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Title Author Multimedia Word count Freq. Norm.
A Braw Guid Alairm Fairnie, Robert 1,498 2 1.34

... Baith thae ships wis as noisy as the first yin. In fack, the Tyne wis waur than the ithers for Geordie wis aye ...
... wis his throu-the-wa neibour in the auld hoose an wis, in fack, still aye bidin in it. No haen seen yin-anither for a ...

A fine Ham an Haddie Fairnie, Robert 906 2 2.21

... help takin tent o the guff o tarry raip an nets. In fack, thare wis twa an a hauf kyle o raip lyin on the bare ...
... “Ay, Geordie lad, this is no gaun tae be an easie yin, in fack, A hivnae come ower the likes o this afore. Whaur exacklie ...

Minnie Blackhall, Sheena 32,033 4 0.12

... An I dinna suppose it wad hae onythin tae dee wi the fack that fowk'll aye open their door tae a bairn...they ...
... the maister's bin beddit, an he's nae makkin much o't. In fack, he's turned far waur these hinmaist twa three days. Yon's ...
... seen efter. Bit fit naebody hid calculated on, wis that fack that young Matthew Bruce hid nae sea legs ava. Frae the ...
... tuik him awa. His faither, Auld Mattha, hid tae accept the fack that he wid hae three fermin sons insteid o twa, an haik ...

Review of "Buddha Da" (Anne Donovan) Niven, Liz 411 1 2.43

... micht no seem a likely subjeck maitter fir a novel, in fack it’s a gey astonishin idea, bit it works an it works weel. ...

Scots in the Community Fairnie, Robert 743 1 1.35

... tae the tap o the cless at aw efter oor exams but wis, in fack, aye doon aboot the fit. An him sic a guid English speaker ...

Scots Tung Wittins 100 Fairnie, Robert 2,370 1 0.42

... cuttie stories, airticles, letters, e-mails, poems or in fack onie kinna speech or writin at aw. They can be acceppit on ...

Scots Tung Wittins 103 Fairnie, Robert 2,634 3 1.14

... e'en a kenspeckle ane the likes o Hugh MacDairmid. In fack, thon same Scottish Government haes furthset a Scots ...
... tae whit the name itsel means - in Scots - fer the simple fack that they're spelt as if they were English. Aa ower ...
... of low-lying ground, usually by a river". Sauchiehall in fack means "the river meadow wi the willow trees" frae "sauch" ...

Scots Tung Wittins 105 Fairnie, Robert 2,608 2 0.77

... as a "genial 55 year old chairman of Scots Tung", when in fack A canna awn tae be oniethin ither nor a 71 year auld ...
... symbols where appropriate." His letter threapit an aw the fack that, bi wey o international practice, the maist languages ...

Scots Tung Wittins 108 Fairnie, Robert 2,828 2 0.71

... inlat tae git tae ken aboot. He greed that it wis a true fack that bairns at the schuil uised tae hae thair Scots dingit ...
... Februar. This soonds aw richt but tent maun be taen o the fack that maist curns is like tae hae juist ane or aiblins twa ...

Scots Tung Wittins 109 Fairnie, Robert 2,619 1 0.38

... Modren Hebrew an their ilk div pynt tae the seemin fack that resources maun be directed at the yaisers first. Gin ...

Scots Tung Wittins 115 Fairnie, Robert 2,413 1 0.41

... war weel aheid wi quality forbye. This shawed itsel in the fack that forbye takin the 2003 quaich, the same schuil fendit ...

Scots Tung Wittins 116 Fairnie, Robert 2,699 1 0.37

... that pairt o the bairns' education is delegated tae. The fack that schuils daesna allou for this haundin doon tae tak ...

Scots Tung Wittins 121 Fairnie, Robert 2,223 2 0.90

... million hamelt Scots speakers micht then wauken up tae the fack that aw the sindry byeleids an "local slangs" they've been ...
... haed thair Scots educatit oot o thair heids forgettin the fack that, tae win tae thair praisent positions, they maun hae ...

Scots Tung Wittins 122 Fairnie, Robert 2,558 1 0.39

... cairds is awned an operated bi ethnic Asian faimlies. In fack it's maistly Asian shops that comes forrit an speirs if ...

Scots Tung Wittins 123 Fairnie, Robert 2,259 1 0.44

... in place tae uphaud an develop a minority language is in fack juist a sleekit deliberate policy tae encourage thon ...

Scots Tung Wittins 145 Fairnie, Robert 2,668 1 0.37

... time o year tae cry this a gret stockin filler, whaur in fack it's a gretly entertainin an educational read for ony time ...

Scots Tung Wittins 153 Fairnie, Robert 1,955 1 0.51

... languages as set oot in the EU Treaties, in spite o the fack that some RMLs haes mair speakers than some o the official ...

Scots Tung Wittins 156 Fairnie, Robert 2,436 1 0.41

... baith in an furth o Scotland will tak tent o the fack that there a weel seen public demand for writin in Scots. ...

Scots Tung Wittins 158 Fairnie, Robert 2,396 1 0.42

... we get aw this guff anent the Romans simply due tae the fack that England wis pairt o the Roman Empire fur fower hunner ...

Scots Tung Wittins 163 Fairnie, Robert 2,495 2 0.80

... concairned, thare haes tae be a guid meisure o howp in the fack that the pairty that got the maist votes an the maist ...
... the fairly traditional, recognisable anes it is the fack that the sourcin is Scottish an that that is weel ...

Scots Tung Wittins 164 Fairnie, Robert 2,436 2 0.82

... threat tae the union itsel. Thae fowk maun hae missed the fack that Gaelic speakers is like tae feel mair Scottish an aw ...
... that speaks juist the ae language. They cannae accep the fack that, ower aw the yird, its mair natural for fowk tae be ...

Scots Tung Wittins 166 Fairnie, Robert 2,498 2 0.80

... sairest for her tae beir, it juist gauns tae highlicht the fack that, gin a body's no a hamelt Scots speaker, it's a guid ...
... they're yaisin tae jyne up thair Scots words wi is in fack Scots words that English yaises an aw. (See Official Scots ...

Scots Tung Wittins 168 Fairnie, Robert 2,479 1 0.40

... as a shift in the boondary atween Scots an English. In fack, on paper onywey, the abuin exemplars juist taks the ...

Scots Tung Wittins 169 Fairnie, Robert 2,226 2 0.90

... in a raw. Bad as thon micht be, whit maks it waur is the fack that ower the hinnermaist eicht year, thae fower MSPs ...
... o Dunbar tae Soutar tae Glen. I can jalouse an aw the fack that they shaw a guid knawledge o the Scots language itsel ...

Scots Tung Wittins 177 Fairnie, Robert 2,585 2 0.77

... reader o TS Law but feel a wee bittie exoneratit bi the fack that he hisnae been includit in the canon, this in spite o ...
... a mair educatit Scots vocabular. We hiv tae tak tent o the fack that thae upsteerers that winnae yaise spoken ...

Scots Tung Wittins 48 Fairnie, Robert 2,614 1 0.38

... speikin the mither tung tae thaim. We maun tak tent o the fack that thae fowk nivver na-say the existence o Scots ...

Scots Tung Wittins 51 Fairnie, Robert 2,596 1 0.39

... haes aye kythed a wheen excaises an in parteeclar, the fack that the Goverment siller helps tae pey for the Gaelic ...

Scots Tung Wittins 53 Fairnie, Robert 2,195 1 0.46

... nae doot thae ettles maun be guid for the bairns an the fack that thae bairns see thair ain Scots language as a projeck ...

Scots Tung Wittins 55 Fairnie, Robert 2,454 1 0.41

... ocht thare tae pit fear intae the herts o the SCCC? In fack, the Review Curn isna sweir tae yaise the odd euphemism or ...

Scots Tung Wittins 59 Fairnie, Robert 2,295 1 0.44

... exemplar o crack, a word maist fowks see as Irish but in fack, it's' a word that wis taen intae Irish Gaelic frae Scots ...

Scots Tung Wittins 60 Fairnie, Robert 2,328 1 0.43

... in English an thay didna hae the same effeck at aa. In fack A'd gaun as faur tae say that thay soondit lik a puir ...

Scots Tung Wittins 63 Fairnie, Robert 2,635 1 0.38

... finger at him. Howanever, gin the humour he sees is in the fack that it's juist the menu pages that's bodit in the three ...

Scots Tung Wittins 67 Fairnie, Robert 2,456 2 0.81

... cuidna help takin tent o the guff o tarry raip an nets. In fack, thare wis twa an a hauf kyle o raip lyin on the bare ...
... "Ay, Geordie lad, this is no gaun tae be an easie ane, in fack, A hinna come ower the likes o this afore. Whaur exacklie ...

Scots Tung Wittins 69 Fairnie, Robert 2,068 1 0.48

... an tae gie it mair public staunin. In the licht o the fack that the'r juist aboot nae proveesion for the Scots ...

Scots Tung Wittins 72 Fairnie, Robert 2,214 2 0.90

... consait o the Scots leid. Mistress McGugan taks tent o the fack that Angus Cooncil haes pit forrit areddies, ettles for a ...
... thon's the word that's comin back frae the shops. In fack, ither shops is gittin tae hear aboot the cairds an ...

Scots Tung Wittins 73 Fairnie, Robert 2,491 1 0.40

... tae be takin wir ain language intae it wi us an aw. The fack that we still hae it wi us tae wish a guid new year an ...

Scots Tung Wittins 74 Fairnie, Robert 2,448 1 0.41

... whit Scots Tung is maist pleasured wi abuin awthin is the fack that, if ye jalouse that ilka caird is juist read bi twa ...

Scots Tung Wittins 75 Fairnie, Robert 2,610 2 0.77

... cuidna help takin tent o the guff o tarry raip an nets. In fack, thare wis twa an a hauf kyle o raip lyin on the bare ...
... "Ay, Geordie lad, this is no gaun tae be an easie ane, in fack, A hinna come ower the likes o this afore. Whaur exacklie ...

Scots Tung Wittins 78 Fairnie, Robert 2,217 1 0.45

... awbodie wad be able tae hear thaim clear like. Is that a fack? Hou is it then that some o the bettermaist English ...

Scots Tung Wittins 79 Fairnie, Robert 2,611 2 0.77

... haes gien a nem tae the language they war quotin an the fack that they richtlie cried it Scots micht gie a wee bit ...
... some o the kinches that aye still bothers Welsh sic as the fack that, tho the'r a growthie swall o speikers amang the auld ...

Scots Tung Wittins 83 Fairnie, Robert 2,399 1 0.42

... 41%, takin in aw the dictionars, poetry, prose, fiction, fack, comics an schuil buiks an that. We manna forget tho that ...

Scots Tung Wittins 84 Fairnie, Robert 2,306 1 0.43

... kens best. Adverteesin haesna juist cleekit on yet tae the fack that screivit Scots grips the ee mair nor English daes ...

Scots Tung Wittins 85 Fairnie, Robert 2,560 2 0.78

... National Dictionar. Shuid we pey onie tent tae the fack that unner ACTIONS, the SNDA is mintit on its lane but on ...
... group will gaun aheid wi pittin up a sign in Scots but the fack they've taen the bother tae gie thair repone in Scots maun ...

Scots Tung Wittins 86 Fairnie, Robert 2,513 1 0.40

... an uise it!". Nane o the abuin haes ocht tae dae wi the fack that the abuin by-line haes raicentlie been chynged on the ...

Scots Tung Wittins 90 Fairnie, Robert 2,540 1 0.39

... an in parteeclar, the want o onie Scots signage. In fack, e'en haein Gaelic athin Pairt III an Scots in Pairt II is ...

Scots Tung Wittins 91 Fairnie, Robert 2,638 2 0.76

... inlat tae listen ower the wab tae stories, sangs, music an fack-lik wittins. Aw the graith will be in the oreeginal vices ...
... mair fantoosh nor the wey that they speak; sae fantoosh in fack, that maist o thaim canna unnerstaun it when they see it ...

Scots Tung Wittins 94 Fairnie, Robert 2,651 1 0.38

... be speirt tae gie speaches in Scots tae gie wecht tae the fack that Scots can be uised for pittin ower serious pynts. ...

Scottish Parliament: Makkin yer voice heard in the Scottish Parliament (Scots) Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body 2,911 1 0.34

... an speak til the committee. Whiles committees gaes on fack-findin visits til places that is relevant tae their wark. ...

The Borth’ick Waitter Rodger, Matt 21,032 13 0.62

... an hallmerk o thair ain ethnicitie n’? Is ae maitter o fack, A wuid leifer speak ma hamelt langage than ochts ense, ...
... the waiter heid fock bruikit, i yonner n’. Is ae maitter o fack, fock kam frae fer afield tae dance throwe til 3a.m. afore ...
... an Craik, ower the hills tae thair hames. Is ae maitter o fack, yin kan leuk strecht intil the fore door o Wolfcleuch ...
... Frankie wrocht it Mulsintoun fur Tam Scott. Is ae matter o fack Gledson wrocht it Mulsintoun fur the rest o his life, an ...
... the Joiner it Deanburnhaugh: whae wis, is ae matter o fack, ma maternal grandfaither’s step-faither. Agane, Morvin ...

The Quarry Blackhall, Sheena 23,932 3 0.13

... model – Duguid’s Population Behavioural Control. Ayont the fack that Jed Anderson hid bin at the quarry the day that ...
... ower aa the yetts an ower the snibs. Thon gaed wi the fack that the Yird hid tholed winter for iver an aye. An there ...
... lang syne fand a muckle auld buik. They thocht it statit fack, an it wis fell dowie. The bard hissel, a maker-chiel caad ...

The Stalking Cure [Content label: lesser] Corbett, Dr John B 6,214 4 0.64

... ain yarn – thegither the twa Macnabs mak veeve a simple fack, near sloganised bi Tommy Sheridan at the maist raicent ...
... as Buchan wis readin up on German psychoanalysis, an in fack John Macnab foresees a deal o whit Freud wid later screive ...
... in psychoanalysis – they are characters i fiction. This fack is plain as parritch, but it is warth statin anew. Bi ...
... sclithers this gate and that, and he plays gemms wi fack an fiction: Kirsty scaulds Murray whan he yaises a ...

Written Scots Fairnie, Robert 762 1 1.31

... mair fantoosh nor the wey that they speak; sae fantoosh in fack, that maist o thaim canna unnerstaun it when they see it ...


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