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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, ...

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