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Correspondence from Canada: Letter 50 - 21.07.82 852 912 2 2.19

... farmlands full of PEI tatties, Ayrshire cattle, and big wooden farmhouses. Miles upon miles of beach ... of all ...
... upon miles of beach ... of all the North Shore is one big beach-come-provincial park. Ann's family was very good to ...
Conversation 18: Edinburgh lexicographer on making recordings N/A Audio 920 2 2.17

... because wee Jocky so-and-so kens mair Scots nor we- than Big Sandy. And Big Sandy's wife's, wife's cousin kens mair ...
... so-and-so kens mair Scots nor we- than Big Sandy. And Big Sandy's wife's, wife's cousin kens mair nor anybody in the ...
Correspondence from Canada: Letter 49 - 08.07.82 852 466 1 2.15

... I'm itching from various insect bites: Canadian summer's big Catch 22 are the bugs!! I'm hoping to go to PEI (Prince ...
Correspondence from Canada: Letter 51 - 05.08.82 852 466 1 2.15

... anniversary. I must try to do better next year for the Big Two-Five. I hope that you had a great day. My excuse is ...
Interview with Michael Stipe of REM English, Paul 1,896 4 2.11

... brunch of boiled eggs, melon slices and berries. 'I'm not big on breakfast,' he says. 'I got up late today. 'But I think ...
... in June. And he is already relishing the prospect. 'A big Scottish crowd is something that you remember, that's for ...
... Billy Bragg and rumoured squeeze Natalie Merchant at The Big Day in 1990. 'I remember that well,' he says. 'I wore a ...
... bisexuality in 1994 and couldn't believe it when it became big news in the UK in 2001. 'It's something that I've always ...
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 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. ...
The Almond Tree Sangster, Maureen 494 1 2.02

... by her mou or his bit naethin came o that except a muckle big funeral wi a lot o sponges an a lot o tears, Granny saying ...
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 ...
Dipper: 06 - The Byllies Begg, Dr James A 498 1 2.01

... wantit When the howkers' gear they ply, An treble heuks an big leid wechts Gae fleein throu the sky; Syne fricht the wits ...
TV critic review column on The Moors Murderers English, Paul 498 1 2.01

... of Doctor Who. From the critics' point of view, it's a big ask. Even if Peake's interpretation of a ...
Scots Tung Wittins 127 Fairnie, Robert 2,494 5 2.00

... wis gien an aw, a copy o Matthew Fitt's Tam o Shanter's Big Night Oot an a copy o the SLD's Concise Scots Dictionar ...
... apologies an donatit a signed copy o his Tam o Shanter's Big Night Oot for Lucille. Scots Tung is braw thankfu tae ...
... side. The twa poems is cried Monarch o the Glen on the big caird an Yuletide Robin on the wee ane. In a wee ...
... wee ane. In a wee depairture frae ither ordinar years, the big caird haes the words o the sang, A Guid New Year prentit ...
... wi his unco bonny young wife tae the kintrae estate an big hoose that Vanya haes been rinnin. The wife is the ile ...
Letter from an Island in the Middle of an Unknown Sea Rimbaud, Dee 2,534 5 1.97

... engineer on the railroads. Ah often imagine ye howfin they big sleepers wi yir big airms. An how ah wish yir big airms ...
... Ah often imagine ye howfin they big sleepers wi yir big airms. An how ah wish yir big airms were roond me now, ma ...
... they big sleepers wi yir big airms. An how ah wish yir big airms were roond me now, ma darlin. Ye say it’s hot in ...
... wonder if it’s such a sin, wi no fowk tae see. It is no a big island, aboot forty or fifty acres only, an thair is ...
... far cry fae death, so a clobbered its wee heid wi a muckle big bit wid an ah roastit it guid at the fire. It tuik me many ...
Better Ower Yer Thrapple Fairnie, Robert 511 1 1.96

... an the singer on the tape wis still giein San Francisco big licks but wi a slower an deeper vice. He set Eddie’s pint ...
Correspondence from Canada: Letter 38 - 14.04.82 852 520 1 1.92

... out to the airport, and when we arrived back there was a big "Welcome Carol" [sic] sign and she was assaulted by about ...
Correspondence from Canada: Letter 45 - 12.06.82 852 523 1 1.91

... letters. The weather continues to be gorgeous across the Big Water, and I've taken up health again - after playing ...
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, ...
Dipper: 48 - Angling Club Minutes (Unofficial) Item 1. Reid, John 1,061 2 1.89

... accustomed tae the daurk, an I could juist mak oot the big rocks in front o me. The voice wis comin frae the faur ...
... I mind o anither nicht whan I wis doon the watter wi the big flees. Willie Wilson an his brither Rab were at the ...
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 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.// ...
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,// ...
The Former Pupils' Guild of the Mary Erskine School 300 Club - Minutes May 1994 926 546 1 1.83

... bring cash boxes and donation box. Joan B will bring a BIG donation for programme notice. Arran will bring 42 ...
Interview 16: Woman talking about volunteering in Toryglen N/A Audio 2,768 5 1.81

... then they were put in the// F606: //Mmhm?// F1039: big hall in the Geoff Shaw at night. They had a two day ...
... //ye know?// F606: //Mmhm.// You come from quite a big family you //said?// F1039: //Aye.// I've got five ...
... wi a, it was a family butcher firm an they had this big cattle-truck. It was cawed Big Bertha. An the the ...
... firm an they had this big cattle-truck. It was cawed Big Bertha. An the the other two men that worked in the ...
... mother an my brothers an sisters, we used tae go in this big cattle-truck an gaun away picnics, //ye know? ...
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. ...
Craiters: 14 - E Black Things Fenton, Alexander 1,111 2 1.80

... wis backit up tee till't ye cd harly see't. I nippit a big spunk box oot o e draaer o ma desk faar I keepit it, half ...
... an clean oot o sicht. At wis e hinmist sicht I got o es big spiders, bit I ay min on em an e wye ey wheekit ower e ...
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 ...
Vampire Paisley, Janet 1,700 3 1.76

... shair I dinnae git ower close. He’s skinnier than I mind. Big daurk shaddas unner his een. He looks seik. Seik an ...
... Garlic.” But he’s awa, runnin. Cannae see him fur stoor. A big black blur. I hoot laughin. That’s yin tae me. Vampire, ...
... yell an burl roon. It’s McAndrew! White-faced, daurk een, big cheesy grin. I yell fit tae burst. The cheesy disappears. ...
Craiters: 11 - E Widdie Fenton, Alexander 3,526 6 1.70

... fit wis in’t must a been a winner tae me. It wis jist a big side o a pig, hung fae a hyeuk in e riggin, an nae doot it ...
... doon e flooer beds an him at full streek tae win awa. A big, bonny craiter. E ay held for e youngest dother’s bed at ...
... on ma back (fit wye is’t at new skweelbags are ay ower big?), clean sark, short breekies, an wee tacketie beets abeen ...
... didna jist lie inside e acceptet order o things in e big fowks’ world. Ere wis nae skweel meals at at time, though ...
... wis nae skweel meals at at time, though e world wis takin big strides forrit. Ere wis aafa fyow wirelesses aboot either, ...
Scots Tung Wittins 174 Fairnie, Robert 2,357 4 1.70

... hap on a bink) an pyntin oot sichts on the wey but the Big Brither can juist see sheep, sheep an mair sheep. He'd ...
... the islands o Skye, Muck, Rhum, Eigg an – Kiltie. The Big Brither haes tae decide gin he wants tae be seen as ...
... staundart an the pawkie taigelt wire seetiations caused bi Big Jessie's deifness is wordy o ony clessic farce. The ...
... the blithe strains o the accordion played bi the character Big Jessie (a gey Scottish joke!) an the audience clappin in ...
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 ...
Conversation: Buckie - Mother and child 10, recording 2: reading nursery rhymes books and toy catalogues N/A Audio 2,372 4 1.69

... M1090: //Curds and whey?// F1089: There came a big //spider,// M1090: //Spider,// F1089: who sat ...
... on a? M1090: Wall. F1089: Humpty dumpty had a big fa-? M1090: Fall. F1089: Fall. All the ...
... got [inaudible]// F1089: //Has he?// That's a big hulk that, innit? [pages turning] [pages turning] ...
... //No I wo-// F1089: //I think you're a bit big// //for that now, are you not?// M1090: ...
Conversation: Buckie - Mother and child 09, recording 1: practising horse-riding and getting ready to go out N/A Audio 1,223 2 1.64

... back. Wahey! Well done! F1100: [laugh] That's a big one! F1099: [laugh] F1100: That's a big horse, ...
... That's a big one! F1099: [laugh] F1100: That's a big horse, these are. //[inaudible]// F1099: //Would ...
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, ...
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 ...
Correspondence from Canada: Letter 42 - 23.05.82 852 622 1 1.61

... is the world coming to? The Falklands Islands crisis is big news here, as I suppose it is everywhere: artists' ...
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 ...
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.// ...
Correspondence from Canada: Letter 01 - 28.08.81 852 648 1 1.54

... I'd better get cleared up and ready to go. It's a strange, big country, but I think I'll enjoy my stay. I'll write again ...
Conversation 24: Three women chatting in a garden centre N/A Audio 3,307 5 1.51

... F606: So what would you buy if you had a big garden? F890: Small things and let them grow, F606: ...
... I've covered it wi stones F606: Yeah. F889: an a big rock an itwis eh, it wis quite expensive, but at the ...
... Christian what it cost.// F889: //well it's quite a big a-// It cost me nine hundred pound tae get it done. ...
... charge of it.// F889: Aye it's lov-, it's no near as big but it is lovely F890: It's not as big, F889: No. ...
... it's no near as big but it is lovely F890: It's not as big, F889: No. F890: but it's had a lot of, when we ...
General Franco: his part in my downfall Fisher, Mark 1,323 2 1.51

... in the Second World War - and now it all seems like one big adventure. AMONG THE FAMILY photographs on the wall is his ...
... opened. Two soldiers burst in with guns and they gave us a big pan of soup. They went out the door and that was it. There ...
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 ...
Dipper: 46 - Jenny Wren's Jaunt tae Islay - May 1983 & July 1984 Begg, Dr James A 1,340 2 1.49

... the tap o the Doctor's caur An him an the rest inside. My big freen “Iona” had us onboard. She works for a fella ...
... West o Nor-West. Nae nonsense wi beatin an tackin, The big yin went straucht as a bullet, Wi niver a thocht aboot ...
Dipper: 34 - Jeannie Begg, Dr James A 672 1 1.49

... daily lark! O hou ye loued tae walk the beach, An tryst wi big black dugs, An heich on hin-legs staun, fou-streitch, Tae ...
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. ...
Unleash the vision of the artists Fisher, Mark 1,357 2 1.47

... I visited recently. They say it will one day become a big financial centre. Once they demolish the dingy, ...
... of Scottish Opera as if it were a company of elitist big spenders, instead of an organisation suffering gross ...
Whit a Fleg!! Fairnie, Robert 684 1 1.46

... the hoose. The twa craiturs wis lik bogles wi muckle big heids, bumflie een, wee airms an wee shanks. For the first ...
Conversation: Buckie - Mother and child 21, recording 1: playing with a cat, drawing, and feeding fish N/A Audio 1,372 2 1.46

... as that ain. F1131: No? [yawn] Ah, but there's a big difference atween my age and your age. M1132: Are you ...
... was thinking on. //[inaudible]// M1132: //Hey, too big!// F1131: Ah, but we can modify it, ca- surely, no? ...
Extract from "One Fine Day In The Middle Of The Night" [Content label: serious] Brookmyre, Christopher 4,155 6 1.44

... “But whit’s the point? Buildin’ a hotel or whatever on a big hunk o’ metal? Whit’s wrang wi’ dry land?” “It’s so it’s ...
... Whit’s wrang wi’ dry land?” “It’s so it’s exclusive, big man. So’s scrotes like you an’ maself cannae get near the ...
... himsel’ oot playin’ tig wance, when he ran intae thon big pillar?” “Naw. That was me, ya daft cunt.” “Well, was he ...
... you in Geography in second year. Dished you wi’ that big Atlas.” “Aye, right enough. But still. He must have ...
... “Aye. Overnight stay on an oil-rig.” “It’ll be fine, big man. It’ll be better than that, in fact. Forget the oil ...
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: ...

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