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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 ...

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 ...

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 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 ...

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: ...

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 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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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: ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 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 ...

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 ...

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 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 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 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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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- ...

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 ...

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 ...

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. ...

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 ...

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.// ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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: ...

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 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 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 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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Why do we teach Grammar? Philp, Andrew 2,409 2 0.83

... after they had read with the teacher a passage in which a boy, who was also the narrator, had an argument with his ...
... up the problem that some pupils were unsure when the boy was telling the story and when he was speaking. This led ...

Conversation: Buckie - Mother and child 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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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: ...

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: ...

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 ...

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 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 ...

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? ...


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