That big one? F1136: Uh-huh. F1135: I think it's still a ...
Interview with Mary A Ronnie, Part 2, for Scottish Readers Remember Project N/A Audio 21,283 13 0.61

... Mmhm. F1190: And for a month, we went round with a big trolley, F1189: Mmhm. F1190: going through every ...
... to own them and //particularly, I've got quite a big New Zealand collection.// F1189: //Mmhm, mmhm.// ...
... turned out in-in F1189: Mmhm. F1190: quite big numbers then, but there wasn't the same intensity of ...
... places, she was going to small schools and - it wasn't big, flourishy stuff.// F1189: //Mm, mmhm, mmhm, mmhm, ...
... just //non-stop.// F1189: //Yes,// it it w-was big news in-in the States, I think. //Mmhm, mmhm, mmhm.// ...
Travel journal: USSR 852 35,187 13 0.37

... the bags and case to the nearest bus stop a chap in a big black official taxi obviously took pity on us and, ...
... me the way to the English section - "Daniel Deronda" is a big hit this year it seems - and told me that the Progress ...
... Thursday Sept 29th Another fine day - blue sky and warm. Big lazy end-of-season wasps stagger into buses and dodge ...
... eat it even when it's freezing cold. We ambled past the big wheels and boat pond, along the river to Gagarinskaya, and ...
... unsuccessfully to part them but at last is won over - big wedding finale and more exuberant jumping. The Palace of ...
Interview 17: Glasgow man on growing up in Govan N/A Audio 2,325 12 5.16

... o chocolate for a six- for sixpence, that was a massive big treat, I never had anythin like that yeah, we used tae ...
... tae the Dai- Cuthbertson's Dairies, an they had the big Clydesdale horses there an eh the men would let ye in an ...
... door here, fright o their life an that was the, he was the big bogey man when we were boys,// F606: //[laugh]// ...
... aw beggars or, I don't know anyway, but they played the big accordian an one o them belted oot the voice an he used to ...
... we went there. So it was a- it was aw brand new an big an airy an an eh Easterhouse hadnae been built, so it ...
Conversation: Buckie - Mother and child 06, recording 1: tidying bedroom and making tea N/A Audio 3,662 12 3.28

... you eat it? M1098: Aye. F1097: Have you got a big tummy? M1098: Aye! F1097: Let's see! Let me see ...
... M1098: Aye! F1097: Let's see! Let me see your big tummy! Oh wow! M1098: [child noise] F1097: So ...
... bus.// [laugh] We'll put him in there, cause he's too big to go in there. Right, find more. M1098: That ain. ...
... a lorry. That's it. F1097: I think the lorry's too big to go in there, You found cars yet? M1098: That's ...
... F1097: That ain'll hae to go in there cause it's too big. Fitt aboot this ain? This ain? M1098: Oh aye! ...
A few notes on old Kilwinning Town and the Biography of Robert Morrison, Crosshouse. Morrison, Mr Robert 5,211 12 2.30

... situated below the old Corse hill. I was a short time in big Red burn a pit that belonged to the Messers Baird’s There ...
... that belonged to the Messers Baird’s There was two pits big and wee allong side each other producing much coal for the ...
... and that was on the new railway then in construction. The big steam navvy as we called it then was working near to a ...
... produced had to be taken away by a steam pug driven by a big course man named Bob Bonnar. So my work was to shift two ...
... as we know everything comes to an end down here. So the big steam navvy finished his job and I was knocked out of work ...
Conversation: Buckie - Mother and child 17, recording 2: playing and chatting indoors N/A Audio 5,742 12 2.09

... winds.// F1109: Nae puddles, nae rain, nae wind, nae big puddles like there's been. But there's raindrops. Look! ...
... //What is this?// F1109: //Castle. And that's the big bear oot o Jungle Book, isn't it?// M1110: What does ...
... ains?// Aa different ains. M1110: I've got a big pile of this books. F1109: Oh you've got a big pile, ...
... got a big pile of this books. F1109: Oh you've got a big pile, there's Bob. Will we take Bob ben and look at the ...
... Eh, and F1109: Thomas. And the ither Bob? That big, that three big ains? M1110: That's three big ains. ...
Bruised Blue Grainger, Cecilia 13,524 12 0.89

... Della, Della…? Thurs a body comin up the track…it the big Yew…STOPPED IT THE BIG YEW… (Pause) Krista is it a man?: ...
... a body comin up the track…it the big Yew…STOPPED IT THE BIG YEW… (Pause) Krista is it a man?: AH’M FEARED! (Pause) A ...
... thit got hunted doon an tried fur thur wickedness…BIG DEEP DARK BOGGLE HOLE waitin ower the hill; up bi the wee ...
... only man Ah’d noh be allowed ti show fear. Silence TESS. Big bag that…looks heavy…! (Touches the bag) ZEB. You’d be ...
... she want to come over here? / She looks… TESS. Bag that big might hawd aw kindae things. ROBBY. AW AW! Hawd oan Lori: ...
Conversation 13: Two male postgraduate students on academic life [Content label: serious] N/A Audio 14,078 12 0.85

... are kind of unwilling to get involved in these kind of big heady debates, like, not so much about the poetry, but ...
... really really funny to listen to him, cause he will, like, big broken, big stretches of Welsh and then all of a sudden ...
... funny to listen to him, cause he will, like, big broken, big stretches of Welsh and then all of a sudden he'll just ...
... M741: //Mmhm// M605: wh- all it is is a big tract ehm trying to completely dissociate the Lowland ...
... talking[/?], yeah.// M741: like you say a big revival and a kinna cultural, cultural revolution, in s- ...
Conversation: Buckie - Mother and child 14, recording 3: Alphabet book and stories N/A Audio 1,846 11 5.96

... Course I can. Right. M1108: And that's aboot the big chicken, and the, and grandma's the, the grandma's the ...
... //F.// And a F1107: And a littl-, that's a big F and a little F. So that big F is called F. And the ...
... a littl-, that's a big F and a little F. So that big F is called F. And the little F, is called F. See? ...
... little F, is called F. See? M1108: And F1107: A big E is called E. And the little one is called E. M1108: ...
... a G. M1108: Well done Mum! What's that? F1107: A big G. M1108: Yeah Mum. And somebody should shut the ...
Conversation: Buckie - Mother and child 17, recording 1: looking out of the window N/A Audio 2,811 11 3.91

... stanes is wet. Aye, they're a little wet. There's big stanes, isn't there? In the the rockery bit. That's big ...
... big stanes, isn't there? In the the rockery bit. That's big stanes. M1110: Is there little stanes, Mam? F1109: ...
... there's little stanes, that's right. M1110: Bi- //big st-.// F1109: //That's the big stanes.// M1110: ...
... M1110: Bi- //big st-.// F1109: //That's the big stanes.// M1110: Big stanes. [?]There, and the ...
... st-.// F1109: //That's the big stanes.// M1110: Big stanes. [?]There, and the back[/?]. F1109: Mmhm. ...
Conversation 21: Family from North East Scotland N/A Audio 3,440 11 3.20

... F823: //Was it the// M824: //Aye.// F823: //big area?// M822: //Whether [inaudible] wants// tae ...
... M822: //He// he's he, he cuts it up wi, wi a big saw F606: mmhm M824: //Aye// M822: //ehm// ...
... F606: mmhm M824: //Aye// M822: //ehm// great big diamond tooth saw an he, he maks the stones wi that ye ...
... M824: Aye there's a lot o stone M822: There's a big, great big eh, oh must've been an affa buildins ...
... there's a lot o stone M822: There's a big, great big eh, oh must've been an affa buildins [inaudible] eh ...
Conversation: Buckie - Mother and child 08, recording 1: painting and playing with Barbie dolls N/A Audio 4,381 11 2.51

... you? F1118: Yes. F1117: Do you like playin wi the big girls? F1118: Yes, cause I'm a big girl. F1117: ...
... like playin wi the big girls? F1118: Yes, cause I'm a big girl. F1117: Eh? I thought you were a baby. //You ...
... [?]You and me[/?] a girl. F1118: Cause I'm a big girl. F1117: Are you? F1118: Yes, cause I'm a big ...
... big girl. F1117: Are you? F1118: Yes, cause I'm a big girl. F1117: Are you a big girl? Mm. That's nice to ...
... F1118: Yes, cause I'm a big girl. F1117: Are you a big girl? Mm. That's nice to know. So you're no a baby any ...
Conversation: Buckie - Mother and child 14, recording 1: making gingerbread biscuits N/A Audio 4,405 11 2.50

... We'll mak ones that lie flat [cough] and have got the big sharp teeth lying oot on the tray. M1108: Aye. F1107: ...
... ma finger. F1107: Aye it would, wouldn't it? //Oh, big lump of butter.// M1108: //What we need.// A big ...
... big lump of butter.// M1108: //What we need.// A big lump of butter. Chop! F1107: Ha, see that's spot on, ...
... //[laugh]// //[child noise]// F1107: //What a big fart!// //What a guffing honk.// M1108: //Poo poo! ...
... [exhale] Feel my belly! F1107: Cor, it's getting big and fat! M1108: Like dodge. F1107: Aye. M1108: ...
SKARRS Forde, Catherine 5,474 11 2.01

... Bloody hypocrite. 'This your wee Danny, Susan? Gettin' a big lad, aren't you, son?' Bog off! Like my Old Dear, I fix my ...
... too, trying not to see the coffin in front of it. I'm not big on small talk at the best of times. 'Your lad'll be upset, ...
... takes my mind off the drone drone drone of Grampa Dan's big send-off. A-bide with me... I mean, Jesus! Whose idea was ...
... reading in church today, giving 'The Lord's My Shepherd' big licks in his by-the-way-I'm-a-teacher voice. Except he ...
... be long till I'm the one getting the bumpy ride in the big pencil case. I can see the bones of his knuckles poking ...
Conversation: Buckie - Mother and child 02, recording 1: jigsaws, building blocks, toy barbecue and books N/A Audio 5,838 11 1.88

... Is that better? M1092: No, build build build big one. F1091: Okay, you build a great big one then. ...
... build build big one. F1091: Okay, you build a great big one then. Start off wi that ains in the bottom. And ...
... Chute. F1091: Mmhm. M1092: Little chute and big chute. F1091: A little chute and a big chute. M1092: ...
... chute and big chute. F1091: A little chute and a big chute. M1092: Uh-huh. F1091: Mmhm. M1092: ...
... Uh-huh. F1091: Mmhm. M1092: Little chute and big chute. F1091: And fitt else did ye dae? M1092: ...
Conversation: Buckie - Mother and child 18, recording 2: making macaroni cheese, drawing, playing with dolls and looking at photos N/A Audio 6,826 11 1.61

... F1111: Can you? F1112: I can. I can. Oh, it's a big lump for you. F1111: A great big lump. So away you go ...
... I can. Oh, it's a big lump for you. F1111: A great big lump. So away you go and start grating. F1112: A wee ...
... it. //[inaudible]// F1111: //Is it hard? Is it too big a lump?// F1112: Uh-huh. F1111: Oh it is strong ...
... the basin. F1112: Mmhm. [?]Thought so[/?]. Oh, a big plate now. F1111: Mmhm. Oh now slowly now, give me ...
... I will// do that one. F1111: No, cause it's too big for you to handle, cause you're going to have to turn it ...
Conversation 29: Mother and daughter from Ayrshire and man from USA, part 3/3 - childhood games N/A Audio 10,410 11 1.06

... yeah, yeah.// F965: We us- we called that a "big riddie". F963: Uh-huh //Yeah.// M964: //Mm// ...
... //Yeah.// M964: //Mm// F965: //Somebody's got a big riddie.// When they've got a red //face.// F963: ...
... "red". F963: Mmhm, yeah. F965: "Oh he's got a big riddie", you know, F963: Mmhm F965: because he was ...
... F963: //Mm mmhm// F965: Er, ha- "you got a big riddie when she came in", //you know?// F963: //Mm ...
... school wall. F963: Yeah. F965: Now there are great big picture windows F963: Right, uh-huh. F965: and you ...
Conversation 37: Glasgow father and young daughter N/A Audio 2,157 10 4.64

... acorn? F1071: Yeah, he, sometimes he gets stuck in a big bandle and sometimes he gets scr- scraped with he ...
... he get squashed? F1071: Yeah, he gets squashed by a big camel, //remember?// M1070: //Oh dear.// //And is ...
... are hard, see, daddy can't draw them and daddy's big, isn't he? F1071: Whee! //[bump]// M1070: ...
... and there was [?]scup[/?] stairs for a chute an a big yel- blue chute so it was, M1070: Blue chute? ...
... blue chute so it was, M1070: Blue chute? //How big was it? Was it very big?// F1071: //mmhm// no it was ...
Conversation 30: Male and female talking about Western Isles and music N/A Audio 5,392 10 1.85

... It's like kind of a wee village more than part of a big city, like. Just the atmos- just the kind of the way ...
... really nice. M959: An people here are like, some like, big city people but, it's just the area itself, sort of ...
... set up an, M959: Ohright mm. F958: kind of the big wheel an that, against like the castle. An at night ...
... it was just like, kind of you know what I mean, the big, //canopy thing at the back an// M959: //Aye.// ...
... like,// M959: //[laugh] Roadies!// F958: got big beer bellies an //beards and long straggly ponytails,// ...
Interview 05: John Law on the Scots language N/A Audio 6,222 10 1.61

... up in nichtclesses efter. F785: Mmhm. This is quite a big question. Ehm, who or what's to blame for the demise and ...
... in the present day, they've had no difficulty selling big time, ye know, in in the world English market, because ...
... Language Resource Centre, eh, the completion of the two big Scottish dictionaries, eh, and then the the putting of ...
... hasnae had is education funding. And that's that's the big political gap in the system if you like. F785: Mmhm, ...
... mmhm.// F785: anywhere else. He mentioned 'The Big Word' which happens all over Scotland but apart from that ...
Interview 14: Woman from Uist talking about growing up in Shetland N/A Audio 7,453 10 1.34

... eh but that, we knew that when we started so it wasn't a big surprise. //Uh-huh, mmhm.// F746: //Yeah och I ...
... from headmasters now, you know, he was so, sorta he had a big booming voice and he was very dark and eh we were just ...
... F978: don't know what they're made of, think it, big wooden, heavy, like //like fenceposts kind o thing an, ...
... Mmhm.// F978: //Yes, the-the- there there has been a big interest, I think, you know, people started to go to ...
... say then then. //An of course Lerwick you know, was a big fishing place at one time.// F746: //Yeah.// //Mm.// ...
Interview 03: Dundee woman on her childhood N/A Audio 9,177 10 1.09

... smashed it against the wall, and all the fish were in a big puddle on the steps, squirming about. And the, just the ...
... an actual lamp-lighter. And ehm, he came with a great big long pole, that he would, cause the the gas lamps were ...
... keep them away from the kids. So he came up with a great big long pole, and I I don't know how he did it, but he just ...
... came home and was showin off that I could now write in in big people's writing. F631: mm F634: You know big ...
... in big people's writing. F631: mm F634: You know big people, that was the way big people wrote, so, that was ...
Conversation 03: Ayrshire couple on motorcycling [Content label: serious] N/A Audio 9,868 10 1.01

... a shame in a way you didn't go to it. And it was all the big personalities were there, setting it up for the very first ...
... now, M608: mmhm M642: but I think Honda gave him a big payoff. M608: hm M642: A lot of money. M608: ...
... it really, M642: And you remember we hit that //big eh hole on Racecourse, eh, Road.// F643: ...
... [laugh] M642: we got there, and, within that big triangle, there's little country lanes. And we were told ...
... mmhm M642: but when we were up there, it was a big bend, you know they just went round it, and there were a ...
The Annals of Arbuthnott Part Two Williamson, Isabella 15,890 10 0.63

... are remembered. The school was lit with paraffin lamps. A big stove and open fires supplied heating; wet clothes were ...
... Roberts playing the cornet and Les Watt singing "With the big Kilmarnock Bonnet". On another occasion at a concert ...
... made out of clay or stone, not glass as today. The big one was called a peever but this was later changed to a ...
... joined with a piece of fine string about two foot long. A big wooden reel was balanced on the string and made to travel ...
... They later moved to Bamph Croft. The corn was milled by a big white horse called Meg walking round and round in a ...
Scottish Parliament: Committees: Enterprise and Lifelong Learning: Official Reports: Meeting 30, 2000 Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body 16,827 10 0.59

... the Finns and the Swedes are doing. That sounds like big stuff, but if we are serious about staying ahead, that is ...
... that there are different solutions. There is no single big bang that would suit the various needs of different parts ...
... of globalisation, rather than on the opportunities. The big oil companies in Aberdeen are committed to the knowledge ...
... of the new economy and e-commerce. The oil companies are a big pull factor—those are the words that were used. Many of ...
... sector? As Nick Johnston said, the oil companies are the big players in the area. Is there a tendency for the ...
The Mossflow Holton, Brian 33,939 10 0.29

... Watterside, an there seek a bield wi a waster cried Big Liu, at keepit a bettin shop. This wis Liu Shiquan, wha ...
... he thocht ti gae back ti the Eastren Capital. Nou, Big Liu wis sib ti ane Deacon Dong at keepit a herbshop in ...
... wi Deacon Dong. Gao the Braw gied his fare-ye-weills ti Big Liu, shouthert his pock an wan awa. He tuik the rounabout ...
... the bairns......Gin A dinna, tho, it’ll juist affront Big Liu.....” Sae he juist hed ti bid him, wi aa pleisance an ...
... says Shi Jin, “ but A niver thocht the tinks wad grow sae big: they’re shuir ti be a sair trauchle ti us aa.......Luckie ...
Scottish Parliament: Official Report (27/03/03) Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body 52,991 10 0.19

... them without having to undertake five-year courses or do big blocks of stuff, but can get back into the workplace and ...
... racism and sexism, but we have yet to tackle the last big, horrible ism and that is ageism. The Eden Brown employee ...
... we should defend them to the last. Although we have made a big difference in this parliamentary session, I would be the ...
... pension is not enough to live on. Furthermore, there is a big problem with people not applying for the minimum income ...
... Members started to let slip the fact there was to be a big announcement on national concessionary travel—I think that ...
Dipper: 14 - The Communication Gap Begg, Dr James A 1,013 9 8.88

... the village gangs were giein us the rin-aroun, nettin the Big Boose watter yae nicht, then the puils ablow the village ...
... the Belgian byllie, wi twa walkie-talkies, heidit for the Big Hoose, while we tuik the ither yin twa miles ablow the ...
... rin intae - an this nicht wis nae exception! Jock, Tam, Big Mick an mysel were hauf-wey across the meedow whan a ...
... an sidieweys till nearhaun the fence - aa, that is, except Big Mick. Mick workt the ferms an kent a thing or twa aboot ...
... ferms an kent a thing or twa aboot beasts - ‘Awa ye go, ye big fearties!' he jeered. 'It's only yin o thae big Romagnola ...
Dipper: 30 - 'Puggie' Begg, Dr James A 1,346 9 6.69

... wha, in a season, cuid kill forty or fifty saumon wi his big rod an bareheuks - as mony or mair nor some o the netters. ...
... an they aye had a fag lichtit, ready tae burn aff the big bare heuks if the byllies cam near. They kent maist o the ...
... Byllie wis too weel kent and wad stay oot o sicht while Big John and mysel fished the watter, keepin as near Puggie as ...
... watter. Tae luik the pairt, we were dressed like scruff, Big John wi an auld torn watter-proof an jeans, an me wi an ...
... afore he went back hame tae Glesca. 'S that richt, John?' Big John, wha wis a retired dominie, an too weel spoken tae ...
Conversation: Buckie - Mother and child 05, recording 1: eating tea and playing with baby brother N/A Audio 1,975 9 4.56

... you see it? Did ye? Mmhm, that's right. Mm. How big are you the day? F1142: Mm. F1141: So was you ...
... Aye, when you're bigger. //You'll see, you'll soon be big enough to get baby yogurts,// F1142: //Tell him fitt ...
... //Little monster.// F1141: //H- he likes his big sister, don't you?// Like your big sister? When she's ...
... he likes his big sister, don't you?// Like your big sister? When she's nae bein coorse to ye. F1142: ...
... his breakfast on my leg? F1141: Oh but he'll be too big then. He'll be able to sit himself for his breakfast. ...
Dipper: 26 - The Technicality Begg, Dr James A 2,217 9 4.06

... he did mind tho, wis whan some o the wee buggers, or their big brithers, tuik it intae their heids tae hae a go at the ...
... Ayr Pier, convertit for rakin saumon across the back, wi a big treble heuk an leid wecht insteid o the paternoster. ...
... Dam Puil. Jimpy McGinty's there, fishin juist ablow the big tree stump. Ah don't think he saw me, but he moved awa ...
... Neil?' Neil pyntit tae a bit juist dounstream o the big stump left efter a twa-hunner year auld beech tree had ...
... it awa. He wad be awfy pit oot if it broke, wi him intae a big fish, an he lost his beer-money!' A fortnicht later the ...
Interview 04: Dundee woman on her first job N/A Audio 4,292 9 2.10

... [inhale] There was three offices; there was the big main office and ehm, where everybody really congregated; ...
... eh with huge stairs, huge banisters. It was a really big, kind of a big bulky sort of place; that is the only way I ...
... stairs, huge banisters. It was a really big, kind of a big bulky sort of place; that is the only way I could describe ...
... What a lot of nonsense!" He said, "We have four eh big, strong shipping clerks that work here, and one of them ...
... of me bringin up the coal. [inhale] But one of the big problems I had was I could never get the fires to light. ...
Conversation: Buckie - Mother and child 11, recording 3: making jigsaws indoors on a snowy day N/A Audio 5,666 9 1.59

... Come on then, we'll dae this ain. F1104: Yes, big one with the map. F1103: Aye. F1104: And we can ...
... you mak jigsaws at the playschool? F1104: Yes. //Nae big ones.// F1103: //[inaudible]// Fitt kind dae ye ...
... //I'm gonna do.// F1103: //Oh boy!// That's the big ains, isn't it? //Hear that hailstanes?// F1104: ...
... //[inaudible]// F1103: I th- I think the big freeze is [inaudible]. Aye, I've got [inaudible]. ...
... do this noo, Mummy? F1103: We are. F1104: It goes big floor on the big, we'll do F1103: [inaudible] ...
Conversation 26: Two females from Glasgow talking about weddings N/A Audio 5,779 9 1.56

... and they didnae look that// F631: //Mmhm// F689: big, and I thought, "Mm God, F631: Yeah. F689: ...
... know, I understand. But it was nice, cause it wasn't too big. It was just a //a// F689: //Uh-huh// F631: nice ...
... F689: there's no way I'm walkin down the aisle in a big //huge fancy church,// F631: //[laugh]// ...
... an I neve- what annoys me is they've got all these big screen TVs //everywhere,// F631: //Yeah.// F689: ...
... just have a chat, it's impossible cause you've got this big huge [laugh] sort o //the God lookin down on you.// ...
BBC Voices Recording: Aberdeen N/A Audio 13,536 9 0.66

... was an iron sink, not enamel, iron sink ye know, an we'd a big zinc bath and Da used tae sit in the bath an we'd tae ...
... o rice, because Ma was in the wash-hoose an there was a big biler goin an she was sweatin an she'd on her rubber apron ...
... rubber apron an //an oh my God!// F1041: //An her big boots.// M1042: An an if it was rainin the the the ...
... I would hae s- 'thingummybob', 'her wi the big nose', or 'her wi the// //droopy eyes' or you would try ...
... M1042: //yeah but// yeah 'drookit' is a big word. //That's when oh God ye're absolutely drookit an I ...
BBC Voices Recording: Stirling N/A Audio 14,324 9 0.63

... forename], our absent friend, who's pregnant, and she's a big girl, and she's, you know, right from early on she was ...
... big girl, and she's, you know, right from early on she was big, and somebody said to her "A- are you carrying twins?" ...
... and she said "No, my father s-, my father says it's a big single". Cause she's from a farm, you know? [laugh] ...
... And it was like, //you know when the cows have got a big single?// F1054: //[inaudible]// //[laugh]// ...
... //Aye, she is!// F1144: //She's just havin a big single!// F1054: Okay, erm, words for insane? F1144: ...
BBC Voices Recording: Leith N/A Audio 16,679 9 0.54

... F1054: And is there no kilts in Dundee, is it not a big thing? M1019: Well I don't know about in Dundee but in ...
... you see, changed, changed. But eh, later on there was a big influx frae the west, and I palled aboot wi some boys ...
... apart from syntax and grammar used, which does make a big difference to individual languages, I found anyway, I ...
... the word "gear", you know? Aye, plumbers and those with big tools and instruments did use a toolbox, aye, it was ...
... gear. Aye, and it was smaller, you didnae have to lug a big tool kit across, "It's got to go in, [?]Char-[/?]. It'll ...
A Sair Fecht Smith, Alex 23,505 9 0.38

... noo at's nae ony surprise, In the efterneen er's a gey big change, Rain poors doon in the affa heavy range. Sunday ...
... o the crap is teen aff the grun, Fermer dis grin, ere's a big run. Tuesday 30th, Temp. 6/14 Dry is the day warm bit affa ...
... order, ten bags o sticks, ten bags o peats each. Ere wis a big back close an, Jonsar cood drive richt intae it nae ...
... intae it nae bother. That wis ae gweed thing, ere wis nae big carries. Farthest in tae the close bade Eenie an, on the ...
... a dizzen cans o lager, an a bottle o bacardi. He poored a big bacardi tae Tam an een tae himsel, washed it doon wi a can ...
Scottish Parliament: Official Report (05/12/02) Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body 62,853 9 0.14

... cowboy builders and cowboy installers. Apart from the big builders, who are obviously more aware and more conscious ...
... Solar energy and wind energy—I am referring not to big windmills, but to little windmills, for example in cities ...
... throughout the UK when dealing with organised crime. Big-time criminals are adept at operating across borders and ...
... we can to support cross-border inquiries to ensure that big-time criminals cannot exploit national boundaries in the ...
... Munro makes, but it is important to state that there are big issues of international maritime law. There are rights of ...
Dipper: 16 - The Saumon an the Wee Broun Troot Begg, Dr James A 1,191 8 6.72

... hame tae a wee broun troot. As wee troots go he's no that big, But cocky, smert an unco trig, Aa dressed up in a gowden ...
... cry oot 'I'm sic a braw wee prince, Ower troots an fishes big an smaa I'm shuir tae rise abune them aa; Gin I grow big I ...
... big an smaa I'm shuir tae rise abune them aa; Gin I grow big I maun be King, For facts are chiels that winna ding!' - ...
... Then luikin again at his muckle jaw, Thocht - 'He micht be big, but he's no that braw!' As time gaed by he grew less ...
... their wits, Near giein them aa aquatic fits!' Wi that the big fish gied a froun, Syne flickt his tail an luikit roun, ...
Craiters: 06 - E Hens Riv Fenton, Alexander 2,225 8 3.60

... haad awa fae e boortree busses at e back o e hoose, an e big trees at tried hard bit wi little success tae shelter e ...
... line on e left haan side, an e yard on e richt. It 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 wis a big patch o rhubarb for makin jam at ye took on yer piece or ...
... alang wi a smaa roomie at hid a biler for fin ye did a big wash, or aan aboot e New Ear I min e smith at bade ere ...
... fit ye micht caa deid grun. Fit wis a lot mair handy wis e big trees in e main bit o e riv. I aye likit tae speel trees, ...
Conversation: Buckie - Mother and child 16, recording 1: washing up N/A Audio 3,453 8 2.32

... little bit that you need to do now. M1094: Why not a big bit? F1093: Mm? M1094: Why not a big bit? F1093: ...
... Why not a big bit? F1093: Mm? M1094: Why not a big bit? F1093: It's just a little bit. [cough] Right? ...
... F1093: Eh? M1094: It's in middle. F1093: The big bit? M1094: Yes. F1093: Wow! M1094: ...
... F1093: Take a chair through? M1094: Yeah. A big chair. F1093: Now, //wait till I sort the,// M1094: ...
... next? //Ah! [laugh]// M1094: //laugh// It's a big one. F1093: What is it? M1094: A plate. F1093: ...
Conversation: Buckie - Mother and child 10, recording 1: playing with jigsaws and toys and putting away the washing N/A Audio 5,419 8 1.48

... No. F1089: I think you can. M1090: The big ain goes in. It's ma- this jigsaw's magic. //Yeah.// ...
... sleep in a baby bed. F1089: Mmhm. //But you're a big boy and you've got a big bed.// M1090: //Yeah.// ...
... F1089: Mmhm. //But you're a big boy and you've got a big bed.// M1090: //Yeah.// Yeah. I've got a boy bed. ...
... Emily,// //no.// F1089: //Clifford?// Clifford the big red dog. M1090: No. //No, it's// F1089: ...
... got this, this is [CENSORED: forename]'s. Woah, the big truck! F1089: The big truck, aye. M1090: Yeah. ...
Conversation: Buckie - Mother and child 23, recording 1: reading picture books, watching film of "101 Dalmatians", and singing nursery rhymes N/A Audio 5,667 8 1.41

... //[inaudible]// F1115: //Mmhm. Oh, there's a big fat teddy bear and a// F1116: He's got some F1115: ...
... on her motorbike. An she says "Look at this great big tree that's fell ower". Eh? Fitt do you think they're ...
... A nest o birds in the hat. So he's wrapped a great big chain roon it. But he canna pull it, so fitt do you ...
... There it goes. F1115: That's a camel. Look at its big hump. F1116: Where do we find fishes? [inaudible] ...
... some. //There's a// F1116: //He's got// F1115: big ain, I think there's one that's being greedy and he's ...
Inaugural speech by John Kirk to launch the Scottish Corpus of Texts and Speech Kirk, John M Video 6,982 8 1.15

... to the launch of the SCOTS Corpus Project. This is a a big day for us; I mean it's especially a big day for me cause ...
... This is a a big day for us; I mean it's especially a big day for me cause I seem to get to make three speeches. ...
... as a corpus and now there's a huge debate, "Well, how big is the internet?", and erm [laugh] what erm eh ...
... ye know, the earlier point you want it all as it were, big might not be beautiful in that case. Ehm in the ICE ...
... they heard "of", and [claps] transcribed it as "O F", so big problems there. Ethics, getting permission to record, ...
Conversation: Buckie - Mother and child 01, recording 1: baking cakes and washing up N/A Audio 7,286 8 1.10

... I'll hae [?]take this paper[/?]. F1122: Mmhm, big bits. //Mm.// F1121: //That's big bits, isn't it, ...
... F1122: Mmhm, big bits. //Mm.// F1121: //That's big bits, isn't it, but that's fine like that.// Will we put ...
... very good. Is that what you're gonna be when you're big, you're gonna be a cook? F1122: Aye and I could put on ...
... //Mmhm.// F1121: Do they make these on th- on "Big Cook Little Cook"? F1122: Mm, no. F1121: Have they ...
... F1122: Some more on that side? F1121: Is that big enough? //Right, let that one set.// F1122: ...
BBC Voices Recording: Dunbar [Content label: lesser] N/A Audio 13,714 8 0.58

... used tae say exactly what Gordon says, anyone living in big house an that in Dunbar, "Oh they're the well off, we're ...
... M1014: //Kept the sun off [inaudible]// //It was a big hood [inaudible].// M1017: //A big, a big thing made ...
... //It was a big hood [inaudible].// M1017: //A big, a big thing made by, my mother used tae make them, it was ...
... was a big hood [inaudible].// M1017: //A big, a big thing made by, my mother used tae make them, it was a big ...
... big thing made by, my mother used tae make them, it was a big thing wi// //oh hoops, canes an things like that an it ...
Halesome Farin' Waddell, Mr John 15,793 8 0.51

... tae fill yer wame an keep ye warm till ye get hame." "Hoo big's the sea?" A spiered her. "Och, ten times as big as ...
... "Hoo big's the sea?" A spiered her. "Och, ten times as big as Foswell loch. Bit mind the time - an watch yer feet! ...
... Scots 'moose', of course. The moose that I speak of is big as a horse." "Guid save us!" cried Santa, "Hoo big are yer ...
... of is big as a horse." "Guid save us!" cried Santa, "Hoo big are yer rats? Nae doot ye'll be needin great monsters o ...
... dae, stick oot yer neck An gie the nearest yin a peck. The big yins, pester them enough, They'll throw ye bits o bread an ...
Scottish Parliament: Committees: Social Justice: Official Reports: Meeting 2, 2003 Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body 17,917 8 0.45

... the problems that emerged quite early, especially in the big cities, authorities—other than in Edinburgh and ...
... general assumption is that more of them are around than big properties. The task is bigger. The volume of work should ...
... to the student population and, whether students had big flats or small flats, it was not going to get out of the ...
... the professionalism of private landlords, both small and big. As I said in answer to the question about local housing ...
... to go down. We must bear it in mind that there will be big differences in the nature of the problems that authorities ...
Interview with Harry Ferguson for Scottish Readers Remember Project N/A Audio 19,200 8 0.42

... Mm. M1202: So er that er took us away from the big city, and got us down to the fresh air of the sea coast. ...
... //Er// F1189: //Mm.// M1202: er there was in the big house on the coast, we would buy books and consult with ...
... McGill.// And he had these outrageous postcards of the big fat Govan woman and the wee skinny Glasgow man. [laugh] ...
... Same with Bruce, erm, so we were brought up with this er big chip on our shoulders about the English, F1189: Mmhm. ...
... met one. Call them over." So he selects the tallest, big hunched shouldered fellow, all bangles and beads and ...
Interview with Mary A Ronnie, Part 1, for Scottish Readers Remember Project N/A Audio 19,851 8 0.40

... that's why we //got this bigger house - and it had a big basement.// F1189: //Ah, right, uh-huh, uh-huh, ...
... //house and// F1189: //Mmhm.// F1190: they had a big garden, and they had an orchard, //and this felt// ...
... F1189: //Mm, mmhm.// F1190: So there was this big //reference room upstairs with// F1189: //Mmhm, ...
... Dickens //collection which is in the library, which is a big collection of Dickens material.// F1189: //Mmhm, mmhm, ...
... who didn't like it. //But there must have been a big difference in the atmosphere from Hyndland.// F1189: ...
Pillars of Society Thirkell, Alison 29,032 8 0.28

... that used to go on. There were some houses that had twa big dinner-parties in a week. MRS LAING: And I hear there was ...
... by grand, exactly? DEANA: Grand is - something that is big and worthwhile and - far, far away. ROWLAND: Hm. Deana, my ...
... guidwill I can muster frae my fellow-citizens. I've a gey big enterprise on hand, as you may have heard, and if ...
... Beaumont," as it says over the gate. You seem to be the big man around here. JACK: Fine ships you have too. I bumped ...
... for the sake o Betty. All the same - that you could be so big-heartit as tak the blame - JACK: Put it behind you, James. ...
Scottish Parliament: Official Report (26/09/01) Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body 33,438 8 0.24

... to be ever the bridesmaid and never the bride at such big events. The group's report sets the cost of free personal ...
... Organisations must retain their independence without big brother looking over their shoulder. No doubt Bill Aitken ...
... offers pockets of money and—in the interests of balance—big wedges of money for its pet projects. I say to the ...
... system, capital funding is not, by and large, a big problem. The main issue that faces those organisations ...
... core funding for next year. A lack of core funding creates big problems for staff, because they are not sure whether they ...
Craiters: 17 - E Wasps' Nest Fenton, Alexander 1,736 7 4.03

... o an extension till e Royal Edinburgh Infirmary. She hid a big gairden wi a widden shed in't, complete wi a cat-hole in e ...
... e feedin o fox pups wid mak a bit o a sotter. Sae I laid a big brick in e middle o e scrape, an e fox his gien up e ...
... e tap hinge, in e middle o a jungle o wobs. Ey cam oot o a big fite cocoon, an spread oot fae't like sunbeams. I'd ay a ...
... maistly I wis able tae manoeuvre em intill e open eyn o a big spunk box. Naebody smokit in e hoose, an e fire wisna ...
... Aifter I’d been maitit, I geed tae hae a look. It wisna a big nest, nae then. Ey’d jist startit tae mak it, biggin’t ...
The Girnin Gates - Chapter 12 MacDonald, Hamish 2,071 7 3.38

... Deans turnt up at hauf five in the mornin an we hud a big scran-up - bacon, eggs, soasij, tattie-scones, black ...
... ees Da came ower fur some chow an aw, an Mr Gobbs hud ees big firritin bag slung ower ees shooder, an auld canvas gadget ...
... wher the mountains rose up taewards the clouds. Ther wis a big loch wae widded islands stretchin faur awey atween the ...
... led us doon a narra path through the trees, anen atween big rid fallen boulders. We dreeped doon a bank tae the ...
... stove an pumpt it up till it wis roarin flames, an pit a big pot oan fur a brew. Mr Gobbs set up some rods an we hud a ...
Easterhouse [Content label: serious] Smith, Rob Mcclure 4,644 7 1.51

... by baith sides." Aunt Marion sniffed for emphasis. She was big on the sniffing. Graham noticed that his aunt’s face had ...
... calves were brimful of mercury. He was a small man with a big face and his belly, bulging askew a disturbing smoking ...
... in his lapels. "How's it going, Alec?" Graham offered. "Big day, eh?" "Ach ah'm knackered awready. But nuthin like ...
... was just in time to catch Uncle Murray building up to the big finish of ‘Scots Wha Hae,’ though it seemed more like he ...
... seriously deid." Everyone was cheering the climax of the big number. Uncle Murray reached out and tugged the guitarist ...
Conversation: Buckie - Mother and child 24, recording 1: making cakes N/A Audio 4,941 7 1.42

... F1126: //I need that one.// F1125: No that's too big. //Right, here you go, are you ready to help Mum, put ...
... it here. [thirty seconds of background noise] It's a big chute. It's a big chute. F1125: Mm. F1126: ...
... seconds of background noise] It's a big chute. It's a big chute. F1125: Mm. F1126: [inaudible]. ...
... party. F1125: Are ye? F1126: Aye. Like a big chute, like a big slide chute. F1125: Like a big ...
... Are ye? F1126: Aye. Like a big chute, like a big slide chute. F1125: Like a big slide chute? F1126: ...
The Wizard o the North Blackhall, Sheena 5,141 7 1.36

... Dunoon! Ilkie reeftap blew aff o the toon! They flew past Big Ben at a quarter tae ten, Wi a wife in an auld flannel ...
... quine wis greetin, Said she catched her boyfriend cheatin. Big Joe Christie's giro's tint, Phoned the Broo tae sae he's ...
... bin chawin at. Her ma weirs furry anklet beets, Knickers big as King Kong's sheets. She keeps twa littlins in a pram, ...
... inno the bosie o Teenie McGee. It grew through the nicht big's a were-wolf sae furry, Nae twa winks o sleep could she ...
... there. It treetled ahin her fin she wauked tae class, Sae big noo, the teacher could hardly win past. Fariver she gaed ...
BBC Voices Recording: Hawick N/A Audio 11,536 7 0.61

... he's no gettin money in an thing like that an him wi a big faimly an thing like that but that's what she fund oot ...
... be a// a lot o tenements in Hawick an you know there was big families, could be up tae seventy folk usin a couple o ...
... yer shouder?// M1010: eh they had bi- muckle big barras an they pit their slates ontae it their ledders ...
... maybe before your age, like// but they aw used tae be big boots an big jackets an an their the ladies they they ...
... your age, like// but they aw used tae be big boots an big jackets an an their the ladies they they were just the ...
Conversation 33: Two female students on Scotland, and University education N/A Video 11,628 7 0.60

... F1037: //So,// anyway. F1038: I've got a massive big //politics thing, [laugh]// F1037: //Yeah, that's ...
... things, well theatre tickets, all the time, for all the big London theatres, Shakespeare Company, all that sort of ...
... to University College, and it looked amazing, you know, big //castle, that kind of thing,// F1037: //Yeah, ...
... could never quite get it.// I got one about that //big. [laugh]// F1037: //No, no, i- it// the- there ...
... F1037: go into if I if I got a reason to do a big shopping, nip in there and er go to Marks and Sparks, ...
BBC Voices Recording: Perth N/A Audio 17,146 7 0.41

... Mmhm. F1027: An it was great cause there were great big huge //enormous baths and you could have as much hot ...
... I wouldn't know. F1027: Oh there been- that was a big discussion in our //house.// F1023: //Aye I asked ...
... and things like that, whereas the garden shed had the big tools. F1025: Mmhm mmhm. F1027: So it would be "Go ...
... they've got all this weight round their waist plus your big body armour an, //I mean it must// F1024: //Cer- ...
... round the ear for it too, well no, not now they're too big! [laugh]// F1026: //[laugh]// //Oh.// F1023: ...
Fooshion Barron, Charles 17,826 7 0.39

... they looked sae licht in the men's hands. An' that great big thing gaun roon' an' roon' beside ye, claitterin' an' ...
... on. GLADYS A fire had broken oot. And there was this great big pile o' ... rubble ... in the street. There was ARP men ...
... have, I tell you. The Bonaccord Centre's there. A great big building. BESSIE Aye, at the side o' the street. On the ...
... ower the place. Or they would be crossed and leave great big blots in the middle o' a word. We had to mak' little pads ...
... mither died, folk ca'ed Morrison moved into that hoose - a big faimily for the size o' the hoose. There was him and her; ...
The Quarry Blackhall, Sheena 23,932 7 0.29

... (Bappy): b.1994 Myra Anderson (Jed’s mother): b.197 Big Tam Laggeran (a drug dealer: Myra’s boy friend) Neil ...
... Jed wis bikin on ahin him, a brosie laddie fa lived aff Big Mac baps, wi a wame tae suit. Bappy, the ithers cad him: ...
... oot fur her “eerans”: a wrap o poother or mebbe peels frae Big Tam Laggeran, the Mr Fixit o Meikleburgh’s junkie-lan, her ...
... tryin tae sook siller frae his nearest an dearest wis the big show-stopper: that efter aa he wis their faither, wis he ...
... oot. Jenny’s dallie’s pram wis cowpit on its side, wi Big Tam Laggeran, the dealer, sprauchled ower it. Tho his een ...
The Monday club Hynd, George 805 6 7.45

... pal, whae wis called Willie Lunn Now Lunny the Looney's a big likeable sowl Whae jist loves tae hear tumblers clink An ...
... the pints An' the crack that day wis brand new As big Lunny an Bear, they laughed an they joked An slowly got ...
... Time flies when yer aw haen fun An suddenly the Bear an big Lunny Discovered their money wis done "Dinnae worry aboot ...
... their money wis done "Dinnae worry aboot cash" said big Lunn tae the Bear "Tonight you an' I are baith lucky" 'Cos ...
... drink ony mair An airm in airm up the road they rolled Big Lunny an his pal the Bear Up Park Avenue the Bear crawled ...
Conversation: Buckie - Mother and child 12, recording 1: getting ready for playschool N/A Audio 1,047 6 5.73

... dinna ken fitt you've got, do you? Right come on then, a big bite. M1096: [laugh] F1095: Right come here ...
... right. That's better. Right, here. Come on. Another big bite. Oh! [?]Bide[/?] here. M1096: But, but, but, ...
... wash your face.// M1096: [sob] F1095: Right, a big bite. A big bite then. M1096: [child noise] ...
... M1096: [sob] F1095: Right, a big bite. A big bite then. M1096: [child noise] F1095: Again. ...
... [sniff] [child noise] F1095: Right here, two big bites and that'll be it. Or maybe three big bites. ...
Dipper: 20 - Cops and Robbers Begg, Dr James A 1,151 6 5.21

... At the back-en, whan the big seatroot an furst grilse stert rinnin the burns, some in ...
... o the hedge an courit doun nae mair nor five yairds frae Big Mick withoot even jalousin we were there!' ‘Aye,’ grinned ...
... or three mair nor they kent aaready!' cut in Wull - for big Ian himsel wis niver short o three sweir words whan yin ...
... wis drappin aff tae sleep! Sae we decided tae gae doun the Big Hoose watter for an oor tae check the Gairden Puil, for it ...
... gey eerie, an we were gled tae reach the open spaces o the Big Hoose gairden whaur we sprauchlt on the gress ablow the ...
Craiters: 15 - E Steppies Fenton, Alexander 1,366 6 4.39

... e wid lie on eez back like a kittlin even though e wis big, an e fur o im wis jist e same's es cloods. Syne ey’d ...
... tae tell ye e truth ere’s nae a lot ye can dee for a great big sycamore at spews doon sticky stuff at times an sens its ...
... hae a gairden foo o sycamores an naething else. Ere's a big haathorn at e tap tee. Lang seen I saa’d aff ae big ...
... a big haathorn at e tap tee. Lang seen I saa’d aff ae big branch, it wis like wirkin wi a hedgehog, prickles awye, ...
... ere’s ony meevement. Ere wis a file e fowkies hid an aafa big dog wi a lot o foggitch aboot its dowp. It hid tae get ...
Interview with Professor Christian Kay, part 1 - on the Historical Thesaurus project N/A Audio 1,728 6 3.47

... I don't think when it was started anybody realised how big it was going to be or how long it would take. //I mean ...
... Yeah the structure of it emerged quite early, the big overall classes. That was in a- an exercise that Michael ...
... much differently, looking back on... //I know it's a big, big question, but. [laugh]// F606: //Erm. Yes it ...
... differently, looking back on... //I know it's a big, big question, but. [laugh]// F606: //Erm. Yes it is.// ...
... wasn't there in the eighties?// F606: Em it was quite big in the nineteen eighties, cause there was very high ...

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