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A few notes on old Kilwinning Town and the Biography of Robert Morrison, Crosshouse. Morrison, Mr Robert 5,211 4 0.77

... My wage was 9/ per week and I can tell you I was a proud boy when I put 18/ in my mothers hand in Lamonts Row where I ...
... from one end of the town to the other The most of my boy companions were schooled in the parish school but I was ...
... remember the last time the boys engaged in that sport the boy who was made Captain was Robert McGowin by name. He ...
... water which I remember was introduced when I was a boy. It was conveyed in metal pipes from the Munick reservoir ...
All That Glisters Donovan, Anne 2,713 1 0.37

... decorations, hen? Ah’m no sure. Ah got some fur ma wee boy an he loved them. Aye they’re dead good. Thanks. Ah ...
A lock o hellery Johnson, Laureen 1,933 1 0.52

... ‘He could devise more hellery in a minute than the average boy would think of in a year.’ (William Peden, British ...
Ane Auld Sang Purves, David 7,319 1 0.14

... loch(an), n, lake loss, v, lose loue, v, love loun, n, boy lourd, a, heavy lousum, a, lovable lowdent, v, calmed down ...
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, ...
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: 32 - Glossary & Notes Hutchison, Alexander 1,973 3 1.52

... dit: Funcy is fancy; smitten is infected; loon is a lad or boy; bap is a plain bun; glyte is cock-eyed; chiel (like ...
... when; birkie refers here to a smart, well-built youth or boy; virra loon is the very boy; houlet (or oolet) is an owl; ...
... a smart, well-built youth or boy; virra loon is the very boy; houlet (or oolet) is an owl; spirkin is sparking, lively; ...
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 ...
...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 ...
Awfy thochts: The closemouth jottings of Wullie MacKersall Glen, Michael Hamish 3,176 1 0.31

... is flighty. But you should see Her see-through nightie! BOY'S OWN Yon Nathan Watt Bides up oor stair. His body's like ...
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: ...
BBC Voices Recording: Hawick N/A Audio 11,536 1 0.09

... hookey'.// M1010: Oo caed it 'dippy' when I was a boy. //Ye playin dippy frae the scuil.// F1011: ...
BBC Voices Recording: Inverurie N/A Audio 12,014 1 0.08

... it's aye either got a loon or a quine, //dependin on boy or girl.// F1001: //Mmhm.// M1000: //Aye.// M999: ...
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 ...
BBC Voices Recording: Perth N/A Audio 17,146 1 0.06

... you were meant to wear trousers you would have been born a boy!" //"Get them off! You should have a skirt on", an// ...
BBC Voices Recording: Portree N/A Audio 14,267 5 0.35

... we like the sound of. Ehm I remember when I was a wee boy, ehm [laugh] [laugh] it's jist a very strange ...
... recently in fact [laugh] describing a mother giving, her boy had done something wrong an the other brother reported ...
... //Uh-huh yeah.// M1008: We had, when I was a boy we had a exactly the same as yourselves, the kitchen and ...
... the minister when he came for tea, and when I was a wee boy I I simply called it 'Rium a' Mhinistear', //'the ...
... - yer claes in the grun." And we all looked at the poor boy blankly, and he repeated himself again //"Yer ...
BBC Voices Recording: Stirling N/A Audio 14,324 4 0.28

... F1143: But boys an ye get girl neds an boy neds, //and it's completely politically incorrect for a ...
... heard it but I was teaching locally on supply an a wee boy opened his piece box an he said, "Oh great, I've got a ...
... said them, h- cause he was just he's a, he's a clever boy an he just spoke them an he said he said, "Well, the ...
... big deal an it's good, an we had this kinda recalcitrant boy called [CENSORED: forename], and I was tryin tae get ...
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. ...
Biggam Collection Letter: 20 Law, Madge Taylor 482 1 2.07

... joke he learned at school and it goes like this. "A little boy went shopping with his Mum & Dad and kept saying that ...
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 ...
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 02: Glasgow woman on childhood memories N/A Audio 5,509 5 0.91

... have liked, you know But eh, no unless it was the wee boy. See, Eleanor was a twin, F632: mmhm F646: But ...
... her wee brother William, who would have been the only boy in the family //I mean Aunty// F632: //mmhm// F646: ...
... and then the twins, F632: mmhm F646: But the wee boy died. He only lasted oh about a week, or somethin like ...
... but we figured out, and we're sayin, "Aye", says the wee boy we're playin wi, he says "She brings them in that bag". ...
... F646: See, they kept this horse and cart for this old boy that worked for the family, for, and he come back from ...
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: ...
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 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: ...
Conversation 09: Two brothers on early memories N/A Audio 3,071 1 0.33

... always thought in the back of her mind, if she had a wee boy she would eh give him a name that would remember her ...
Conversation 15: Glasgow father and his five year-old son N/A Audio 3,598 1 0.28

... be cool. So are you going to try and eat up like a good boy then when it comes //to dinner// M805: ...
Conversation 16: Four students on memories and music festivals [Content label: serious] N/A Video 11,091 1 0.09

... sort of, sets of cousins that weren't, weren't that bad boy, you know, and it was my, one of my aunts has got four ...
Conversation 24: Three women chatting in a garden centre N/A Audio 3,307 5 1.51

... mmhm F889: mmhm F606: So is she hoping it's a boy this time? [laugh] F889: Well aye, I hope so, aye, ...
... she'll// F606: //Yeah.// F889: be hopin for a boy, eh? an I was speakin to the man next door in his garden ...
... got two boys, Isobel, an they're gonnae have another boy //so that's three boys.// F606: //And they know ...
... know aye, they told, he says, //"We're havin another boy", aye, three boys.// F890: //It's a boy ...
... havin another boy", aye, three boys.// F890: //It's a boy [inaudible]// F606: Yeah. F890: Must be very ...
Conversation 26: Two females from Glasgow talking about weddings N/A Audio 5,779 4 0.69

... Jamie that// burped durin the ceremony, //his wee boy.// F631: //Oh right.// //Uh-huh [laugh]// F689: ...
... [CENSORED: forename] couldnae make it cause her wee boy wasn't well, so. //[laugh]// F631: //Oh right.// ...
... [laugh]// //[laugh]// F689: //After being a good boy an no bein tempted by the buffet an stuff like that.// ...
... goes on but F631: Mmhm F689: He's been a naughty boy, so. //recently [laugh] Naw. Aye, he is sort o back on ...
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 29: Mother and daughter from Ayrshire and man from USA, part 3/3 - childhood games N/A Audio 10,410 5 0.48

... day F963: Mm F965: and there was a very nice wee boy, erm with his mum, F963: Mm F965: and she was ...
... Surely before you were F963: No, there was one boy in my year who actually got it in Primary //One.// ...
... in Primary //One.// F965: //Oh was that that big fat boy?// //Sorry to say that.// F963: //Er, no, no, he was ...
... say that.// F963: //Er, no, no, he was not a big fat boy.// But there was actually somebody who did get it. ...
... //Mm, mmhm, yeah.// F965: obviously wasn't a bad boy. F963: Yeah. It's it is funny though, because you ...
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 ...
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 33: Two female students on Scotland, and University education N/A Video 11,628 1 0.09

... was, but then th- her son came in, and he I, poor little boy, he was too big for his age, //I feel really bad saying ...
Conversation 34: Two students on leisure interests and part-time work [Content label: serious] N/A Video 9,753 1 0.10

... //[laugh]// M1048: complained to him about a boy that had told her where the gravy was, [laugh] //and ...
Conversation 36: Family in Hamilton on childhood memories and holidays N/A Audio 8,325 1 0.12

... front,// panels behind. F718: //Right, like a a Del Boy er,// F1077: //There were a lot more// //Oh it had ...
Conversation 38: Two female students discussing school in the UK and Luxembourg and travel N/A Video 6,492 1 0.15

... F1148: Erm, and I think I took like the younger boy back up to his parents, and the older one was supposed ...
Conversation 40: Two students from near Dumfries on university and home [Content label: lesser] N/A Video 8,270 1 0.12

... erm the woman that lives downstairs from us has got a wee boy,// F1154: //[sniff]// F1155: and that's what, I ...
Conversation 41: Two Shetlanders on building houses and Up-Helly-Aa N/A Audio 3,904 1 0.26

... so it's// //it's a lot o money, hi- him an his boy baith, so.// F960: //Mmhm, mmhm, yeah.// //Yeah, I ...
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. ...
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 02, recording 1: jigsaws, building blocks, toy barbecue and books N/A Audio 5,838 4 0.69

... You gaun to do th-? Well, look, try putting the boy one there and the girl one there. M1092: [inaudible] ...
... No no no. F1091: Was it maybe? It was a little boy then //did it. He sucked the jigsaw piece, did he?// ...
... [child noises] F1091: Cause he's nae a noisy boy like you, sure. M1092: No that doesn't go there. ...
... Sleepin? M1092: Uh-huh. F1091: There's a little boy look, with his teddy bear. He's still sleeping. And ...
Conversation: Buckie - Mother and child 02, recording 2: books and bath before bedtime N/A Audio 3,387 1 0.30

... Now now my pants. F1091: Okay, that's a good boy. M1092: [child noises] F1091: Now, will you ...
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 ...
Conversation: Buckie - Mother and child 05, recording 1: eating tea and playing with baby brother N/A Audio 1,975 3 1.52

... //Fa's that?// F1142: //Aye.// F1141: Is that a boy or a girl? F1142: Boy. F1141: I think there's a ...
... //Aye.// F1141: Is that a boy or a girl? F1142: Boy. F1141: I think there's a [CENSORED: forename], is ...
... F1142: Twelve weeks the day. F1141: You're a big boy, aren't you? F1142: Oh but look at this. F1141: ...
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 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: ...
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 ...
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 ...
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: ...
Conversation: Buckie - Mother and child 08, recording 2: making chocolate crispie cakes and filling party bags N/A Audio 3,454 1 0.29

... [CENSORED: forename]'ll be eat that when she's a big boy. F1117: Is that the last one? F1118: Mmhm. F1117: ...
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[/?]. ...
Conversation: Buckie - Mother and child 10, recording 2: reading nursery rhymes books and toy catalogues N/A Audio 2,372 4 1.69

... but dollies is nae jist for girls. You get you get boy dollies as well, M1090: Boy dollies? //Are there ...
... for girls. You get you get boy dollies as well, M1090: Boy dollies? //Are there bo- do-// F1089: //yes.// ...
... //That's bonnie though, isn't it?// M1090: //it's a boy.// F1089: That's got snow babies. M1090: D- ...
... can I have that? F1089: Have you been a good enough boy to get aw that? M1090: Yeah. I want that too. //I ...
Conversation: Buckie - Mother and child 10, recording 3: washing up and colouring in N/A Audio 3,176 1 0.31

... gonna carry it?// M1090: Yes. F1089: That's a good boy. M1090: I'll be careful. F1089: You'll be ca- ...
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: ...
Conversation: Buckie - Mother and child 11, recording 2: changing the bedsheets and playing with My Little Pony N/A Audio 5,645 4 0.71

... brush their teeth. //[inaudible]// F1103: //Oh boy.// Right, have you got another ain for me? F1104: ...
... the bed. That cat. F1103: Mm. F1104: He's a bad boy, isn't he? F1103: Well he is just noo, aye. F1104: ...
... on this [inaudible], Mummy. //Look.// F1103: //Oh boy. oh aye.// //They're lovely, aren't they?// F1104: ...
... her hoose. F1103: No? F1104: Nope. F1103: Oh boy. F1104: But she give them some food. F1103: Did ...
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 12, recording 1: getting ready for playschool N/A Audio 1,047 1 0.96

... to be a erm erm in a, William is supposed to be a little boy? F1095: Come on in and get your teeth //brushed then ...
Conversation: Buckie - Mother and child 12, recording 3: walking home and opening Christmas cards N/A Audio 3,395 4 1.18

... he? M1096: aye, a snowman. F1095: What, did a boy mak a snowman and put his dad's hat on it? M1096: Aye. ...
... F1095: Santa. And fa's that that's wi him, a little boy, and a little girl. M1096: [inaudible] A little boy ...
... boy, and a little girl. M1096: [inaudible] A little boy and a little girl. F1095: Mmhm. M1096: Look. Fitt ...
... Right? M1096: Aye. F1095: Okay? //That's a good boy.// M1096: //Aye.// Gie me it. Wait. It's too ...
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 ...
Conversation: Buckie - Mother and child 13, recording 1: playing and getting ready for bed N/A Audio 1,132 1 0.88

... I'm going to count to three. One! That's a good boy. M1106 : [exhale] F1105: Pop in. M1106 : Put ...
Conversation: Buckie - Mother and child 13, recording 2: playing over breakfast N/A Audio 874 1 1.14

... it. F1105: What's the magic word though? //That's a boy.// M1106 : //Please.// F1105: Would you like a ...
Conversation: Buckie - Mother and child 13, recording 3: having a bath N/A Audio 4,157 1 0.24

... gentle. Look how gentle we are. Heady back. That's a boy. Oh, what clever you are! Is that fine? Oh, it's like ...
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 ...
Conversation: Buckie - Mother and child 14, recording 3: Alphabet book and stories N/A Audio 1,846 1 0.54

... F1107: No, but close, that's a D. So that's a good boy. M1108: And a frog on his hand. F1107: So it's a? ...
Conversation: Buckie - Mother and child 15, recording 2: playing with Spiderman stickers and starting a Christmas list to Santa N/A Audio 4,901 1 0.20

... toys, does he? M1128: No. F1127: If you're a good boy like you, Santa'll take you some toys, shouldn't he? ...
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: Buckie - Mother and child 16, recording 3: playing match the pairs game and with building blocks N/A Audio 3,935 4 1.02

... two. M1094: Two. F1093: Two feet out. That's a boy. M1094: Socks. F1093: Socks off. M1094: It's ...
... cows. Make a pair. It's your turn. //Do you want the boy playing football?// M1094: //Where's the other one?// ...
... house! That's it. Put it along that way. That's a boy! M1094: More bitties? F1093: There's another one, ...
... bit [inaudible]. F1093: No thanks, Toots. That's a boy. M1094: I put a bit on there. F1093: Mmhm. M1094: ...
Conversation: Buckie - Mother and child 17, recording 1: looking out of the window N/A Audio 2,811 3 1.07

... that bit wi the duster, that's a, oh, that's a clever boy. Think I'll get a clootie, will I? I'll get a clootie ...
... we're finished we'll manage to clean it. That's a boy. M1110: I'm finished! F1109: That's a real big ...
... //Stand back!// F1109: //Stand back.// That's a boy. //There we are, now.// M1110: //I do the blinds.// ...
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 ...
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 4 0.71

... F1116: I'll press it. F1115: Okay. Little Boy Blue, come blow your horn, the sheep's in the meadow, the ...
... in the meadow, the cow's in the corn, //where's the boy who looks after the sheep?// F1116: //I press it.// ...
... One for the master, one for the dame, one for the little boy who lives down the lane. F1115: That's a good ain. ...
... F1115: Fitt's he got? He's sleepin! That's Little Boy Blue, and he's fast asleep. Mm. I ken. There we ...
Correspondence from Canada: Letter 16 - 30.10.81 852 646 1 1.55

... Maggie Fri. 30th October. Dear Maw & Paw, Well, your boy's working for his money: I've spent most of this week ...
Correspondence from Canada: Letter 27 - 16.01.82 852 633 1 1.58

... johns, as February is usually the coldest time of year. Boy, do they feel strange! I'm doing a few extracurricular ...
Correspondence from Canada: Letter 31 - 07.02.82 852 645 1 1.55

... see "The Grapes of Wrath" (1940). Henry Fonda was just a boy, and looked just like Jane. At times the young John ...
Correspondence from Canada: Letter 36 - 24.03.82 852 869 1 1.15

... in the Aitken Centre. This was mainly the family of the boy Howie, one of the curlers, which is something to do with ...
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 ...
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.' ...
Craiters: 04 - E Backlins Calfie Fenton, Alexander 1,628 1 0.61

... an ma jersey, an ma beets fae doon e stair, an aff e bold boy goes. It wis een o is crafties faar e hoose an e steadin ...
Craiters: 08 - E Forkietailies Fenton, Alexander 1,857 1 0.54

... o slack. If ye wis skeely enyeuch an made a gweed job o’t, boy e weer wid sing like a fiddle fin ye wis deen an it wid ...
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 ...
Craiters: 20 - Biz-Bizzin Fenton, Alexander 3,297 1 0.30

... for't bit we'd aa tae hae a glaiss o butter-milk, an boy it wis cool an richt fine. Fit tae ait wis e neesht ...
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 ...
D Greetin Bairn an D Soond U D Voice [Content label: serious] Smith, Mark R 3,399 3 0.88

... roarin at wid ensue dt wid geng alang da lines o: TEACHER: BOY, You shall not speak in Shetland dialect in this school. ...
... y...yeah..m..m.mr.. TEACHER: You say YES in this school boy, not yeah! TERRIFIED BAIRN: Yes sir. An so d “conflict” ...
... dae work t spik a foreign language. Joost lik wee d peerie boy in d schuil, pooer is exerted through language. Olivia ...
Diaries of William Young: 1952 Young, William 3,260 3 0.92

... Lunch & tents up by 2. pm. Camp nearly complete by 4. Boy takes pains in stomach. Have to send for doctor. He says ...
... danger. 20 SUNDAY To 9 Mass. All at Communion. Doc calls. Boy OK. Begin Raft afternoon. Boy goes home to Bowhill. Frs ...
... All at Communion. Doc calls. Boy OK. Begin Raft afternoon. Boy goes home to Bowhill. Frs Payne & Docherty arr. with ...
Diaries of William Young: 1972 Young, William 4,263 1 0.23

... trace smell of petrol. Car not finished. No sign of leak boy says. Wednesday 20 Car back but nothing has been done. ...
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 ...
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… ...
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 ...
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 ...
Extracts from weblog [Content label: serious] Rimbaud, Dee 8,258 1 0.12

... of unthinking golems (although it is a thought, that Billy Boy may well be a manifestation of Satan): just that there is ...
Fat Boy Swim Forde, Catherine 4,077 4 0.98

... NIBBLES Chapter 1 Fat Boy Fat 'Oi, boobsy. Move your fat butt! We're under pressure ...
... Not even when Victor jooked round him and crowed, 'Fat Boy Fat', to an accompanying volley of gobs and laughter. ...
... What was the smell exactly? Earth, and sweat and dirt. A boy smell. A team smell. Shared activity. Belonging. It was a ...
... time. Inside, Jimmy didn't feel like Smelly Kelly, Fat Boy Fat. Of course not. He was just - a teenager. Normal in ...
Gean Blossoms Purves, David 6,034 1 0.17

... league leim, v, gleam lift, n, sky ligg, v, lie loun, n, boy lourd, a, heavy lousum, a, lovable lowe, n, flame lown, a, ...
GOW Newsletter Mar 2005 Roberts, John 1,085 1 0.92

... they believed the burglar had forgotten to get his wee boy a Christmas present and was trying to give him a happy ...
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 ...
How do we teach Knowledge about Language? Philp, Andrew 4,340 3 0.69

... with the denser noun phrases which evoke the sights the boy observes in the graveyard (e.g. ‘a carving of a leopard ...
... ‘A weaver’, ‘Not yet’), which creates a sense of the boy musing about what he sees, and also helps to convey an ...
... This contrasts in the former text with the dyslexic boy, Solomon’s, own view (mainly 1st person and present tense) ...
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, ...
Interview 05: John Law on the Scots language N/A Audio 6,222 1 0.16

... ye can hear, ye know? F785: Mmhm, yeah, there was a boy in one o my classes was like that and it did sound put on ...

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