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Conversation: Buckie - Mother and child 25, recording 1: talking about a birthday party N/A Audio 3,541 5 1.41

... Fitt was you daein? Was you, did you have a bonny big smile, I hope. //Did you? I hope so.// F1130: ...
... F1130: //Aye!// F1129: Do you think you'd a bonny big smile? [CENSORED: familiar form of forename]? F1130: ...
... you remember fitt we was gaun to get? A bi-? F1130: Big trampoline. F1129: [inhale] A what? F1130: Big ...
... trampoline. F1129: [inhale] A what? F1130: Big trampoline. F1129: Oh, that would be good, wouldn't ...
... F1129: Well I think that's plenty maybe if you got a big trampoline. I dinna think we would hae room for anything ...
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 ...
Katie Morag Delivers the Mail Hedderwick, Mairi 714 1 1.40

... At the third house, Mr MacMaster was standing by a big barrel of whitewash, holding the Lady Artist's paint ...
Correspondence from Canada: Letter 12 - 13.10.81 852 716 1 1.40

... Canada! Mind you, Long John Baldry - remember him? - is big here still, and is playing locally later this month. I'm ...
Millenium Bug Cairry-oot Ferguson, Chris 2,904 4 1.38

... Hogmananay hud been a few week back now. It hud been the big yin - thay hud been bangin on aboot it fir months afore - ...
... make a difference, it wis juist the same. Thir wis a big hole whaur his chest an stomach hud been juist a short ...
... aroond it the end o the day. The eejits left ower fae the big pairtie nae doot whae didnae ken whit else tae dae wi ...
... tae see intae his soul an ken. He felt like he'd hud a big 'H' pit on his foreheid fir aebodie tae see as a warnin, ...
Conversation 17: Two lexicographers on work and holidays N/A Audio 2,196 3 1.37

... of the size of Skye, you know, it's it's really not that big. It's smaller than I thought it was, [inaudible]. ...
... probably knackered by a horse called Willy. F010: Not big Willy who's nineteen two? F122: No he wasn't that big. ...
... big Willy who's nineteen two? F122: No he wasn't that big. F010: There's one of them at the farm. F122: Ah ...
Great duck race Hynd, George 732 1 1.37

... Was a notice on the wa' where it could be seen; A muckle big thing richt afore ma face; It was a proclamation o' a ...
Dipper: 53 - Tam Lowrie's Muckle Fish Reid, John 733 1 1.36

... steppit oot his lane Tae try the puil below the linn Whaur big fish restit frae their rin. His muckle rod he muntit fast ...
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 ...
Craiters: 12 - Glory Hole Fenton, Alexander 2,953 4 1.35

... condeetion’, as ey say in e adverts, twa ir three great big boxes o washin pooder, een o em half skailt ower e bit o ...
... an maybe it wis o some eese for muck, though fit wi e big sycamore in ae nyeuk an e haathorn in e idder, ere wisna ...
... odds. Noo, es mochs fae e brodmel in e glory hole wis big. Ey hid lang kinna bodies, an a rich, dark colour at ...
... tae split up, till ye cd see twa smaa pucklies an a big een. Ey cam hoverin ower’s an as I breathed oot ey raise a ...
Conversation 43: Teachers talking about Gaelic social scene in Glasgow N/A Audio 3,704 5 1.35

... M1161: //[laugh] I don't know,// some, I know one big Queen fan. And she was at a Queen tribute band on Sunday ...
... there, but she was telling me that she was going, she's a big //Freddie Mercury fan.// F947: //Is that right?// ...
... Saturday night, I don't think the CCA, //it's not very big.// M1161: //No.// F746: //That's something I ...
... //No, not as good no.// It's not, it's not, it wasn't big enough. F947: Mmhm that's true. M1161: And ...
... it the thirtieth or thirty-first of December? //It's a big bash. Yeah,// M1161: //Really?// F947: ...
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.// ...
Conversation: Buckie - Mother and child 22, recording 1: painting N/A Audio 2,997 4 1.33

... wanting anything red then? Do you want me to draw a big loveheart on this other bit of paper for ye? F1124: ...
... F1123: Right, what ye drawing this time? F1124: A big cloud. F1123: A big what? F1124: Cloud. F1123: ...
... ye drawing this time? F1124: A big cloud. F1123: A big what? F1124: Cloud. F1123: Cloud? I think you're ...
... F1123: A bunch o flowers? F1124: Mmhm, to make a big, my one's being that colour. It's green. //Isn't this ...
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 ...
The kilt, oor ain identity, jist gets mair popular - March 28, 2005 Shepherd, Robbie 765 1 1.31

... wig, muckle socks like melodeons wrappit roon's queets an big sklappers o beets for aa the warl like Wee Alickie, o the ...
Hearts & Darts Bruce, Eddie 1,555 2 1.29

... watch, Fiona’s lingering fragrance conspired with the two big measures of whisky he had earlier, to quicken his pulse ...
... a vision in her short midnight blue dress, himself and big Alistair MacPhail in their kilts hired for the day…the ...
Afa sad news, bit thanks for the memories - March 21, 2005 Shepherd, Robbie 778 1 1.29

... wis the ploy as we did a take-off o Mr Pastry's lancers, big Ian flingin me across the stage, landing me in aneth the ...
Conversation 41: Two Shetlanders on building houses and Up-Helly-Aa N/A Audio 3,904 5 1.28

... wir really hed is been wi de bit o land. I mean we hae a big bit o land but hit's really juist a bit o de hill. ...
... ken when you win back, dat's for sure.// //Yeah, so hoo big is your hoose?// F960: //[laugh]// De hoose hes ...
... doon it wisnae a crack it was juist wan enormous great big ston in him. //We needit never// F960: //Uh-huh.// ...
... hit actually wirks oot very weel for Up-Helly-Aa, big space an F960: Yeah. F961: but we but we hae ta ...
... //Yeah, weel maybe no// but de Brae wan is a is a big //do, dat's de next biggest ane an// F960: //Uh-huh, ...
Interview with Professor Christian Kay, part 2 - academic life N/A Audio 2,351 3 1.28

... And of course the the electronic revolution has made a big difference. That's probably saved us from drowning in ...
... to parse things, and comment on them. So I think the big change is having subjects like Phonetics and Grammar and ...
... there's always a risk of a small unit being absorbed by a big one, because then your priorities change. So if you're ...
Memories come floodin back o lost Aiberdeen - February 14, 2005 Shepherd, Robbie 785 1 1.27

... bargains, an here in Aiberdeen the same happen't on Big W closing doon. Bring back the Green an the Co-opie in the ...
It's time tae reflect as fiddlers come and go - February 28, 2005 Shepherd, Robbie 787 1 1.27

... guests an tae a young loon or wis't a lass ahin the big drum. Aa ye cwid see wis the drum an twa furry fists gaein ...
Graip an trooel mak the perfec wind-doon - May 16, 2005 Shepherd, Robbie 793 1 1.26

... a feow feet fae yer nose, and the playgreen for birdies big an sma, nae tae menchin squirrels an pine martens. Ay, aa ...
Scots Tung Wittins 176 Fairnie, Robert 2,409 3 1.25

... an they war baith keen tae highlicht thon on thair big day. It wis guid that they war able tae get whit they ...
... is a young lassie bidin in a tenement wi her Mammy, Daddy, big brither Patrick an wee twin sisters, Mona an Rona, an she ...
... no tae say that bad things disnae happen. They dae - in a big wey. It's hou they're haunnelt that maks the difference. ...
Craiters: 04 - E Backlins Calfie Fenton, Alexander 1,628 2 1.23

... as no ye’d niver get e ither bit. Aathing geed intil a big pail, an fin es wis full, een o e jobs I files did wis tae ...
... e coo tryin tae ease e backlins calfie oot. E coo, a great big eesie-osie black an fite Friesian, wis moanin awa laich, ...
Conversation: Buckie - Mother and child 15, recording 2: playing with Spiderman stickers and starting a Christmas list to Santa N/A Audio 4,901 6 1.22

... will you take it in the loft? F1127: Well, you're too big for it noo, ye see? M1128: Aye, I'm gaun to gie it tae ...
... F1127: Aye, but it's up in the loft, cause you're too big for it. M1128: I I I'm gan to give it to Simba. ...
... F1127: That's good o ye. You'll be a right good big brother, won't ye? M1128: Mmhm. F1127: Oh! And ...
... get wi that ain? M1128: Lion King. F1127: Simba's Big Adventure. M1128: Simba's Big Adventure. F1127: ...
... King. F1127: Simba's Big Adventure. M1128: Simba's Big Adventure. F1127: Oh! Look at this! M1128: Aye. ...
Scots Tung Wittins 55 Fairnie, Robert 2,454 3 1.22

... The abuin Scottish Fund For The Disabled is proponin tae big up its monthly magazine, Wheels, fae A5 size tae A4 wi a ...
... content afore furthsettin. Wi the SFFTD ettlin tae big up the circulation o Wheels, fae juist ower a thoosand the ...
... cuid oniebodie get nor yin that's taen a guid twa year tae big up? Naebodie kens whit the SCCC is feart o for Brian ...
Foolish Citizens All Kay, Prof Christian 824 1 1.21

... about it. Sadly I realised that I had proved myself as big a sucker as any inept T.V. citizen. The next step was to ...
Interview 07: Teacher speaking about childhood in Shetland N/A Audio 1,654 2 1.21

... up fae// F606: //Right// F828: the mainland in big con-, steel containers. F606: Oh aye. F828: Or I ...
... that kept it cool anywey it was seemed like it was great big boxes F606: uh-huh F828: ehm because of course ...
The Fower Quarters: 09 - Millennium Moggies Inc. Blackhall, Sheena 1,657 2 1.21

... first past that post by a long way. When it grows too big for comfort, you can always eat it. I'm told they're very ...
... Well no, apart from the odd bull, it hasn't caught on in a big way in the animal world. Some tortoises have benefited ...
Scots Tung Wittins 135 Fairnie, Robert 2,534 3 1.18

... tae forder the notion o language diversity, an throu this, big up an appreciation, in the pupils, o the reinge o accents, ...
... o accents, dialects an languages in Scotland, pupils will big up an appreciation o the diversity o ither languages an ...
... haed reponed up tae noo. He wis determined that we shuid big on thon spirit o generosity pyntin oot that the folk o ...
Dipper: 44 - 'Butch and Sundance' Begg, Dr James A 1,737 2 1.15

... day…… but ane o his mates had taen five oot frae ahint yon big stane ower there on Monday…… There were nae byllies ...
... tryin a wee bit o psychological warfare, 'Ye're in big eneuch trouble as it is, withoot rinnin awa. We ken wha ye ...
Correspondence from Canada: Letter 36 - 24.03.82 852 869 1 1.15

... sent you a St Patrick's Day card (March 17) - it's really big over here with all the 100th generation Oirish, who use ...
Scots Tung Wittins 79 Fairnie, Robert 2,611 3 1.15

... Scottish journalists is:- sitooterie, wallies, Glesgae, Big Tam, the Tally connection, meeja, Broon fae Troon, Say nae ...
... ceity. The Ulstèr-Scots Leid Societie haes been ettlin tae big up the leid, that's maistlie spoken ootside the touns, an ...
... wipers hid a gey tyauve copin wi it an e dubs on e road at big it wis mair like drivin alang a burn. We made up wir minds ...
Conversation 23: Couple talking about their Orkney roots N/A Audio 2,618 3 1.15

... it was very odd and coming out here to the Mearns made a big //difference tae that.// F829: //Yeah.// M830: ...
... F829: I miss about Orkney though, the wide spaces, the big skies, M830: Big skies are the //things you miss, ...
... Orkney though, the wide spaces, the big skies, M830: Big skies are the //things you miss, mmhm,// F606: ...
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, ...
Scots Tung Wittins 133 Fairnie, Robert 2,660 3 1.13

... usual copyricht restrictions. The SCOTS projeck ettles tae big up a muckle electronic ingaitherin o baith written an ...
... Musselburgh Makar's Neuk The midges in Yarrae are as big as a sparrae An when it is put tae the test, Some that Ah ...
... up in yin bite. The midges Ah've seen hae wee beady een Big teeth an huge flappin lugs Yin that Ah saw, fought a close ...
Scotspik de Rusett, Wendy 890 1 1.12

... house. We say hoose. You say mouse. We say moose. You say big. We say muckle. There’s a moose loose aboot the hoose, An ...
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: ...
Scots Tung Wittins 71 Fairnie, Robert 1,807 2 1.11

... season, it wad cure onie o its supporters frae haein a big heid an, frae his fotie in Aiberdeen's Green Final, Wee ...
... tae normal agane but puir wee sowl, he nae suiner gits his big heid sortit oot, whan he haes tae dree a broken hert. At ...
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: ...
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 ...
Correspondence from Canada: Letter 04 - 04.09.81 852 921 1 1.09

... He's a bit homesick too and wondering if he hasn't make a big mistake. Although I miss home, and I'm missing Carole, I ...
Correspondence from Canada: Letter 02 - 31.08.81 852 946 1 1.06

... I'm settling down better now. Edward, or "Tomo", is a nice big chap who's studying P.E. and hoping to get into the soccer ...
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 ...
Daft Jackie McGonigal, James 2,850 3 1.05

... ale for life forby? An whit cakes! An whitna ale! Roon the big table at the steadin, folk were aa takin their fill, ...
... shoon for his feet, an syne he'll grow up intae a braw big laddie -- But, whit if my wee Jackie Jackeson dees? Oh, my ...
... tae mend, and a lot mair time tae plan a move: mebbe the big city would chinge his luck. Sae yin eftirnoon he cam oot o ...
Correspondence from Canada: Letter 20 - 29.11.81 852 964 1 1.04

... was serious or not. Uncle Billy wrote, and also sent me a big Scottish Field calendar, which was good of him. I must ...
Craiters: 05 - 'Dirty Beast' Fenton, Alexander 1,953 2 1.02

... runs. Weel, we’d a cat eence aboot e craft, a great big strippit beast caad Timoshenko. It wis ill for wannerin ...
... haein ma denner an I spottit a hullock o seagulls gaan in big circles. It wisna jist be chance. Ey hid eir wings oot, an ...
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: Buckie - Mother and child 24, recording 2: doing jigsaws N/A Audio 5,909 6 1.02

... in there. [tut] No, this bit go. F1125: Uh-huh, big teddy. F1126: That big teddy oh little one. There's a ...
... this bit go. F1125: Uh-huh, big teddy. F1126: That big teddy oh little one. There's a one big teddy. That's nae ...
... F1126: That big teddy oh little one. There's a one big teddy. That's nae a one big teddy. That's another ...
... oh little one. There's a one big teddy. That's nae a one big teddy. That's another teddy. F1125: No you had that ...
... F1125: Mmhm. F1126: Mm. F1125: Wow, that's a big piece. F1126: A car! A car driving. F1125: Mmhm. ...
A Small Book of Translations: 32 - Glossary & Notes Hutchison, Alexander 1,973 2 1.01

... is a low crouching dance; ee is you; lowse is loose; big eens are big ones; keckle is cackle, laugh loudly: haffets ...
... crouching dance; ee is you; lowse is loose; big eens are big ones; keckle is cackle, laugh loudly: haffets are side ...

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