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Title	Author	Multimedia	Word count	Freq.	Norm.
A Bonnie Fechter	Templeton, Sheila		305	2	6.56
... day we heard a scraping ootside the kitchen door. He was big. His antlers telt a lang story, a hero's story, of ... ... And waited and watched while he took his time, his fine big heid lowered wi nae loss o dignity. And so he lat me feed ...
A Braw Guid Alairm	Fairnie, Robert		1,498	1	0.67
... aye heard the soond looder when we opened the door tae the big bedroom press.” “Weel oor press wis backin on tae yours ...
A Fair Deal	Blair, Anna		88	1	11.36
... Great angels, small ones Got to arrange Five Wee for a Big As the rate of exchange. Heads low in cahoots There's a ...
A Fairy (Liquid) Story [Content label: lesser]	Smith, Mark R		4,326	1	0.23
... of varnish from its place on the shelf and, as he was too big to get turned around, reversed his way out of the door. ...
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 ...
A Fer Chauve	Smith, Alex		23,344	5	0.21
... wis nae sign o them ata. Jonsar Eck then came across a big muckle spanner that hid been left ahin be the electrician. ... ... opened Jonsar Eck an the ither twa helpers gasped. "Oh nae Big Betsy". Och says the judge."I'll explain tae her if I see ... ... judge."I'll explain tae her if I see her." Jist wi that Big Betsy appeared an asks." Fit's wrang?" Noo the judge wis ... ... Fit's wrang?" Noo the judge wis in his element as he telt Big Betsy aboot the flooer. She asked him a puckle questions ... ... fit wye it his tae be second place?" asks the judge. Big Betsy growls."I got first prize wi this plant last year an ...
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 ...
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 ...
All That Glisters	Donovan, Anne		2,713	6	2.21
... careful when you squeezed the tube so’s you didny get a big blob appearin at wanst, but efter a few goes ah wis up an ... ... shape and coloured it green but a bit squirted oot intae a big blob, so ah blotted it and when ah took the paper away the ... ... a shop is stealin. A lot of folk think lik that. Donna’s big brother Jimmy wanst tried tae explain tae me that it wis ... ... me that it wis OK tae steal ooty shops cos they made such big profits that they were really stealin affy us (the workin ... ... his word. In the end ah sellt ma dinner tickets tae big Maggie Hughes and all week ah wis starvin for ah only hud ...
A lock o hellery	Johnson, Laureen		1,933	1	0.52
... the same source, implying that the quantity was a bit too big for the speaker’s liking? Or did N.E. Scots arriving in ...
Ane Auld Sang	Purves, David		7,319	1	0.14
... n, moon muinlicht, n, moonlight muir, n, moor mukkil, a, big, much murner, n, mourner mynd, v, remember myndin, n, ...
An epistle tae Wullie wi the broken jaw	Hynd, George		250	1	4.00
... could hae been a bit wurse Than being force fed by some big buxom nurse, Whae wid make sure ye guzzled the wattery ...
Any other Pleb	Blair, Anna		259	1	3.86
... Buttered toast and nursery games In winter after dark, My big hair bows and plimsoll shoes My pinafores for Drill And ...
A Sair Fecht	Smith, Alex		23,505	9	0.38
... noo at's nae ony surprise, In the efterneen er's a gey big change, Rain poors doon in the affa heavy range. Sunday ... ... o the crap is teen aff the grun, Fermer dis grin, ere's a big run. Tuesday 30th, Temp. 6/14 Dry is the day warm bit affa ... ... order, ten bags o sticks, ten bags o peats each. Ere wis a big back close an, Jonsar cood drive richt intae it nae ... ... intae it nae bother. That wis ae gweed thing, ere wis nae big carries. Farthest in tae the close bade Eenie an, on the ... ... a dizzen cans o lager, an a bottle o bacardi. He poored a big bacardi tae Tam an een tae himsel, washed it doon wi a can ...
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 ...
...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 ...
A Wee Scran o Herrin	Fairnie, Robert		1,552	1	0.64
... the links. The first door thay chappit wis yin o thae big stane hooses wi its ain gairden an awthin an, as suin as ...
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. ...
A wikk o shows taks me back an fore in time - April 25, 2005	Shepherd, Robbie		779	2	2.57
... Wednesday nicht it wis the Students' Show, Thursday, the Big Yin emsel Billy Connolly an Setterday dennertime I wis oot ... ... gweed in the lead role o Minnie Cooper. Syne it wis the Big Yin in the Music Hall an the first time we hid seen him ...
BBC Voices Recording: Aberdeen	N/A	Audio	13,536	9	0.66
... was an iron sink, not enamel, iron sink ye know, an we'd a big zinc bath and Da used tae sit in the bath an we'd tae ... ... o rice, because Ma was in the wash-hoose an there was a big biler goin an she was sweatin an she'd on her rubber apron ... ... rubber apron an //an oh my God!// F1041: //An her big boots.// M1042: An an if it was rainin the the the ... ... I would hae s- 'thingummybob', 'her wi the big nose', or 'her wi the// //droopy eyes' or you would try ... ... M1042: //yeah but// yeah 'drookit' is a big word. //That's when oh God ye're absolutely drookit an I ...
BBC Voices Recording: Dunbar [Content label: lesser]	N/A	Audio	13,714	8	0.58
... used tae say exactly what Gordon says, anyone living in big house an that in Dunbar, "Oh they're the well off, we're ... ... M1014: //Kept the sun off [inaudible]// //It was a big hood [inaudible].// M1017: //A big, a big thing made ... ... //It was a big hood [inaudible].// M1017: //A big, a big thing made by, my mother used tae make them, it was ... ... was a big hood [inaudible].// M1017: //A big, a big thing made by, my mother used tae make them, it was a big ... ... big thing made by, my mother used tae make them, it was a big thing wi// //oh hoops, canes an things like that an it ...
BBC Voices Recording: Hawick	N/A	Audio	11,536	7	0.61
... he's no gettin money in an thing like that an him wi a big faimly an thing like that but that's what she fund oot ... ... be a// a lot o tenements in Hawick an you know there was big families, could be up tae seventy folk usin a couple o ... ... yer shouder?// M1010: eh they had bi- muckle big barras an they pit their slates ontae it their ledders ... ... maybe before your age, like// but they aw used tae be big boots an big jackets an an their the ladies they they ... ... your age, like// but they aw used tae be big boots an big jackets an an their the ladies they they were just the ...
BBC Voices Recording: Inverurie	N/A	Audio	12,014	6	0.50
... F1001: //But the at that time o day folk had great big hooses,// M1000: //Mmhm.// F1001: an I suppose ye ... ... M1002: //Or a calfie.// M999: When ye become a big quinie then ye become a quine. [laugh] There's, then ... ... //Aye, aye.// M999: meanin that. //Meaning the big a- the big area that's eh between the hoose an the an ... ... aye.// M999: meanin that. //Meaning the big a- the big area that's eh between the hoose an the an the steadin,// ... ... enough, I //[inaudible]// F1001: //A fine a fine big car an// a fine big hoose. M999: Aye. F1001: Twa ...
BBC Voices Recording: Leith	N/A	Audio	16,679	9	0.54
... F1054: And is there no kilts in Dundee, is it not a big thing? M1019: Well I don't know about in Dundee but in ... ... you see, changed, changed. But eh, later on there was a big influx frae the west, and I palled aboot wi some boys ... ... apart from syntax and grammar used, which does make a big difference to individual languages, I found anyway, I ... ... the word "gear", you know? Aye, plumbers and those with big tools and instruments did use a toolbox, aye, it was ... ... gear. Aye, and it was smaller, you didnae have to lug a big tool kit across, "It's got to go in, [?]Char-[/?]. It'll ...
BBC Voices Recording: Perth	N/A	Audio	17,146	7	0.41
... Mmhm. F1027: An it was great cause there were great big huge //enormous baths and you could have as much hot ... ... I wouldn't know. F1027: Oh there been- that was a big discussion in our //house.// F1023: //Aye I asked ... ... and things like that, whereas the garden shed had the big tools. F1025: Mmhm mmhm. F1027: So it would be "Go ... ... they've got all this weight round their waist plus your big body armour an, //I mean it must// F1024: //Cer- ... ... round the ear for it too, well no, not now they're too big! [laugh]// F1026: //[laugh]// //Oh.// F1023: ...
BBC Voices Recording: Portree	N/A	Audio	14,267	3	0.21
... Participate in a game? I'm thinking maybe that's too big a M1008: //A bit formal for that.// M1055: //Too ... ... a gentleman ehm in the west of Skye who lives in a, a big building eh ehma big edifice, ehm and he at one point ... ... in the west of Skye who lives in a, a big building eh ehma big edifice, ehm and he at one point was trying to sell a ...
BBC Voices Recording: Stirling	N/A	Audio	14,324	9	0.63
... forename], our absent friend, who's pregnant, and she's a big girl, and she's, you know, right from early on she was ... ... big girl, and she's, you know, right from early on she was big, and somebody said to her "A- are you carrying twins?" ... ... and she said "No, my father s-, my father says it's a big single". Cause she's from a farm, you know? [laugh] ... ... And it was like, //you know when the cows have got a big single?// F1054: //[inaudible]// //[laugh]// ... ... //Aye, she is!// F1144: //She's just havin a big single!// F1054: Okay, erm, words for insane? F1144: ...
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 ...
Biggam Collection Letter: 01	Taylor, James		357	1	2.80
... latter must be a pretty generous bloke if he's cashing out big eats to about fifteen people. I'm in complete agreement ...
Biggam Collection Letter: 09	Law, Madge Taylor		261	1	3.83
... the clock as usual. Hope you like the photo, the two big ones are enlargements of the snaps I took myself. I hope ...
Biggam Collection Letter: 12	Law, Madge Taylor		1,932	1	0.52
... all young trees so far I'm just hoping they don't grow too big, also an apple tree at the side but there was only 2 ...
Bonny in Black [Content label: lesser]	Bruce, Eddie		4,823	1	0.21
... him the night before - for the first time ever. “You’re a big improvement on the scruffy little bugger you used to be.” ...
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: ...
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 ...
Cereal terms in the DOST record	Macleod, Iseabail		4,340	1	0.23
... (Dalrymple [1596] in Cody 1885-95:I, 57/27). The form 'big(g)' for six-or four-rowed barley (from Old Norse 'bygg') ...
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 01: Edinburgh man on his childhood	N/A	Audio	4,806	3	0.62
... er, when I was in Primary three, when I was up at the "Big School", //as it// F718: //mmhm// M734: was. ... ... //mmhm// M734: er It's kind of moving towards a Big Brother society, //er,// F718: //Yeah.// M734: ... ... fallen down now, that a lot of the bands who've got really big, lose that edge because, well, "yes, I'm just off back to ...
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 ...
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 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 ...
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 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 ...
Conversation 07: Ayrshire woman on her career	N/A	Audio	8,821	6	0.68
... my mum had me when she was forty, so there was quite a big age gap between us, M608: mmhm F643: and in her ... ... recorded message] Just turn it off, oh we'll get a big message [phone rings] coming through. [phone noise] ... ... print and //we had a// M608: //mmhm// F643: big opening and a big art, a big exhibition and they, they ... ... had a// M608: //mmhm// F643: big opening and a big art, a big exhibition and they, they came along to that ... ... M608: //mmhm// F643: big opening and a big art, a big exhibition and they, they came along to that and did lots ...
Conversation 08: Ayrshire woman and her mother	N/A	Audio	8,028	6	0.75
... my mum and dad, and pe- visitors coming in, there was a big shopping done. And we had a tut a boiler in our kitchen, ... ... then, eh, the day after New Year, eh there was always a big steak pie. Cause you usually had people, well somebody, ... ... to put the milk and the butter. She would ehm, fill a a big dish with cold //water, and sit it in to keep// F641: ... ... know, you// F640: //And one// especially was a big paper bell, which //hung at at the window, remember?// ... ... window, remember?// F639: //That's right, the window big// paper bell, and and just like paper, or sort of, the ...
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, ...
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. ...
Conversation 11: Two female students chatting on various topics [Content label: lesser]	N/A	Video	8,349	3	0.36
... that //kind of place.// F810: //Cause eh, they do a big// thing up on eh, what do you call it? Arthur's Seat. ... ... none of these, none of these" and then I found like this big chunk of university-relevant texts. //So I was "oh,// ... ... jumper. Honestly. This horrible panda jumper and her big moustache. It's just so horrible, [laugh], but eh. I ...
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 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 14: Two male students on university life [Content label: serious]	N/A	Video	6,842	2	0.29
... kinda young and kinda thinking "oh it's cool, it's like a big //shopping centre."// M819: //[?]Government ... ... where that's worked, puttin a shoppin centre, I mean, the big one at, well, cracker example! Right? And this never ...
Conversation 15: Glasgow father and his five year-old son	N/A	Audio	3,598	1	0.28
... M804: //[laugh]// M805: cause he sawed my big, um, brick hand. [drink] M804: Ah, so would you ...
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 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 ...
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 ...
Conversation 19: Two North-East teachers on Doric language	N/A	Audio	3,743	1	0.27
... ken, a, a change, F831: uh-huh M842: ehm a big change in tongue wi the f-, the wey the folk, I mean ...
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// ...
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 22: Mother and son talking about living in Aberdeen	N/A	Audio	2,001	1	0.50
... ten thousand less parking spaces. F826: They that big? M827: Well they we-, aye they were, but the way ...
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: ...
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 ...
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 ...
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.// ...
Conversation 27: Mother and daughter from Ayrshire and man from USA, part 1/3 - memories, fashions and traditions	N/A	Audio	5,132	2	0.39
... [laugh]// hairdressers became terribly, you know, big cultural icons. //In the sixties, yes, hairdressers and ... ... I know I'v- from talking to friends a chicken was a big deal to have; //you would have it maybe// F963: ...
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 ...
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 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,// ...
Conversation 31: Male from Glasgow and female from Scottish Borders [Content label: serious]	N/A	Audio	7,307	4	0.55
... M944: //That's all// Each? But that's not that big a deal. //And it's two hundred quid.// F943: //It ... ... of rampage for me. I I don't want to walk in and have a big fat bli-. I've always waited for her to walk in one day ... ... I've always waited for her to walk in one day with a big fat blister and cold sore. It's never bloody happened. ... ... she could give me is "Beware, he hits on girls", bit. I'm big enough to look after myself. Cause I would kill you. ...
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 33: Two female students on Scotland, and University education	N/A	Video	11,628	7	0.60
... F1037: //So,// anyway. F1038: I've got a massive big //politics thing, [laugh]// F1037: //Yeah, that's ... ... things, well theatre tickets, all the time, for all the big London theatres, Shakespeare Company, all that sort of ... ... to University College, and it looked amazing, you know, big //castle, that kind of thing,// F1037: //Yeah, ... ... could never quite get it.// I got one about that //big. [laugh]// F1037: //No, no, i- it// the- there ... ... F1037: go into if I if I got a reason to do a big shopping, nip in there and er go to Marks and Sparks, ...
Conversation 34: Two students on leisure interests and part-time work [Content label: serious]	N/A	Video	9,753	6	0.62
... hit with sticks across his back, and it ends up, he's got big red marks, it's horrible. Dad hates doin it. //But ... ... I was quite annoyed, but erm I seen like this huge big punchbag, and I always thought, see the ones that you ... ... like they just cover and no more, it's not like huge //big boxin gloves.// F1049: //Uh-huh.// M1048: Erm and ... ... a huge one, like a huge pizza, and all that, er you get a big bottle of Coke and chips and something else for a tenner. ... ... F1049: I know. Linny's comin back down for Lynn's big sister's twenty-first but I'm going to take them out ...
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. ...
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 ...
Conversation 38: Two female students discussing school in the UK and Luxembourg and travel	N/A	Video	6,492	1	0.15
... //or somewhere and there was, it was like a big centre for loads of schools, there was loads of other ...
Conversation 39: Two female students on student halls, university, philosophy and religion	N/A	Audio	8,726	6	0.69
... //Yeah, it is a bit isolated.// F1151: it is quite big and everything but they forget that, you know, they are ... ... it's not really a nightshift, but we keep getting his like big deliveries of wine when he's sleeping during the day, ... ... //but it was never// F1150: //Yeah.// F1151: a big deal because there was enough people there to kind of ... ... wee brother.// //Yeah. [laugh]// F1151: //he's my big wee brother. [laugh]// Erm, yeah, I've s-, trying to ... ... joked, "Oh that's handy cause they've just opened that big philosophy factory down the road", //and I sat there ...
Conversation 40: Two students from near Dumfries on university and home [Content label: lesser]	N/A	Video	8,270	6	0.73
... apparently they were down to see my mum last week in the big new house. Erm, but they we- came on Sunday night and ... ... mum's new erm new house, she's got her couches now, the big chocolate brown leather //couches.// F1155: //Oh did ... ... when we were at at er school and they came and gave us a big talk for the Crichton Campus, //to try and stop// ... ... //Mm.// //That'll be good. It'll look good in your big Christmas tree.// F1154: //cause I don't know how ... ... favourite one, aren't you?// //Yeah, we could have a big tree though, couldn't we, like in the window.// F1155: ...
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, ...
Conversation 42: Man from Ayrshire, with Italian background, talking about Italy, jobs and Alzheimer's support work	N/A	Audio	7,659	2	0.26
... of Monte Cassino. M608: Okay, right, that's where the big battle was //of course, in the War, aye.// M1163: ... ... and get the same satisfaction.// M608: So you've got a big family celebration planned for Christmas then wi the ...
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: ...
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: ...
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 ...
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: ...
Conversation: Buckie - Mother and child 01, recording 4: tidying the toybox	N/A	Audio	7,667	5	0.65
... Okay. Hey! Are you gonna be a photographer when you're big? F1122: No. F1121: What are you gonna be when ... ... No. F1121: What are you gonna be when you're big? F1122: Ice-cream lady. F1121: You're gonna be an ... ... keeping all those?// F1122: Aye look [?]a bonny[/?] big picture. F1121: But you could colour that in. See? Did ... ... How does it go? Tell me. F1122: Mum, you're too big to //put it on.// F1121: //Oh my head's too big for ... ... too big to //put it on.// F1121: //Oh my head's too big for that.// F1122: Mum, how about this? You could ...
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 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? ...
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 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 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 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 ...
Conversation: Buckie - Mother and child 05, recording 1: eating tea and playing with baby brother	N/A	Audio	1,975	9	4.56
... you see it? Did ye? Mmhm, that's right. Mm. How big are you the day? F1142: Mm. F1141: So was you ... ... Aye, when you're bigger. //You'll see, you'll soon be big enough to get baby yogurts,// F1142: //Tell him fitt ... ... //Little monster.// F1141: //H- he likes his big sister, don't you?// Like your big sister? When she's ... ... he likes his big sister, don't you?// Like your big sister? When she's nae bein coorse to ye. F1142: ... ... his breakfast on my leg? F1141: Oh but he'll be too big then. He'll be able to sit himself for his breakfast. ...
Conversation: Buckie - Mother and child 05, recording 2: choosing what to have for tea	N/A	Audio	1,705	1	0.59
... F1142: Yes. F1141: Okay. //Are you ready to jump big?// F1142: //Beans and sau-.// //[shout] I like ...
Conversation: Buckie - Mother and child 05, recording 3: painting and playing with dolls	N/A	Audio	2,013	6	2.98
... fallin down. F1141: Keep fallin doon? It's cause your big belly should keep them up, [?]you think, they widna[/?]. ... ... [inaudible] paint. Paint paint. Can I hae that big brush, paint paint? F1141: Mmhm. //Farr's your ... ... Paint paint paint, paint paint paint, paint paint paint, big stripe, big stripe. Big stripe a red line. To paint, ... ... paint, paint paint paint, paint paint paint, big stripe, big stripe. Big stripe a red line. To paint, to paint. ... ... paint paint, paint paint paint, big stripe, big stripe. Big stripe a red line. To paint, to paint. Stripe, red ...
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! ...
Conversation: Buckie - Mother and child 06, recording 3: playing car racing games on Playstation	N/A	Audio	2,234	5	2.24
... it up. F1097: 'I'll hoover it up efter then. Is it a big ain? M1098: [?]A wee[/?]. F1097: Is it away? ... ... M1098: Look. F1097: Oh, so it has. They're big ains that. Does it fly? M1098: Aye. [makes aeroplane ... ... Right. Press that ain and your accelerator. The big cross, no the big cross. M1098: aye. F1097: That ... ... that ain and your accelerator. The big cross, no the big cross. M1098: aye. F1097: That ain. Right, go! ... ... Wrong button, that's reverse. Accelerate's the big cross. No, that ain. M1098: [exhale] Oh you're ...
Conversation: Buckie - Mother and child 07, recording 1: doing a jigsaw before dinner	N/A	Audio	1,580	4	2.53
... F1101: Is it under aa that ains there? Move that big ains. Maybe they're lying under there, look. //Which ... ... F1101: //It's nae a duck.// //A duck's got a big beak.// F1102: //Aye it is.// F1101: It's a chick. ... ... F1101: Well, that claes in that ain's too big for you. See, that's troosers again, that's troosers ... ... See, that's troosers again, that's troosers that are too big. This one is tops. //This cardigan?// F1102: ...
Conversation: Buckie - Mother and child 07, recording 2: trip to the chemist's	N/A	Audio	2,689	1	0.37
... No? F1101: You'll be knackered, humping that great big thing aboot with ye. F1102: Fitt thing? Fitt thing? ...
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 ...
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 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 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: 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. ...
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 10, recording 3: washing up and colouring in	N/A	Audio	3,176	1	0.31
... //That would be// F1089: //Eh?// M1090: that's a big ain! Ah! //[laugh]// F1089: //It is, aye.// ...
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 ...
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: 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: Buckie - Mother and child 12, recording 1: getting ready for playschool	N/A	Audio	1,047	6	5.73
... dinna ken fitt you've got, do you? Right come on then, a big bite. M1096: [laugh] F1095: Right come here ... ... right. That's better. Right, here. Come on. Another big bite. Oh! [?]Bide[/?] here. M1096: But, but, but, ... ... wash your face.// M1096: [sob] F1095: Right, a big bite. A big bite then. M1096: [child noise] ... ... M1096: [sob] F1095: Right, a big bite. A big bite then. M1096: [child noise] F1095: Again. ... ... [sniff] [child noise] F1095: Right here, two big bites and that'll be it. Or maybe three big bites. ...
Conversation: Buckie - Mother and child 12, recording 2: doing jigsaws	N/A	Audio	5,540	1	0.18
... Put them in the same as that way so that it maks a big line, okay? M1096: Aye. Dump that one. [inaudible] ...
Conversation: Buckie - Mother and child 12, recording 3: walking home and opening Christmas cards	N/A	Audio	3,395	1	0.29
... tell you. You have to. They're good for you. Mak you big and strong. M1096: That //black crust?// F1095: ...
Conversation: Buckie - Mother and child 13, recording 2: playing over breakfast	N/A	Audio	874	2	2.29
... Dollops of that come out. F1105: Okay? M1106 : Big dollops of milkshake. F1105: What's on? M1106 : ... ... sword. F1105: Mmhm. Try your bedroom. I think the big ones are in your bedroom. M1106 : [exhale] ...
Conversation: Buckie - Mother and child 13, recording 3: having a bath	N/A	Audio	4,157	3	0.72
... up. F1105: [laugh] You dinna tell fibs. That's a big story. M1106: [engine noises] //[laugh]// ... ... What was coming over the harbour wall? M1106: Some big waves! F1105: That's right! And they were crashing. ... ... [inaudible]. F1105: Where's your other shell at? The big long one? M1106: I don't know. It must have fallen ...
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: ...
Conversation: Buckie - Mother and child 14, recording 2: playing snooker	N/A	Audio	1,778	4	2.25
... be it! F1107: Oh no it shouldna! But you're just a big cheater! M1108: Here. F1107: You just want to ... ... F1107: //Ooh, ye're gonna be a scunner when you get big.// //No I winna,// M1108: //Chase me Mum!// F1107: ... ... //Cracker, me!// Cracker me! F1107: Aye, ye did big crackers there. M1108: Yoo-hoo! F1107: Cool! ... ... man! F1107: Is that fitt you want to dae when you grow big? Play snooker //for a living.// M1108: //Aye.// ...
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 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. ...
Conversation: Buckie - Mother and child 16, recording 1: washing up	N/A	Audio	3,453	8	2.32
... little bit that you need to do now. M1094: Why not a big bit? F1093: Mm? M1094: Why not a big bit? F1093: ... ... Why not a big bit? F1093: Mm? M1094: Why not a big bit? F1093: It's just a little bit. [cough] Right? ... ... F1093: Eh? M1094: It's in middle. F1093: The big bit? M1094: Yes. F1093: Wow! M1094: ... ... F1093: Take a chair through? M1094: Yeah. A big chair. F1093: Now, //wait till I sort the,// M1094: ... ... next? //Ah! [laugh]// M1094: //laugh// It's a big one. F1093: What is it? M1094: A plate. F1093: ...
Conversation: Buckie - Mother and child 16, recording 2: playing match the pairs and doing a jigsaw	N/A	Audio	2,549	6	2.35
... do it with me? F1093: Yes. M1094: Cause it's big enough I think. It's a big ain. It's a big one ... ... Yes. M1094: Cause it's big enough I think. It's a big ain. It's a big one fo-. [child noise] Got ... ... it's big enough I think. It's a big ain. It's a big one fo-. [child noise] Got some counting here. ... ... in the box. We can see if it's still there. In the big box. M1094: Where? F1093: In here. Is it still ... ... turn.// M1094: I'm going to take this one. In the big [inaudible] F1093: The lips and the mouth. What do ...
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 ...
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: 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. ...
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: 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: 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 ...
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 ...
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? ...
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 ...
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 ...
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: ...
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. ...
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 ...
Cookers	Blair, Anna		194	1	5.15
... Hinge'd to the grate To simmer a pot Keep it hot. The next big change A cast-iron range Edges to buff Wi' emery stuff, ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 05 - 08.09.81	852		581	2	3.44
... Sept. 1981 Dear Maw, Paw, & Al, On duty. Yes, today's big surprise is, I've got a job, of sorts!! Your globetrotting ... ... or not, it's all so strange, usually in subtle rather than big ways. Like the much larger size of the cars, the standard ...
Correspondence from Canada: Letter 06 - 13.09.81	852		565	2	3.54
... raucous, and more impersonal. Hockey - ice hockey - is the big game here, and their big world event, the Canada Cup, is ... ... Hockey - ice hockey - is the big game here, and their big world event, the Canada Cup, is on just now. There was a ...
Correspondence from Canada: Letter 11 - 08.10.81	852		336	1	2.98
... (i.e. U.S.A & Canada) so "Beaver Foods" put on a big turkey dinner at the residences tonight. It was really ...
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 ...
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 ...
Correspondence from Canada: Letter 25 - 02.01.82	852		1,378	1	0.73
... the Tigers - Huskers game just as Clemson was making the big play. Nebraska made the best of the break, forcing a ...
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 ...
Correspondence from Canada: Letter 27 - 16.01.82	852		633	2	3.16
... That should take care of my copious free time... The big talking-point here just now is the earth tremors that have ... ... shaking the eastern seaboard all week. I've only felt the big one, which woke me up last Saturday morning. The whole ...
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" ...
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 ...
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 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' ...
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 ...
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 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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Craiters: 03 - Stirries	Fenton, Alexander		1,596	1	0.63
... ey heidit in aa airts, an een hovert near abeen’s facin e big dresser mirror, faar it saa fit it thocht wis its fella ...
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, ...
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 ...
Craiters: 06 - E Hens Riv	Fenton, Alexander		2,225	8	3.60
... haad awa fae e boortree busses at e back o e hoose, an e big trees at tried hard bit wi little success tae shelter e ... ... line on e left haan side, an e yard on e richt. It wis a big yard, wi a palin o widden spars on three sides, an a beech ... ... hedge neesht e road. It grew tatties in season, ere wis a big patch o rhubarb for makin jam at ye took on yer piece or ... ... alang wi a smaa roomie at hid a biler for fin ye did a big wash, or aan aboot e New Ear I min e smith at bade ere ... ... fit ye micht caa deid grun. Fit wis a lot mair handy wis e big trees in e main bit o e riv. I aye likit tae speel trees, ...
Craiters: 07 - E Oolet	Fenton, Alexander		1,856	5	2.69
... seldom tae be seen nooadays; fit ye get instead’s raas o big roon bales, an I’ve naething against em, for truth tae ... ... bales, an I’ve naething against em, for truth tae tell a big park wi its new shaved stibbly slopes dottit wi e bales an ... ... for on slopin parkies an roch fairm tracks ye hid tae big richt, layin e shafes weel oot ower e frame tae get a ... ... o lachin at piece-time. Ere wisna a lot o privacy in a big park an ye cwidna tak time tae trail up till e wid if ye ... ... ae time I wis forced tae gang an I socht oot e back o a big roch stook. As I wis aboot tae come awa again I heard a ...
Craiters: 08 - E Forkietailies	Fenton, Alexander		1,857	1	0.54
... Bit ye didna knock e strainers in wi e mell. Ey were ower big for at, for ey were mint tae tak e strain o e weers in twa ...
Craiters: 09 - Watter Rats	Fenton, Alexander		2,693	6	2.23
... aff an ile ingine, an Allan, made in Aiberdeen, wi a great big tank tae be fullt o pails o water, an a smaaer tank for ... ... check, for ye couldna see e ingine fae e barn. Ere wis a big aixle geed throwe e barn waa tae drive e mull, an inside ... ... at e croon fae a bittie awa, jist like e squaar meshes o a big net. At wis e wye ye kent an eddert ruck jist be lookin at ... ... graan for shelter. Ere wis even some fancy kins o trees wi big cones, yowies, fine for loons tae play wi an ey’d files ... ... o water aff a steen in e bed, at a time fin e burn wis big. Bit e rats couldna a howkit oot sic big half meens in e ...
Craiters: 10 - E Hares' Lavvie	Fenton, Alexander		2,681	6	2.24
... e drift swirlin an billowin ower em, biggin up wreaths big an smaa ahin ony obstruction, fither a clump o girse or a ... ... o e steens hid been shiftit (likely they'd been broken tae big pairt o e dyke), bit a twa-three wis ay ere, e big flanker ... ... tae big pairt o e dyke), bit a twa-three wis ay ere, e big flanker an een wi cup marks on't, fit ey were for naebody ... ... faither used for eez souter's shop, though noo ere wis a big crack in e gale an e windaes hid nae glaiss. Es wis faar e ... ... e tap eyn. I geed richt roon e back o't as far as a set o big trees faar I'd eence carved ma initials, syne crossed ower ...
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, ...
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 ...
Craiters: 13 - E Cheer	Fenton, Alexander		1,136	3	2.64
... ye’re back in e country. ‘Country born, country bred, Big in hoof, fat in head’, - at’s fit a mannie fae Devon eence ... ... neeber – a toon lad fae Glesca – haggert e tap aff e bonny big stracht tree in eez gairden. E trunk gangs up stracht as ... ... say files it wis mair like a dog’n a cat. It hid a great big heed, a richt strong neck, an es golden glowin e’en. Fin ...
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 ...
Craiters: 15 - E Steppies	Fenton, Alexander		1,366	6	4.39
... e wid lie on eez back like a kittlin even though e wis big, an e fur o im wis jist e same's es cloods. Syne ey’d ... ... tae tell ye e truth ere’s nae a lot ye can dee for a great big sycamore at spews doon sticky stuff at times an sens its ... ... hae a gairden foo o sycamores an naething else. Ere's a big haathorn at e tap tee. Lang seen I saa’d aff ae big ... ... a big haathorn at e tap tee. Lang seen I saa’d aff ae big branch, it wis like wirkin wi a hedgehog, prickles awye, ... ... ere’s ony meevement. Ere wis a file e fowkies hid an aafa big dog wi a lot o foggitch aboot its dowp. It hid tae get ...
Craiters: 17 - E Wasps' Nest	Fenton, Alexander		1,736	7	4.03
... o an extension till e Royal Edinburgh Infirmary. She hid a big gairden wi a widden shed in't, complete wi a cat-hole in e ... ... e feedin o fox pups wid mak a bit o a sotter. Sae I laid a big brick in e middle o e scrape, an e fox his gien up e ... ... e tap hinge, in e middle o a jungle o wobs. Ey cam oot o a big fite cocoon, an spread oot fae't like sunbeams. I'd ay a ... ... maistly I wis able tae manoeuvre em intill e open eyn o a big spunk box. Naebody smokit in e hoose, an e fire wisna ... ... Aifter I’d been maitit, I geed tae hae a look. It wisna a big nest, nae then. Ey’d jist startit tae mak it, biggin’t ...
Craiters: 19 - Liptovska Teplicka	Fenton, Alexander		2,855	2	0.70
... wis a widden world. E hooses, e heich, wide gates at wis big enyeuch tae let in a loadit wagon, e reef overhangs at ... ... stove, nae nott on is warm July nichts, an opposite, a big, new television set at wir hosts, Jan an Sofia, were jist ...
Craiters: 20 - Biz-Bizzin	Fenton, Alexander		3,297	2	0.61
... back an fore, an niver lookin like needin tae come doon. A big helicopter wis huntin aboot like a vulture tee, nae lookin ... ... broon an fite, een wi a braid collar roon its neck an a big bell hingin anaith. It wis handy for e lads at e huts tae ...
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 ...
Daytime	Blair, Anna		212	1	4.72
... scene To strut their buskin' on the green. There's this big dame in Irish clogs Hitches her skirts and jigs her jogs, ...
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 ...
Diaries of William Young: 1952	Young, William		3,260	2	0.61
... satisfactorily I hope. To Cathedral for evening service. Big place. 8 SATURDAY Buy presents before leaving 11.20am. ... ... 17 MONDAY Catherine showing off gym dress. She is getting big. Lathalmond today. 18 TUESDAY A good day. Not a lot to do. ...
Diaries of William Young: 1957	Young, William		1,892	1	0.53
... Feel this is a must if I am going to do anything big in this writing game. 18 FRIDAY 21 Present at our first ...
Diaries of William Young: 1964 [Content label: lesser]	Young, William		3,534	1	0.28
... & River. Great time. 5 WEDNESDAY To Southport. On Big Dipper & in Pool. Cath, Phem, Jim & Catherine on ...
Diaries of William Young: 1972	Young, William		4,263	1	0.23
... fine meal at Queens after. Bowling evening. Wednesday 10 Big turn-up at Choir. D. [CENSORED: surname] & W. ...
Dipper: 04 - The Hedgehog	Begg, Dr James A	Audio	167	2	11.98
... gies them that meddle a guid wheen mair flegs, Than ony big bull wi its horns. He keeps cockit his lugs when he's ... ... foxes or dugs, He'll curl himsel intae a baa. Like a big broun Scotch Thistle, he caumly reclines, Wi the thocht ...
Dipper: 05 - Fishers Tak Tent	Reid, John	Audio	342	1	2.92
... heuked an played fish efter fish, Till ten fat troot lay big an braw Like gowden guineas in a raw - But frae ...
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 ...
Dipper: 07 - Furst Bluid	Begg, Dr James A		1,246	4	3.21
... gin I parked the caur oot o sicht aff the drive intae the Big Hoose, an cannily made doun the ruch road that cam oot ... ... gemm - in fact, it wis oor furst nicht oot efter the big yins, the nettin gangs, havin cut oor teeth on the ... ... oot Ian, an Mr. Johnston wha rentit the fishins frae the Big Hoose, an him no a byllie. ‘Aw, there's juist the three o ... ... skelpit aff throu the wid back tae the caur, like a pair o big-gemm hunters wi a pig on a pole. Sin we niver did fin oot ...
Dipper: 14 - The Communication Gap	Begg, Dr James A		1,013	9	8.88
... the village gangs were giein us the rin-aroun, nettin the Big Boose watter yae nicht, then the puils ablow the village ... ... the Belgian byllie, wi twa walkie-talkies, heidit for the Big Hoose, while we tuik the ither yin twa miles ablow the ... ... rin intae - an this nicht wis nae exception! Jock, Tam, Big Mick an mysel were hauf-wey across the meedow whan a ... ... an sidieweys till nearhaun the fence - aa, that is, except Big Mick. Mick workt the ferms an kent a thing or twa aboot ... ... ferms an kent a thing or twa aboot beasts - ‘Awa ye go, ye big fearties!' he jeered. 'It's only yin o thae big Romagnola ...
Dipper: 16 - The Saumon an the Wee Broun Troot	Begg, Dr James A		1,191	8	6.72
... hame tae a wee broun troot. As wee troots go he's no that big, But cocky, smert an unco trig, Aa dressed up in a gowden ... ... cry oot 'I'm sic a braw wee prince, Ower troots an fishes big an smaa I'm shuir tae rise abune them aa; Gin I grow big I ... ... big an smaa I'm shuir tae rise abune them aa; Gin I grow big I maun be King, For facts are chiels that winna ding!' - ... ... Then luikin again at his muckle jaw, Thocht - 'He micht be big, but he's no that braw!' As time gaed by he grew less ... ... their wits, Near giein them aa aquatic fits!' Wi that the big fish gied a froun, Syne flickt his tail an luikit roun, ...
Dipper: 20 - Cops and Robbers	Begg, Dr James A		1,151	6	5.21
... At the back-en, whan the big seatroot an furst grilse stert rinnin the burns, some in ... ... o the hedge an courit doun nae mair nor five yairds frae Big Mick withoot even jalousin we were there!' ‘Aye,’ grinned ... ... or three mair nor they kent aaready!' cut in Wull - for big Ian himsel wis niver short o three sweir words whan yin ... ... wis drappin aff tae sleep! Sae we decided tae gae doun the Big Hoose watter for an oor tae check the Gairden Puil, for it ... ... gey eerie, an we were gled tae reach the open spaces o the Big Hoose gairden whaur we sprauchlt on the gress ablow the ...
Dipper: 25 - The Doukie	Begg, Dr James A	Audio	447	2	4.47
... sarks an semmits tae, An syne get yokit in Tae big a dyke o sods an stanes Across its shalla tail, An mak ... ... At breist-stroke or the crawl, Till yin an aa, baith big an smaa, Wis chitterin wi the cauld; Then courit-doun ...
Dipper: 26 - The Technicality	Begg, Dr James A		2,217	9	4.06
... he did mind tho, wis whan some o the wee buggers, or their big brithers, tuik it intae their heids tae hae a go at the ... ... Ayr Pier, convertit for rakin saumon across the back, wi a big treble heuk an leid wecht insteid o the paternoster. ... ... Dam Puil. Jimpy McGinty's there, fishin juist ablow the big tree stump. Ah don't think he saw me, but he moved awa ... ... Neil?' Neil pyntit tae a bit juist dounstream o the big stump left efter a twa-hunner year auld beech tree had ... ... it awa. He wad be awfy pit oot if it broke, wi him intae a big fish, an he lost his beer-money!' A fortnicht later the ...
Dipper: 30 - 'Puggie'	Begg, Dr James A		1,346	9	6.69
... wha, in a season, cuid kill forty or fifty saumon wi his big rod an bareheuks - as mony or mair nor some o the netters. ... ... an they aye had a fag lichtit, ready tae burn aff the big bare heuks if the byllies cam near. They kent maist o the ... ... Byllie wis too weel kent and wad stay oot o sicht while Big John and mysel fished the watter, keepin as near Puggie as ... ... watter. Tae luik the pairt, we were dressed like scruff, Big John wi an auld torn watter-proof an jeans, an me wi an ... ... afore he went back hame tae Glesca. 'S that richt, John?' Big John, wha wis a retired dominie, an too weel spoken tae ...
Dipper: 33 - The Feather	Reid, John		212	1	4.72
... troot I cast it ower Tuik it wi ne'er a second glower, Big or wee, it didna maitter, I could hae herriet every ...
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 ...
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 ...
Dipper: 36 - Minnons	Begg, Dr James A		265	1	3.77
... aa the wee fish soumin by, Peenheids an beardies an ance a big troot, Then aicht fish swam in an juist fower swam oot - ...
Dipper: 42 - The Paddy	Begg, Dr James A		572	2	3.50
... cuttie coat, Smilin the smile o a Politeecian; While twa big gairdian angels Cairt his bags an luik aroun, As if tae ... ... We slide intae Euston, An the Meenister glides awa In his big black caur. ___ smeekit/smoke-blackened mirk/darkness ...
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 ...
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: 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 ...
Dipper: 50 - The Auld Jenny Heron	Begg, Dr James A	Audio	684	2	2.92
... unsuspectin wee treat Tae linger ower lang forenent her big feet. Stey still, haud a meenit, Auld Jenny's steirin, ... ... hauf-chucklt afore she breks loose, Syne draps the big eel, then grups it again, Pecks twa or three times, ...
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 ...
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 ...
Dipper: 54 - Fishers!	Begg, Dr James A		300	1	3.33
... regales, And 'neath the shady bough he'll dream Of fish as big as whales. At peace with self, and fellow man, With Earth, ...
Dipper: 56 - Oor Skip	Begg, Dr James A		282	1	3.55
... There's some that sprauchle 'lang the ice, An roar like big bull seals, While ithers cry wi trimmlin vyce An ...
Dipper: 57 - Bank Pit	Begg, Dr James A	Audio	350	1	2.86
... Ower the heather moss; While doun the line, The Big Engine clanks awa Wi a load o hard-wrocht coal For ...
Dipper: 61 - Double Anyntit	Begg, Dr James A		910	3	3.30
... the grapevine said they'd got themsels a 'minder' - a big heid-banger wi a Black Belt in Karate - or sae the story ... ... an anither crashed intae the wids, while nearhaun a big stramash wis gaun on that drew my ee juist at the wrang ... ... went awa hame! 'An see yon nicht at the Tidal Puil…. yer big mistake wis walkin abreist comin doun thon pad. If ye'd ...
Dog's Bite; Bee's Sting [Content label: serious]	Grainger, Cecilia		8,532	6	0.70
... to his knees; looks around BJ. Aye, Kirsty slappin oan big dollops o mayo oan mah very very private parts… BJ ... ... than hur. (Pause) See, her world Lee’s world wis fu o big bad monsters, powerful monsters…in collar’s an ties wi ... ... here Lee… Silence LEE. You playin at…at…was gonnae say big brother, bit playin at bein daddy eh, Beej? She kin make a ... ... how’s aboot a spot o friendly sparrin? PAT. Aye come oan big man; like auld times…? BJ. Ah’d be delighted Pat: efter yi ... ... Silence JILLY. Ah understand aw the beatins fi ur big broon leather belt; Lee makin yi a tough guy; makin yi ...
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 ...
Evie	Barron, Charles		11,528	3	0.26
... I jist imagined a’ the ashes mixed up thegether in a great big ashpan underneath the furnace. It never occurred to me ... ... But fan you think o’t, we’ve a’ been peyin’ a great big fortune in taxes for wir ain ex-plor-a-tions an’ ... ... be seein’ you there, een o’ these days, Toots? That’s the big question, eh? I wonder if they would have operated on me ...
Expressive oo and a boat: The Shetland Schools Craft Residency	Hughson, Hazel		1,948	1	0.51
... challenge to Jeanette Sendler to 'felt a sail in a day': a big project. She collaborated with local artists, children and ...
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 ...
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 ...
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? ...
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 ...
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 ...
Foo Mony Hoolets?	Blackhall, Sheena		122	1	8.20
... Sic a crash) There is Skinnymalinkie Hanna Fatty Hetty big an broon There's a hoolet caad Horatio Fa ay sleeps upside ...
Fooshion	Barron, Charles		17,826	7	0.39
... they looked sae licht in the men's hands. An' that great big thing gaun roon' an' roon' beside ye, claitterin' an' ... ... on. GLADYS A fire had broken oot. And there was this great big pile o' ... rubble ... in the street. There was ARP men ... ... have, I tell you. The Bonaccord Centre's there. A great big building. BESSIE Aye, at the side o' the street. On the ... ... ower the place. Or they would be crossed and leave great big blots in the middle o' a word. We had to mak' little pads ... ... mither died, folk ca'ed Morrison moved into that hoose - a big faimily for the size o' the hoose. There was him and her; ...
Gean Blossoms	Purves, David		6,034	2	0.33
... beirs the soun o naigs nickerin. The blue green ploums ir big areddies as beans. The sauch leafs ir lang an boued lyke a ... ... a, dark monie, a, many moulder, v, crumble mukkil, a, big mull, n, mule mynd, v, remember naig, n, horse naebodie, ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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. ...
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 ...
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 ...
Guts	Barron, Charles		22,515	4	0.18
... Dod. It’ll come in handy. Hoo did ye come by it? DOD (Big wink) Dinna ask to be lee’d te, mither. Jist pit it doon ... ... to follow the fall of her finger into the barrel with a big head movement.) So it’s best niver to think ava’. That’s ... ... taste. Get it doon ye. (She hands her the bottle.) A good big scoof, noo. (Reluctantly, Teenie takes a drink.) A drappie ... ... Chrissie is avoiding her eye.) Thirty year’s an affa big gap. CHRISSIE (softly) I ken. (Pause.) But it’s maybe fit ...
Halesome Farin'	Waddell, Mr John		15,793	8	0.51
... tae fill yer wame an keep ye warm till ye get hame." "Hoo big's the sea?" A spiered her. "Och, ten times as big as ... ... "Hoo big's the sea?" A spiered her. "Och, ten times as big as Foswell loch. Bit mind the time - an watch yer feet! ... ... Scots 'moose', of course. The moose that I speak of is big as a horse." "Guid save us!" cried Santa, "Hoo big are yer ... ... of is big as a horse." "Guid save us!" cried Santa, "Hoo big are yer rats? Nae doot ye'll be needin great monsters o ... ... dae, stick oot yer neck An gie the nearest yin a peck. The big yins, pester them enough, They'll throw ye bits o bread an ...
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 ...
How do we teach Knowledge about Language?	Philp, Andrew		4,340	2	0.46
... the phrases in a sentence: Our dog chews a bone Our big dog is chewing a juicy bone Our big friendly dog has been ... ... dog chews a bone Our big dog is chewing a juicy bone Our big friendly dog has been chewing a lovely juicy bone At each ...
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, ...
Interpreting Scots measurement terms: a cautionary tale	Simpson, A D C		7,011	2	0.29
... a 'pint' and a 'gallon', which are respectively half as big again and twice as large as the old units? This is an ... ... gallon before 1426, whereas the wine gallon was half as big again and matched a 6-pint gallon with the larger 1426 ...
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 ...
Interview 02: Jim McGonigal on "Passage/An Pasaiste"	N/A	Audio	6,283	2	0.32
... North to Armagh", which is the the the third of the the big long passages, M608: mmhm M078: That was a ... ... and he talks about his own back; he was he was a big man, and in this accident, the long back twisted out of ...
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 ...
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. ...
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 ...
Interview 06: David Purves on the Scots language	N/A	Audio	4,815	1	0.21
... speaks. F718: Mmhm mmhm M017: Now that's a sort of big question, of course, //but mmhm.// F718: //Mm// Do ...
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 ...
Interview 08: Headteacher in North East Scotland	N/A	Audio	2,237	1	0.45
... pitches there was a guy wi a, a whippet dog and he had a big sack so he reached into the sack and pulled out a rabbit ...
Interview 09: Ian Rankin on Rebus	N/A	Audio	6,552	1	0.15
... a book of mine called "The Hanging Garden" which won a big erm crime prize in France, and it's about a World War ...
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.// ...
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? ...
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 ...
Interview 18: Columba Centre, Islay	N/A	Audio	2,794	1	0.36
... the MacDonalds of Islay had ruled the north of Ire-, a big part of the north of Ireland, the glens of Antrim and ...
Interview 20: Media for the Muslim community in Scotland	N/A	Audio	8,146	4	0.49
... M1174: //And it was being disused so it was like a a big massive empty floor space// //really.// M608: ... ... cooking all day long, //you know, preparing for the big meal in the evening, or at// M608: //Yeah. Yeah.// ... ... of December, you know, the previous month, there was a big issue //er sporting news or whatever,// M608: ... ... a- anyone, nowadays everyone's watching, you know, the big Bollywood blockbuster films and from the young kid to ...
Interview 21: Suhayl Saadi	N/A	Audio	23,059	5	0.22
... are the rock groups that are singing about Iraq //of the big rock groups, the popular, the top rock, you know, the ones ... ... er, it's been forgotten by a lot of people //who live in big cities and so on, you know, they don't, erm,// F963: ... ... pulled books off the shelf at home, //and put them in a big knapsack, you know, it was like Christmas-time and I was ... ... Christmas-time and I was like Santa, you know, with this big knapsack, you know?// F963: //[laugh] Right. ... ... said it's behind you! [laugh] //And it was the list on big billboards behind me of the top twenty books.// F963: ...
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: ...
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 ...
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 ...
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, ...
Interview with Harry Ferguson for Scottish Readers Remember Project	N/A	Audio	19,200	8	0.42
... Mm. M1202: So er that er took us away from the big city, and got us down to the fresh air of the sea coast. ... ... //Er// F1189: //Mm.// M1202: er there was in the big house on the coast, we would buy books and consult with ... ... McGill.// And he had these outrageous postcards of the big fat Govan woman and the wee skinny Glasgow man. [laugh] ... ... Same with Bruce, erm, so we were brought up with this er big chip on our shoulders about the English, F1189: Mmhm. ... ... met one. Call them over." So he selects the tallest, big hunched shouldered fellow, all bangles and beads and ...
Interview with Liz Lochhead	N/A	Audio	4,449	2	0.45
... in a sort of plateau for a while, and then you take a big erm advance forward. Erm, I did feel pressured, I ... ... //[laugh]// F66: And now, because I've had that big sixty, birthday, I could retire. [laugh] Somebody ...
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.// ...
Interview with Mary A Ronnie, Part 1, for Scottish Readers Remember Project	N/A	Audio	19,851	8	0.40
... that's why we //got this bigger house - and it had a big basement.// F1189: //Ah, right, uh-huh, uh-huh, ... ... //house and// F1189: //Mmhm.// F1190: they had a big garden, and they had an orchard, //and this felt// ... ... F1189: //Mm, mmhm.// F1190: So there was this big //reference room upstairs with// F1189: //Mmhm, ... ... Dickens //collection which is in the library, which is a big collection of Dickens material.// F1189: //Mmhm, mmhm, ... ... who didn't like it. //But there must have been a big difference in the atmosphere from Hyndland.// F1189: ...
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.// ...
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 with Professor Christian Kay, part 1 - on the Historical Thesaurus project	N/A	Audio	1,728	6	3.47
... I don't think when it was started anybody realised how big it was going to be or how long it would take. //I mean ... ... Yeah the structure of it emerged quite early, the big overall classes. That was in a- an exercise that Michael ... ... much differently, looking back on... //I know it's a big, big question, but. [laugh]// F606: //Erm. Yes it ... ... differently, looking back on... //I know it's a big, big question, but. [laugh]// F606: //Erm. Yes it is.// ... ... wasn't there in the eighties?// F606: Em it was quite big in the nineteen eighties, cause there was very high ...
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 ...
Interview with Rev. John G. Sinclair for Scottish Readers Remember Project	N/A	Audio	13,717	3	0.22
... to have, F1189: Mmhm. M1194: they're not too big, and they're //easily accommodated.// F1189: ... ... bookcase just inside the front door which has all the big books, F1189: Right, uh-huh. M1194: like the ... ... of the Friends of the Hocken Collections, that's the big //research library, down there.// F1189: //Oh yes, ...
Interview with Ricky Ross of Deacon Blue	English, Paul		1,528	4	2.62
... and spent the Wednesday getting more together. 'I filled a big bag with old studio shots of the band, and all sorts of ... ... Blue at the height of their success - headlining 1990's Big Day, performing live at Glasgow's SECC and Barrowland - ... ... then he got ill and became very thin. And then he got big again when he was on steroids. 'The rest of the song is my ... ... as it is for his wife and family. But it's been a very big thing for all of us.' Another song on Ricky's album,The ...
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 ...
Interview with Stan Kirkpatrick, Part 1, for Scottish Readers Remember Project	N/A	Audio	12,193	2	0.16
... in one small class. And that eh they had eh so many big eh eh //yachts,// F1189: //Mm.// M1191: eh motor ... ... //It's a large house and it was eh always known as the big house on the hill.// F1189: //Mm.// Yes. //Uh-huh ...
Interview with Stan Kirkpatrick, Part 2, for Scottish Readers Remember Project	N/A	Audio	15,282	3	0.20
... meat compa-, frozen meat company. //This was the big shipment of meat overseas.// F1189: //Mm.// M1191: ... ... good from that point of view.// F1189: Some very big erm Scottish issues, for example in the last ten years ... ... a cinema, F1189: Mm. M1191: but it's not the big Gaumont //down the road, it's the [inaudible] it's the ...
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, ...
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 ...
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 ...
Jade Lute	Purves, David		7,581	1	0.13
... monie, a, many mouls, n, soil muin, n, moon mukkil, a, big murner, n, mourner mynd, v, remember myndin, n, ...
Joseph Knight (extract 1)	Robertson, James		5,946	3	0.50
... ‘Weel, I’ll tell ye,’ she said. ‘It’s a country whaur big glaikit chiels like you dae whit they’re tellt by the ... ... house because of the ‘blackie’. Peggy’s man Chae was a big glaik from Forfar, often half drunk and always wholly ... ... sight of Joseph, and she had known why she had come to the big house out on the Perth road: she had come for him. The ...
Joseph Knight (extract 2) [Content label: serious]	Robertson, James		5,653	1	0.18
... there. Simple farmer’s fare, and we ate with the family. Big hacks of ham, and boiled eggs. “Show me any of your French ...
Journal of the Russian Trip	Kay, Prof Christian		6,438	3	0.47
... group had been five years ago), and several times I saw big queues for eggs and milk. We did manage to taste the ... ... but did not stay long, as it was very crowded and so big that it was impossible to find what one wanted. We walked ... ... stalls in the street. People clustered round a big American car. Seems to be only one kind of car made in ...
Katie Morag and the Two Grandmothers	Hedderwick, Mairi		572	2	3.50
... to tidy for her." Granma Mainland lived far away in the big city. She was coming to stay with them for a holiday. ... ... muttered Grannie Island to herself. Show Day was always a big event on the Island of Struay. At the Post Office, Mr and ...
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 ...
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, ...
Kin Ye Mind?	Hynd, George		338	2	5.92
... ye mind o searchin' fur puddocks and taddies Tae keep in a big sweetie jar An pinchin' tatties oot o the fields Tae roast ... ... so ah jist din ZEDS Kin ye mind o pabyin' at fitba Wi a big leather ba' wi a lace an lyin' on the ground flat on yer ...
Language Games and Activities	McGonigal, James, Philp, Andrew		4,502	2	0.44
... adjective (‘describing word’) in each sentence: ‘Tom is a big black-and-white cat and Jerry is a little grey mouse’; or ... ... increasingly complex and wobbly sentence topples over: The big bad wolf/ with the wicked face/ crept up to the farm/ ...
Learning Through Reading and Writing: Informational Texts	Philp, Andrew		2,683	1	0.37
... zoo. He is called Sandy. He is light brown, but he has a big black mane around his neck. He just sleeps in his cage all ...
Lecture: A Curriculum for Excellence: latest developments and implications for the teaching of languages in Scotland	N/A	Video	7,965	5	0.63
... that four of the sort of key points that came out of that big consultation exercise, which are particularly important ... ... clearly. So sort of narrowing it down from the great big picture to where we are. The programme board that was ... ... it links in to Assessment is for Learning which has been a big initiative in primary and in secondary, looking at ... ... there because curriculum flexibility, which is the other big erm project at the moment, it- it- it's almost erm ... ... But I was equally aware at the time that there were big problems concerning Higher English, [cough] which I ...
Lecture on Scottish Literature 1	Corbett, Dr John B	Video	7,319	1	0.14
... that far back. [inhale] ah, he just writes these great big long periods. [click] [inhale] But staying in the ...
Lecture: the Glasgow Gaelic School	N/A	Video	4,849	1	0.21
... children. So it was very small numbers in a very big school. So ehm what er was perceived or felt that was ...
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 ...
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 ...
Ma Gairden	Hynd, George		307	2	6.51
... Ah built a burd bath, an a wee totty barry Then added a big muckle gnome An noo ma ain wee cooncil hoose Is mair like ... ... like yon place Longleat Then a'body wid come tae see it In big que's ootside they'd wait 'Cos ah'd get masel a wee ticket ...
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 ...
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, ...
Minnie	Blackhall, Sheena		32,033	5	0.16
... mither Sally an the kitchie deem Meg Ramsay cried aa the big fowk intae the ferm kitchie fur a plate o yaval broth. ... ... they hae daen withoot Jock this lasy fyew wikks, at the big toun dairy tfar his maister's mither bedd in her fine braw ... ... she said her prayers like her faither hid telt her...the Big Prayer noo, nae the little een, though sometimes she said ... ... fin I becam a man, I pit awa aa bairn ferlies.... Yer a big quine noo, sister, ye winna be needin a dallie there in ... ... a thoosan ither jobs that needin daein. Aften, fowk at the big hooses wadna lat the milkmen chap at the front door, ...
Mountain Music - Chapters 1-4	Mackay, Sheila		50,638	5	0.10
... via the fruit and vegetables which were always a joy: big tomatoes, tasty and substantial, too ungainly for the ... ... brain scan, examinations, tests had already run up a big bill) until I remembered that they were in a bag I had ... ... I visit you? Tomorrow is the Feast of the Three Kings, a big celebration here in Spain. You should not be alone.' ... ... Livingstone's house. He's away at the moment. There's a big table in his lovely garden where we can spread our feast ... ... to his every word. My unexpected companion was a big man, not overweight, with a craggy Celtic face and amused ...
"Obituary for Christine Guthrie, 1896-1999"	MacGillivray, Alan		1,893	1	0.53
... spent occasional holidays with her at Cairndhu. The big adventure of her later life occurred when she made a ...
Overheard at the Chippie: Big brither, wee brither	Blackhall, Sheena		142	1	7.04
... a flamin scunner. No, ye canna. Dannie, can I clap yon big Alsation? Nuh. Stuff yer face wi this. Here's a banana. ...
Peggy's Party	Connell, Andrina		2,769	2	0.72
... “Well just you light up whenever you feel like it. Your big son’s been on the phone and I’ve convinced him he doesn’t ... ... if a bus came first – well. He turned to wave to her. The big silver Christmas tree, its abundant and identical blue ...
Pillars of Society	Thirkell, Alison		29,032	8	0.28
... that used to go on. There were some houses that had twa big dinner-parties in a week. MRS LAING: And I hear there was ... ... by grand, exactly? DEANA: Grand is - something that is big and worthwhile and - far, far away. ROWLAND: Hm. Deana, my ... ... guidwill I can muster frae my fellow-citizens. I've a gey big enterprise on hand, as you may have heard, and if ... ... Beaumont," as it says over the gate. You seem to be the big man around here. JACK: Fine ships you have too. I bumped ... ... for the sake o Betty. All the same - that you could be so big-heartit as tak the blame - JACK: Put it behind you, James. ...
Pompitie Finnds a Needle - play	Purves, David		11,406	4	0.35
... tea caddy.) Pompitie: A mukkil needle---? Tea Wyfe: Ay, a big braw yin. Pompitie: N-N-Na, no me! Wha wants ti ken? Tea ... ... He wad hae, but he didna see me, wi him be-in sae big an me be-in sae wee. Pepper: Ah wad hae been feart richt ... ... war never a wee laddie, shuirlie? Broun Ogre: Ah wes aye big an strang for ma age, but it didna dae me onie guid. Ah ... ... kiss hir. She said Ah wes a mukkil jessie! Juist kis ye’r big an strang, it disna mean ye want ti hurt oniebodie. It’s ...
Preparing to Meet the Minotaur	Blackhall, Sheena		8,944	2	0.22
... jist a flamin scunner. No, ye canna. "Dan, can I clap yon big Alsatian dug?" Nuh. Stuff yer face wi this. Here's a ... ... caught on the hop A fast food takeaway . "Oh pussy, what big eyes you've got" Floppy's a rag doll, dried blood stuck to ...
Pub review of The Living Room, Glasgow	English, Paul		696	2	2.87
... lads thinking that they were the local equivalent of Mr Big. It's like Morton thinking they're Real Madrid. Still, ... ... one of our boozers commented made 'everyone look healthy', big windows, roomy tables, a long bar and creamy drapes give ...
Queerie-Orrals	Blackhall, Sheena		4,073	3	0.74
... 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 ... ... tae her granny, an grat on her lap. (The Worry cam tae, big's an elephant's bap). Granny tuik oot her glaisses, the ...
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, ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Scots Tung Wittins 102	Fairnie, Robert		2,409	1	0.42
... passed it doon tae me. He also hud an elephant, Wi great big massive lugs, It sat doon in the corner, Beside his fluffy ...
Scots Tung Wittins 103	Fairnie, Robert		2,634	1	0.38
... they aa end up suggestin they're named efter some local big hoose? Weel it's a richt disgrace bit the fowk wha hae had ...
Scots Tung Wittins 106	Fairnie, Robert		3,978	1	0.25
... wi spoken words cause it gart mony o thaim tae feel like big jessies when they haed tae speak in "polite" English. She ...
Scots Tung Wittins 108	Fairnie, Robert		2,828	1	0.35
... proponed that it wad be a guid thing for the Executive tae big up a strategy on Scots an he felt that the CPG shuid tak a ...
Scots Tung Wittins 111	Fairnie, Robert		2,503	1	0.40
... wey. Ae maimber pyntit oot hou important it wis tae big up ae data base o aw the Scots language teachin graith ...
Scots Tung Wittins 114	Fairnie, Robert		2,652	1	0.38
... whaur there fowk that wants it." The SNP promised tae big on Mike Russell's Gaelic Language Bill that rin oot o time ...
Scots Tung Wittins 116	Fairnie, Robert		2,699	1	0.37
... particlar wis gey ee-catchin. This particlar poster haed a big picter o Oor Wullie on it an the wordin alangside said:- ...
Scots Tung Wittins 117	Fairnie, Robert		2,258	1	0.44
... hay lying in the swathe, the kirn to kirn, an the peats to big? Glaikit giglets! Do ye think to get through the warld ...
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 ...
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 ...
Scots Tung Wittins 122	Fairnie, Robert		2,558	1	0.39
... athoot ony reference tae thae languages is like ettlin tae big a dyke athoot ony stanes. Whit guid daes he think that ...
Scots Tung Wittins 123	Fairnie, Robert		2,259	1	0.44
... ruby slippers frae The Wizard of Oz fur a freen whae wis a big fan o Judy Garland. The staff in Bletherin Skite went oot ...
Scots Tung Wittins 124	Fairnie, Robert		2,538	1	0.39
... 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 125	Fairnie, Robert		2,412	1	0.41
... as Gaelic speakers can an aw but thon's no the pynt.) Big up a demand bi speirin a copy for yersel. Ye can contact ...
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 ...
Scots Tung Wittins 128	Fairnie, Robert		2,464	1	0.41
... a creel on her back an the text says, "Does ma bum look big in this?" or a picter o fower men in ful heiland regalia ...
Scots Tung Wittins 129	Fairnie, Robert		2,468	1	0.41
... tae pey thair TV licences. This wis contered wi gret big muckle boycott campaigns that endit up wi the ...
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 ...
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 ...
Scots Tung Wittins 141	Fairnie, Robert		2,380	1	0.42
... Council uphauds Scotland's standin owerseas, and helps tae big a Scotland that hauds neibourschip til ither countries. ...
Scots Tung Wittins 143	Fairnie, Robert		2,484	1	0.40
... I didna think ye was a wee horse, but I thocht ye was a big ass!" The chiel was perfectly dumbfoundered . Taen frae ...
Scots Tung Wittins 145	Fairnie, Robert		2,668	2	0.75
... dirks in a kiltie's soack" an descrives him as bein "as big as a tenement" an wha leuked as tho he'd pit Hercules "…in ... ... the sky while shoutin efter Hercules, "Whaur ye gaun, ya big chanty? " It is easy at this time o year tae cry this a ...
Scots Tung Wittins 146	Fairnie, Robert		2,397	1	0.42
... be at the hert o government an that ilka depairtment shuid big the airts an culture intae thair decision makin. Coorse, ...
Scots Tung Wittins 147	Fairnie, Robert		2,430	1	0.41
... she stertit the adaptation "the Scots that emerged was a big surprise" tae her. Accordin tae her, it wis mair her ...
Scots Tung Wittins 152	Fairnie, Robert		2,359	1	0.42
... can complouter thegither tae exchynge information an big pairtnerships tae steer the forderin o regional an ...
Scots Tung Wittins 155	Fairnie, Robert		2,593	1	0.39
... Rummlie Thump an his faimly. They pent glue on the Big Deid Tree tae trap unsuspeckin burds for their supper o ...
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) ...
Scots Tung Wittins 158	Fairnie, Robert		2,396	1	0.42
... course she got the chance tae hiv a wee tête-à-tête wi the big man: "Sir Peter, Ah've settled doon jist fine here in the ...
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 161	Fairnie, Robert		2,701	1	0.37
... Mark Strand (that politely chaise a braw, cutty poem) an big names the likes o Alan Spence, Alastair Reid, Gwyneth ...
Scots Tung Wittins 162	Fairnie, Robert		2,130	1	0.47
... the best wey tae promote Scots an will wark tae big a consensus on the maist appropriate role in oor society ...
Scots Tung Wittins 163	Fairnie, Robert		2,495	1	0.40
... airts. LABOUR:- Gien its diverse nature, we will wark tae big a consensus on the maist appropriate role in oor society ...
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 ...
Scots Tung Wittins 171	Fairnie, Robert		2,524	1	0.40
... professional associes an aw ither interestit bodies tae big up thair ain ongauns tae gie a lift tae respeck for, an ...
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 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 ...
Scots Tung Wittins 175	Fairnie, Robert		2,364	1	0.42
... Phil's portrait o her, "Not jist want to save up for a big Polaroid, naw?". The twa unreconstructit males still ...
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. ...
Scots Tung Wittins 44	Fairnie, Robert		2,312	1	0.43
... fin that thae yins wis juist as bad, if no waur, nor the big yins A got the week afore an gey near ilka week afore that ...
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 ...
Scots Tung Wittins 48	Fairnie, Robert		2,614	1	0.38
... tae keek ower the staunin o Scots in the scuils, an tae big Scots a sickert neuk inower the curriculum insteid o haein ...
Scots Tung Wittins 51	Fairnie, Robert		2,596	2	0.77
... curns. Aiblins we shuid be haein a thocht noo on hoo tae big up a mair formal infrastructure amang us aw juist in case ... ... in genral ower the hail o Scotland. It ettles an aw tae big up the ingate tae buiks athin aw the airts o Scottish ...
Scots Tung Wittins 54	Fairnie, Robert		2,686	1	0.37
... an font kythe in thair mercats. TESCO haes noo stertit tae big a new muckle-mercat in Musselburgh (the Honest Toun) an, ...
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 ...
Scots Tung Wittins 56	Fairnie, Robert		2,683	1	0.37
... haein ti dae athoot ful-time staff or sic time as thay can big up a growthier siller-flow. Thon staff, in the shape o ...
Scots Tung Wittins 58	Fairnie, Robert		2,396	1	0.42
... alaft The colliers douned graith wi shod an shuil haft An big hashie cheils holed weil ower the shaft. An thaim that war ...
Scots Tung Wittins 60	Fairnie, Robert		2,328	1	0.43
... o leadin weemin in the Scottish Theatre. Its ettles is tae big uphaud tae gie weemin the inlat tae tak owerance for thair ...
Scots Tung Wittins 62	Fairnie, Robert		2,606	2	0.77
... New Year thon auld sang haesna kythed; a rehearsal for the Big Ane neist year whan London program high heid anes will ... ... tae mak siccar thay dinna mak the same mistaks whan the big ane comes roond at Hogmanay 1999? For us, the high-lichts ...
Scots Tung Wittins 68	Fairnie, Robert		2,509	1	0.40
... the hoose. The twa craiturs wis lik bogles wi muckle big heids, bumflie een, wee airms an wee shanks. For the first ...
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 ...
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 ...
Scots Tung Wittins 72	Fairnie, Robert		2,214	1	0.45
... wis taen bi James Watson o Woodlands Schuil, Durris an the big-anes gree wis gien tae Josh Wright o Cults Academy, ...
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 ...
Scots Tung Wittins 84	Fairnie, Robert		2,306	1	0.43
... aw thae ongauns costs siller sae the associe is seekin tae big up its maimbership. Maimbership subscreivins rins frae ...
Scots Tung Wittins 85	Fairnie, Robert		2,560	1	0.39
... it a name? Hooiver, ae day he his a package aat wis ower big tae ging throwe e letter box so he chappit on e door. An ...
Scots Tung Wittins 86	Fairnie, Robert		2,513	1	0.40
... uised leids athort the hail o Europe. It's proponed tae big up an IT foondit resource, whaur fowk can lairn Scots nae ...
Scots Tung Wittins 87	Fairnie, Robert		2,587	1	0.39
... raisons whit wey the Scottish Executive isna gaain tae gie big licks aboot uphaudin the Scots leid, (2) tae descrive the ...
Scots Tung Wittins 88	Fairnie, Robert		2,712	1	0.37
... graith in ither schuils. This ploy haes been stertit tae big up an intrest in whit maist fowk see as a deid language. ...
Scots Tung Wittins 94	Fairnie, Robert		2,651	1	0.38
... need aboot £2.5m aw thegither, ettles tae estaiblish an big up the first naitional library on the wab o Gaelic an ...
Scottish Parliament: Committees: Audit: Official Reports: Meeting 16, 2001	Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body		3,075	1	0.33
... colleges were in severe financial difficulty, there was a big debate about whether we could get that information and ...
Scottish Parliament: Committees: Audit: Official Reports: Meeting 8, 1999	Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body		10,830	3	0.28
... have been dealt with. Recently, I read a statement from a big company in Scotland, British Energy, which said: "We have ... ... is just one example, but it is typical of what a lot of big firms will have done. Without wishing to argue with the ... ... payroll and agricultural subsidies. Those are the big pieces of computing that sit at the heart of many of the ...
Scottish Parliament: Committees: Education, Culture and Sport: Official Reports: Meeting 29, 2000	Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body		29,546	2	0.07
... system reports and the purpose of our assessment—that is a big question. On a minor practicality, it is obvious that ... ... activity—for less than £8 per hour. That will be a big problem this year. The Convener: Several members want to ...
Scottish Parliament: Committees: Education, Culture and Sport: Official Reports: Meeting 30, 2002	Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body		12,368	4	0.32
... no one solution, but we recognise that the challenge is a big one. Irene McGugan: Could you expand on your comments ... ... the four years between 13 and 17, we would be taking a big step forward. The 85 per cent target figure is being met ... ... because some school PE facilities are not yet big enough to cope with delivering two hours of quality PE a ... ... would have a summary version in English. It would not be a big deal to make that accessible. Members of the public may ...
Scottish Parliament: Committees: Enterprise and Lifelong Learning: Official Reports: Meeting 30, 2000	Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body		16,827	10	0.59
... the Finns and the Swedes are doing. That sounds like big stuff, but if we are serious about staying ahead, that is ... ... that there are different solutions. There is no single big bang that would suit the various needs of different parts ... ... of globalisation, rather than on the opportunities. The big oil companies in Aberdeen are committed to the knowledge ... ... of the new economy and e-commerce. The oil companies are a big pull factor—those are the words that were used. Many of ... ... sector? As Nick Johnston said, the oil companies are the big players in the area. Is there a tendency for the ...
Scottish Parliament: Committees: Enterprise and Lifelong Learning: Official Reports: Meeting 7, 2002	Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body		17,759	6	0.34
... are glad to be able to present that evidence to you. The big picture must not be forgotten, however. The economic ... ... in such areas to see all the tobacco advertising on the big hoardings there. If we are putting in so much money to ... ... we are doing—it is counterproductive to let this big industry continue to target new customers. That is what ... ... any more or if it did not need to be up against a great, big— Miss Goldie: If this measure succeeds, will ASH wind up? ... ... their brands into other areas. We want to put across a big message about the danger of the product—that is what we ...
Scottish Parliament: Committees: Equal Opportunities: Official Reports: Meeting 2, 2003	Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body		12,710	4	0.31
... that has been said. From our perspective, awareness is a big problem. Many workplaces and employers seem to think that ... ... things are being done appropriately for them. One of my big bugbears about the participation of children and young ... ... which, as I said earlier, I use as shorthand. Is it a big mistake to use EYDP rather than the longer form? Perhaps ... ... depend on the context. If the term is being used in a big document, it could sometimes be abbreviated. Perhaps every ...
Scottish Parliament: Committees: European: Official Reports: Meeting 4, 1999	Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body		15,274	6	0.39
... the UK—are particularly sensitive about that. The third big issue in the treaty of Amsterdam is the idea of a stronger ... ... of the institutions of the EU. Liz and Dermot touched on big countries' rights. Coming from a small country, which I ... ... thrilled with anything that will protect the rights of the big countries. I am much more concerned about the smaller and ... ... wants. There is a great danger that the arrogance of the big states will cause the EU to implode. I would be interested ... ... on qualified majority voting? That can often mean a big difference to a small state. Dermot Scott: Ireland's view ...
Scottish Parliament: Committees: Finance: Official Reports: Meeting 19, 2000	Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body		11,626	1	0.09
... looked at the timing of the agenda and there might be a big gap between items 4 and 5. I suggest that we move items 6 ...
Scottish Parliament: Committees: Finance: Official Reports: Meeting 21, 2002	Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body		20,078	1	0.05
... information will come, and so that we will not take too big a step in the first instance or a step beyond what local ...
Scottish Parliament: Committees: Health and Community Care: Official Reports: Meeting 10, 2003	Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body		13,883	1	0.07
... join the committee today. The OFT proposal is a seriously big issue out there, especially in my constituency in the far ...
Scottish Parliament: Committees: Health and Community Care: Official Reports: Meeting 1, 2001	Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body		17,433	3	0.17
... at me—they do not need to. Do you accept that there is a big difference between a sought-out, bought product, such as a ... ... that would not be outlawed by the bill. That suggests a big loophole. What is your view on that? Malcolm Chisholm: I ... ... around the legislation and I am concerned that this is a big area of legislation that is subject to regulation in which ...
Scottish Parliament: Committees: Justice 1: Official Reports: Meeting 10, 2002	Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body		3,118	1	0.32
... staff why they think it works. I know that there will be a big controversial debate on the topic, but it is important to ...
Scottish Parliament: Committees: Justice 1: Official Reports: Meeting 28, 2000	Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body		25,369	1	0.04
... closer to the microphone and speak into it? This is a big chamber. Mike Flynn: No problem. I do not think that the ...
Scottish Parliament: Committees: Justice 2: Official Reports: Meeting 7, 2001	Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body		20,871	1	0.05
... was general agreement that, given that this will be a big inquiry, we would like to understand at an early stage how ...
Scottish Parliament: Committees: Local Government: Official Reports: Meeting 4, 2003	Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body		6,683	1	0.15
... issued to the wrong person, it would be a case of, "The big dug did it and ran away." If a person applies to say that ...
Scottish Parliament: Committees: Public Petitions: Official Reports: Meeting 16, 2001	Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body		21,057	2	0.09
... is what the Scottish Parliament should be about. The big issue is about a service provider unilaterally announcing ... ... acetate are not miracle cures, but they know the big difference that those drugs can make. They are also aware ...
Scottish Parliament: Committees: Rural Development: Official Reports: Meeting 28, 2000	Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body		18,258	1	0.05
... at the Fisheries Council meeting in November and at the big meeting in December, but I will work closely with my ...
Scottish Parliament: Committees: Rural Development: Official Reports: Meeting 34, 2002	Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body		10,831	1	0.09
... Might not that be a preferable global outcome? That is a big question, but it is fundamental to that policy objective. ...
Scottish Parliament: Committees: Social Justice: Official Reports: Meeting 2, 2001	Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body		15,873	5	0.32
... realised that the previous question would open up such a big subject. Bill Aitken: In my experience, Scottish Homes has ... ... arrangements. We would like the committee to consider the big bang approach to implementing the tenancy. Secondly, it is ... ... does not touch on the private sector, which also faces big housing problems. I believe that the changes to the ... ... Commission-driven tidying-up of the process. There is a big question about those bills and I am not at all confident ... ... the money in other ways. As a result, there has been a big reduction in the money for improvement grants. The issue ...
Scottish Parliament: Committees: Social Justice: Official Reports: Meeting 2, 2003	Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body		17,917	8	0.45
... the problems that emerged quite early, especially in the big cities, authorities—other than in Edinburgh and ... ... general assumption is that more of them are around than big properties. The task is bigger. The volume of work should ... ... to the student population and, whether students had big flats or small flats, it was not going to get out of the ... ... the professionalism of private landlords, both small and big. As I said in answer to the question about local housing ... ... to go down. We must bear it in mind that there will be big differences in the nature of the problems that authorities ...
Scottish Parliament: Committees: Standards: Official Reports: Meeting 11, 2001	Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body		5,232	4	0.76
... flurry of e-mails, saying, "It wisnae me, guv, it was a big guy who broke the windae and ran away." Kay Ullrich: Or a ... ... guy who broke the windae and ran away." Kay Ullrich: Or a big, black dug. Mr McAveety: There is an issue surrounding the ... ... history—and certainly not here—has the identity of the big, black dug been found. Mr McAveety: Have there not been a ... ... Kay Ullrich: But as far as committees are concerned, the big, black dug has never been found. Lord James ...
Scottish Parliament: Committees: Subordinate Legislation: Official Reports: Meeting 33, 2002	Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body		3,927	1	0.25
... The Convener: The change to the priority need test is a big measure. At the very least, it should be subject to the ...
Scottish Parliament: Committees: Transport and the Environment: Official Reports: Meeting 31, 2001	Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body		15,521	1	0.06
... of transferred diseases and transferred genes. Those are big issues. As Dick Shelton said, the risks must be carefully ...
Scottish Parliament: Official Report (05/12/02)	Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body		62,853	9	0.14
... cowboy builders and cowboy installers. Apart from the big builders, who are obviously more aware and more conscious ... ... Solar energy and wind energy—I am referring not to big windmills, but to little windmills, for example in cities ... ... throughout the UK when dealing with organised crime. Big-time criminals are adept at operating across borders and ... ... we can to support cross-border inquiries to ensure that big-time criminals cannot exploit national boundaries in the ... ... Munro makes, but it is important to state that there are big issues of international maritime law. There are rights of ...
Scottish Parliament: Official Report (07/09/00)	Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body		52,710	4	0.08
... of the people and, if it makes an error, it should be big enough to admit to that and to inform the people who were ... ... are being delivered through a network of four or five big teaching hospitals throughout the country, why do we need ... ... have suggested, the bill is not a statutory embodiment of Big Brother—far from it. It will ensure that surveillance ... ... a newspaper article suggesting that it was some kind of Big Brother snooping exercise; it is the very opposite. It is ...
Scottish Parliament: Official Report (09/05/02)	Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body		64,392	5	0.08
... budgets of less than £1,000. We are not talking about big money, but about reasonable amounts of money being sent in ... ... I welcome the direction that the statement takes. It was a big statement and its details require more consideration than ... ... support for nurses and midwives during their training is a big issue and, as Malcolm Chisholm will know, I have received ... ... development—not everyone wishes to be a manager. One big gap is that nurses, because of their dedication and ... ... because, in effect, centre-right Governments control the big five member states, their influence will affect personal ...
Scottish Parliament: Official Report (16/02/00)	Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body		30,443	2	0.07
... Recognition of BSL as an official language would be a big first step to increasing access for our deaf community. ... ... too expensive for the average person? Local authorities, big banks and building societies do not seem to be pulling ...
Scottish Parliament: Official Report (25/01/01)	Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body		69,086	5	0.07
... debate has focused on one issue rather than surveyed the big picture of how we treat and look after our older people ... ... appropriate care wherever they happen to be. That is the big picture that Margaret Jamieson was referring to. Shona ... ... have to be very clever and academic, so I did a great big study about Robert Burns and Henry Mackenzie, the man of ... ... In Scotland, we still do not fully appreciate just how big our global megastar is. Back in 1996, I thought that the ... ... for the Burns bicentennial year were going to be big. Even Pavarotti was going to come to Scotland. However, ...
Scottish Parliament: Official Report (26/09/01)	Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body		33,438	8	0.24
... to be ever the bridesmaid and never the bride at such big events. The group's report sets the cost of free personal ... ... Organisations must retain their independence without big brother looking over their shoulder. No doubt Bill Aitken ... ... offers pockets of money and—in the interests of balance—big wedges of money for its pet projects. I say to the ... ... system, capital funding is not, by and large, a big problem. The main issue that faces those organisations ... ... core funding for next year. A lack of core funding creates big problems for staff, because they are not sure whether they ...
Scottish Parliament: Official Report (27/03/03)	Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body		52,991	10	0.19
... them without having to undertake five-year courses or do big blocks of stuff, but can get back into the workplace and ... ... racism and sexism, but we have yet to tackle the last big, horrible ism and that is ageism. The Eden Brown employee ... ... we should defend them to the last. Although we have made a big difference in this parliamentary session, I would be the ... ... pension is not enough to live on. Furthermore, there is a big problem with people not applying for the minimum income ... ... Members started to let slip the fact there was to be a big announcement on national concessionary travel—I think that ...
Scottish Parliament: Report on Inquiry into the role of educational and cultural policy (English)	Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body		9,117	1	0.11
... the skills to fit into niche markets - language is a big part of this. 119. Increase funding for initiatives which ...
See the Boat	Blair, Anna		213	2	9.39
... Great day's here, You cannae beat Your once't a year, your big-big treat To sail the Clyde fae Broomielaw At risin' tide, ... ... day's here, You cannae beat Your once't a year, your big-big treat To sail the Clyde fae Broomielaw At risin' tide, wi' ...
Serendipity and ither poems in Scots and English	Blackhall, Sheena		12,339	1	0.08
... limes, malaria Elephants an wud monsoons Coconuts an big baboons Seagull, spurgie, blackie, doo Microwave an ...
Sermon: Gordon Mackintosh - On Being Christ-like	N/A	Audio	4,835	1	0.21
... presses, there were not so many copies of things, so a big part of that we can say would be practical, that Joshua ...
Sermons	Morrison, Mr Robert		3,660	1	0.27
... to me and telling me that though I played the organ in the big Kirk I would have to be born again So that was old Jocks ...
Sing Us One of the Old Songs - Why Teach Ballads?	Petrie, Elaine		3,470	1	0.29
... the famous quip often attributed to American blues singer Big Bill Broonzy has it: any song is a folk song ‘cause I ...
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 ...
Summertime	Templeton, Sheila		86	1	11.63
... stocking seams, they shouted for lemonade, better still a big bottle of American Cream Soda, long spoons and the tallest ...
Talking, Reading and Writing about Fiction Texts	McGonigal, James, Philp, Andrew		3,138	1	0.32
... (f) Why is the part about the storeroom notice written in big capitals? As an alternative to focusing on a particular ...
Tetchie Auld-timer	Henderson, John		149	1	6.71
... Ma hurdies they’re aye achin. Ma big tae’s goat the goot. Ma hearin’s nae sae guid they days. ...
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 ...
The Annals of Arbuthnott Part One	Williamson, Isabella		23,042	5	0.22
... having to rise at 5 a.m. to clean and blacken the big farmhouse range and light the fire. She then made porridge ... ... and horses to work the land. The existing tractors were big and powerful, but inefficient at trailing or pulling ... ... away from home. Beds Chaff beds were made from stuffing big covers with chaff - pronounced kaff - folk would say you ... ... badly chipped they were often used to hold hens' feed. Big pots were used for boiling clothes. Kettles were made out ... ... boil in the morning. Some people were reputed to make a big pot full at the beginning of the week and pour it into an ...
The Annals of Arbuthnott Part Two	Williamson, Isabella		15,890	10	0.63
... are remembered. The school was lit with paraffin lamps. A big stove and open fires supplied heating; wet clothes were ... ... Roberts playing the cornet and Les Watt singing "With the big Kilmarnock Bonnet". On another occasion at a concert ... ... made out of clay or stone, not glass as today. The big one was called a peever but this was later changed to a ... ... joined with a piece of fine string about two foot long. A big wooden reel was balanced on the string and made to travel ... ... They later moved to Bamph Croft. The corn was milled by a big white horse called Meg walking round and round in a ...
The Boddamers' Monkey	Blackhall, Sheena		8,148	1	0.12
... The stooshie rages ben Braemar, like burn that's big wi spate. Gee-gaws an tartan trinketry are set at ilkie ...
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 ...
The Braw Guidwyfe an hir Nicht Veisitors	Purves, David		2,460	1	0.41
... an wi hir lassies, she keepit awthing naet inby the big ferm houss. Thegither, did thay no cuik an bake, claen an ...
The Buik o Ruth: 02 - Psaum and Ca tae prayer	Borrowman, A S		169	1	5.92
... STAUNAN An God bigna the houss, they fash for nought wha big at it; an God keepna the brugh, he waukens for nought wha ...
The Emmick and the Gresslouper	Hubbard, Tom		224	1	4.46
... She’s ower the loch, and or the dawn She’ll fetch some big braw insect-Doctor. Zm zm : zm zm It wis the April she set ...
The Ettin's Guidwyfe that Greined for Paerls	Purves, David		3,176	1	0.31
... ae thing ma hert greins for, an that is a string o paerls. Big an braw thay maun be, for ti luik weill on a heich bodie ...
The Fallen Horse	Blair, Anna		242	3	12.40
... icy street A Clydesdale horse Skliff and lose its feet. A big-big horse Sprachle, legs apart An' fankle its hooves Wi' ... ... street A Clydesdale horse Skliff and lose its feet. A big-big horse Sprachle, legs apart An' fankle its hooves Wi' the ... ... like that Up Kyle Street East. It looked that wild Wi'its big teeth bared And it pechin' hard W'its nostrils flared ...
The Fanatic (extract 3) [Content label: serious]	Robertson, James		4,519	3	0.66
... ma feet but she was awa. I stood there shakin. I had this big pain in ma baws. Like there was this big knot aw tangled ... ... I had this big pain in ma baws. Like there was this big knot aw tangled up. I felt I was gaun tae puke.’ ‘And did ... ... had a kinna study. He uised tae work at hame tae. He was a big shot in the Infirmary.’ ‘Ye kent ye were for it.’ ‘I was ...
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 ...
The Former Pupils' Guild of the Mary Erskine School - Minutes May 1994	Forrest, Mrs Shona C		1,423	1	0.70
... a) Labels for furniture The proposed metal labels were too big. Miss [CENSORED: surname] reported that some of the ...
The Fower Quarters: 02 - Purity	Blackhall, Sheena		3,055	2	0.65
... them, Danny, no middle way. And if you played with the big boys... Just after her fifteenth birthday, Jennifer had ... ... are in their pants. He won't wait for ever. What's the big deal about being a virgin anyway? It's only a word. It ...
The Fower Quarters: 03 - A Gey Dour Bitch	Blackhall, Sheena		4,030	1	0.25
... as a sign". "A sign o fit, Da?" I speired, ma twa een as big as ashets. "A shair sign," gurred Mither, "that we'll be ...
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 ...
The Fower Quarters: 10 - Nothing Personal [Content label: lesser]	Blackhall, Sheena		2,457	1	0.41
... after all. "I suppose you think you're bloody clever, Mr Big-Shot Writer? I suppose you thought, 'Stupid, drunken ...
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 ...
The Fower Quarters: 13 - Prune Stones [Content label: lesser]	Blackhall, Sheena		3,692	1	0.27
... John jolted alive, like a jerky puppet. "Yon's ma pal. Big Wully. The pigs done him fur choring a Giro," he announced ...
The Fower Quarters: 14 - A Very Dysfunctional Family	Blackhall, Sheena		2,104	1	0.48
... thirteenth labour of Hercules. He treated it all as one big macho thing. Men are such liars," she snorted, remembering ...
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 ...
The Fower Quarters: 17 - Veesitors [Content label: lesser]	Blackhall, Sheena		3,511	1	0.28
... in his jaiket fan he spied the quine hersel comin frae the Big Hoose. The gentry wis aye haudin concerts an balls sae it ...
The Gem	Blair, Anna		272	1	3.68
... Thom wi' her long hair-braid We used to call 'The Squaw' Big Urquart first, then Jerry Vonn Was Heidie at St. Mick's Ma ...
The Girnin Gates - Chapter 12	MacDonald, Hamish		2,071	7	3.38
... Deans turnt up at hauf five in the mornin an we hud a big scran-up - bacon, eggs, soasij, tattie-scones, black ... ... ees Da came ower fur some chow an aw, an Mr Gobbs hud ees big firritin bag slung ower ees shooder, an auld canvas gadget ... ... wher the mountains rose up taewards the clouds. Ther wis a big loch wae widded islands stretchin faur awey atween the ... ... led us doon a narra path through the trees, anen atween big rid fallen boulders. We dreeped doon a bank tae the ... ... stove an pumpt it up till it wis roarin flames, an pit a big pot oan fur a brew. Mr Gobbs set up some rods an we hud a ...
The Girnin Gates - Chapter 3	MacDonald, Hamish		564	2	3.55
... frae oor street cawed Scobie interruptit an goes in ees big daft voice: "Heh! Stoap! Stoap! Somedae stoap that nun ... ... ursel." Sister Josephine stood an prayed hard. Maw gied a big push an Da went tae guddle me oot. The nun stepped forward ...
The Hawthorn Tree - A true story	Hynd, George		211	4	18.96
... Grew a wonderful thing A wee Hawthorn tree It wisnae very big, aboot twelve inches high Wi wee tiny branches reachin' up ... ... reachin' up fur the sky Fightin' fur growin' space in a big tangled mass O a' sorts o rubbish, an long chokin' grass ... ... rubbish, an long chokin' grass One wee tree all alone in a big muckle field An frae the winter winds there wis nothin' ... ... o that bonnie wee tree As it wis ripped oot the earth by a big J.C.B. ...
The Heavenly Cow of Thebes [Content label: serious]	Blackhall, Sheena		9,752	1	0.10
... web’s a corker. I met a cow in Delhi, a bobby-dazzler Big as a London bus Its horns so strong they’d puncture ...
The Humpty Dumpty Man [Content label: serious]	Blackhall, Sheena		6,223	3	0.48
... the moon's her pillow and stars shine round her head. The Big Round Moon Last night the big round moon walked down to ... ... shine round her head. The Big Round Moon Last night the big round moon walked down to the loch Carrying stars to drop ... ... flee. This warld o yird an ocean, it birls like a baa. Its big eneuch fur continents, bit whyles its unca sma. Fin lions ...
The Ill Guidmither [Content label: serious]	Purves, David		18,119	1	0.06
... lyke an it’s gittin waur bi the oor. It stertit near ma big tae, but nou it’s lyke the haill fuit wes on fyre. (He ...
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 ...
The Lan o Tea an Tigers: Poems fae the Muckle Furth	Blackhall, Sheena		6,393	2	0.31
... brocht ither wouns Far dysentry kept company wi rain as big's dubloons Aside the Kwai the smilin Thai in bricht ... ... traffic lights you never see Thin mosquitoes whine. Moths, big as plates land on the drilling plan In guarded compounds, ...
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 ...
The Monday club	Hynd, George		805	6	7.45
... pal, whae wis called Willie Lunn Now Lunny the Looney's a big likeable sowl Whae jist loves tae hear tumblers clink An ... ... the pints An' the crack that day wis brand new As big Lunny an Bear, they laughed an they joked An slowly got ... ... Time flies when yer aw haen fun An suddenly the Bear an big Lunny Discovered their money wis done "Dinnae worry aboot ... ... their money wis done "Dinnae worry aboot cash" said big Lunn tae the Bear "Tonight you an' I are baith lucky" 'Cos ... ... drink ony mair An airm in airm up the road they rolled Big Lunny an his pal the Bear Up Park Avenue the Bear crawled ...
The Mossflow	Holton, Brian		33,939	10	0.29
... Watterside, an there seek a bield wi a waster cried Big Liu, at keepit a bettin shop. This wis Liu Shiquan, wha ... ... he thocht ti gae back ti the Eastren Capital. Nou, Big Liu wis sib ti ane Deacon Dong at keepit a herbshop in ... ... wi Deacon Dong. Gao the Braw gied his fare-ye-weills ti Big Liu, shouthert his pock an wan awa. He tuik the rounabout ... ... the bairns......Gin A dinna, tho, it’ll juist affront Big Liu.....” Sae he juist hed ti bid him, wi aa pleisance an ... ... says Shi Jin, “ but A niver thocht the tinks wad grow sae big: they’re shuir ti be a sair trauchle ti us aa.......Luckie ...
The Ootlaw	Purves, David		7,971	4	0.50
... hut, door at back, window holes, right and left, closed by big heavy wooden shutters. Wooden benches against walls, the ... ... for auld Neptune himsell. Syne thare cam a mukkil swaw as big as a houss--- Valgerd: An syne---? Orm: An syne – Ah coud ... ... til Ake-Thor whan ye war swallaed bi yon mukkil swaw as big as a houss. Thorfinn: Thare ye tell a lee. Orm: Orm never ... ... Ay, YOU! But ye’r no yeir lane. Ah hae seen a hantil big, mukkil bairns wi lang tousie baerds an gray hair, an ...
The Puddock and the Princess	Purves, David		19,521	2	0.10
... littil wunner ye’r wurkit up on yeir waddin day. It’s a big day for a lassie. Juist you hae a wee rest or ye gether ... ... (She points to her cheek) Ah maun be an awfu jaud whan big laddie lyke you winna kiss me! (Ringan, still carrying the ...
The Quarry	Blackhall, Sheena		23,932	7	0.29
... (Bappy): b.1994 Myra Anderson (Jed’s mother): b.197 Big Tam Laggeran (a drug dealer: Myra’s boy friend) Neil ... ... Jed wis bikin on ahin him, a brosie laddie fa lived aff Big Mac baps, wi a wame tae suit. Bappy, the ithers cad him: ... ... oot fur her “eerans”: a wrap o poother or mebbe peels frae Big Tam Laggeran, the Mr Fixit o Meikleburgh’s junkie-lan, her ... ... tryin tae sook siller frae his nearest an dearest wis the big show-stopper: that efter aa he wis their faither, wis he ... ... oot. Jenny’s dallie’s pram wis cowpit on its side, wi Big Tam Laggeran, the dealer, sprauchled ower it. Tho his een ...
The School Photograph	Blair, Anna		229	2	8.73
... Boys with ties pulled-round a' sidieways. There was gawky big Sadie and Harold O'Grady Tizzie Bell with her wee button ... ... There were jerseys in fankles and socks down at ankles Big collars and pigtail skeewiff We'd Specky McGinty, his ...
The Stalking Cure [Content label: lesser]	Corbett, Dr John B		6,214	1	0.16
... Macnab, they huv ither fish tae fry. Bendin gender Ane big differ atween the twa buiks is the wey they tak on the ...
The Storie o Caermoulis	Purves, David		1,779	1	0.56
... out hir auld clouts, an the neist day, she arranged for a big pairtie o hir freins ti cum til the houss about the tyme ...
The Thrie Sisters	Purves, David		26,409	2	0.08
... fowk lyke yeirsells. Atweill, ye canna howp ti mak a big impression on the mass o ignorance roond aboot ye; as yeir ... ... together) MASHA: Juist listen til yon band giein it big licks! They’r aw leavin us. Yin o thaim’s gaen ...
The Toad on the Rock's Opinion	Blackhall, Sheena		5,941	1	0.17
... bows..pretty, rubber shoes, Hair, waving in water like a big hello, The suicide lady rolls jelly baby eyes. Lost ...
The Upperside Express or (the cycling cyclone)	Hynd, George		236	1	4.24
... it fur a trike Wee John kin walk in front o her Wavin a big red flag As Joan peddles doon tae Penicuik Puffin her king ...
The Way Forward for the Scots Language	Purves, David		11,636	1	0.09
... doon at nicht Wi mirth that's dear to me; But soon the big warl's cark an' care Will quaeten doon their glee. Yet, ...
The Wee Reid Hen	de Rusett, Wendy		1,571	1	0.64
... cut doon the corn? Horse: I wis working. I need an extra big helpin, cos I’m a muckle beast. Farm-wife: Far wis you fan ...
The Win an the Rain	Blackhall, Sheena		8,793	3	0.34
... HIS career on hold', Mags reflected. Elena was weeping on big Tom O'Farrell from Computing's shoulder about the ... ... shelter. She would never again make superior cracks about Big Issue sellers, she vowed, if only this night could pass ... ... bringing you,’ The teacher speirs, ‘from his great big sack?’ Connor McGraw thinks hard and says ‘He’s bringin ma ...
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 ...
Thy Neighbour's Wife [Content label: lesser]	Bruce, Eddie		2,813	1	0.36
... he felt as drained as the bottle as he poured the last big dram and took it upstairs with him. He slept fitfully. ...
Tick	Blair, Anna		194	1	5.15
... skint!) Of patchin', mendin', makin'-do Ma kept at bay the big Taboo, The credit, debt, goin' on the slate The things ...
Took Fur a Ride	Connell, Andrina		2,077	6	2.89
... Angel Gabriel diznae werr a shiny yella jaikit lik the big fella in frunt o’ me. An onywise A wiz gaun doon ra way, ... ... Here, A’m telling yous. Wiz this no serious? Ra big man’s fumlin aboot wi sumhing. It wiz straps. A hid bin ... ... right anuff. A pit ma haun up tae ma heid. There wiz a big daud a cotton wool stuck tae ma napper. An anither wan ... ... broke wan fur me. Elbas lik knittin pins. There wiz a big wumman ower the other side. A mean a shuge, big, wumman. ... ... wiz a big wumman ower the other side. A mean a shuge, big, wumman. She damp near need the ither side aw tae hursel. ...
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 ...
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 ...
TV critic review column: TV's Ditched as I Switched on to Partying	English, Paul		520	3	5.77
... cocktail stick hedgehog, the boys did lots of that 'what a big surprise' look they do whenever they're near a camera - ... ... countdown littered with references to "tonight's big party in Edinburgh". After the Big Fella peed all over our ... ... to "tonight's big party in Edinburgh". After the Big Fella peed all over our party plans again, maybe Auntie ...
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 ...
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. ...
War Time 1914-1918 (For Private William Middleton, Gellan, Coull)	Blackhall, Sheena		102	1	9.80
... fit of the mairch past. Fairm-sodjer-bairn, In the ower-big uniform (Onythin dis tae dee in) Someither-body merriet ...
What's with the weather?	Taylor, Marsali		2,378	1	0.42
... your eyes closed, or anything, you could sit and read. The big boxes, you only need 20 minutes, and you can leave them on ...
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 ...
Whit is a dug?	Hynd, George		367	1	2.72
... black an’ white collies that round up the sheep An’ big Saint Bernard's cost a fortune to keep, Wee totty ...
Who was the man?	Hynd, George		302	1	3.31
... Who? was the lad that chopped the logs to stoke up that big fire To heat the place and burn the boots of some fat ...
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, ...
Winnlestrae [Content label: serious]	Blackhall, Sheena		7,366	3	0.41
... lanely fur a littlin fin the dragon comes tae play Fin the big fowk on the sofa dinna hear a wird ye say She niver leaves ... ... Bingo, they aa hing oot, Wee Mo, Pamela, Jake an Spats, Big Plug Patterson, Ranjit, Newt, Jinx McPhail frae the high ... ... gie's a drag'. 'Young Toun Crazies Rule,' they craw. Big Plug Patterson sprayed his name Wi a tinnie o gloss on the ...
Women and Poetry 1972-1999: The Contemporary Scene	McCulloch, Margery Palmer		7,863	2	0.25
... canon by sheer volume and quality of what we say That’s my big hope for women and women’s writing as we approach 2000.” ... ... girl in a slimness-obsessed society where the Hollywood big-breasted heroine is out of fashion. The speaker in ‘An ...
Women, Poetry and Song in Eighteenth-Century Lowland Scotland	McCulloch, Margery Palmer		7,267	1	0.14
... to his castle home where she, in her turn, becomes ‘as big wi bairn/As any ladie could gae’. What makes this story so ...

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