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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 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 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 149 Fairnie, Robert 2,552 6 2.35

... "Happy Birthday Oor Wullie!" Dizzens o kenspeckle media fowk wis eydently singin the praises o Oor Wullie an garrin ...
... wis eydently singin the praises o Oor Wullie an garrin fowk look forrit tae the burthday bash. It wis sic an awfu ...
... Kelvingrove syndrome an the shamefu creenge thae fowk still hing on tae at the soond o thair ain language. They ...
... o the auld farrant words frae the eichteenth century that fowk wisnae sae acquent wi in 1936. On the ither haund Oor ...
... in original] OWER hurried cups o coffee an bowls o soup, fowk sat in cabals in the café bar o the Byre Theatre in St ...
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 157 Fairnie, Robert 2,574 6 2.33

... ocht. Ye can juist imagine thaim thinkin, "Here's thae fowk speirin this an that for the Scots language agane an we've ...
... on the grunds that tae get yer consaits across tae as mony fowk as possible, ye hiv tae yaise English. The feck o Scots ...
... Scots. It micht be jaloused frae this that maist fowk in Scotland wad be able tae unnerstaund Scots sae it's no ...
... wark, Maureen gethert uphaud an advance fundin frae eneuch fowk that wis fair taen bi whit they'd read. I howp this review ...
... panelt Coontin Hoose in West Nicholson Street, ower 100 fowk gethert tae celebrate the 70th burthday o makar an writer, ...
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 93 Fairnie, Robert 1,728 4 2.31

... bi the Chairter on tae the authorities, organisations an fowk concairned. "Article 6—Information The parties undertake ...
... Chairter shuid be applied bi authorities, organisations an fowk, tae aw the minority leids kivvert bi the Chairter athin ...
... guidelines tae tell authorities, organisations, quangos an fowk juist hou the Chairter micht affeck thair ongauns. Syne ...
... athin the neist week or twa, giein rowth o time for thae fowk that ettles tae send thaim aroon the warld bi the cheaper ...
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 ...
Scots Tung Wittins 79 Fairnie, Robert 2,611 6 2.30

... last month's edeetion o the Wittins, we gied the nummer o fowk that spake the minority leids we proponed tae hae on ane o ...
... wis threapin anent the leid. Ay, aiblins it's richt whit fowk say – auld age daesna come itsel. The ither leid wi the ...
... A shuir case o, whan ye ettle tae speak tae the herts o fowk, ye hiv tae uise the words that fowk's herts kens best. In ...
... speak tae the herts o fowk, ye hiv tae uise the words that fowk's herts kens best. In the airlie pairt o Mey, Ruth Wishart ...
... cried it Scots micht gie a wee bit conter tae thae fowk, Scots speakers includit, that micht hae thocht it 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 ...
The Marra o a Simmer Skweel in Scots: Bit far's the Beens? Blackhall, Sheena 1,323 3 2.27

... sae a ploy like thon could be mony things tae mony fowk. As it turned oot, the first in-service day fur teachers ...
... & traditional ballad-screivin wirkshops at Cullerlie. Fowk enjoy them. They screive their ain, aboot consarns o the ...
... sae are timeless. Mair importantly gin ye've a group o fowk wi little or nae Scots ava, the ballads are screived in ...
Scots Tung Wittins 114 Fairnie, Robert 2,652 6 2.26

... in Gaelic an ither minority languages whaur there fowk that wants it." The SNP promised tae big on Mike Russell's ...
... the Basques haes juist gotten thairsels a new wey o eggin fowk on tae uise thair tongue. Wad there be ony scowth here tae ...
... itsel as a saicont language. She pyntit oot hou „mony fowk haed been lairnin a language for years but still cuidna ...
... an environment that languages can thrive in' an that fowk maun 'try tae truly value aw fowk that speaks languages ...
... can thrive in' an that fowk maun 'try tae truly value aw fowk that speaks languages ither nor the ane o the state' an ...
Scots Tung Wittins 121 Fairnie, Robert 2,223 5 2.25

... an, cause its uphauders on the media is aye weel educatit fowk, they jalouse that this "Scots" maun be somethin a sicht ...
... souch? Wha's gaun tae uise Scots in the media whan the fowk that's speirin for it daesna speak it thirsels? The media ...
... oot in Scots. The uiss o English shuid be contered. Fowk that jynes in wi this will dae it cause they want tae dae ...
... jynes in wi this will dae it cause they want tae dae it. Fowk that daesna jyne in winna dae it cause they dinna want tae ...
... ower-prentin o the firm's logo an that. A nummer o ither fowk, includin politicians, haes taen guid amounts o the ...
Scots Tung Wittins 101 Fairnie, Robert 2,698 6 2.22

... wad be acceppit as pairt o the language requirements for fowk ettlin tae win tae British citizenship. It's easy tae ...
... as ane o the hamelt leids o Britain, the only wey they fowk is gaun tae be acceppit is on the grunds that they're ...
... forms o the leid is aye thare an eikit tae bi monie o thae fowk's contack wi the wark o Burns, baith in adult-heid an as ...
... the schuil. Ower the years, an it's nae diffrent noo, the fowk that girns maist aboot no bein able tae unnerstaun written ...
... makar an, abuin aw a passionate Scot, is hauden bi monie fowk tae be the maucht ahint the Scottish folk-sang revival in ...
Craiters: 15 - E Steppies Fenton, Alexander 1,366 3 2.20

... through an michty ye fair get a gweed crap, though e new fowk've deen awa wi em at eir side. It’s maybe a peety e canes ...
... a steen dyke an a railin, an syne ye're intill e ither fowk’s Ian. At's faar is steppies is, at I wis tae be spikkin ...
... door o e hoose. It's maybe nae richt tae gaap at ither fowk, bit I will admit it's a fair divert fin ye’ve naething ...
Scots Tung Wittins 84 Fairnie, Robert 2,306 5 2.17

... be guid for business. If ye want tae win tae the herts o fowk, ye hiv tae uise the words fowk's herts kens best. ...
... tae win tae the herts o fowk, ye hiv tae uise the words fowk's herts kens best. Adverteesin haesna juist cleekit on yet ...
... grips the ee mair nor English daes cause it's no whit fowk expecks tae see but whan they dae, it's juist like meetin ...
... www.robertfergusson.com whaur they ettle tae gie as monie fowk as possible, free inlat tae oreeginal prentit texts, ...
... ~~~ooo~~~ Freends o Robert Fergusson. ANITHER curn o fowk ettlin tae forder an uphaud fowks' awaurness an prizin o ...
The Pypar o Sutherland Purves, David 1,847 4 2.17

... socht eftir at waddins or whanever the war a splore, an fowk wantit ti daunse an be mirkie. Smaw wunner aither, that ...
... o him. The years gaed in, an aye nae wurd o him. Syne fowk beguid ti forget him. His guidwyfe mairrit again. That ...
... the fairie haw ye telt me about!” Meg taen him thare, the fowk frae the clachan ahint thaim. The wyce man bade thare aw ...
... man heild up his haund, an the yammerin vyces o the hantil fowk that haed steyed for ti watch aw nicht, lowdent. An here ...
Craiters: 08 - E Forkietailies Fenton, Alexander 1,857 4 2.15

... on thocht, bit ye canna think e same fin ye’re crivved wi fowk in a hoose, an e fine freedom o ootside wark gies ye mair ...
... think, tae see a picker, at it wis sic a skeely objeck. Fowk at hiv tae dee things wi eir haans hiv tae learn foo tae ...
... cd dee. Bit fin e kinna wark it did ‘s nott nae mair, an e fowk at used it hiv geen, faa’s tae ken fit a picker mith a ...
... though I doot if e’s sair bothert. Maybe they’re jist like fowk; aa kins, here e day an geen e morn, bit aye poppin up ...
The Fower Quarters: 08 - The Warlock's Curse Blackhall, Sheena 4,243 9 2.12

... an bar them, the pleisur park wis teem. Maist clachan fowk war inbye their hames, watchin TV. Jist the soun o some ...
... Nae lang left the schule, an wirkin at the local Auld Fowk's Hame, Ruth wis a sonsie, frienly quine wi moosie hair ...
... tae the dowie Loch o Sgian, he hid terrifeed aa the fowk o the kintraside. Sib tae the Deil hissel, the warlock's ...
... his soul. The pyot won, the pit-mirk soul wis sained - tho fowk said he wis anely pit yonner because the meenister hid bin ...
... pitch, as if the verra watter itsel wis deid. Boddomless, fowk said o yon loch, hemmed in wi a taigle o bog an muir an ...
Scots Tung Wittins 152 Fairnie, Robert 2,359 5 2.12

... LISA projeck is the fetchin oot o an e-lairnin tool that fowk can get throu the warld wide wab tae learn the minority ...
... prices. Durin the Fringe they employ an train young fowk, some o thaim haein this as thair first work experience, ...
... o Scots bein a silent language at hame amang maist o the fowk that shouts loodest for it, but aye in English. Whit wey ...
... loodest for it, but aye in English. Whit wey shuid thae fowk wi pooches sae fu o kail seeds be sae embarrassed at the ...
... fear o tynin thair ain staundin in the commonty or that fowk will think they're no that weel educated or e'en donnert? ...
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 146 Fairnie, Robert 2,397 5 2.09

... Unner a .SCO domain thae organisations, companies an fowk that expresses thirsels in the Scots language an/or ettles ...
... jynin the campaign an the organisation. They howp that fowk will jyne wi thaim in takin this campaign forrit an help ...
... caird posters that Scots language signs grips the een o fowk faur better nor English language yins daes an is mair ...
... language yins daes an is mair effective cause it's no whit fowk is expectin tae see an when they dae see yin, it feels ...
... prentit in English wi thon yin bein regairdit bi mony fowk as the language o colonial authority an yin that's mair ...
Scots Tung Wittins 80 Fairnie, Robert 2,402 5 2.08

... as anes tae dae wi the environment an ongauns tae dae wi fowk speirin oot thair forebeirs' lineage. Twa o the heidmaist ...
... is gaun tae dae justice tae whit the feck o Scots, ay an fowk frae furth the kintra an aw, still sees as "By yon bonnie ...
... cludgies. Nae doot they cuid hain e'en mair bi chairgin fowk for permeets tae dae thair business in the street. It's ...
... business in the street. It's gaun tae be sair on aulder fowk tho that micht no be able tae dander faurer frae thair ...
... o "The Wild Rover", haes been taen up as a slogan bi the fowk an is noo better kent as "The Lavvie Sang". E'en wir ain ...
Hale Ir Sindries - Buik Twa Forde, Iain W D 27,001 56 2.07

... thon, cam John Buchan. He retoured ti mair sempil, kibbil fowk lik umquhyle sojers an reteired grossars. He hed a guid ...
... the flair abuin, insteid o gangin throu the out-waw. The fowk hedna jaloused whaur the faut liggit, an the coist wes ...
... thai herdit thaim inti the rie ti rist fur the nicht. Fowk telt at the burds hed taur pentit ontil the howes o thair ...
... commisar o a projek at wesna weill thocht o bi the fowk at cam ti pouer i the nyow, frie Scotland. Its aw telt ...
... ludgins an broth, fur lik Maistres Nisbet, the Border fowk hed a grenein fur wittins o the outby warl, an wuidna tak ...
A Fer Chauve Smith, Alex 23,344 48 2.06

... Temp 2/16 Rainfall 2/16 Fine wi a bit o warmth in the air. Fowk wauk ahoot withoot a care. Friday 30 Temp 3/6 Rainfall ...
... 18 Temp 6/10 Glorious, glorious, is the day tae be, Fowk relaxed richt fine tae see. Thursday 19 Temp 3/10 Eence ...
... me as I step ootside, Hale day lang ootside I div bide, Fowk gang aboot in their sark sleeve, Wither jist noo is hard ...
... that wis bein focht, nae mak believe T.V. programme, faar fowk faa aboot actin. Efter the news wis past Jonsar Eck went ...
... fyles turnin tae sleet, En ir turns oot dry bit cauld, Fowk gang aboot near twa fauld. Friday 17 Temp 4/7 Rainfall ...
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 143 Fairnie, Robert 2,484 5 2.01

... Scots is the only yin that haes this effect on Scots fowk. Maist fowk the day, barrin thae younger yins that's juist ...
... is the only yin that haes this effect on Scots fowk. Maist fowk the day, barrin thae younger yins that's juist entered the ...
... an proper. At least twal year o brain-washin tae maist fowk that gauns awa back throu the generations tae the ...
... Andrina, as she speirs oot interestin heids tae pent frae fowk on the mairches o society. Ilka yin o thae heids tells a ...
... A'd haed the misfortune tae be sittin ahint a nummer o fowk at poetry readins that wis shawin aff a bit ower muckle o ...
Scots Tung Wittins 106 Fairnie, Robert 3,978 8 2.01

... thair ain ettles. The wis a hantle sicht o kenspeckle fowk wi an eddication backgrund thare, the likes o Janet ...
... threapit forbye that Scots is uised bi mair than a million fowk ilka day an is the UK's biggest minority language. She ...
... that the Scots language haesna dee'd oot wi maist o the fowk in this kintra still uisin it but efter 300 year o ...
... cried Scots an aw. It's the consait o Janet Paisley that fowk the warld ower, an parteeclar in Europe, is chyngin thair ...
... "least-weys" wis Scots until ye uised it in this e-mail. Fowk in Dixie uises that sayin tae. A'm lairnin that mair an ...
The Mossflow Holton, Brian 33,939 68 2.00

... wi nae rest at aa, ti the Court pit out a placket cryin on fowk ti come an gie the Royal Bairn remeid. This gart the ...
... wis a time o peace i the warld whan hairsts wir guid an fowk blythe at their darg, whan whit wis tint wis left lyin on ...
... year thegither, maks The Thrie-Stentit Age. For smaa fowk thae years wis blythe an cheerie. Whae thocht owremuckle ...
... Watter ti the twa capitals, there wisna the ae place whaur fowk wisna smittlt wi this ill: frae ilka stewartrie an ...
... item fylit felons o the kinrik ti be assoilyeit, an aa fowk to be exonert o ilka levy an cess; item ordainit at i the ...
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 111 Fairnie, Robert 2,503 5 2.00

... rax on tae the group efter she'd haed wirds wi the richt fowk in her depairtment. Whan speirt whit wey the wisna a ...
... the wisna a Meenister forScots, she pyntit oot whit maist fowk kent areddies, that the Meenister for Gaelic an the ...
... ither publication. Whit Daes Scots Eat? Bi Ann Rayner MONY fowk is gey critical o the kinna mait we feed oorsels wi in ...
... hae us believe, but we cuid aye lairn a puckle tips frae fowk lang syne. Official Scots Registers ower the years IT is ...
... be biggit up an forbye, this document is airtit at learit fowk an no the Daily Record; the tither ane hauds the'r nae ...
Scots Tung Wittins 150 Fairnie, Robert 2,508 5 1.99

... gie as muckle exposure o written Scots as it cuid tae the fowk that yaised the language in thair ilka-day life. As the ...
... yer elbuck - an harns. - Reid Moffat "Anent Scots, maist fowk hum and haw, ithers bluster an blaw, but in Scots Tung ...
... nae boons. He is richt awaur o the dichotomy athin Scots fowk aboot thair language, pyntin oot whit wey fowk's sibness ...
... athin Scots fowk aboot thair language, pyntin oot whit wey fowk's sibness sweys tae whaur the pouer is, hou language is a ...
... when "its supremacy was taken for granted". Some fowk writes in Scots but disnae speak it. Some speaks Scots but ...
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 ...
The Retour o Troilus Hubbard, Tom 508 1 1.97

... the hinner-en o youth, Amang the wrack o a kinrik an its fowk: Ithers hae peyed mair deirlie nor mysel Fir weivin o ...
Better Ower Yer Thrapple Fairnie, Robert 511 1 1.96

... 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 87 Fairnie, Robert 2,587 5 1.93

... Whit is it aboot the Scots language that gars thae fowk mak up lees tae pit intae guid fowks' mooths? Jason ...
... owthors, furthsetters, libraries, schuils an aw the fowk. Wi Scottish Executive fore-speakers threapin they're ...
... identity an hasten independence. If it didna gie in, fowk wad git e'en mair scunnert wi Wastmeinster skaithin wir ...
... kailyaird. The muckle darg needit tae be duin wad need fowk tae lay doon thair egos an pit wir leid first. The paper ...
... an winnin wir muckle needit richts. It says a hantle fowk hiv been sae scunnert bi the exclusion o a quaisten fae ...
Scots Tung Wittins 92 Fairnie, Robert 2,601 5 1.92

... Whan he seen the reek growe in bouk, bi wey o the guid fowk o the capital toun makin thair suppers ready, he wad cry ...
... speakin it till they git uised tae it. Professional fowk that's come up throu aw three levels o eddication shuid ...
... my Scots has been educated out of me." Whit daes thae fowk mean when they say sic a like thing? Haes aw thair ...
... tae think o. Like stappin smokin, the first thing thae fowk hiv tae dae is tae "want" tae gie up the creenge, "want" ...
... Efter thon, the lave shuid be a skoosh tae eddicatit fowk Scots Tung WITTINS On the wab. The Scots Tung Wittins can ...
The Wal at the Warld's End Purves, David 3,678 7 1.90

... an the sweet burds sang the haill day lang. An the war fowk bydin on the island mukkil content, ilk man the frein o ...
... is owre hie a fee for a sowp o cauld wattir. Whitever wad fowk think? But the puir seik Queen. kent that onlie wattir ...
... ti fesh it til hir. She wes a prood, prood quyne, an lykit fowk ti think weill o hir. An the war nae dout that fowk wad ...
... lykit fowk ti think weill o hir. An the war nae dout that fowk wad juist lauch at a lassie that wes mairrit on a fat ...
... owre the island that the Queen wes weill again, an aw the fowk sang, praisin the broun prkincess. But thay didna ken the ...
The Ettin's Guidwyfe that Greined for Paerls Purves, David 3,176 6 1.89

... at the verra boddum o the sie itsell, whaur bydes the sie fowk in the kinrik o the Gret Sie Keing? An shuirlie here wes a ...
... graundest o aw the pailaces, whaur sat the Keing o the Sie Fowk an his thrie dochters asyde him in aw thair bewtie. An ...
... durstna tak cup nor murlin gin it be offert bi the fairie fowk that bydes in the green knowes o his ain kintrie. For ...
... ain kintrie. For than, he micht never gae back til his ain fowk, but maun byde foraye wi the wee fowk. But Callum didna ...
... gae back til his ain fowk, but maun byde foraye wi the wee fowk. But Callum didna think o the Sie Fowk as fairies at aw. ...
Homage til Carl Nielsen Hubbard, Tom 532 1 1.88

... in this life Cryin ti be confrontit: The speerit o his fowk Raxin ootby, an throu him, faurer yit, 'Yont Marx's ...
Scots Tung Wittins 116 Fairnie, Robert 2,699 5 1.85

... the estaiblishment tae forder thae richts whan the verra fowk that speirs for thaim winna mak uiss o thaim for ...
... SLRC greed tae tak the pairt o Secretar. It wis greed that fowk wad be canvassed bi e-mail for the Vice-convener an ...
... the Vice-convener an Thesaurer positions syne some o the fowk maist suitable for thae jobs wisna at the forgaitherin. A ...
... that Scots haes ower 40 words for rain! Jupiter kens the fowk's no blithe aboot the wather sae he appynts a forspeaker ...
... 'Maister o the Revels', a character that wad hiv led Scots fowk-dramas o the period. Merry Courant listens in turn tae ...
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 95 Fairnie, Robert 2,781 5 1.80

... Arts Cooncil, throu its National Lottery Bairns an Young Fowk Scheme, is tae gie £150,000 tae a project that is set tae ...
... texts airtit at specific age groups. Bairns an young fowk will be gien the chance tae get rowed intae the wey the ...
... differences athin Scots an will encourage bairns an young fowk tae uise their local form o Scots, as weel as introducin ...
... still funds it hard tae speak Scots cause no monie o the fowk she meets frae day tae day speaks it. This is a wee bit o ...
... or, tae be mair exack, the English Cocoon Syndrome. Maist fowk that's been left the schuil for mair nor ten year haes ...
The Fower Quarters: 19 - Ceevic Duty Blackhall, Sheena 1,672 3 1.79

... Ootsiders, Mr Erchie Gray aye telt his bairns, judged the fowk o a toon bi the look o the place, an a body wis anely ...
... the scaffies' heid yins doon at the cooncil offices. Some fowk micht caa this interferin, bit nae Mr Gray. He saw himsel ...
... - streekit oat on the cassies. Danny Stubbs wisna fond o fowk in the main, bit he did hae a saftness fur breets. He ...
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. ...
Interview 05: John Law on the Scots language N/A Audio 6,222 11 1.77

... think it was nineteen seeventie-twa. And eh the group o fowk that that brocht the society thegither, ye know, includit ...
... on a a a gey sma number o charismatic teachers, eh, like, fowk like Matthew Fitt, F785: Mmhm M055: and Sheena ...
... in onie other country, in onie other situation, that fowk should be settin oot tae teach a language that they cudnae ...
... theirsels. I dinnae think there's a lot o difficulty for fowk that does speak it. //Kennin// F785: //Yeah.// ...
... or the Scots crulge as David Purves cries it, eh, whaur fowk have had it kinna, no beaten oot of them but eh they've ...
Dipper: 42 - The Paddy Begg, Dr James A 572 1 1.75

... snaw. Flakes faa. Ootby's a platform, cleanswept o fowk By the snell Eastlin win. 'Ay, Ay!'.... a nidge an nod - ...
Craiters: 17 - E Wasps' Nest Fenton, Alexander 1,736 3 1.73

... wis a time, lang seen afore sugar wis richt kent o, fin fowk wid gang aboot gaitherin even e honey fae foggy bees. Bit ...
... fae foggy bees. Bit in e hierarchy o respect, bees at fowk keepit in ruskies an hives wis a different maitter ...
... bee. Ye cd tell if ey were roused tee, though maybe it was fowk gettin fleggit an flappin aboot at rouset em. Syne ...
The Twa Heuchie-backit Men Purves, David 1,181 2 1.69

... Tam kent it weill an haed jaloused that whyles, the fairie fowk daunced an sang in it. Sae he wes naething ferlit this ...
... thay daunced wi, an whit sweet vyces thay haed! The wee fowk war dauncin til the muisic o a rhyme on the days o the ...

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