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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 ...
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 ...
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, ...
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 ...
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, ...
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 ...
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, ...
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 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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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. ...
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 ...
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 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 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: 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. ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
"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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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: 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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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.// ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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. ...
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 ...
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 ...
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: 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 ...
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: ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...

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