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Cairtes in the Scots Leid Kay, Billy 709 11 15.51

... is spoken in ae dialect or anither by the feck o the fowk. Wi gey pickle status, it is maistly uised in informal, ...
... tak it frae the private tae the public domain an gie fowk a sense o whit it wes and whit it will be again - a leid o ...
... an virr that will aye express the smeddum o the Scots fowk an their ties tae the land an its culture. In daein this ...
... o the centrist states they belangit. The naiture o fowk's identity houever is sic that aw thae leids hes tholit ...
... on in a mair restrictit uis as the ilka-day language o the fowk. In monie cases this strang fowk-feelin wi the leids gart ...

The Buik o Ruth: 14 - Anent the Buik o Ruth Borrowman, A S 620 9 14.52

... in the twalt orlang-hunder B.C. but lang efter. Some fowk jalouse it was scrievit afore the Israelites were cairrit ...
... dingit doon, alsweel its waas and ilka hoose. Forbye the fowk were disjaskit, alsweel discomfist. It was a tapsalteerie ...
... they for the Law o God whilk had gart them be a by-ordinar fowk. Ezra and his feres pit stout herts tae a stey brae and ...
... their dicton, 'Oursels alane'; nae merridges wi fremmit fowk; ill-wull tae the fremmit, and nae companionry wi fowk wha ...
... fowk; ill-wull tae the fremmit, and nae companionry wi fowk wha dinna belang tae the kintra or kin o Israel. It was an ...

Scots - in Scots Kay, Billy 487 7 14.37

... is spoken in ae dialect or anither by the feck o the fowk. Wi gey pickle status, it is maistly uised in informal, ...
... tak it frae the private tae the public domain an gie fowk a sense o whit it wes and whit it will be again - a leid o ...
... an virr that will aye express the smeddum o the Scots fowk an their ties tae the land an its culture. In daein this ...
... o the centrist states they belangit. The naiture o fowk's identity houever is sic that aw thae leids hes tholit ...
... on in a mair restrictit uis as the ilka-day language o the fowk. In monie cases this strang fowk-feelin wi the leids gart ...

Funeral Blackhall, Sheena 78 1 12.82

... Foo years rin Doon the gutter! Daith isnae blate Tae sweel fowk doon the grate Tae clear awa a generation's clutter. ...

The Fower Quarters: 16 - Martinmas Blackhall, Sheena 92 1 10.87

... Langsyne fowk killt the winter mart, Byled puddens in the pan, Fin deein ...

The Braw Guidwyfe an hir Nicht Veisitors Purves, David 2,460 25 10.16

... An mair tae, or the haill room wes fou wit the wee fowk, wee men an wee weimen baith, an thaim lauchin an yatterin ...
... wunner. Never in aw hir leevin days haed she seen the wee fowk, lat alane haein thaim in hir ain kitchen an thaim wurkin ...
... for hir. But she wesna ti staun for lang, for suin the wee fowk war cryin sairlie til hir, first ane an syne anither: “We ...
... aboot it!” Sae Mhairi fell tae ti bake bannoks for the wee fowk as fest as she micht. But the mair she bakit, the fester ...
... she micht. But the mair she bakit, the fester did the wee fowk gorbil up aw she set doun afore thaim! An waur nor that, ...

The Buik o Ruth: 09 - Sermon at the Lallans Society Conference 1974 Borrowman, A S 1,487 15 10.09

... lang syne ... the auld kirk was sepharit intae twa kirks. Fowk biggit a middle waa or hallan atween the quire and the ...
... waa or hallan atween the quire and the nave. Ilka sabbath fowk cam tae the preachin; aa gaed in by the ae dure; gin ye ...
... and the gaits ye dochna fin! Threttie towmond sinsyne the fowk o the twa kirks conveent; the hallan was taen awa, the ...
... the hallan was taen awa, the trance rebiggit, the twa kirk fowk sesit as ane, and saught rang in the auld Kirk, and ...
... aiblins in the auld brugh. The hallan was taen awa. Guid fowk, Ah jalouse ye didna come here the day tae the preachin ...

Letter: 12 Fairnie, Robert 104 1 9.62

... yer shop an anither ane for pittin in the windae tae tell fowk ye sell Scots language Christmas cairds. The Scots Tung ...

Fishin Quotas Fairnie, Robert 345 3 8.70

... Geordie Jooks haed aye kent the wis juist the twa kinna fowk in the warld; fisher-fowk an the ither kind. Thon wis ...
... kent the wis juist the twa kinna fowk in the warld; fisher-fowk an the ither kind. Thon wis brocht hame tae him afore the ...
... the conversation but he daes ken the’r juist the twa kinna fowk in the warld an he haes lat it be kent that this wis a ...

Éstas que fueron pompa y alegría Hubbard, Tom 115 1 8.70

... flouers: Their craidle an their lair lay in a bud. Sae fowk hae fund o their fortouns, nocht endures; In but ae day, ...

A Small Book of Translations: 05 - Catullus 4 Hutchison, Alexander 121 1 8.26

... It seems that wye. A'm left t' fend for masel. Fit can fowk dee? Faa's left t' rely on? A wis taen richt in, coortit, ...

The Buik o Ruth: 10 - Sermon at the Kirk o the Greyfriars 1974 Borrowman, A S 640 5 7.81

... in our ain disjaskit warld, mairattowre our ain kintra fowk dee o puirtith and skaith. Whan I mind o Fergusson I tak ...
... our faithers and our forefowk but says gey little to the fowk o our ain days an eild. The waas biggit lang syne are dung ...
... are shooken and man is left wantit a bield. For monie fowk jalouse life is a lang journey intil the nicht and intil ...
... the speerit - a tulzie wi greenyoch, mushinfu and sleekit fowk. I sall nail it wi scripture, frae first John fower, and ...
... twal. "This is my mandment that ye loe ane anither." Guid fowk, think on thae things. ...

Thochts o Speakin Scots Fairnie, Robert 1,103 8 7.25

... (1872 - ?). Howanever, life lowps alang the gate o time an fowk, alang wi thair consaits, gits aulder an whiles oot o ...
... consaits, gits aulder an whiles oot o fashion. Leirit fowk noo pynt oot the psychological skaith that’s bein duin tae ...
... an makin a bauchle o the language that thae young fowk brings wi thaim frae the hame an the community. On the ...
... braidcasters stertit readin oot the news in Catalan, the fowk wis smitten wi the creenge an thocht it “common” an ...
... they’re still thinkin in English. We’r speakin here aboot fowk that soond guid Scots speakers tae ither fowk but dinna ...

The Bridge Sangster, Maureen 286 2 6.99

... Nae bonnie moon cud lift - If they hud been the ghaists o fowk that I hud nivver met There wid hae been a future. I ...
... an waur Than Daith cam skitterin tae me: Pairts o living fowk ithers nivver see Breists an sores sewn intae ma stanes ...

Doon an Oot Blackhall, Sheena 143 1 6.99

... ma seat. The state o' yon, Sittin, in an Art Gallery Some fowk's nae sense o' decency She's nae alane. Van Gogh gaed doon ...

Mephistophelean Ballant-Scherzo on ane Fife Legend Hubbard, Tom 288 2 6.94

... That’s richt agin my natur. Says I, ‘You’re fir the warkin fowk – Fine words, Faust! I’ll be blunter: Thae schemes o yours ...
... shore And scoop intil his haund Whit’s cheengeless as the fowk theirsel – And common tae – the saund. ‘Leuk there’, says ...

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, ...

European Scots Blackhall, Sheena 157 1 6.37

... Pict, Celt an nesty Norseman, My, fitiver wid fowk say, If they kent that they're still bidin Here in ...

The Buik o Ruth: 08 - Sermon at the Lallans Society Conference 1973 Borrowman, A S 800 5 6.25

... University of Stirling, June, 1973. Guid fowk, we are conveent here neist the auld brugh o Stirling ...
... John Damian, the Freir o Tongland in the Stewartry. Some fowk jalouse he cam frae Italie, frae the pairt caad Lombardie; ...
... and the starns, and endit in the glaur. Twa thochts, guid fowk, anent Faither Damian. Ane: Gin we tak tent tae the story ...
... And we beseek ye, breithir, tae compesce the feckless fowk, comfort the dowffie, uphaud the dozent, and thole lang wi ...
... ettle aye tae dae yer best devoirs for ilkane and for aa fowk. Aye be blythe. Nae ho til yer incawin. In aa things gie ...

Letter: 08 Fairnie, Robert 321 2 6.23

... identity an a kennin o thair ain Scots language gies fowk a first cless inlat tae thair ain history, cultur an ...
... thair ain history, cultur an identity. It's important for fowk tae ken whit words wis uised tae express the thochts gaun ...

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 ...

Sermon at Stirling Borrowman, A S Audio 485 3 6.19

... M755: Guid fowk, we are conveent here neist the auld brugh o Stirling ...
... Damian, the Freir o Tongland in the Stewartry. Some fowk jalouse he cam frae Italie, frae the pairt caad Lombardie; ...
... the starns, and endit in the glaur. Twa thochts, guid fowk, anent Faither Damian. Ane: Gin we tak tent tae the ...

Craiters: 19 - Liptovska Teplicka Fenton, Alexander 2,855 17 5.95

... fae e University ere, eir teachers an half a dizzen fowk like masel fae e west at hid been invitet. Een o e quines ...
... in e road, sortin some watter works, an wir first view o e fowk in e village wis e croodie roon im, lookin, newsin or ...
... E size o e crood didna cheenge aafa much, bit ere wis fowk comin an gaan aa e time, young bairns an eir grannies, ...
... Aa e same fit wis maist strickin wis a quantities o fowk oot wirkin in e parks. Ere wis craps o maize, feed for man ...
... freenly fairmer an e twa o’s got set up in e spare room. E fowk wis aafa kindly, an fin e fairmer saa at likit tae tak ...

The Buik o Ruth: 12 - Sermon at Partick Newton Place Church, Glesca, 1976 Borrowman, A S 1,347 8 5.94

... anent him in the Bible. We ken he was ane o the fisher fowk wha dwalt in Bethsaida, a brugh neist the Sea o Galilee. ...
... frae the samyn scriever that Andro was missioner til the fowk o the kintra hecht Scythia. We maun tak tent o this, for ...
... o Aberbrothock o 1320 we lear that oor ain Scots fowk cam frae Scythia; aiblins guid reason eneuch for oor Scots ...
... orries o my speak. We leeve in a sair disjaskit warld wi fowk discomfist by aa the ills o this birlin planait, wi fowk ...
... fowk discomfist by aa the ills o this birlin planait, wi fowk bamboozlt and dumfounert, and forfochen wi plouterin in ...

Scots Tung Wittins 89 Fairnie, Robert 2,612 15 5.74

... language will each have an important place." Hunners o fowk alang wi curns an organizations heard the meinister's cry ...
... gate frae the caller watters o the River Forth. Gin some fowk in the media the day thinks a kenspeckle place like the ...
... that lowpit oot at him frae aw the airts an aw kin-kind o fowk. Some wad come bi e-screive, some bi post, an some ower ...
... ower the phone. Some wad come bi fax but maistlins it wis fowk thirsels lowpin oot frae ahint onie kinna beild at aw ...
... shuid be sae stammygastered hissel tae fund oot hou monie fowk taen sae muckle pleisure an pride oot o bein speirt tae ...

Scottish Parliament: Scots Pairlament Cross Pairty Group on the Scots Leid, Meenits o the meetin hauden on 19 June 2003 Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body 893 5 5.60

... o the Group Oniebodie can become a memmer o the group and fowk wis askit tae lat the secretariat ken the names o ...
... Implementation Group. A meetin shuid tak place atween fowk fae the Group an Douglas Ansdell, a civil servant fae the ...
... a World City of Literature. The pynt o’t wad be tae mind fowk o the inpit that Scots fowk haes made til the airt o ...
... The pynt o’t wad be tae mind fowk o the inpit that Scots fowk haes made til the airt o scrievin. Gavin wad finn oot mair ...
... report back til the group in September. Maggie Mackay gied fowk mair information on the report that had been commissioned ...

Scots Tung Wittins 86 Fairnie, Robert 2,513 14 5.57

... that kythed fernyear, wis a ae day ongaun whaur young fowk wis gien the inlat tae debate onie subjeck they chuise an ...
... stert o the European Year o The Languages, tae tak thae fowk that Burns praised for awnin honest poverty, an cry thaim ...
... invent anither name for it – Nedspeak. Bi makin oot that fowk that uises thae Scots words in thair ilkaday language is ...
... BBC daes juist as muckle skaith tae the confidence o thae fowk as the teachers in the schuils did no that lang syne whan ...
... shawn that, parteeclar in west-central Scotland, a wheen o fowk, whan speirt if they speak Scots or no, wad say no but ...

Saint Valentine's Day: Glesga Blackhall, Sheena 387 2 5.17

... swickit Doon-load yer lust, this luvers' day! Ach weel... fowk didna boo, nur sweir. Twa luvers, wooin on a cheer War ...
... on this luvers' day. An syne, I left fur Aiberdeen.. Fowk muttered 'Surely nae sae seen' Cupid luiks best in granite ...

The Buik o Ruth: 11 - Sermon at the Lallans Society Conference 1976 Borrowman, A S 780 4 5.13

... University of Stirling, 6 June, 1976. Guid fowk, ye hae mind o the mappamund wi its carts o aa the ...
... in, but it doesna hae a wey oot and has nae life ava. Guid fowk, I jalouse ye dinna come here tae lear yer geography and I ...
... men are canty tae get but sweir tae gie: a warld whaur fowk are gleg tae tak in but arena gleg tae gie oot. Ye mind ...
... yase for themsels, certes, but a warld men share wi ither fowk. Twa: Gif its true o oor warld, its true als o oor ain ...

Scots Tung Wittins 109 Fairnie, Robert 2,619 13 4.96

... oor ain tung, we'd a kent it wisna nae slang, for leirit fowk the likes o thon wadna be seen deid uisin slang. But ...
... be seen deid uisin slang. But insteid o this we hae leirit fowk on the tellie singin the praises o Scots in English an the ...
... o a leid if it's no guid eneuch tae be uised bi eddicatit fowk tae sing its ain praises. The Scots language the day micht ...
... micht cuid be seen as sindert intae three pairts:- (1) The fowk that uises it in thair ilkaday lives for spoken ...
... for no haein a Scots question in the 2001 Census.) (2) The fowk that's leeterate in the language but, tho they hae the ...

The Merriage Service Ogston, David D 1,068 5 4.68

... rax forrit tae the roads ye hinna traivelled yet… tae the fowk ye’ll growe tae be faan life his vrocht its chynges… tae ...
... forename] tae be your waddit wife afore God an aa fowk, an wull you be hers alane, noo an aawyes? I will. ...
... forename] tae be your waddit husband afore God an aa fowk, an wull you be his alane, noo an aawyes? I will. The ...
... my waddit wife; I pledge you, in the sicht o God an aa the fowk that’s here, my true an eident luve; I promise I will haud ...
... waddit husband; I pledge you, in the sicht o God an aa the fowk that’s here, my true an eident luve; I promise I will haud ...

Scots Tung Wittins 154 Fairnie, Robert 2,160 10 4.63

... last nicht that will include music frae the award-winnin fowk band cried "Back of the Moon", some o the music hivin been ...
... set oot an ootdoor beer gairden on its property for thae fowk that wantit tae cairry on haein a smoke wi thair pint. ...
... on haein a smoke wi thair pint. Howanever, some o the fowk in the neibourin properties roond aboot pit in an official ...
... on notices an posters etc haes a faur different effect on fowk than English yins haes, as ye micht hae noticed wi readin ...
... readin the abuin. It grips the ee better for it's no whit fowk is expectin tae see an it gars a feelin like bumpin intae ...

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 ...

Gittin the Spellin Richt Fairnie, Robert 435 2 4.60

... on strike ilka noo an agane an, wi maist o thair weemin-fowk workin in the mills, they cuid afford tae bide oot a guid ...
... the’r aye some watter whaur the stirkie droons, as ye hear fowk say. ...

Scots Tung Wittins 94 Fairnie, Robert 2,651 12 4.53

... twintie jobs in pairts o the country whaur the want o fowk is only ootduin an makit waur bi the want o jobs. Siller ...
... ower hard tae pronounce an tae spell. An this comin frae fowk that threaps "rates" isna the stent they pey tae the ...
... but lang-tail fellaes that bides in the hooses o ither fowk that daesna hae nae fur coats. Whan the fowk o St. Andrews ...
... o ither fowk that daesna hae nae fur coats. Whan the fowk o St. Andrews chynged Baxter's Wynd in the late nineteenth ...
... Wynd wis chynged intae Baker's Lane. Sae, is the guid fowk o Trotter Haugh ettlin tae owerset the nem o thair street ...

Nicatine Patches? Fairnie, Robert 465 2 4.30

... faither. Nae doot ye’r wishin ye cuid git patches tae stap fowk talkin an aw. Ay, A ken you, Geordie Jooks.” Geordie’s ...
... oot the chemist for that areddies.” says he. “Tae stap fowk talkin?” “Ay.” “A didnae ken that. Ye mean ye stick a wee ...

Scots Tung Wittins 122 Fairnie, Robert 2,558 11 4.30

... or minority languages that's bein uised bi young fowk baith in thair music an in thair ilkaday lives frae ...
... the real, livin linguistic diversity in Europe. Mony fowk sees Eurovision noo as a comic imitation o itsel wi ...
... an the rumours comin oot o Holyrood the noo wad hae fowk believe that the pairlament's Corporate Body haes decidit ...
... flesh creep an the creenge wis born.There mony educatit fowk the day that hae nocht but guid tae say aboot the Scots ...
... it. Daes Jack McConnell really believe that giein thae fowk mair exposure tae opera, ballet, theatre, music an the ...

The Buik o Ruth: 06 - Aucht portions for Yule Borrowman, A S 1,408 6 4.26

... haud o the hallan-door o yer faes; and in yer seed sall aa fowk o the yirth be sainit; sin ye hae lippent tae Ma voce". ...
... MICAH V. 2-4. Atweel, Bethlehem Ephratah, ye are a peerie fowk amang the thoosans o Judah, but out o ye sall spail tae me ...
... a son and ye sall caa his name JESUS; for he sall sain his fowk frae their ill-daeins". Aa this was dune that it micht be ...
... guid nouvelles tae make ye blythe, aye, yersels, and aa fowk in ilka airt. Tae ye is born the day in the brugh o ...
... conveenit aa the Heigh Priests, and aa the Writers o the fowk thegither, he speirt at them whaur the native o Christ ...

Advent Antiphons in Scots Ogston, David D 235 1 4.26

... the nations— Afore You kings wull staun dumb, An aa kins o fowk wull prig Ye tae help them. Come, set us free, haud back ...

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? ...

SNDA, SLD Newsletter Spring 01-Summer 04 - P. Cairns Cairns, Pauline 719 3 4.17

... (ayewis ‘night’ an no ‘nicht’) an, in common wi maist fowk, it wis the only time o the year thir wis drink in the ...
... first TV? There wis a kind o tradition wi food tae. Some fowk juist had sweet stuff, black bun, cherry cake, madeira ...
... soup an sausage rolls an wee Store* pies forbye. Some fowk on Ne’erday had steak pie wi mashed tatties an peas. We ...

Scots Tung Wittins 91 Fairnie, Robert 2,638 11 4.17

... is juist aboot richt for sic a collogue at a time whan fowk is stertin tae jalouse the weird o the language is aboot ...
... a gleg an leevin-lik language needs for lowpin frae. Fowk juist haes tae mind the key things that haes kythed ower ...
... o the Lallans Comatee able for tae attend, an speir at fowk for feedback on the magazine, help wi sales an that. ...
... Tak guid tent that the Netherbow is leemitit tae 75 fowk—sae dinna be blate an dinna be late. Ingang stent is £10 ...
... kythed in the mids o the European Year o the Languages. Fowk says the'r aye some watter whaur the stirkie droons but ...

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 ...

The Page Loun an the Siller Tassie Purves, David 1,469 6 4.08

... mukkil need no gang near the Ferlie Knowe, for the wee fowk bydes thare an thay ir no ti be lippent til.” This knowe ...
... on the muir no twantie yairds frae the gairden yett, an fowk said it wes the hame o the Fairies, that wad sort onie ...
... daft aneuch ti cum near thaim. An kis o this, the kintrie fowk wad gang a guid hauf-myle out thair road, even i the braid ...
... sittin roun a burnist aik taibil, war scores o the Wee Fowk: Fairies an Wurfs an Fanes, gled in green, yallae, pink, ...
... rinner, he wes nae match i the lang rin, for the Fairie Fowk, an he coud hear that thay war makkin up on him aw the ...

Scots Tung Wittins 88 Fairnie, Robert 2,712 11 4.06

... (1872 - ?). Howanever, life lowps alang the gate o time an fowk, alang wi thair consaits, gits aulder an whiles oot o ...
... consaits, gits aulder an whiles oot o fashion. Leirit fowk noo pynt oot the psychological skaith that's bein duin tae ...
... an makin a bauchle o the language that thae young fowk brings wi thaim frae the hame an the community. On the ...
... braidcasters stertit readin oot the news in Catalan, the fowk wis smitten wi the creenge an thocht it "common" an ...
... they're still thinkin in English. We'r speakin here aboot fowk that soond guid Scots speakers tae ither fowk but dinna ...

Ahint 'e Herst Brown, Charles W 251 1 3.98

... curin' 'e sick 'at war feelin' rel queasy? Wis it keepin' fowk up ti date wi' 'e news? Wis it tryin' in vain ti fill up ...

Craiters: 18 - Foxie Fenton, Alexander 1,256 5 3.98

... Blackford Hill. I gang doon e road by e police box at some fowk caa e Tardus aside e gates intill e hill, syne skirt roon ...
... Files it's nae chancy on e hill. Ere's squaads o young fowk gang aboot on't, an ye can hear o odd things happenin, bit ...
... up e steep face an won till e tap, ere wis a crood o young fowk in e kinna halla ye get jist afore e croon o e hill, an wi ...
... ye ay spik aboot pittin oot e bucket. Ey spik aboot fowk in e country being slow tae change, bit it's jist e same ...
... e same in e toons, except at e foxes hiv condeetioned e fowk, wi aa es rowin up o orrals at ey dee. It’s winnerfae e ...

Extracts from SNDA, SLD Newsletter Spring 01-Summer 04 Robinson, Chris 774 3 3.88

... writers. As weel as promotin the profile o SLD and steirin fowk up tae speak and scrive in Scots, Ah see ane o ma ...
... a wee puckle siller. Tae this end, Ah hae been encouragin fowk tae sponsor a wird in the new Concise Scots Dictionary at ...
... Buchan amang them. A fair wha wis wha o the period. Will fowk luik back in eichty year tae see wha supportit CSD2? ...

Memories come floodin back o lost Aiberdeen - February 14, 2005 Shepherd, Robbie 785 3 3.82

... in ma skweeldays in the toon in 1950, the area black wi fowk scalin oot o the buses comin in fae the country. Syne ma ...
... Penny's, Jimmy Smith an mony mair stallholders - my kyn o fowk, kintra fowk sellin eggs, tatties, flooers, cheese, fresh ...
... Smith an mony mair stallholders - my kyn o fowk, kintra fowk sellin eggs, tatties, flooers, cheese, fresh produce o aa ...

An Order o Baptism Ogston, David D 526 2 3.80

... the Minister haudin the bairn i the mids o the gaithered fowk. Lord, in Your mercie, help ……………………….. tae growe in ...
... life we long for maist is the life that is lived for ither fowk, the hert gien gledly, the haun wide open. Your peace be ...

The Buik o Ruth: 15 - Levirate Merridge Borrowman, A S 264 1 3.79

... cam tae be scrievit. Algates, whan Ruth was scrievit, the fowk fasht themsels mair wi the name o the faimly, (a man ...

Scottish Parliament: Makkin yer voice heard in the Scottish Parliament (Scots) Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body 2,911 11 3.78

... til the Scottish Pairlament is hauden. In the election fowk in Scotland vote for candidates an the candidates that ...
... comment anent the issues mintit in petitions an read ither fowk’s comments. For mair speirins anent e-petitioning please ...
... For exaimple, the Education Committee discussed wi young fowk, youth warkers an parents an idea for a Commissioner for ...
... an parents an idea for a Commissioner for Bairns an Young Fowk. Vote in the elections Staund for election Gin ye are mair ...
... bein debatit. You can hae yer say an read whit ither fowk thinks. Whiles MSPs yaise the collogue tae find oot whit ...

Scots Tung Wittins 145 Fairnie, Robert 2,668 10 3.75

... year for the Scots language an for aw the millions o fowk that yaises it on an ilka-day basis. In particlar it howps ...
... Europe. Scots Tung hears tell that at the verra least, twa fowk haes pitten forrit an up ti date description o the Scots ...
... aff speakin in English an tellin thaim hou there wis 400m fowk in the warld that yaised English as thair first language ...
... a recipe for the makin o this Rosehip Syrup in case some fowk wantit tae mak thair ain an they pyntit oot hou important ...
... alive. We are telt that the boar's antics haed the fowk o Arcadia "tremmlin in their semmits" as it creatit dirdum ...

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 ...

A Keek intae the hospital kitchen aifter the appointment wi the O.T. Sangster, Maureen 273 1 3.66

... o whurlan trolleys, Skoosh o watter in tomb-size sinks. Fowk werena wastin Time Bit were mairriet tae him An huddin him ...

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 ...

Sublimation/Eros and the Muse Blackhall, Sheena 274 1 3.65

... wi supra-creativity A topic wirthy o a PhD. Except maist fowk wad lee... includin me. Sae fit's perversion? Queen, ...

Scots Tung Wittins 120 Fairnie, Robert 2,243 8 3.57

... tae get sic wark accordit its proper status in the minds o fowk an tae spread its affect in skuils an colleges" In 1985, ...
... (Gaelic, Scots an English) can wark weel thegither wi some fowk flitting comfortable like in an oot the three o thaim. He ...
... reflecks whit Scots culture actually is raither nor whit fowk micht like it tae be. Scots haes tae be a livin language - ...
... uised in the public domain, particular bi the educatit fowk that's sae eydently uphaudin it, the less it'll hae tae ...
... same time as it's bein eydently uphaudit on anither. Mony fowk that sees thirsels as Scots juist splatters thair English ...

Craiters: 21 - 'I cannot get enough of it' Fenton, Alexander 1,405 5 3.56

... wis e seamaas. In my time we caad em seagulls, bit aaler fowk wid say seamaas, makin't soon like 'simaaze'. Ere's ay ...
... nae hobbyhorses. Gulls is bonny flee-ers, bit e weemin fowk wid rin aboot flappin eir aaprons if een cam in aboot - an ...
... Country Life'. It wis a maist interestin collection o fowk, ey cam fae aa ower e world, an I ken I spent as much time ...
... lookin at e birds. Ere wis ae day on Rum, a lang tail o fowk wis passin a raa o trees aifter landin, fin somebody ...
... like eence on Papa Stour. At's a rare place, an aafa fine fowk tae be wi. Ey couldna dee enyeuch tae mak ye feel at hame ...

The Buik o Ruth: 04 - The Buik o Ruth Borrowman, A S 2,272 8 3.52

... o the Maobite kintra that the Lord had been mindfu o his fowk and had gied them their needfu fendin. Sae wi her twa ...
... Than said they tae her, "We sall gang wi ye tae yer ain fowk". But Naomi said, "Gang hame, lasses, gang hame. Fou suld ...
... kissit her guidmither and airtit awa hame tae her ain fowk, but Ruth bidit wi Naomi. "Atweel" quo Naomi, "yer ...
... quo Naomi, "yer guidsister has gaen awa hame tae her ain fowk and her gods, gang ye wi her" "Dinna yoke on me tae gang ...
... yer mither and faither and yer ain kintra, and cam tae a fowk ye didna ken afore. The Lord sain ye for yer guid wark: ...

Isolde's Luve-Daith Hubbard, Tom 1,149 4 3.48

... if no the deid, then the hauf-deid, Wha canna thole fowk wi the ootmaist wey ti leeve; Sae I come greetin ower your ...
... fae oor saicret heiven, An socht an apen heiven fir the fowk- Throu touns whaur wark's ower lang, or else there's nane, ...
... sic a laund as this? Wha wadna dee, an mair, ti save its fowk? An nou oor wark is dune, tho yit ti dae Bi aa that hear ...
... fir aye. Anerlie throu this daith, is oor luve eternal, An fowk sall mynd o us; Anerlie throu this daith, are we reborn. ...

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 105 Fairnie, Robert 2,608 9 3.45

... wis that faur awa frae the truith o whit wis said bi the fowk he wis speirin ower the phone, that it wisna worth the ...
... Scots language. Gin that in itsel isna eneuch tae gar fowk mislippen the honesty an accuracy o his reportin, the ...
... a poem. That's no whit they're thare for, is it? Twa o the fowk he spake wi ower the phone wis that fasht wi the words he ...
... air wis juist rare. Eh wis weel plaised wi the nummer o fowk thit speired wha thi baund, thi sangsters an thi dancers ...
... Government, the Scottish Executive an EBLUL, the'r aye fowk in the estaiblishment that keeps on howkin up thon same ...

Letter: 02 Fairnie, Robert 583 2 3.43

... the Scots language haes been fund tae be ee-grippin cause fowk isna expeckin tae see oniethin ither than English an, when ...
... for years. The cairds is weel socht efter aboot noo sae fowk can send thaim bi surface mail tae freends in Australia, ...

Scots Tung Wittins 100 Fairnie, Robert 2,370 8 3.38

... a resource wad provide richt uissfu graith, no juist for fowk leukin intae languages, but for thaim warkin in ...
... sindert text for eikin intae the archive. SCOTS is speirin fowk noo for texts, aither written or spoken for eikin tae the ...
... onie politeecian an, gin thair currency is worth naethin, fowk isna gaun tae lippen oniethin less nor gowd. Actions an ...
... Actions an deeds is the anelie gowd they hiv left noo for fowk tae lippen. Naethin less will dae. Learn Yersel Scots ...
... on Scots an shuid be o guid intrest tae the follaein kinna fowk. Veesitors tae Scotland wi an intrest in the language an ...

Scots Tung Wittins 113 Fairnie, Robert 2,675 9 3.36

... sae that a policy can be developed tae mak shuir that fowk kens the true worth o thaim. At the end o the day, no ...
... the comatee wis telt that the education system stigmatises fowk for speakin sic languages raither nor valuin an makin ...
... develop oor recommendations for the guid o aw Scotland's fowk - white'er thair language o chyce!" The Scots Executive ...
... estaiblishment o ony kinna definition o Scots cause maist fowk, includin Scots leid upsteerers, daesna mak ony differ ...
... tae a mair modern orthography, as shawn ablow, maist fowk wad see it in a faur different licht. "It is statute and ...

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 ...

Review of "Hieroglyphics and other stories" (Anne Donovan) Niven, Liz 308 1 3.25

... tae hae a reprint o this fine buik, A’m shair hunners o fowk across the kintra are luikin forrit tae readin this ...

The’r Fowk Deein Noo That Hisnae Dee’d Afore. Fairnie, Robert 309 1 3.24

... Geordie eikit, “Ma faither aye yaised tae say that the’r fowk deein noo that hisnae dee’d afore.” Snawface’s bawbee ...

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 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 90 Fairnie, Robert 2,540 8 3.15

... time. The Scottish Executive daesna want tae ken hou monie fowk speaks Scots for raisons it haes keepit tae itsel. If it ...
... been eddicatit tae dae, tak a richt rid face if he thocht fowk in Austrailie wis tae stravaig intae the Scots ...
... een opened if he kent hou muckle Scots wis unnerstuid bi fowk furth o Scotland, the likes o Austrailie, New Zealand, ...
... kinna common workin cless street slang that gies polite fowk rid faces an haes tae be shut awa in a closet. If aw wir ...
... a kinna deli like shop wi a notice ootside tellin the guid fowk that "Sannies" wis selt inbye. She thocht thon wis sic a ...

Scots Tung Wittins 153 Fairnie, Robert 1,955 6 3.07

... businesses, companies, groups, an individual fowk in the campaign tae win tae a unique .SCO internet domain ...
... language an culture. He haes been complouterin wi the fowk at ICANN an ither sib organisations that haes tae dae wi ...
... threaps an aw o research that demonstrates that bilingual fowk haes better cognitive abilities, helpin tae hyste the ...
... richt tae cry yersel a Scots speaker. Scots speakers is fowk that speaks Scots tae communicate an converse wi on an ...
... wi on an ilka day basis. It disnae maitter hou mony fowk haes the ability tae speak Scots, it's when the last body ...

Letter: 06 Fairnie, Robert 329 1 3.04

... will be gien a meenature tae keep. Please gie the fowk frae your schuil that pit in an entry thair ain ...

Scots Tung Wittins 103 Fairnie, Robert 2,634 8 3.04

... aw the reik o an imperial-stentit eddickation—an Scots fowk ir meant ti think it braw an clever lyke the Emperor's ...
... It wis the fift sic forgiatherin an up tae a hunner fowk, alang wi bodies weel leirit in linguistics an ...
... language, a gey sma leid spiken bi aboot twal thoosan fowk in nor-aist Portugal, in the Bragança airt. It's no aften ...
... WI the ivver growin interest in the Scots language, mony fowk are beginnin tae tak a look at placenames aroon whaur they ...
... the maist famous o them aa - Sauchiehall. Noo A've heard fowk say that there yaised tae be a Sauchie Hall, bit A kin fin ...

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. ...

The Quarry Blackhall, Sheena 23,932 71 2.97

... that kent the price o aathin an the warth o nocht. Fowk wad gie muckle siller tae traivel tae whit they cried pop ...
... far bairns hid neen tae bring them up, because thon same fowk wis wastit three-quarters o the day. Wast o the quarry lay ...
... raw upon raw o biggins, mair suited tae battery hens nur fowk, sae caad the Hen-Hoose Estate bi the aff-takkin locals. ...
... birk an fir, a den fur junkies, luvers, flechy mongrels an fowk fa likit naethin better than tae coont the feathers on a ...
... wis shooglie –– aa the bairns wis ooto kilter tae. Some fowk blamed the skweels, ithers the wint o mithers an faithers. ...

Holy Communion (Doric) Ogston, David D 679 2 2.95

... up the deid. Luve wis the sang He threapit tull His ain fowk an fremmit fowk alike. R. : Glorie tae You, Christ o ...
... Luve wis the sang He threapit tull His ain fowk an fremmit fowk alike. R. : Glorie tae You, Christ o healin. M. : He wis ...

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 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 144 Fairnie, Robert 2,809 8 2.85

... languages. God kens that tae rax doon tae the herts o fowk, he maun yaise the words that fowks' herts kens best an ...
... tae the Scots Tung Wittins:- Scots i the Kirk SOME fowk wull myn on Rikki Fulton's character – thon polisman at ...
... wyte God for that, nor shuid we jalouse at, jist cause fowk read the Bible in Inglish, three hunner year syne, at they ...
... smaw but signeificant trend.Mair recentlie, a hantle o fowk lik Joyce Collie, David Ogston an (aince) masell haes led ...
... services an communions. Aw this haes priggit a whein o fowk i the Kirk tae gie mair thocht tae the hail question o ...

Scots Tung Wittins 108 Fairnie, Robert 2,828 8 2.83

... but he wis awaur the Executive haedna gaed as faur as fowk haed wantit anent the implementation o the European ...
... tae see whit government an hissel cuid dae tae gie young fowk a better inlat tae the language. He haed nae norries ...
... that it haes a policy for Scots an whan is it gaun tae lat fowk ken hou sic a policy will be cairiet oot, he said it wisna ...
... consaits aboot Scots nor ocht tae dae wi the law an fowk shuid be alloued tae uise Scots gin that wis whit they ...
... be uised tae mak Scotland a mair intrestin place for fowk tae veesit. In repone tae a heckle aboot the National ...

The Buik o Ruth: 13 - Notandums Borrowman, A S 358 1 2.79

... is ane o five 'megilloth' and was leart tae the Israelite fowk at hairst. LATYNE: Gawin Douglas: Proloug of the first ...

Loon (extract) [Content label: lesser] Blackhall, Sheena 3,235 9 2.78

... the ithers in my class didna like the veesit tae the Auld Fowk's Hame, they said it gaed them the heebie-jeebies it wis ...
... switch aff aa the same. Sae I likit the quaet o the Auld Fowk's Harne - it felt safe. An I likit Auld Syd, cause he ...
... stairs an makk some toast." Sae fin the Matron at the Auld Fowk's Harne brocht roon a platefu o custard slices, I cooried ...
... row in a teem hoose, fecht wi his ain shadda, my Da. Auld Fowk are like crystal glaisses, affa easy broken an Da's got a ...
... a talent fur brakkin things, a real gift. The lave o the fowk in the Hame war sittin in a circle slumpit ower cheers ...

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 ...

Katy the Crocodile Blackhall, Sheena 2,194 6 2.73

... poor Hyne ooto ma bihoochie Vrocht in Taiwan Tae bring fowk fun Ma name is Sam Suzuki. Snailie (i) Snailie snailie on ...
... ye minty sweeties? Is't a corner shop or staa? CHORUS Some fowk gang tae supermairkets Some fowk dinnae shop at aa Some ...
... shop or staa? CHORUS Some fowk gang tae supermairkets Some fowk dinnae shop at aa Some fowk noo e-mail their eerins Niver ...
... gang tae supermairkets Some fowk dinnae shop at aa Some fowk noo e-mail their eerins Niver leave the hoose at aa! Fa ...
... makk ithers greet Dinna be lazy, wirk hard Be kind tae fowk ye meet Dinna be rude or selfish Dinna gie chikk ava Takk ...

The Wizard o the North Blackhall, Sheena 5,141 14 2.72

... aa the wirdies That are bidin in yer moo! In English, fowk say 'What' and 'Who' And 'When' and 'Why' and 'Where' In ...
... a muckle black tawse Fin ye gaed tae the skweel They hung fowk, they wheeped fowk Syne prayed fur their sowels An fed ...
... Fin ye gaed tae the skweel They hung fowk, they wheeped fowk Syne prayed fur their sowels An fed fowk in Peer Hooses ...
... they wheeped fowk Syne prayed fur their sowels An fed fowk in Peer Hooses Parritch in bowls. Victoria an Albert They ...
... dottled sittin, Grip, skyte, flash. Aathin's in a hurry, Fowk in sic a hash, Customers, anonymous. Grip, skyte, flash. A ...

Craiters: 07 - E Oolet Fenton, Alexander 1,856 5 2.69

... interestin tae notice foo times an things cheenge an e fowk wi em. At’s me aff on a wrang tack again, an me spickin ...
... A hairst park’s nae ay a place o sweetness an licht, for fowk are only human. Bit e fairmer wid seen sort sort ye if e ...
... tae faa aff. Apairt fae e extra wirk, an e loss o time wi fowk wytin idle at e rucks, ere wis e chance o brakkin a cairt ...
... a man o skill, an I niver won up till es livel, ir maybe fowk jist thocht I wis better at forkin. Onywye, forkin wis ma ...
... een an wi a bit o a wriggle ye got there. It keepit ither fowk awa fae yer trocks. Eence I missed ma grip an feel heid ...

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 ...

Written Scots Fairnie, Robert 762 2 2.62

... a Foreign Language tae Maist Hamelt Scots Speakers? SOME fowk that’s juist been gien a copy o this news letter for the ...
... Scots language, the’r gaun tae come a time, we howp, when fowk is gaun tae hiv tae sit doon an come up wi some kinna ...

The Wurfs o Merlin's Craig Purves, David 1,526 4 2.62

... haed aince bidden thare langsyne; or sae the kintrie fowk said. The man did as he wes telt an kis he wes an eydent ...
... liftit it. Nou the puir man haed aften hard o the Fairie Fowk, an the skaith thay coud dae ti mortals that haed fasht ...
... cumpanie. The haill nicht the splore gaed on. The wee fowk daunst an daunst lik thay war wud, an the cannie orraman ...
... a mukkil, derklyke haw fou o wee binks, an here the Wee Fowk sat doun ti rest, fair pechilt wi aw thair faucht, whyle ...

Scots Tung Wittins 76 Fairnie, Robert 2,310 6 2.60

... votit for it. Noo, wisna that a surpreese? Whit can thae fowk see in a strang an growthie Mither Tung that maks thaim ...
... Janet Paisley an Alice Thompson wis amang the fowerteen fowk that wis awairdit the first Scottish Airts Cooncil ...
... an daes, kythe frae thair ain surroondins, frae amang the fowk that thay ken an wha's stories thay will ken, an that ...
... Scots Tung bank accoont an sae we'v aye haed tae mind fowk when thay'r screivin cheques tae mind an mak thaim oot tae ...
... includin presentations frae Dutch, Scandinavian an German fowk. Indiveedual fees is £35 for baith days an £17.50 for ane. ...

A Wee Scran o Herrin Fairnie, Robert 1,552 4 2.58

... braw sicht mair nor that in the fish shops. Thae fish shop fowk's juist greedy hogs. Ye’ll hae tae watch yersels wi some o ...
... They’re your fish an ye dinnae hae tae sell thaim tae fowk that’s juist wantin tae tak a len o ye. The’r plenty o ...
... that’s juist wantin tae tak a len o ye. The’r plenty o fowk that wid be gled tae gie ye a penny for thaim." “A penny ...
... lick awa fae the herbour, takin the gate tae the treds-fowk’s hooses that ower-leukit the links. The first door thay ...

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 118 Fairnie, Robert 2,374 6 2.53

... hinnermaist sentence micht weel mean that they dinna hae fowk fluent in the minority ethnic languages but onybody ...
... The Scots in the buikie haes been kept simple sae that fowk that's no literate in the leid can unnerstaun it but A ...
... for the same abuin reasons. In this pairt o the country, fowk wad maist like uise 'leuk tae' wi the 'leuk til' bein ...
... yaises 'these' insteid o 'thir'. Forby, A've shawn the fowk A'm wirkin wi the Scottish Pairlament buikie an maist o ...
... the follaein: Throu the haar Butterie drounin a waik sin - fowk pass i' the dub talkin sma tentless Peat reik straught ...

The Buik o Ruth: 07 - 'This Morning' frae The Scotsman Borrowman, A S 399 1 2.51

... Luke XII. 6. Five speugs fur ae maik. Guid cheap. Fegs, fowk didna think muckle o them, but God merkit the fa o the ...

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 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 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 ...

Craiters: 20 - Biz-Bizzin Fenton, Alexander 3,297 8 2.43

... an bigger eens'n ony I iver saa on e skirts o Culsalmond. Fowk wis gaitherin em wi widden scoops wi an iron kaim fitted ...
... picter o em. E lady at ran e shop tellt's at in e aal days fowk jist pickit fit ey nott, an ate em fresh an sweet, bit noo ...
... bit quality's quality, an it wid be fine tae think at fowk cd get e best fae e past an keep it e best intae new ...
... aboot five, fine healthy lookin grumphies, weel eest tae fowk. A side turnin took’s in aboot till e hooses. Ere wis a ...
... amon em. Ey fairly took e attintion o e young lass. Young fowk his gleg e'en, an it must a been e same for masel eence, ...


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