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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 ...
Interview 06: David Purves on the Scots language N/A Audio 4,815 1 0.21

... usually //given// F718: //Uh-huh// M017: to some boy that could recite Tam O' //Shanter all the way through, ...
Interview 07: Teacher speaking about childhood in Shetland N/A Audio 1,654 1 0.60

... siblings stay or F828: Ehm, n-, my ol-, the oldest boy lives in Norfolk F606: Ah F828: eh two older ...
Interview 13: Shetland man being interviewed about language N/A Audio 3,498 1 0.29

... M865: Yeah. M952: An likes o bein the young boy in the shop you werena in danger o, well the war was ...
Interview 15: Professor Donald Meek N/A Audio 2,363 4 1.69

... very fine Gaelic speaker, erm he had been brought up as a boy in Falkirk, //until he was erm// F606: //Mm// ...
... in Tiree. He had a great love of Tiree even as a small boy, erm before he went there, and er he used to go for his ...
... resistant and I can still remember being very cross as a boy, a wee boy, trying to get my tongue round English words. ...
... I can still remember being very cross as a boy, a wee boy, trying to get my tongue round English words. I didn't ...
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 ...
Interview 17: Glasgow man on growing up in Govan N/A Audio 2,325 1 0.43

... is that right? M691: I grew up there, aye, I was a wee boy in Govan, just eh durin the war. F606: Mmhm. M691: ...
Interview 21: Suhayl Saadi N/A Audio 23,059 1 0.04

... yeah.// M762: erm and and you know, it was a wee boy thing, you know, //as well, you know, Tolkien,// F963: ...
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: ...
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 ...
Interview with group of women in Clydebank 1 N/A Audio 6,482 1 0.15

... as I was going up the gangway I used to hear this young boy shoutin "Watch it lassies, here's haggis coming". And at ...
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 ...
Interview with Mary A Ronnie, Part 2, for Scottish Readers Remember Project N/A Audio 21,283 4 0.19

... //building,// F1189: //Uh-huh.// F1190: but boy was it hard //work, you know, if somebody asked you a ...
... F1189: //Mm.// F1190: You know, "A Suitable Boy", //for instance - and I was absolutely fascinated// ...
... What did he say? We took some time to find a suitable boy." F1189: [laugh] F1190: And he used this ...
... they're, they're// F1190: //Mm.// F1189: sort of, boy's own //stories, but [?]in fact[/?], uh-huh, uh-huh.// ...
Interview with Rev. John G. Sinclair for Scottish Readers Remember Project N/A Audio 13,717 1 0.07

... //Yes.// If I came home from school as a small boy and said "I saw a brown cow down the road", I was told ...
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 ...
Interview with Stan Kirkpatrick, Part 1, for Scottish Readers Remember Project N/A Audio 12,193 1 0.08

... officer said you "you'll learn to speak their language, boy", and I managed to get a good smattering of Hindustani ...
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 ...
Interview with two Polish speakers in Glasgow N/A Audio 3,758 1 0.27

... I think it's very nice. And here er relation between a boy and a girl is er more mm partner, //so, yeah.// F1205: ...
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 ...
Jade Lute Purves, David 7,581 1 0.13

... waterfall lippert, a, disturbed littil, a, little loun, n, boy lourd, a, heavy lousum, a, lovable lowe, n, flame lown, a, ...
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 ...
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 ...
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!! ...
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 ...
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 ...
"Obituary for Christine Guthrie, 1896-1999" MacGillivray, Alan 1,893 1 0.53

... literary partnership developed. When Leslie Mitchell was a boy in Arbuthnott, he used to cycle all over the district ...
Pillars of Society Thirkell, Alison 29,032 1 0.03

... You shouldn't put such outlandish notions into the boy's head, Mr Thomson. HARRY: No, I daresay. He's to turn ...
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 ...
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 ...
Remember this Face! [Content label: serious] 'The Driver' 1,226 5 4.08

... that! A bus swung round the corner with Toothlock Doddy Boy at the controls. The vehicle was packed to the rafters ...
... driving Mill Owners in the city. I bade Toothlock Doddy Boy a good evening as I climbed into the cab. His shift for ...
... go and gasped for fresh air. Damn that Toothlock Doddy Boy! Did he not know that it is bus driving de rigueur to open ...
... suffering Death By Toosh on account of Toothlock Doddy Boy's ignorance. So let him in I did, and long did I rue that ...
... like bailing out and going home. Damn that Toothlock Doddy Boy! What was he up to? A paranoid voice inside my head was ...
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 ...
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 ...
Scotspik de Rusett, Wendy 890 1 1.12

... gaun? I dinna ken. 4. You say girl. We say quine. You say boy. We say loon. You say child. We say bairn. You say woman. ...
Scots Tung Wittins 111 Fairnie, Robert 2,503 1 0.40

... accoonts o Mary, Queen o Scots. Aprile 1565:- Item. To ane boy passend of Edinburgh, with ane charge of the Queenis ...
Scots Tung Wittins 128 Fairnie, Robert 2,464 1 0.41

... artificially as the king come by, quherein was a young boy that descend it craftelye, presenting the keyes of the ...
Scots Tung Wittins 150 Fairnie, Robert 2,508 1 0.40

... that can cook "salmon on crootie" thanks tae Fiona's nancy-boy pals, wis concairned at her bringin hame a strecht man, ...
Scots Tung Wittins 154 Fairnie, Robert 2,160 1 0.46

... fictional…", her Dad gets a mint in a line aboot the Teddy Boy windae dresser, Joe Fraser, when the buyer, Miss ...
Scots Tung Wittins 166 Fairnie, Robert 2,498 1 0.40

... Wha's morals daurs secularisatioun, He's juist the boy, the makar Henrysoun! Now I'm fair wabbit, daunerin roun ...
Scots Tung Wittins 173 Fairnie, Robert 2,078 1 0.48

... on an auld wife's flainen toy; Or aiblins some bit duddie boy, On's wylecoat; But Miss's fine Lunardi, fye! Haw daur ye ...
Scots Tung Wittins 43 Fairnie, Robert 2,132 1 0.47

... Queen's Thesaurer's Accounts:- Aprile 1565:- Item. To one boy passend of Edinburgh, with ane charge of the Queenis ...
Scots Tung Wittins 70 Fairnie, Robert 2,337 1 0.43

... aa things Shoap : WILLIAM INGLIS a. In the windae, a wee boy is gittin his neck washed. Pick twa-three words oot o this ...
Scots Tung Wittins 94 Fairnie, Robert 2,651 1 0.38

... artificially as the king come by, quherein was a young boy that descendit craftelye, presenting the keyes of the ...
Scottish Parliament: Business Bulletin 116/2002 Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body 10,576 1 0.09

... in Iraq by any means necessary; condemns the USA's bully-boy tactics and its international sabre-rattling, which does ...
Scottish Parliament: Committees: Equal Opportunities: Official Reports: Meeting 2, 2003 Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body 12,710 1 0.08

... James O'Rourke: I have a multidisabled, visually impaired boy and I would say that there is more awareness in this area ...
Scottish Parliament: Official Report (07/09/00) Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body 52,710 1 0.02

... of Scots in the Borders. He told the tale about a little boy who said to him, "Please, sir, does oor real teacher ken ...
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 ...
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 ...
Selection of weblog entries [Content label: lesser] 1184 2,272 3 1.32

... 07/08/07 Post Boy Jobsworth As well as the crazies out on the street there ...
... people around you 8 hours a day at your work. The "post boy" in my office is over 50 years old and I can’t figure out ...
... old and I can’t figure out if he’s always been a post room boy or if he’s ever held a position of authority and is just ...
Serendipity and ither poems in Scots and English Blackhall, Sheena 12,339 1 0.08

... Lan Tune: can be sung to a variation of ‘To be a Farmer’s Boy.’ Ten generations o my fowk hae vrocht the North East lan ...
Sermons Morrison, Mr Robert 3,660 1 0.27

... Born into this world was two boys. The one was a hairy boy that is to say he had more hair that His wee Brother His ...
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 ...
Smootie gengs ta Lerrick De Luca, Christine 2,412 1 0.41

... made a peerie herd noise. Sure enyoch, hit wirkit. A boy cam tae da back door an löt her in. 'Mam, der's sic a ...
Talking, Reading and Writing about Fiction Texts McGonigal, James,
Philp, Andrew		 3,138 1 0.32

... Wonka making hair cream? How do you know? (m) What kind of boy do you think Mike Teavee is? (n) What more have you ...
The Annals of Arbuthnott Part One Williamson, Isabella 23,042 1 0.04

... three feein' markets - always on market days. As a young boy, when John Watson's family flitted to the Wairds from ...
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 ...
The Borth’ick Waitter Rodger, Matt 21,032 1 0.05

... Davie Riddle whae played the bagpipes wi mei; i the Hawick Boy’s Brigade Pipe Band. Hei marriet ae lass frae Lanarkshire ...
The Dark Shadows of A Midsummer Night's Dream Bell, Rosie 1,582 4 2.53

... particularly so, in their wrangling over the little Indian boy, Bottom's egotism is so natural and unasumed that he ...
... the back of our minds that Oberon wants the little Indian boy for duties other than that of page boy. After all, why ...
... the little Indian boy for duties other than that of page boy. After all, why does Titania. show such resistance to ...
... a king would surely have been the ambition of many a young boy? Titania, being the wife of the king would have been able ...
The Fanatic (extract 3) [Content label: serious] Robertson, James 4,519 1 0.22

... went tae private schuils. Ye didna see much o them. The boy was in his room playin Elvis Costello records, or he’d be ...
The Fower Quarters: 02 - Purity Blackhall, Sheena 3,055 4 1.31

... several weeks she had been frightened to sit beside any boy in her class in case he brushed against her and in doing ...
... "You can't blame him, you know," Babs said. "He's a boy, after all. Their brains are in their pants. He won't wait ...
... dirty, back-of-the-van job between a half-drunk teenage boy and a terrified girl sobbing throughout and begging him to ...
... and sweat. Grey swirls of smoke began to fill it from the boy's cigarette. The windscreen was foggy with condensation. ...
The Fower Quarters: 10 - Nothing Personal [Content label: lesser] Blackhall, Sheena 2,457 5 2.04

... son from Fraserburgh, Dougal Duthie by name, a raw-cheeked boy with a tangle of thick dark hair reaching down over his ...
... acknowledging their lecturer's sense of humour. "Why, dear boy, should we not turn her upside down, eh? Would that be ...
... young audience. He also had the satisfaction of seeing the boy's blushing discomfiture. Walking towards the statue-still ...
... the tiny heads of the violet nosegay. He stood behind the boy, looking over his shoulder. "Finished, Mr Chisholm? And ...
... rhythms and patterns. She is your challenge, dear boy, as much as that doorknob would be a challenge to you. If ...
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 Fower Quarters: 13 - Prune Stones [Content label: lesser] Blackhall, Sheena 3,692 1 0.27

... warning. After all it was a first offence - all the other boy's fault probably. Brian's co-accused was on Legal Aid but ...
The Fower Quarters: 14 - A Very Dysfunctional Family Blackhall, Sheena 2,104 1 0.48

... oblivious to all that had gone before. "There's a new boy coming tomorrow. Odd Christian name. What is it again? ...
The Fower Quarters: 15 - Blessed wi the Gift [Content label: lesser] Blackhall, Sheena 3,717 1 0.27

... till we wan tae Stranraer wi a hert-rousin chorus o "Danny Boy". Oor trip ower the North Channel wis gey cauld an weet, ...
The Fruits of Sacrifice. Sigmund Freud and William Robertson Smith Booth, Gordon K 4,587 1 0.22

... of those powerful emotional fixations which the developing boy acquires towards his mother and against his father — in ...
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 ...
The Humpty Dumpty Man [Content label: serious] Blackhall, Sheena 6,223 1 0.16

... I go. Man-Seed At two, he filled my lap My little dough-boy Little man-seed. His curly hair smelt fine As new-baked ...
The Lan o Tea an Tigers: Poems fae the Muckle Furth Blackhall, Sheena 6,393 1 0.16

... Phnong. I hope you like my photo. I am a clean, healthy boy. (My cousin asks me, 'How could you make love to an old ...
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.” ...
The Quarry Blackhall, Sheena 23,932 1 0.04

... mother): b.197 Big Tam Laggeran (a drug dealer: Myra’s boy friend) Neil Duguid (adopted son of Myra Anderson): b.1990 ...
The Stalking Cure [Content label: lesser] Corbett, Dr John B 6,214 5 0.80

... pynt-o-view) as like tae an ‘adorable’ or e’en an ‘eager’ boy. Mair on that anon. The Return of John Macnab reives ...
... a fine hard finish which gave it brilliancy like an eager boy’s. (pp. 116-7) Her bright hair, dabbled with raindrops, ...
... felt hat. She looked, thought Sir Archie, like an adorable boy. (p. 168) At least ane Macnab puzzles on thir kittle ...
... Janet Raden had been described as ‘like an adorable boy’, the same way Sandy Arbuthnot was always said to have the ...
... angle and checked herself in the mirror. ‘The principal boy,’ she murmured. (p 59) The retour o the repress’t ...
The Strange Case of Mr Stevenson and Professor Smith Booth, Gordon K 6,157 1 0.16

... but was quick to detect the eldest son’s potential and the boy himself drank insatiably at the well of knowledge. ...
The Toad on the Rock's Opinion Blackhall, Sheena 5,941 1 0.17

... moths gigantically fluttered through trees And one drowned boy, eyelids like floating petals, Steeped the water ...
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 ...
The Way Forward for the Scots Language Purves, David 11,636 4 0.34

... Miss, yon laddie hut me.' When the teacher enquired which boy she was talking about, the girl informed her, 'It wes John ...
... class, but it suddenly occurred to her that there was a boy by the name of John Totty. The little girl had translated ...
... name of John Totty. The little girl had translated this boy's name into English for the teacher's benefit. The ...
... social commentary, was dismissed as unacceptable, the boy's feelings appear to have been fully justified. To a ...
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 ...
Thomas Edward o Banff de Rusett, Wendy 2,896 1 0.35

... the acting position. The same actor can play Thomas as a boy and adult in Scenes 2 and 3. CAST, in all Scenes Two ...
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 ...
Travel journal: USSR 852 35,187 4 0.11

... three days per week, helping a 7-year-old Anglo-Russian boy improve his reading to the point where he can gain ...
... to Winchester Public School. She has just started with the boy, Alex [CENSORED: surname], whose father is on secondment ...
... wins out. The ballet on Tuesday was a bit like that: boy meets girl, they fall in love and jump about a lot, aged ...
... partly because she hopes her children, a girl of 14 and a boy of about 7, will pick up some foreign language. The girl ...
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 ...
Winnlestrae [Content label: serious] Blackhall, Sheena 7,366 1 0.14

... Ritchie (b. Ballater 1929, d. Oshawa, Ontario 2000). As a boy he was partly raised by an aunt in a farm in Glen Muick. ...

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