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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 ...

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