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...Auld Zimmery [Content label: serious] Kydd, Robbie 73,728 56 0.76

... She explains this to me off-handedly and adds, 'Ma boy-friend says I dinnae have tae work, but I'm no gaun on the ...
... When Fiona goes. A hand to grip. I glimpsed her boy-friend today, from the hallway, threateningly clanking and ...
... warmly. You-know-who won't like that. Andy is a bad boy. I don't know if I can write the next bit, but I must, for ...
... what we're doing, Fiona and I. 'Punkie,' I ask, 'your boy-friend?' 'Wha're ye cryin Punkie?' 'I used to call my wife ...
... and lie down under my duvet and fall asleep like a good boy. A more-or-less good boy. A bad boy, to be honest, But bad ...
SKARRS Forde, Catherine 5,474 33 6.03

... Swears he can spot one of them a mile off: Antennae, Danny-Boy. 'All over,' I growl, macho. Mister Derek's got the cheek ...
... I feel them hot through this sad black jacket my Old Boy made me wear today. I want to shrug the barber off. But I ...
... and I'm trussed like a black pudding in a tie and my Old Boy's jacket. New-mown hair jagging my neck. In church, for ...
... the cemmy in the dark. Be a pure buzz, that. Anyway, Danny-Boy, now you're here, what d'you snaffle?' We were in the park ...
... and key of her nippy wee eyes. I could have sworn my Old Boy clocked me sneaking out with the bottle tucked up my jook ...
Deadly Weapons [Content label: serious] Grainger, Cecilia 15,826 27 1.71

... STEW. Fur what? DIMPS. Bein bad…Ah wis a bad…Ah um a bad boy… STEW. Yur a man, man that’s gittin stronger every… DIMPS. ...
... Fuck sake! How long’s this gonnae go oan? CAMMY. Dimpsy boy, yur noh acceptin yur situation… DIMPS. He’s targettin me ...
... As Ah wis sayin… DIMPS. Fuckin acceptable bein mummy’s boy? Fuckin leper city bein daddy’s boy? CAMMY. Mrs Dimps? ...
... bein mummy’s boy? Fuckin leper city bein daddy’s boy? CAMMY. Mrs Dimps? DIMPS. Mr Cammy? Dimps runs at Cammy; ...
... STEW. Come oan you two? CAMMY. Hey Stew? Mibi Dimpsy boy wants some fantasy time…how ti kill yur nearest an dearest ...
Buchan Words and Ways Fenton, Alexander 52,521 17 0.32

... tae tak butter an' jam on a biscuit', But for a growing boy, there's little comfort in being told such things. He ...
... you were mocked. And what would a visitor make of the boy who came into my father's shop and asked for 'a pair o' ...
... me of one of the more frightening experiences I had as a boy. I was with two other young lads at Upper Pitglassie and ...
... for pennies. They were singin 'Where is my wandering boy tonight?' when Gillan, steppin backlins at e time, geed ...
... I am heartily glad now that I had the interest even as a boy to catch and keep as much as I could. Fowk are aye gabbin ...
Conversation: Buckie - Mother and child 16, recording 1: washing up N/A Audio 3,453 15 4.34

... falled off!// F1093: //I need, I need to find a little boy and a girl going to school, look.// M1094: Itself ...
... F1093: Right now you need to find M1094: The boy making sandcastle. F1093: the boy making a sandcastle, ...
... find M1094: The boy making sandcastle. F1093: the boy making a sandcastle, which is down the bottom. M1094: ...
... Yeah cause he does. F1093: Right. //And the boy and the girl in the swimming pool?// M1094: //[?]Too ...
... Uh-huh. [inaudible] F1093: Right, the boy and the girl going to school next. That's the little bit ...
Conversation: Buckie - Mother and child 16, recording 2: playing match the pairs and doing a jigsaw N/A Audio 2,549 13 5.10

... pieces.// F1093: This is Monday here. So what is the boy and girl doing on Monday? M1094: He's going to school. ...
... find the pieces for school? Right. //The girl and the boy going to school with their school bag.// M1094: //I'm ...
... think. M1094: Uh-huh. F1093: Right. Where's the boy? Cause you've got the girl. You need to get the boy. ...
... boy? Cause you've got the girl. You need to get the boy. M1094: [inaudible] //[?]That goes to the top, ...
... I wasnae calling you silly.// F1093: There's the boy, look. Pop him in. M1094: H- here it is. F1093: ...
Conversation 05: Fife couple on shared memories N/A Audio 11,194 12 1.07

... and I got the joab, on the wood up there, //wi the boy// M608: //mm// M642: //in the month o June// ...
... M642: Aye, and I went, and I went tae see the railway boy. And the boy says, "oh it belongs tae the fermer. He's ...
... and I went, and I went tae see the railway boy. And the boy says, "oh it belongs tae the fermer. He's just bocht it ...
... M608: //Eighty-seven? [laugh]// M642: No, the boy says, the fermer says, "I bocht it for a hundred and fifty ...
... they [inaudible] there, [inaudible] there, the boy that [inaudible] the coal. Big lumps is rollin oot the ...
Conversation: Buckie - Mother and child 11, recording 1: making jigsaws and playing with games N/A Audio 7,958 11 1.38

... Mum, what is this? F1103: You're Snow White! Oh boy! F1104: [inhale] We're doing good at this game, ...
... up. F1103: Was there? F1104: Yeah. F1103: Oh boy, right, are we gonna mak the ither ain, fitt ain's left? ...
... up the mountains. F1103: Up the mountain? //Oh boy!// F1104: //Yep.// F1103: Fitt mountain? F1104: ...
... erm someone gives to Lila erm erm carrots. F1103: Oh boy! F1104: And Smarties and sweeties. F1103: Smarties ...
... my dad makes me a pop-up dragon thing. F1103: Oh boy! Well we can play wi it after. Okay? F1104: ...
Interview with Harry Ferguson for Scottish Readers Remember Project N/A Audio 19,200 11 0.57

... in in the living room, and I always remember that as a boy, there was a large equestrian portrait hanging over the ...
... these campaigns, so it was a very good er er opening for a boy, F1189: Mm. M1202: er growing up. //Aye.// ...
... with er, well all the traditional books of a young boy in Britain growing up. F1189: Mm. M1202: And even ...
... F1189: Mm. M1202: And even peculiar to a Scottish boy, er, there were no restrictions on the literature. My ...
... I failed the test was I scliffed through it. For a boy in his teens it was fairly heavy reading at the time. He ...
Conversation: Buckie - Mother and child 11, recording 3: making jigsaws indoors on a snowy day N/A Audio 5,666 10 1.76

... Celebration Castle!// F1103: //Mm. [inhale]// Oh boy! F1104: Where does that bit go? Er, I think that goes ...
... It doesna, does it? No. Stickin. F1103: Look. Oh boy, haud on, Mummy'll get-, no, dinna do that, cause you'll ...
... there, Mummy. She's gonna have her swim. F1103: Oh boy. F1104: She's gonna have a swim, because she's no had ...
... There's two flowers that go in there. F1103: Oh boy. F1104: And there's erm the wishing well that goes ...
... to dae this ain noo. //I'm gonna do.// F1103: //Oh boy!// That's the big ains, isn't it? //Hear that ...
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

... //[inhale] [exhale]// F1089: Are you a clever boy? M1090: Yeah. [CENSORED: forename]'s not g- ...
... can't see[/?] F1089: Did you find it? That's a good boy. Fitt colour's that? M1090: Pink. F1089: Is it? ...
... sleep in a baby bed. F1089: Mmhm. //But you're a big boy and you've got a big bed.// M1090: //Yeah.// Yeah. ...
... got a big bed.// M1090: //Yeah.// Yeah. I've got a boy bed. F1089: Boy bed? M1090: Mmhm [chew] ...
... //Yeah.// Yeah. I've got a boy bed. F1089: Boy bed? M1090: Mmhm [chew] [swallow] [?]Yeah[/?]. ...
The Annals of Arbuthnott Part Two Williamson, Isabella 15,890 8 0.50

... and bow to the Queen, Turn my back on the brave sailor boy. Singing games I sent a letter to my love - the players ...
... name) says she'll die For her love in the rolling sky, (Boy's name) says he loves her, All the boys are fighting for ...
... three, Pray tell me who they be. (This girl then picks a boy to go into the centre with her.) The farmer's in his den ...
... of us there including the present Lord Arbuthnott, then a boy of about ten years old. A reward of a ten-shilling note ...
... I can still see the rueful smile on the face of the small boy. Mary however returned from where she had come, not only ...
Interview with Bernice Sibbald for Scottish Readers Remember Project N/A Audio 28,837 8 0.28

... F1189: //The glamour! [laugh]// F1680: Oh boy! [laugh] F1189: Now the wee house that you had when ...
... and I think of the Dean and Stockbridge, and I think "Oh boy!" I'd love to, what I'd give to be back there now. ...
... [inaudible], did she? [laugh]// F1680: Oh boy! [laugh] The youngest one's the only one who never ...
... someone to come to, F1189: Mm. F1680: because er boy it was a a bit of a shock. F1189: All the the sort of ...
... //[laugh]// F1680: //I know. [inhale]// Oh boy. F1189: Now said you went to Burns suppers. F1680: ...
Conversation: Buckie - Mother and child 12, recording 4: playing with jigsaws and electronic toys N/A Audio 3,336 7 2.10

... my birthday. M1096: Okay. F1095: Aw, that's a good boy. I'll just hae a little bit. M1096: It's lovely. ...
... F1095: Fitt? M1096: Two girls that. That boy, that boy. It's only that boy. Nae that boy, nae that boy, ...
... Fitt? M1096: Two girls that. That boy, that boy. It's only that boy. Nae that boy, nae that boy, nay that ...
... Two girls that. That boy, that boy. It's only that boy. Nae that boy, nae that boy, nay that boy. No, that's ...
... that. That boy, that boy. It's only that boy. Nae that boy, nae that boy, nay that boy. No, that's a-. Nae that ...
The Fower Quarters: 12 - The Smiling Horse of Troy Blackhall, Sheena 3,474 7 2.01

... 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 his ...
... Such considerations were naturally lost on the little boy. His mother kept him close to the house like a sheep in a ...
... black. "G'wa an feed the cuddy," the veggie man told the boy. "He's a guid, quaet breet. Nae mony shelts staun as ...
... leave. "Fresh frae Turra this verra foreneen?" The little boy tugged his mother's sleeve. "Go on, Ma," he cajoled. "I ...
... a bun. She was tall, very tall, it seemed to the little boy, and she made him think instantly of a giraffe. "Mrs ...
The Win an the Rain Blackhall, Sheena 8,793 7 0.80

... dreams of buns A hen like Noah’s ark, moors in the sun. A boy in nappies barely off the breast Giggles an coos, amazed ...
... the Bear motif, and had been inscribed 'to mummy's best boy'. B.O. adored his mother. B.O. adored his mug. When the ...
... the street, she almost fell over a scruffy looking little boy kicking a tin can along the gutter. 'Excuse me,' said ...
... me,' said Deirdre. 'Would you like to have some fun?' The boy nodded. 'Well, here's a phone card.' She jotted down ...
... lady answers it, hang up. And then ring back again.' The boy grinned, nodded, and grabbed the card. It was the sort of ...
Interview with Robert Bruce for Scottish Readers Remember Project N/A Audio 28,169 7 0.25

... F1189: Mmhm. M1682: He actually join- he was a boy seaman he joined the Navy when he was fifteen I think. ...
... he would've joined the Navy.// And then he served as a boy seaman which doesn't count as your years in the Navy ...
... M1682: //Yeah.// F1189: You were a clever boy. //[laugh]// M1682: //[laugh]// Yeah. F1189: ...
... there were a lot of demands on you as //as a young boy.// M1682: //There we- there was a lot of// yeah ...
... yeah. F1189: Now the ones you had when you you were a boy M1682: Yeah. F1189: ehm did they come to you as ...
Conversation: Buckie - Mother and child 17, recording 2: playing and chatting indoors N/A Audio 5,742 6 1.04

... in the middle. You winna see this from there. That's a boy, [inaudible]. M1110: I take out the. F1109: Has ...
... //Ken.// F1109: Fitt's that? Oh, look at that boy and girl, what are they doing? Having something to eat? ...
... girl, a boy that's a lady and a man.[/?] F1109: A boy and a lady and a man. And they're having their ...
... and get it later. Aye. You take the books. That's a boy, you take the books. Well done. M1110: What's this? ...
... six. M1110: I see me here! F1109: Oh, that's a wee boy, is he like you? Aye, he's got on his blue troosies, his ...
Refuge [Content label: serious] Paisley, Janet 22,040 6 0.27

... with, Carolanne? (PAUSE, WITH GROWING ANGER) The wee boy's two, and the baby, six months. He'd put them in the room ...
... BOARD TO TAKE TO KITCHEN. UPSTAIRS A BABY CRIES AND A WEE BOY CALLS MUMMY, MUMMY. BETH DOESN'T REGISTER THE CHILDREN) ...
... BETH) She all right? SADIE: Right as rain. She's got a wee boy, and a bairn. GORDON: Oh great. I'll get to play in the ...
... right, I suppose. GORDON: Great. (TO AGNES) What's the wee boy's name? AGNES: Timothy. GORDON: Right. (HE EXITS. SADIE ...
... them. David's sixteen. They wouldn't let him come here. A boy that age counts as a man. And men aren't allowed. I ...
Scottish Parliament: Official Report (27/03/03) Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body 52,991 6 0.11

... 30s, 40s, 50s, 60s and even beyond. I started as an office boy at 16 years of age. In those days, it was not possible to ...
... days, it was not possible to be promoted beyond an office boy until it was seen whether the call came for national ...
... of them was the head clerk, who had started as an office boy in the same firm when Queen Victoria was in the last few ...
... Presiding Officer: You have one minute. Mrs McIntosh: Oh boy. In that case, I pay tribute to previous contributors ...
... Piraeus have made other bids. However, even an Edinburgh boy such as I knows that Glasgow can readily see off that ...

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