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Conversation 03: Ayrshire couple on motorcycling [Content label: serious] N/A Audio 9,868 10 1.01

... a shame in a way you didn't go to it. And it was all the big personalities were there, setting it up for the very first ...
... now, M608: mmhm M642: but I think Honda gave him a big payoff. M608: hm M642: A lot of money. M608: ...
... it really, M642: And you remember we hit that //big eh hole on Racecourse, eh, Road.// F643: ...
... [laugh] M642: we got there, and, within that big triangle, there's little country lanes. And we were told ...
... mmhm M642: but when we were up there, it was a big bend, you know they just went round it, and there were a ...
Conversation: Buckie - Mother and child 20, recording 1: getting ready to go to a birthday party N/A Audio 2,011 2 0.99

... an R. An O. And then M., but it's a little M., nae a big M. like the start o your name. [CENSORED: forename ...
... //Oh, [inaudible] this paper.// Will that be big enough? Just, maybe. Aye, we winna need to cut it. Put ...
Correspondence from Canada: Letter 30 - 02.02.82 852 1,008 1 0.99

... softly thro' the trees. The Lodge at Mactaquac is a big wooden building surrounded by trees, snow, and "skidoos" ...
Fat Boy Swim Forde, Catherine 4,077 4 0.98

... any. He bawled as though his lungs would burst. 'Come on, big man. Chase that ball. Boot it up the field. He's on your ...
... towards him. Circling like vultures. 'Here, Kelly.' 'Here, big man.' 'Straight back up to me. Hurry.' Flustered, Jimmy ...
... arms waving above her head, lyrics tumbling from her big red mouth. Just the thought of her, way over the top, ...
... What would folks say, after all, if they discovered that: Big blob Kelly Had one special talent. And it involved food? ...
Conversation 09: Two brothers on early memories N/A Audio 3,071 3 0.98

... they made the class sizes bigger. M608: mmhm //How big were the classes?// M636: //ah eh// //They were big ...
... big were the classes?// M636: //ah eh// //They were big classes.// M635: //There would probably// be between ...
... M635: mmhm M636: And th- they had had a sort of big end-of-ehwar banquet, M608: mmhm M636: at this, ...
Correspondence from Canada: Letter 26 - 09.01.82 852 1,037 1 0.96

... took about 1¼ hours to come thro', and Montreal was a BIG airport. You could fit about 7 or 10 Prestwicks into it! I ...
Recounting Blessings - Chapter 3 Henderson, John 1,041 1 0.96

... And if things got a wee bit tousy from the variety of ‘big-yins’ who would muscle into such evening confrontations, ...
GOW Newsletter Jan 2005 Roberts, John 1,042 1 0.96

... By John Roberts May we take this opportunity to say a big thank you to everyone in the GOW for giving such a great ...
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 ...
Craiters: 02 - Kippert Fenton, Alexander 5,255 5 0.95

... damp bittie, aa at ye'd ken a reidy colour, on e front o e big roller an in ower e rim o't. 'Fit kinna mark's at, ...
... e Cross an e happent jist tae be dargin wi a spaad at a big steen in e nyeuk o e park ere. 'Aye Jock'. 'Aye. Ye're on ...
... Ere wis some kinna black marks on e surface, an a speecial big patch at hid been weel battert doon aside em. At wis aa. E ...
... tae see faar e roller hid stoppit on e road. Ere wis a big patch o rollt metal. I'd better een 'n Jock an richt ...
... an I've nae doot trippit an wowf wi eez heid anaith e big roller. Mercy what a thing tae happen. Ma stamach wis ...
Club review of Vegas, Renfrew Ferry, Glasgow English, Paul 1,057 1 0.95

... on how you're attired, you could be in for another big surprise - a financial one. Yup, there are discounts for ...
Conversation: Buckie - Mother and child 01, recording 2: jigsaws, drawing and baking N/A Audio 4,231 4 0.95

... //[cough]// Aye. F1121: Mmhm. So is it the big one or the little one we're doin? F1122: Erm, big one. ...
... the big one or the little one we're doin? F1122: Erm, big one. F1121: The big one. Here's aa the other pieces. ...
... one we're doin? F1122: Erm, big one. F1121: The big one. Here's aa the other pieces. F1122: Well Fizz's ...
... about if// we tidy away some toys. Maybe you're a bit big for some of that cuddly toys now. F1122: Oh, but I ...
Food ideas Anderson, Wendy 2,116 2 0.95

... Ingredients: c. 10 new potatoes, 3 rashers of bacon, big dollop of mayo, (spring onions), (chopped pepper), ...
... bacon is done. Put the egg yolks (NOT WHITES) in a bowl big enough to hold all the spaghetti, and grate in the ...
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 ...
...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 ...
The Lest o the Ettins Purves, David 1,071 1 0.93

... ettins ever haed the chaunce ti eat beef frae a bullik as big as this yin wes?” said his guidson. He wes unco proud o ...
Loon (extract) [Content label: lesser] Blackhall, Sheena 3,235 3 0.93

... Da pued a hauf o fuskey fae his jaiket pooch an cowped a big slug o't inno his mug o tea. A "birse cup", he caas it. ...
... his mug o tea. A "birse cup", he caas it. "See him, yer big loon," he said tae my Ma (he ay makks oot I'm nae his ...
... ae body in yer faimly tae like ye, div'nt ye noo? "He's a big brosie kinno a chiel," quo Granda. "Nae a shilpit wee ...
Interview with group of women in Clydebank 1 N/A Audio 6,482 6 0.93

... yes", so I had to go see the doctor. He al- always had a big clinic there but everybody had to pass the doctor before ...
... was, when they came into, I was given this office with a big knee hole desk. I felt really pompous sitting behind it. ...
... got called up and she can't go because she's got too big a family or something like that but we've got to judge ...
... we repr- I represented the the firm which was quite a big responsibility but I loved it, you know, always up to ...
... fourteen year old, in the Highlands it was just one class, big class, one teacher and, when I got to the age of twelve, ...
Scots Tung Wittins 172 Fairnie, Robert 2,164 2 0.92

... to say my over-arching view of this case is what a pair of big weans you are, you and Mr Christie - him in the huff and ...
... wunner gin Sheriff Munro wad hiv cried Sheriff Wood a big wean or on the ither haund wad Sheriff Wood hiv pitten ...
Scots Tung Wittins 46 Fairnie, Robert 2,181 2 0.92

... or river. Yacker.................a big stane atween a chuckie an a bowlder. ...
... onie kinna offeecial wey. The forgaitherin wis haudit tae big the Owerband intae a mair organized an structured kinna ...
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 ...
Katy the Crocodile Blackhall, Sheena 2,194 2 0.91

... There is Skinnymalinkie Hanna Fatty Hetty big an broon There's a hoolet caad Horatio Fa ay sleeps upside ...
... doctor, my chikk's burnin I will takk a mixture or a great big peel Sen fur the doctor cause I'm nae weel Postie Dunt, ...
Conversation 02: Glasgow woman on childhood memories N/A Audio 5,509 5 0.91

... kitchen. And we used to play under the table, and, the big chenille cover, and wee Angus and I got on great. We ...
... F632: mmhm F646: But, they were going to have a big house; they were going to have a two-room and kitchen, ...
... at the foot of Wee Gordon Street, the wall bit was was big sleepers, railway sleepers //up and// F632: //mmhm// ...
... standin there four of us, and up a- painted in great big chalk letters on it was S-H-I-T-E, //[laugh]// F632: ...
... lyin there greetin. [laugh] [inaudible] This great big lump's comin [laugh], my mother said, "And what did you ...
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 04: Two female students on university life N/A Audio 5,577 5 0.90

... F745: //Yeah.// F746: have to go through some big spiel of, like, "oh, such and such, who lives in such and ...
... briefly lived in Aberdeen but, you know, that's just a big city as well, //so,// F746: //mmhm// F745: don't ...
... //oh// //erm// F746: //Maybe you had// quite a big class in //first year?// F745: //No.// //It wa- ...
... and there was these other guys", and it's all just, like, big lists of people and stuff. F746: Yeah. //That's ...
... looking but now that, you know, I've got into this big panic about my dissertation I'm just, F746: Yeah, well ...
Scots in Hawaii [Content label: serious] Smith, Rob Mcclure 4,470 4 0.89

... still nursing mega-hangovers the next afternoon when the Big Island spooled beneath them in grids of brown and green ...
... from Chicago who was most definitely checking out Bethia big time. You couldn’t blame him really. She was wearing this ...
... how he was an Assistant Professor of Astronomy, off to the Big Island to work for a couple of weeks on one of the ...
... chugged a good quart of red on the plane, her being a big believer in hair of the dog, among other myths. She ...
Scots Tung Wittins 120 Fairnie, Robert 2,243 2 0.89

... country the day." (Itchy Coo catalogue) Tam o Shanter's Big Night Oot is editit bi Matthew Fitt an James Robertson. ...
... hamecomin:- "The Forth Rail Brig taen seeven year tae big an wis officially opened in Mairch 1890 bi H.R.H. Prince o ...
GOW Newsletter Nov 2004 Roberts, John 1,124 1 0.89

... but dry Saturday morning you could all start off with a big group hug to get warm and perhaps more! Who knows. ...
Conversation: Buckie - Mother and child 07, recording 3: cleaning and tidying sister's bedroom N/A Audio 1,125 1 0.89

... put on, I'm putting it on. F1101: I think that's too big for you. Do you nae think? Eh? F1102: Put on it ...
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: Buckie - Mother and child 02, recording 2: books and bath before bedtime N/A Audio 3,387 3 0.89

... Now, wait till we get the first page. That's the big digger. M1092: Who that? F1091: That's a ...
... a dump truck. What's he putting down on the ground in a big pile? M1092: That. //Er.// F1091: //What's ...
... do this one again. F1091: Okay. Who's driving the big digger? M1092: Him. F1091: What's him's name? ...
Dipper: 51 - Annyntit Begg, Dr James A Audio 1,149 1 0.87

... the thorn hedge at the back o it wis an estate o bonny big hooses wi fancy gairdens. But whit had made their ploy ...
Scots Tung Wittins 119 Fairnie, Robert 2,301 2 0.87

... that rowes in the European Commission direck like tae big up a European Agency for Linguistic Diversity an Language ...
... burnt ma haun. Pit TCP oan it, hen. Granny, A've goat a big plook oan ma neb. Pit TCP oan it. Granny, ma thrapple's ...
Conversation 25: Couple from Auchenblae talking about local varieties of language N/A Audio 5,757 5 0.87

... M903: //[inaudible] see a door made,// //a, a big door had been made into// F606: //mm// //[cough]// ...
... //Yeah, yeah, yeah.// M903: //ye see that was a big thing in that days like, in the sixties an that like// ...
... M903: //Cause immigration must have been a big thing// here cause I can still remember my father ...
... an they were reputed tae hae been makin a lot o money an big money in Canada an that an big trees an athin so he wis ...
... been makin a lot o money an big money in Canada an that an big trees an athin so he wis aye speakin aboot it but I'm ...
The Fower Quarters: 12 - The Smiling Horse of Troy Blackhall, Sheena 3,474 3 0.86

... that it was a tie and that, now he was four and almost a big boy, he would often have to wear one. It straggled over ...
... clink of high-heeled shoes, approaching smartly. The big blue door yawned open and he found himself staring into ...
... left the room. He could hear her speaking to some other big person. "The wretched child's wet himself. Is there any ...
A Good Bamming [Content label: serious] 'The Driver' 1,162 1 0.86

... orb that initiated the colossal explosion known as the Big Bang. Poor God! You can just imagine Him with his face ...
Scots Tung Wittins 70 Fairnie, Robert 2,337 2 0.86

... speir whit wey onie Aiberdeen supporter can end up wi a big heid. ~~~ooo~~~ The Gaels Hae a Word For It. Neist ...
... 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 ...
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- ...
Scots Tung Wittins 100 Fairnie, Robert 2,370 2 0.84

... first muckle projeck o its like in Scotland. It ettles tae big a muckle electronic ingaitherin o baith written an spoken ...
... texts haes been ingaithert, they'll be eikit thegither tae big up a muckle electronic archive. SCOTS will be a resource ...
Conversation 28: Mother and daughter from Ayrshire and man from USA, part 2/3 - violence, war and society N/A Audio 7,119 6 0.84

... would always know there was a fight, because there'd be a big gang of people all standing in //[laugh].// M964: ...
... It was just maybe sort of twice a year there would be a big //playground// F965: //Yeah.// F963: fight and ...
... be an observation point.// But do you remember those big circular things that we found when the tide was //way ...
... and it's just a business, you know, it's not really a big //deal but it it makes you// M964: //Mm// F965: ...
... yeah.// //[inaudible]// F965: //because it is a big// faceless or- they they've given their loyalty //to ...
Why do we teach Grammar? Philp, Andrew 2,409 2 0.83

... with humorous results (e.g. ‘A pig is a football’, or ‘Ten big men with fleas crashed’). From the subsequent discussion ...
... introduced in the early stages, as and when they appear in big books being used in class. Similarly, questions, ...
Conversation 10: Two female students on travel and university N/A Video 6,028 5 0.83

... [tut], it's um, I think it's good that it's quite a big city, coming, like, coming from Hamburg and stuff. Um, ...
... that, but. Yeah. F807: [laugh] F806: [laugh] Big pause! [laugh] F807: [cough] [laugh] F806: ...
... the summer break, you know, eh June, July. F807: The big break? //Mmhm// F806: //Yeah,// I don't th-, I ...
... so we sat out the side on the terrace, and there was a big umbrella. I had a strappy top on but I sat underneath the ...
... of [exhale] [laugh] oh no! F806: That's a big essay! F807: I know, I know. F806: Hefty topics. ...
Scots Tung Wittins 156 Fairnie, Robert 2,436 2 0.82

... (dodgy) hit wonders is murnin the loss o thair front man, Big Jazza, that haed juist dunched his motor intae a bus ...
... recordin o thair new album. The position micht be taen bi Big Jazza's wee brither, Danny McGlone, (played bi Tom Urie) ...
Conversation 20: Four secondary school girls in the North East N/A Audio 4,902 4 0.82

... "Auch-, Auchenblae", I was like, no she tried to put a big thingy on it, she was like, "Auchenblae", you're just ...
... was goin, "No? //no?", [inaudible] [laugh] this huge big fit about it, I was like, "Oh my God"// F832: ...
... we've got the most// teenage pregnancies as well. //Big achievement.// F835: //Is it not like they've got an, ...
... F835: //I know so why is it// made out to be this big? I mean they should instead of like //criticisin// ...
The Fower Quarters: 15 - Blessed wi the Gift [Content label: lesser] Blackhall, Sheena 3,717 3 0.81

... sign tellin us we war throwe Kilmarnock spirkit aff "Ma Big Kilmarnock Bunnet", bit Burns couldna bide awa lang noo, ...
... "D'ye iver hear tell o the twa Irish Rary birds, the big Rary bird an the wee Rary bird?" he speired o a suddenty. ...
... oot an hid a fecht, an the wee Irish Rary bird lost. The big Rary bird wis jist aboot tae haive him doon a great heich ...
Scots Tung Wittins 159 Fairnie, Robert 2,479 2 0.81

... It is, efter aw, shared experience that helps tae big a pairsonal history as pairt o a braider social history. ...
... Bit the Scots cam frae Ireland, gaun back a guid while In big leather boats an hed settled Argyll. The lands aroond ...
Scots Tung Wittins 166 Fairnie, Robert 2,498 2 0.80

... the Makar he is. Naebody is a tabula rasa but no awbody is big eneugh tae acknowledge it. The sonnet The Inquisition o ...
... tae speir "THON CHUCKIE STANE YE TAEN - WHIT DID YE BIG?" as if the wecht o thair heritage lay heavy-like on ...
Interview with two Polish speakers in Glasgow N/A Audio 3,758 3 0.80

... [inaudible], maybe because here, Glasgow is leave er a big town so //it's a little different but on the street// ...
... n-, it's still not possible I think for me. Er but a big difference is that here in Scotland young people, or not ...
... about also free time, er I notice that that is also a big difference. Erm women er of the age about forty, fifty, ...
Conversation: Buckie - Mother and child 01, recording 3: out for a walk N/A Audio 5,182 4 0.77

... I told you it was horses. F1121: Aw, look, that's a big horse. F1122: I want to see it. F1121: Do you want ...
... F1122: No. F1121: Right, one, //two, three, big jump!// F1122: //Two, [inhale]. [inaudible].// ...
... on you go then.// //Look at the wave! Is that a big wave?// F1122: //Feel it, can I feel,// can I feel ...
... be careful.// F1121: //Right, watch// //here's a big wave, okay?// F1122: //[laugh]// //One,// F1121: ...
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 ...

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