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Scots Tung Wittins 158 Fairnie, Robert 2,396 4 1.67

... speakin aboot "Zawrro". Coorse we aw ken aboot hou thae fowk aye chynges "Hoalyrood" intae "Hawlyrood". Wha e'er heard ...
... it's plain tae see that the threid o storytellin mang the fowk haes ne'er been broken. An it's no juist amang the ...
... ne'er been broken. An it's no juist amang the traivellin fowk, or the remnants o rural society eithir. A uise tales that ...
... wark o sae monie committit teachers – an ther's nae better fowk on the planet – it's still rare for the bairns tae hear ...

Scots Tung Wittins 159 Fairnie, Robert 2,479 6 2.42

... forms wis aye soundit as "Burns". In thae days whan maist fowk wis illiterate the chyce o spellin wis aye left tae the ...
... form cause his stories comes frae the mooths o warkin fowk. The buik gies vyce tae bondagers, ploumen, cairters, ...
... history will gain muckle bi readin this buik. Hou mony fowk kent that it wis a Borderer, Henry Francis Lyte, that ...
... reports on twa studies that spells guid news for bilingual fowk but bad news for monolinguals. The results frae the ...
... o senility averaged at 71.4 year auld in monolingual fowk, agin 75.5 for thaim that's bilingual. The exemplar wis ...

Scots Tung Wittins 160 Fairnie, Robert 2,645 6 2.27

... o "Kidnapped" wis gien oot in Februar tae gar as mony fowk as possible tae read this braw excitin adventure buik bi ...
... an abuin. Queen's Scots Doon throu the years, the guid fowk o Inverness haes been able tae blaw aboot speakin the ...
... threaps that aw this haes chynged in raicent years an the fowk o the Hielan Capital haes noo taen tae speakin the Scots ...
... (It didnae work!) He spake robustly aboot the wey some fowk in the media seems tae be feart o yaisin the strang 'R' ...
... manage the projeck an gie guidance tae thae Ulster-Scots fowk. The heidmaist braidcastin oors will be 7am tae 11pm ilka ...

Scots Tung Wittins 161 Fairnie, Robert 2,701 4 1.48

... ony worthwhile help tae the Scots language nor tae the fowk that cries it thair mither tung. The best thing that cuid ...
... agreements whaur the Scots language is concairned. Words Fowk's Herts Kens Best WRITIN in the Kirk's Life & Work ...
... whan the new prentin presses wis comin intae yuiss an the fowk haed a hunger for lairnin. Haed there been yin, oor ...
... the Scots texts grips the ee for Scots isnae whit maist fowk is expectin tae see but whan they dae see it an recognise ...

Scots Tung Wittins 162 Fairnie, Robert 2,130 5 2.35

... bit at a time sae that it wisnae noticed at aw bi maist fowk. In the late 20t century an education forspeaker threapit ...
... gie a muckle swall o howp tae the Scots language an the fowk that yaises it, or anither fower year o juist mair o the ...
... Jesus preached, he did it in Aramaic, the language o the fowk he wis preachin tae. In the sindry owersettins the Bible ...
... dwynin kirk nummers an ministers wunnerin hou tae get fowk back intae the habit o gaun tae the kirk bi thinkin o weys ...
... an author? disnae need tae be answert! Aiblins some o the fowk that bocht A Glasgow Bible disnae see thirsels as Scots ...

Scots Tung Wittins 164 Fairnie, Robert 2,436 10 4.11

... but a growein yuiss o the Scots language is seen bi some fowk as makin fowk feel mair awaur o thair Scottishness an less ...
... yuiss o the Scots language is seen bi some fowk as makin fowk feel mair awaur o thair Scottishness an less awaur o thair ...
... Britishness an syne a threat tae the union itsel. Thae fowk maun hae missed the fack that Gaelic speakers is like tae ...
... thocht that only growes in mono-lingual heids, the heids o fowk that speaks juist the ae language. They cannae accep the ...
... the fack that, ower aw the yird, its mair natural for fowk tae be bi-lingual or multi-lingual. The monolingual ...

Scots Tung Wittins 165 Fairnie, Robert 2,462 9 3.66

... the process bi whilk a language staps bein yaised bi the fowk that yaised tae speak it. Language Revival ettles tae ...
... language). 3. In airts whaur there a wicelike nummer o fowk that maks a habit o yaisin the language, gie a lift tae ...
... gie a lift tae the informal yuiss o the language amang fowk o aw age groups an athin faimlies an bowster its ilka-day ...
... they're feart or ashamed tae converse in Scots in case fowk thinks they're ower donnert tae learn hou tae speak proper ...
... then thon maun be thair ain reaction tae hearin ither fowk speakin Scots. Linguistic cockapenties sic as this that ...

Scots Tung Wittins 166 Fairnie, Robert 2,498 5 2.00

... Please! - Gie's a Brek CAN A mak a plea on behauf o the fowk that claims tae want tae lairn Scots but wha seem no ...
... tae spik Scots gin it's yer ain mither tung; but for ither fowk it michtnae be their first leid at aw. Gin as a bairn ye ...
... juist like ony ither fremmit leid. Gin A ken that the fowk A'm spikkin tae can unnerstaund English, of course A'll ...
... THE abuin letter writer wis juist ane o the haundfu o fowk that shawed ony interest in the Scots speakin clesses ...
... Scots nor it is tae converse in it in mixed company. Tae fowk o oor generation, it's easy tae see whit wey she wad aye ...

Scots Tung Wittins 167 Fairnie, Robert 2,335 6 2.57

... ye suin got tae ken there wis juist the twa kinna fowk in this warld; fisher-fowk an treds-fowk. Gin a body ...
... there wis juist the twa kinna fowk in this warld; fisher-fowk an treds-fowk. Gin a body wisnae fisher, they wurnae "ane ...
... the twa kinna fowk in this warld; fisher-fowk an treds-fowk. Gin a body wisnae fisher, they wurnae "ane o oo". ...
... bi crossin yer fingers an touchin wuid. Coorse, some fowk will never lairn an fitba commentators on the wireless or ...
... puckle deuks an a skurrel or twa for company. Noo an agane fowk stravaigit by an said, "Good morning." Mony wis dug ...

Scots Tung Wittins 168 Fairnie, Robert 2,479 3 1.21

... bygane an is certainly no spoken the day, no e'en bi the fowk that writes it. Imagine tryin tae lairn fowk tae speak a ...
... e'en bi the fowk that writes it. Imagine tryin tae lairn fowk tae speak a form o English that embellishes itsel wi words ...
... twa three wikk's time, A haed tae phone the T.V. license fowk tae register ma new address. Noo A aye prefer tae spik tae ...

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

... confidence that Scots sees thirsels as Europeans, no juist fowk that's weel traivelled but fowk that's awaur o thair ain ...
... as Europeans, no juist fowk that's weel traivelled but fowk that's awaur o thair ain place in history an literature. ...

Scots Tung Wittins 170 Fairnie, Robert 2,337 7 3.00

... ane for a chynge insteid o aw thae unionist anes that fowk haes gotten yaised tae an scunnert bi ower the years. Ay, ...
... that wad pit Scotland an aw things Scottish first an fowk aw jaloused this wad include the sairiously endangered ...
... 1845 The Stert o The Creenge DID ye ever wunner whit gars fowk an governments creenge at the yuiss o Scots in formal ...
... they war gart tae speak "properly" insteid. Efter a while fowk that haed cam up throu the education system stertit tae ...
... as Gaelic in the incomin census. Mr Macniven reponed that fowk haed pitten forrit a demand for information aboot Scots. ...

Scots Tung Wittins 171 Fairnie, Robert 2,524 5 1.98

... a particlar contribution tae mak sae that as mony young fowk as possible haes the inlat tae enjoy warks o literature bi ...
... He belanged the middle an upper clesses, the verra fowk that wis thirlt tae the Union wi Ingland an the push tae ...
... for education policy. Thay jaloused that Scots distractit fowk fae bein versant in Inglis an socht tae ding doun the leid ...
... clesses kest aff thair Scots identity. Efter 1872 thir fowk got better at steerin Scots society thair parteeclar gait ...
... ignorance o thair ain nation's bygane amang the young fowk. This walcome wittins minds us o a while back when ...

Scots Tung Wittins 172 Fairnie, Robert 2,164 2 0.92

... been officially duin awa wi the day, the mindset o maist fowk that haes been brocht up throu this political linguistic ...
... thocht it wis for the purposes o formal writin, whaur fowk wad pronounce words in thair ain wey, juist as thay dae in ...

Scots Tung Wittins 173 Fairnie, Robert 2,078 5 2.41

... the Scottish government tae survive. Tae survive it needs fowk tae speak an write in Scots an yaise it as a language for ...
... formal situations as weel. Oor ain language needs its ain fowk tae yaise it as a real language tae descrive the warld ...
... Maist o the Scots writin that's duin the day is duin bi fowk that's learnt thirsels tae read an write in Scots in spite ...
... ain language the day an its biggest want is for its ain fowk tae yaise it as a proper language an tae be seen an heard ...
... the dotCYM campaign in Wales. dotSCO is speirin as mony fowk as possible tae contack thair ain MSPs an seek thair ...

Scots Tung Wittins 174 Fairnie, Robert 2,357 3 1.27

... the norrie that fantoosh things cannae be seen bi donnert fowk is gien a clivver like innin bi a faimly o twa brithers an ...
... loves hissel an his muckle wardrobe o kilts mair nor the fowk an craiturs that shares the island wi him. It's near tae ...
... whae wud huv hud a muckle vocabulary. Ah wud expeck fowk tae bring their ain tongue tae it as they read. Ah hink ...

Scots Tung Wittins 175 Fairnie, Robert 2,364 5 2.12

... we cuid read the weekly adventures an ongauns o the only fowk in the papers that spake oor ain language? It wis Oor ...
... novels haes experienced the same appetite amang the young fowk o Scotland for buiks written in thair ain language. It wad ...
... the Scots language. Giein aw the Scots speakin young fowk the inlat tae hear thair super-heroes yaisin thair ain ...
... or 'hunner', shawin no juist the reality o the wey fowk can speak but Byrne's skill o writin it. He gets the ...
... - three times in Rotterdam when I mentioned Frisian, fowk wrate doon for me the name o ane much lo'ed blinn poet ...

Scots Tung Wittins 176 Fairnie, Robert 2,409 3 1.25

... bi Irene Broon (owerset intae Scots bi the Editor) EVEN fowk that disnae ken Glesca, thinks they ken Glesca. They've ...
... available in Scots an available tae listen tae syne mony fowk can fund written Scots no easy tae read. This is particlar ...
... that wis publisht in 2000 an she wis ane o the fower fowk that warkit on it. Ony enquiries shuid be makit aither bi ...

Scots Tung Wittins 177 Fairnie, Robert 2,585 6 2.32

... the same time as weel as bein strangly pairt o Scotland's fowk tradeition. It's weel seen that this is the essence o TS ...
... the Immortal Memory at Burns Suppers, aye keeps on tellin fowk that Robert Burns' faither wis William Burnes (whiles ...
... thair ain professional reputations tae think o. Tho sic fowk is in a minority, they still punch weel abuin thair wecht ...
... aw written forms o Scots shuid be airtit at twa groups o fowk in particlar. The maist important target maun be the adult ...
... vocabular reinge alang wi a risin generation o young fowk wi a mair educatit Scots vocabular. We hiv tae tak tent o ...

Scots Tung Wittins 178 Fairnie, Robert 2,377 7 2.94

... daes e'en mair skaith tae the weird o the language is whan fowk stauns up tae praise the mither tung an tae cry for its ...
... warkin clesses that speaks Scots an educatit professional fowk can aye be recognised bi hou weel they can speak English. ...
... thirsels tae be heard communicatin in Scots in public. Fowk that's ower blate tae yaise Scots the day isnae gaun tae ...
... Whit cuid the estaiblishment dae agin the feck o the fowk ettlin tae force thair ain language intae the media, the ...
... This is weel seen bi the dedications he haes makit tae fowk in the warld o writin, politics, minin, architecture, an ...

Scots Tung Wittins 41 Fairnie, Robert 1,068 1 0.94

... for aw high scuil bairns. **The 2001 Census Campaine.** Fowk at the Scottish Office hae been sayin that gin fowks hid ...

Scots Tung Wittins 42 Fairnie, Robert 1,235 3 2.43

... aye be a guid chyce for the foreside o oor Yule caird. The fowk that sellt uz the envelopes for oor cairds fernyear, sent ...
... uz £6.00 for ilka nicht. For a guid wee while noo, maist fowk his been gettin itchie feet whan the hauns o the knock ...
... for the Wittins syne thae new edeetions stertit micht gar fowk tae jalouse that ilka nummer in the days tae come is gaun ...

Scots Tung Wittins 43 Fairnie, Robert 2,132 3 1.41

... disna want it aroon. Scots wull anelie dee gif the Scots fowk thirsels stap yaisin it. Gin we aw keep on yaisin oor ain ...
... wull tak screives in Scots forby Inglish. We're fleitchin fowk at sees this screive tae gang aff an get haud o faimlie, ...
... this screive tae gang aff an get haud o faimlie, freins, fowk in the ken, MP's, cooncilors an onie bodie at aw at haes ...

Scots Tung Wittins 45 Fairnie, Robert 868 3 3.46

... on the brochure wis that, wi the price o Blithe Yule, fowk coffin 10 or mair need pey anelie £4.50 for a poke o 10 ...
... scrievit leid mair exposure an haein some effeck wi giein fowk the inlat tae lat thair een catch up wi thair mooths an ...
... keeps comin tae ma lugs ilka noo an agane. A nummer o fowk his pintit oot that monie a Yule caird sent tae a freen ...

Scots Tung Wittins 46 Fairnie, Robert 2,181 6 2.75

... airticles in Scots anent the sicker historie o the Scots fowk, baith at hame an furth o Scotland. AUSLQ, Lithuli Hous, ...
... Scots Tung. Athin the laist twa weeks or that, fower new fowk haes been eikit tae the maimbership leet fae the follaein ...
... tae a howf athin the glower o the castle. Thir wis eleeven fowk thare speikin up for Scots Tung, the Scots Speikers' Curn, ...
... Aiberdeen Univairsitie Scots Leid Quorum. A wheen o the fowk tendin wis maimbers o the S.L.S. an aw sae, ye micht say ...
... leid curns tae jine the owerband raither nor indiveedual fowk tho some micht be acceppit as associates an pit on the ...

Scots Tung Wittins 47 Fairnie, Robert 1,939 12 6.19

... masel an ithers lik me, nor quaistens anent the ootgauns o fowk's siller is tae yersel. Thir a guid provokshin here for me ...
... wunner the Scots leid is an inveesible language tae thae fowk gin thae nivver hear oniebodie speikin it nor see ...
... tae haun for brekkin throu the cocoon o English thae fowk cairrie aboot wi thaim – oor ain mither tung! Dinna be ...
... New Maimbers. It wis mintit in Wittins Nummer 46 that twa fowk fae Musselburgh wis ettlin tae jine Scots Tung. Weel, noo ...
... that thai hiv jined an no juist that, but three ither fowk his jined up an aw. Ane fae Clynder, ane fae Garelochhead ...

Scots Tung Wittins 48 Fairnie, Robert 2,614 17 6.50

... Geordie wifie at the Royal Mail). The want o English gars fowk mak a maucht tae read an unnerstaun the scrievit Scots an, ...
... o the estaiblishment, the eithier it maun be for thae fowk wirkin thare tae accep that thare anither muckle yaised ...
... tae the weel-daein o the Scots leid is bi leetin aw kinna fowk sic as Scots scrievers an Scots speikers an that in ilka ...
... onie scuil or ither institution wis ettlin tae ken whit fowk wis in thair airt that cuid gie thaim a haun or advice on ...
... for it. Bein aboot the Scots language (no the Scots fowk) in eddication, nae doot it'll be scrievit in English but, ...

Scots Tung Wittins 50 Fairnie, Robert 2,638 1 0.38

... wisna sweir tae gaun on strike an, wi maist o thair weemin-fowk wirkin in the mills, thai cuid afford tae bide oot a guid ...

Scots Tung Wittins 51 Fairnie, Robert 2,596 12 4.62

... General Register Office (Scotland)'s threapin o hoo monie fowk speik ilka language the day, Scots wad hae tae get peyed ...
... o thaim wis giein the English vice naethin but fash. Funny fowk – an aw at 50p a meenit tae. Kinna like the twa English ...
... the SNDA micht hae the answeir. The kinna advert tae pit fowk aff awthigither. Ally McCoist is aye richt joco on the ...
... Adverteesers shuid tak tent but, whit cuin ye expeck fae fowk that thinks an American souch's the best for sellin ...
... fae cosmetics tae double-glazin? Wha, forby adverteesin fowk, wad lippen an American vice mair nor a Scottish yin? The ...

Scots Tung Wittins 52 Fairnie, Robert 2,260 4 1.77

... ilka year. Copies aye yaised tae be weel socht efter bi fowk for sendin tae Scots freends bidin furth o Scotland but ...
... Tues. 21t Aprile at the SCET, Glesca an we unnerstaun fae fowk that's seen it that it's naethin less nor pure dead ...
... on a toun cried SCOTSTOUN, whaur aw the street nems, fowk an ongauns is in Scots. Hetspats airt intae ither ...
... oor maist kenspeckle scriever o Scots is still yaised bi fowk the warld ower as a benchmerk o excellence in leeterature. ...

Scots Tung Wittins 53 Fairnie, Robert 2,195 7 3.19

... oot that a lot o thae wirds wisna bein yaised bi a wheen o fowk sae thai haed wirds wi TESCO in Dunblane an got the ...
... in a wicelik West Central Scots or thareaboots. Maist fowk wad raither watch a play nor tak pairt in it sae, gin ye'r ...
... gies Scots an Gaelic the cauld shooder. The form that fowk gets tae speir for siller fae the National Lottery ...
... o Bools. The gemm o bools haes aye been cleikit in wi auld fowk, baith men an weemin, but in raicent years, mair an mair ...
... yin yaisin aither twa or fower bools. Triples is wi three fowk a side an ilka yin yaises three bools. Rinks is fower fowk ...

Scots Tung Wittins 54 Fairnie, Robert 2,686 2 0.74

... in English an, tho English is weel yaised ower thare, the fowk cuidna tak tae onie shop that haed a hail want o onie Erse ...
... (Dis this mean that Stirling Sheriffs cuin still gie fowk the jyle for sayin "Ay." in the coorts?) ...The Charter ...

Scots Tung Wittins 55 Fairnie, Robert 2,454 5 2.04

... o the SCCC, is makin onie's amount o water as he gars fowk tae ding copies o Scottish Culture an the Curriculum aff o ...
... maun be mair copies o it noo in the hauns o intrestit fowk aw ower the warld nor he haes hissel. At the time o ...
... kintra an is yaised an unnerstuid bi aiblins twa million fowk. Thae variants is suffeecientlie sib tae yin anither in ...
... Scots thirsels excep gin it wis oot o a buik. (Hoo monie fowk dae we ken like that?) J.McL gauns on tae say hoo fowk ...
... fowk dae we ken like that?) J.McL gauns on tae say hoo fowk like Arnold an his pals canna dae whit maist eddicatit men ...

Scots Tung Wittins 56 Fairnie, Robert 2,683 4 1.49

... Ulster Scots Resource Centre wi a permanent staff o fower fowk an £2m o siller in thair pootches for the leid. Wi oor ain ...
... itch, whooping cough, mumps an toothache (In the bygane, fowk uised ti believe that tuith-ache wis Neist Forgaitherin. ...
... English letter, is ta'en (acceppit modren spellin = taen). Fowk that uise thae apostrophes threap that the richt word is ...
... (cearr). Oniegate, the ettles o Coltas Ceart is ti learn fowk the meanin, spellin an moothin o Gaelic words an, this ...

Scots Tung Wittins 58 Fairnie, Robert 2,396 6 2.50

... Languages haed a muckle forgaitherin in Edinburgh whaur fowk, skeelie an leirit in linguistics, frae aa the airts o aa ...
... o English, an speakin in English, threapit that, "Fowk haes a wont tae think o language as bein saiparit frae ...
... a wont tae think o language as bein saiparit frae human fowk but it's no. Tak awa a bodie's leid an it's kinna lik ...
... it oot a wee beukie. Aye, Scots is aa richt for ither fowk tae uise, but no thaim – least-weys no the nou. It's nae ...
... git it furthset in the comin days. It gies rowth o place, fowk an leid names baith in an furth o Scotland. The'r monie ...

Scots Tung Wittins 59 Fairnie, Robert 2,295 2 0.87

... For exemplar, the Scots language is spoken bi 1.5m fowk an maist o the lave unnerstauns an uises some, includin ...
... Office, Musselburgh, haes been haein his lugs dingit wi fowk speirin efter Scots Yule cairds for this year an we'v haed ...

Scots Tung Wittins 60 Fairnie, Robert 2,328 2 0.86

... shuid stick tae her native Shetlandic an she'll gie monie fowk muckle pleesure. Afore the readins thare wis ae bodie goat ...
... the peculiarities o oor naitional Drink? Hooaniver, some fowk thinks that English soonds mair eloquent an sophisticatit. ...

Scots Tung Wittins 62 Fairnie, Robert 2,606 11 4.22

... threaps atween a hunner an aichtie an twa hunner thoosan fowk swairmed intae the streets o Scotland's capital tae jyne ...
... the biggest ane in the warld an we'v nae doot that aa thae fowk that wis thare haed a braw rerr time, but typically ...
... doots anent exacklie whit leid the word cam frae but maist fowk wad gree that it wisna Gaelic. Nae maitter whit leid ...
... Airts The heidmaist byleids o Scots, an hou thay affeck fowk's thochts on cless an social staunin. Programme 2. (27 ...
... language an the by-ordinar effeck o television on the wey fowk spaek. Programme 3. (11 Mey) Language o Scottish Natioun? ...

Scots Tung Wittins 63 Fairnie, Robert 2,635 7 2.66

... hissel, threaps it's no ill-willie at aa but juist that fowk haes been eddicatit tae believe Gaelic wisna wirth a ...
... wisna wirth a button sae thay canna unnerstaun whit wey fowk wad want tae lairn ocht that haed nae wirth. The Scots ...
... raigler gate, athin reason, tae sair some o the landwart fowk that bides in some o the mair oot o the wey airts. East ...
... the NLS catalogue, will hae a want for some siller tae pey fowk, weel leirit in this airt, tae cairie oot the darg. Onie ...
... BBC Reporting Scotland haed Sally Magnusson, o aa fowk, tellin us ae denner time aboot somethin that kythed in ...

Scots Tung Wittins 64 Fairnie, Robert 2,672 10 3.74

... aa, wis Doric no originally a derogatory nem uised tae pit fowk aff frae uisin the nor-aist by-leid o Scots? In the ...
... wis cried "that common street slang" bi the same kinna fowk for the same kinna raisons. For aa that, we canna na-say ...
... For aa that, we canna na-say the richt o NESHT an the fowk o the nor-aist tae keep on cryin thair by-leid the Doric ...
... doun an left oot. Thae fifteen group maimbers is fleetchin fowk tae speir the SCCC for copies o the oreeginal report ...
... mak up thair ain minds wha's gotten it richt. Gin thae fowk haes onie bother gittin haud o a copie o this report, we ...

Scots Tung Wittins 65 Fairnie, Robert 2,685 9 3.35

... a dictionar foondit Scots spellin, we micht weel en up wi fowk (the media for exemplar) that accep the spellins o a ...
... or we'd speirt the SO tae pit oot a press release tellin fowk that Scots copies wis tae haund an speirin gin Scots wad ...
... tae tak ilka letter at a time an sae mak less mistaks nor fowk that kens, or thinks thay ken, Scots. The DOST wis stertit ...
... Gallery. The forgaitherin wis unco weel plenisht wi fowk that cam alang an kent the guid o a weel praisentit an ...
... hae "distinctive Scottish programmin" for young growed-up fowk. We aa howp it haes nae want o "distinctive Scots ...

Scots Tung Wittins 67 Fairnie, Robert 2,456 6 2.44

... in the licht o onie feed-back frae the reporters an ither fowk. The SNDA is ettlin tae mak ae vairsion for the reporters ...
... leaflet bein pit oot the noo bi the Hame Office tae tell fowk hou the new wey o votin works, is prentit in thirteen ...
... nae doot at aw, it's stertin tae git its fit in the yett. Fowk, that twa three year syne wad hae turnt up thair creenge ...
... watchin TV news reports ye'll fin mair an mair ordinar fowk, when speirt quaistens, is fair blithe noo tae uise thair ...
... be that thay'v aye been that wey an it's juist that media fowk noo dinna feel sae gart tae edit oot oniethin that's no an ...

Scots Tung Wittins 68 Fairnie, Robert 2,509 6 2.39

... efter oor verra words an aw. Is naethin sacred tae thae fowk? The Concise Oxford Dictionar haes juist pauchelt anither ...
... grippit the ee:- "There's aften spik aboot foo mony peer fowk there are in the country. Peer? Wi wir gran hooses, cars ...
... tae stert speakin Gaelic. Whit's the pint o garrin fowk tae blether awa in a language that's been replaced? We ...
... shuid be allooed tae dee a quiet-like, dignified daith." Fowk lik thae twa, prood tae awn juist the ae language, micht ...
... that thay wad hae awbodie else uise. Whit heich-heidit fowk tae threap awbodie shuid speak juist the ae language an ...

Scots Tung Wittins 69 Fairnie, Robert 2,068 3 1.45

... aboot the deuks an the'r e'en a bit at the hinneren tellin fowk tae tak tent an keep a guid haud on tae thair dugs:--- ...
... Watson on:- [CENSORED: phonenumber] We howp an aw that fowk that's no gaun tae onie o the forgaitherins will speir the ...
... no gaun tae onie o the forgaitherins will speir the abuin fowk for a copie o the consultation document an pit forrit ...

Scots Tung Wittins 70 Fairnie, Robert 2,337 3 1.28

... New Nicht Schuil Cless For The Scots Language. FOR fowk bidin athin traivellin distance o Auld Reekie, Leith ...
... or [CENSORED: phonenumber] Telephone beukin service for fowk wi switch or credit cairds up till 13t. September 1999 ...
... eneuch tae be heard abuin the gibble-gabble o the ither fowk in the bar, as Angus cairiet the three pints ower tae the ...

Scots Tung Wittins 71 Fairnie, Robert 1,807 1 0.55

... thae shops wis gien copies o the follaein poster tae draw fowk's tent tae the cairds. [NOTE: image here of a poster ...

Scots Tung Wittins 72 Fairnie, Robert 2,214 4 1.81

... no juist in schuils an nicht-schuils, an no juist tae gie fowk that daesna ken Scots the inlat tae learn it for thirsels, ...
... onie ettles tae chynge the 2001 census sae that it speirs fowk if thay speak Scots or no. The census, cairried oot ilka ...
... nae richt nummers tae meisure the uisage an nummers o fowk that see thirsels as uisers o the language. She eikit that ...
... SLS Brainch in the bygane. He threaps that he fund maist fowk that awns tae be Scots speakers didna hae onie mair nor 50 ...

Scots Tung Wittins 73 Fairnie, Robert 2,491 8 3.21

... anither century an anither millennium an aw. For aw the'r fowk, learit in nummers, that threaps the new millennium is ...
... language that gars the P&J's Editor tae jalouse that fowk that traivels the Lang Whang winna unnerstaun the language ...
... the Lang Whang winna unnerstaun the language o the fowk that bides in the Lang Stracht. We dinna care whit by-leid ...
... it's Scots. It's juist as daft an aw tae jalouse that fowk in the Hielands juist speak aither Gaelic or English an ...
... keepin the pat bilin an giein thaim a screive or twa. The fowk tae screive tae on the abuin Corporate Body is:- Sir David ...

Scots Tung Wittins 74 Fairnie, Robert 2,448 7 2.86

... Stuart McHardy sayed, "If this situation isnae addressed, fowk like masel an ithers will hae tae start leukin tae tak the ...
... the Bruce intae saicont an third place, bi the kenspeckle fowk that kythes in Who's Who In Scotland. ASDA, in the rin-up ...
... on the back o its till lines efter fundin oot that 74% o fowk in the country didna ken thaim. Naw, thay didna say whit ...
... that, if ye jalouse that ilka caird is juist read bi twa fowk, that means that mair nor eleeven thoosan pair o een haes ...
... set oot tae merk the new millennium bi speirin a wheen o fowk thair chyce o buiks tae tak wi thaim intae 2000 if thay ...

Scots Tung Wittins 75 Fairnie, Robert 2,610 6 2.30

... Glasgow or Shetland dialects)?" The'r aye still time for fowk tae screive tae thair MSP's or tae the papers tae uphaud ...
... - tae cairie oot pairsonal speirin oot an speakin tae fowk tae record leevin exemplars o Scots language uiss an the ...
... that the words o the Bard, that whiles dumfooners some fowk, will suin be makit clear on a new wabsteid tae be ...
... thay howp tae can tell bi Mey if thay'r gaun tae alloo the fowk o Scotland thair ain vairsion o BBC1's 6 o'clock News or ...
... this bi the BBC that aiblins thare micht be aboot 95% o fowk in this kintra takin up the wrang end o the stick an ...


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