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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,// ...

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 ...

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 ...

A few notes on old Kilwinning Town and the Biography of Robert Morrison, Crosshouse. Morrison, Mr Robert 5,211 12 2.30

... situated below the old Corse hill. I was a short time in big Red burn a pit that belonged to the Messers Baird’s There ...
... that belonged to the Messers Baird’s There was two pits big and wee allong side each other producing much coal for the ...
... and that was on the new railway then in construction. The big steam navvy as we called it then was working near to a ...
... produced had to be taken away by a steam pug driven by a big course man named Bob Bonnar. So my work was to shift two ...
... as we know everything comes to an end down here. So the big steam navvy finished his job and I was knocked out of work ...

Conversation: Buckie - Mother and child 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: ...

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 ...

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: 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 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 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: 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. ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.” ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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/ ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 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 ...

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') ...

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 ...

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. ...

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. ...

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. ...

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 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 ...

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 ...

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? ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Conversation 41: Two Shetlanders on building houses and Up-Helly-Aa N/A Audio 3,904 5 1.28

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

Interview with two Polish speakers in Glasgow N/A Audio 3,758 3 0.80

... [inaudible], maybe because here, Glasgow is leave er a big town so //it's a little different but on the street// ...
... n-, it's still not possible I think for me. Er but a big difference is that here in Scotland young people, or not ...
... about also free time, er I notice that that is also a big difference. Erm women er of the age about forty, fifty, ...

Conversation: Buckie - Mother and child 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 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 ...

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 ...

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: ...

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 ...

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! ...

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 ...

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: 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 ...

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 ...

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, ...


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