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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, ...
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 ...
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: ...
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 ...
Dog's Bite; Bee's Sting [Content label: serious] Grainger, Cecilia 8,532 2 0.23

... screamin an bettin money like they wur at a dug fight: boy boxers Lee, unlicensed; dangerous… LEE. You an that fancy ...
... serious stuff…? PAT. Ah’m gittin oot Lee… LEE. That’s mah boy git oot; huv fun; live fur the day cause tomorrow never… ...
Conversation 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 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 ...
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 ...
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 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 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 ...
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 ...
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, ...
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 ...
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. ...
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 ...
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 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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 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 ...
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 ...
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. ...
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, ...
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 ...
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 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: 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 ...
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 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 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 ...
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 ...
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[/?]. ...
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.' ...
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 ...
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 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: 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? ...
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, ...
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 ...
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 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 ...
Scots in Hawaii [Content label: serious] Smith, Rob Mcclure 4,470 3 0.67

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

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