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Conversation: Buckie - Mother and child 14, recording 1: making gingerbread biscuits N/A Audio 4,405 3 0.68

... the sieve. Okay, can you manage to tip it? What a good boy. M1108: [banging sieve on bowl] F1107: Right, ...
... [banging sieve on bowl] F1107: Right, good boy, got it? M1108: And we have to mix it. F1107: You ...
... turn round, turn round, [?]skusshle[/?]. That's a boy. Good lad. Good lad. Right, fitt do we dae once that ...
Scots in Hawaii [Content label: serious] Smith, Rob Mcclure 4,470 3 0.67

... was hot as red chili peppers. Well Aloha there, boy. His name was Adrian and he said he was a graduate student ...
... for an extra buck. "Ah widnae mind blowin’ yon volcano boy's tap aff," Morag observed to Bethia. Bethia smiled at ...
... "Ah widnae say no tae a littoral explosion wi' volcano boy masel." "Paws aff," barked Morag, snapping. 'Ah seen him ...
Conversation: Buckie - Mother and child 01, recording 3: out for a walk N/A Audio 5,182 3 0.58

... is he? F1121: Is he? F1122: Mmhm. See that boy? F1121: Uh-huh. What boy? What boy? F1122: Do ...
... F1122: Mmhm. See that boy? F1121: Uh-huh. What boy? What boy? F1122: Do you remember? F1121: No, I ...
... See that boy? F1121: Uh-huh. What boy? What boy? F1122: Do you remember? F1121: No, I don't. ...
Craiters: 02 - Kippert Fenton, Alexander 5,255 3 0.57

... e circle o steens at Aquhorthies. Weel, e managet at an boy he wis fair trickit, syne e traivelt back an speert foo ...
... sae e wytit for e knock, bit na, na, an it wisna lang ir e boy poppit up again, still wi e bag bit it wiz rowed up ...
... on e Friday paperies, an e news at wis ay in em: 'missing boy's parents' distress... reward offered for information.' ...
Journal of the Russian Trip Kay, Prof Christian 6,438 3 0.47

... were sharing had at least two huge rooms. As one Swedish boy said, he had to wait for Russia to have his first taste of ...
... something to do with one of the astronauts. Asked a little boy what they were for: reply, it’s Krushchev’s birthday. ...
... birthday. Hastily nudged and corrected by another little boy. It must be hard to keep abreast! Saturday Farewell to ...
Interview with woman at Glasgow Women's Library N/A Audio 7,542 3 0.40

... who was pretending to be my aunt. Then she had a wee boy, my stepbrother, my half-brother. Erm, and then I ended ...
... I went "Okay". And we went and I met this guy, an Indian boy. F1217: Mmhm. F1218: And he can tell you to a T, ...
... F1218: //Anyway, anyway.// So, then we had a wee boy. So I bought another, in Havelock Street, just off Byres ...
Bruised Blue Grainger, Cecilia 13,524 3 0.22

... Lori I feared…thought you’d no voice? (Pause) Hold it now boy…just back away… Zeb pushes Robby: knocking him down ROBBY. ...
... all the field work and the house, (Pause) why he’s only a boy…a boy needs his father’s guidance! TESS. Bit Lori’s noh ...
... field work and the house, (Pause) why he’s only a boy…a boy needs his father’s guidance! TESS. Bit Lori’s noh long ...
Interview with Stan Kirkpatrick, Part 2, for Scottish Readers Remember Project N/A Audio 15,282 3 0.20

... Edinburgh, now, w-went through to Edinburgh as a boy. F1189: Mm. M1191: Er, the sergeant major, the ...
... Mm. M1191: er "Go round the Castle yourself, boy. Tell them sergeant major [?]Bertram[/?] sent you. And ...
... you read them first time?// M1191: Ah, probably as a boy, //schoolboy, that kind of thing.// F1189: //Mm ...
BBC Voices Recording: Leith N/A Audio 16,679 3 0.18

... of course, you could never play peevers, if you were a boy, they get, hae doots aboot ye, the peevers, you know the ...
... have to buy tools. You know, the mother of this one boy [inaudible] in the trade "got to buy his tools, I've got ...
... my father used that word a lot. "Bring these strides boy, here, bring the boots", and you had to get all his stuff ...
Interview with David Thomson for Scottish Readers Remember Project N/A Audio 20,274 3 0.15

... look forward. F1189: I'm just wondering th-this wee boy who was excited about the bombs dropping [laugh], ...
... F1189: what you liked to read as a, a, //as a small boy?// M1193: //I think to some extent it// probably ...
... F1189: //Mm.// M1193: for best all-round boy and things like that, I got ehm [inaudible] They ...
Guts Barron, Charles 22,515 3 0.13

... ask to be lee’d te, mither. Jist pit it doon tae your wee boy’s lucky charm. GEORGIE (To audience.) ‘At means he’s been ...
... 30. An’ you took them, without thinkin’ to check. Bright boy. They must think you’re their Santy Claus. DOD I’m sorry, ...
... Ma! GEORGIE (putting on a “mummy comforting her wee boy” voice) Dinna worry, my loon. I’ll tell the bobbies that ...
Conversation: Buckie - Mother and child 07, recording 3: cleaning and tidying sister's bedroom N/A Audio 1,125 2 1.78

... fat?// F1102: two pieces, he ate a little girl and a boy. F1101: He ate a little girl and a boy? ...
... girl and a boy. F1101: He ate a little girl and a boy? //[inaudible]// F1102: //They were rabbits, and a ...
Saands o Maywick Johnson, Laureen 1,333 2 1.50

... I hears dem shoutin da wan tae da tidder, an some peerie boy comes flyin every fit fae da banks, wi a lantern in his ...
... An my Loard, I towt, lookin at wir Peter, what is du, boy? Thirteen year aald, an skipperin a boat, an me worryin me ...
Conversation: Buckie - Mother and child 06, recording 2: having a bath N/A Audio 2,291 2 0.87

... F1097: Hair washed the night? Oh you're a dirty boy. Right, is it hair washed tonight? M1098: Broken. ...
... Aye. Erm, I can no. F1097: You're nae a nice boy at aa, are ye? You've got an evil streak. M1098: ...
Why do we teach Grammar? Philp, Andrew 2,409 2 0.83

... after they had read with the teacher a passage in which a boy, who was also the narrator, had an argument with his ...
... up the problem that some pupils were unsure when the boy was telling the story and when he was speaking. This led ...
Conversation: Buckie - Mother and child 07, recording 2: trip to the chemist's N/A Audio 2,689 2 0.74

... wi boys. F1102: [CENSORED: forename] is a coorse boy. [CENSORED: forename] is a coorse boy. F1101: ...
... is a coorse boy. [CENSORED: forename] is a coorse boy. F1101: Dinna speak horrible, that's your friends that ...
Interview 16: Woman talking about volunteering in Toryglen N/A Audio 2,768 2 0.72

... brilliant!// F606: //[laugh]// F1039: An one wee boy, his mother works wi, in the Ardco neighbourhood wi me eh ...
... strip for the kids an we gave them the drawin that the wee boy done, //eh// F606: //mmhm// F1039: the kids ...
Craiters: 11 - E Widdie Fenton, Alexander 3,526 2 0.57

... face I muttert – ‘Please sir’ ‘What’s the matter with you, boy?’ ‘Please sir, something’s wrang’. Three little waterfaas ...
... oot, I micht manage tae get it back an nae be noticet. ‘Boy, what are you doing?’ E vice stooned throwe’s. Black ...
Conversation: Buckie - Mother and child 06, recording 1: tidying bedroom and making tea N/A Audio 3,662 2 0.55

... Put it into your pocket. It's for a special //little boy!// M1098: //No.// No. The camera broke! I broke ...
... M1098: Mm mm. F1097: You're Mummy's baby boy the day. Eh? Aw, is the baby sleepy? M1098: I'm ...
Conversation: Buckie - Mother and child 08, recording 1: painting and playing with Barbie dolls N/A Audio 4,381 2 0.46

... And one for the? Dame. And one for the little boy who lives down the? F1118: Hole. F1117: Nae the ...
... F1118: //I-.// F1117: And one for the little boy who lives down the? F1118: I don't know. F1117: ...
Easterhouse [Content label: serious] Smith, Rob Mcclure 4,644 2 0.43

... sparks shootin' oot his heid? Ah says tae masel, 'Billy-boy, that isnae right. That isnae normal.'" Uncle Murray was ...
... whale. A hockey puck came bouncing across the floor and a boy in a kilt trapped it with his instep. The bride's family ...
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

... was a relatively, you know, quite a broad term for a teddy-boy's girlfriend, but //they would wear, [laugh] like// ...
... people like John Lennon probably went through a teddy-boy phase. //And I I suppose the arty, the art school people ...
Conversation 31: Male from Glasgow and female from Scottish Borders [Content label: serious] N/A Audio 7,307 2 0.27

... You worry me, [CENSORED: forename]. You strange boy. M944: Ah, and and, yeah, your hair looks very nice. ...
... of two hours. The rest of the time she was shagging that boy. M944: She? F943: Yes. M944: With that guy as ...
Joseph Knight (extract 3) Robertson, James 7,660 2 0.26

... important, whit richt had this Captain Knight tae sell the boy? He either kidnapped or purchased him frae the coast o ...
... entered intae by themsels. But Joseph Knight was a mere boy o eleiven when he was taen: he couldna hae been a sodger ...
Conversation: Buckie - Mother and child 01, recording 4: tidying the toybox N/A Audio 7,667 2 0.26

... thumb, and pulled out a plum, and he said, "What a good boy am I!" [laugh] That's it. What other nursery rhyme you ...
... all here then in that pictures? F1122: That's a boy eating a apple. F1121: Mmhm. F1122: That's a ...
Conversation: Buckie - Mother and child 03, recording 4: Playing Kerplunk and bedtimes stories N/A Audio 7,924 2 0.25

... //Here,// F1114: //Look, that's the// F1113: the boy and the girl. F1114: Look, that's the sand house got ...
... nest. F1113: A bird in a nest, that's right, and this boy's low and he's trying to jump up high. He would need a ...
Dog's Bite; Bee's Sting [Content label: serious] Grainger, Cecilia 8,532 2 0.23

... screamin an bettin money like they wur at a dug fight: boy boxers Lee, unlicensed; dangerous… LEE. You an that fancy ...
... serious stuff…? PAT. Ah’m gittin oot Lee… LEE. That’s mah boy git oot; huv fun; live fur the day cause tomorrow never… ...
Conversation 06: Three Ayrshire sisters reminiscing N/A Audio 8,918 2 0.22

... let him go. F640: [laugh] F637: //ah, but a boy, a boy in my class// F638: //And that's what he did!// ...
... him go. F640: [laugh] F637: //ah, but a boy, a boy in my class// F638: //And that's what he did!// F637: ...
Preparing to Meet the Minotaur Blackhall, Sheena 8,944 2 0.22

... We touched through glass, just as we always did. Birthday Boy (3 year-old; overheard on a bus) Fit a lot o flags are oot ...
... were tumbling, Out of a troubled sky. "Will I ever find a boy to take my hand?" The young girl asked, As political ...
Interview 03: Dundee woman on her childhood N/A Audio 9,177 2 0.22

... a character. F631: That's the one that thought I was a boy, wasn't it? F634: Yes, yes, she couldnae get round ...
... it, of course, but then, I mean, it sounded really like a boy, so //she// F631: //mmhm// F634: couldnae, ...
The Heavenly Cow of Thebes [Content label: serious] Blackhall, Sheena 9,752 2 0.21

... home! She-cat? You British like your animals. I honest boy; Ahmid will not cheat you! They dog your steps, will not ...
... and son The father issues soft or wordless orders The boy is smoking, his curls like a young Pan. A girl is ...
Conversation 32 : Female from Borders and three males from Central Belt [Content label: serious] N/A Audio 9,761 2 0.20

... grubber sounds like a little, little fat greasy// //boy [laugh].// F940: //I would have thought a grubber, I ...
... M939: Aye. M942: both, cause you were a big girly boy //and your sister was a big coward, it denied, it denied ...
Conversation 03: Ayrshire couple on motorcycling [Content label: serious] N/A Audio 9,868 2 0.20

... last beat the English and er got the cup, and Davy Good's boy They they they they organised a a presentation dinner, ...
... players of the year. M608: mmhm M642: and Davy's boy was Premiership Two Players' Player of the Year. M608: ...
Evie Barron, Charles 11,528 2 0.17

... that meant. I often wondered, but I never found oot. But, boy, I could spell it. (Chanting) ...
... spot”. We got a badge to wear a’ week, if we were the top boy or girl. Oh, she kent fit she was deein’, did Corkie. It ...
Travel journal: Peru 852 12,382 2 0.16

... comments: 'Is this the hot water jet, or is that young boy peeing?' Eventually the dead mosquitoes in the water and ...
... as it zigzagged down the hillside, it was raced by a young boy in Incan costume who yelled 'Sayonara!' at every corner as ...
BBC Voices Recording: Aberdeen N/A Audio 13,536 2 0.15

... an she was in the hospital, Michelle, an the little boy next tae her come fae Turriff, //well they've got a ...
... was French, I said tae her, "Do you speak tae the little boy in the next bed?", she said, "No, because he's foreign", ...
BBC Voices Recording: Dunbar [Content label: lesser] N/A Audio 13,714 2 0.15

... a name after that I think, 'kids'. M1016: Or a 'wee boy' or M1014: Aye or a wee, aye. M1016: Just a 'wee ...
... or M1014: Aye or a wee, aye. M1016: Just a 'wee boy'. F1054: Mmhm. M1016: A 'wee laddie'. M1014: ...
The Tragedie o Macbeth Purves, David 22,141 2 0.09

... SIWARD, his son SETON, an officer attending on Macbeth BOY, son to Macduff An English Doctor A Scottish Doctor An ...
... learning leit, list lichtlie, belittle loue, love loun, boy lounder, thrash lourd, heavy lousum, loving lowden, calm ...
A Study into the Knowledge and Use of Scots Amongst Primary Pupils on Upper Deeside Blackhall, Sheena 29,793 2 0.07

... spoke English in the interview setting, but as one boy pointed out 'I don't know you', and the interviews with ...
... is not the language of their children. One primary seven boy was desperate to know 'how he had scored', so he could ...
Scottish Parliament: Official Report (26/09/01) Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body 33,438 2 0.06

... Scots officially to children who really spoke Scots. A wee boy put up his hand and said, "Please Sir, does oor real ...
... we need to continue with that progress. I hope that my wee boy has more success with modern languages than I did. 17:48 ...
The Mossflow Holton, Brian 33,939 2 0.06

... amang Shi Jin’s cottars wis Quarto Wang, an he wis the boy ti answer back at onie officiars; he wis that snell-gabbit ...
... laddie! Whit’s in yir buckets?” “Guid drink”, says the boy. “Whit is’t the bucketfu?” “Ay, ye like yir joke, freir.” ...
Mountain Music - Chapters 1-4 Mackay, Sheila 50,638 2 0.04

... to this day. For Salvador, Vyborni was the beautiful boy of classical antiquity incarnate, whose image was all the ...
... the rage among European aristocracy after The Benevenuto Boy - the first century BC sculpture found at Herculaneum, his ...
A Small Book of Translations: 15 - Catullus 14 Hutchison, Alexander 49 1 20.41

... down as soon as the Muses sussed it was him. Dicky-boy tilts at the mound of Minerva all in vain: forked and ...
A Small Book of Translations: 12 - Catullus 11 Hutchison, Alexander 211 1 4.74

... a mother bereft at the grave of her own sweet biddable boy – he's smiling still. Whatever it is, wherever he is, ...
Mephistophelean Ballant-Scherzo on ane Fife Legend Hubbard, Tom 288 1 3.47

... - See that boy Faust? He scunners me, The toffee-nebbit cratur; Aye on at ...
Kin Ye Mind? Hynd, George 338 1 2.96

... Kin ye mind the days o long ago When you were jist a boy Those days fair fu' o happiness A' filled wi mirth an joy ...
Letter from Frances Gardner 05 - 17/10/89 Gardner, Frances 348 1 2.87

... Kathryn had a "whizz kid" in looking for a job - a young boy with 5 Highers 7A's etc and a confessed computer Hacker!! ...
Dipper: 24 - Tribute to W.H.T.Inglis Reid, John 351 1 2.85

... Arrowe Park, Birkenhead: Site of 1929 International Boy Scout Jamboree. (Mr.Inglis was Scoutmaster of the Ayrshire ...
Correspondence from Canada: Letter 48 - 11.07.82 852 430 1 2.33

... eaten to death by mosquitoes! This is "bug" season, and boy, are they ugly... I spent the weekend-plus finishing off ...
Biggam Collection Letter: 08 Trotter, May 455 1 2.20

... also. It is all young staff in the departments now and boy! do they know how to swing the lead and get away with it. ...

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