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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 112 Fairnie, Robert 2,828 3 1.06

... for thon juist pits Scots intae a strecht-jaicket, denies fowk uiss o aw thae words thair forebeirs wis able tae mak fell ...
... o the Scots Executive. The comatee stertit wi invitin fowk tae bring tae thair tent ony important pynts they kent o ...
... o then gaed throu a leet o thair ain questions speirin fowk for comments. They taen awthin in eydently an wrote it aw ...

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 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 115 Fairnie, Robert 2,413 2 0.83

... mention Lunardi landed his het-air balloon Tho maist fowk had kent it was his intention Tae gaun tae the Solway ere ...
... Dryhope ferm field. An this is the story Ah aye tell the fowk That Ah'm taken aroond on a Yarrae bus trip. It's serious ...

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 117 Fairnie, Robert 2,258 3 1.33

... o the post office at Connonmills, in Auld Reekie, tae pit fowk aff frae bringin thair dugs intae the shop. Aince it haed ...
... validat the airt o poetry publication in pamphlet form..." Fowk pittin in entries can be aither Scots born, bidin in ...
... Haudin flouers an wieldin axes, Gien oot bills tae caw the fowk in, Show them that they arena jokin. Like sands on the ...

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 ...

Scots Tung Wittins 119 Fairnie, Robert 2,301 2 0.87

... leid in the EU, a 'minority' language spoken bi ower 7m fowk. MEP Eurig Wyn (UK) stertit oot his speech in his hamelt ...
... the backgrund, a respeckfu an eydent crowd o mair nor 300 fowk frae aw the airts, forgaithert at the Upper Greens in ...

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 ...

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 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 ...

Scots Tung Wittins 124 Fairnie, Robert 2,538 3 1.18

... In the land o the Borders, ye'll find there are lots O fowk whae speak in a pure Border Scots. Bit is it? Ah've ...
... Fitt an James Robertson accepts the difficulty some Scots fowk haes wi readin Scots cause o the skaith duin tae the leid ...
... o education an business, but in tandem wi this, Scots fowk bides sentimental aboot thair auld Scots. They canny-like ...

Scots Tung Wittins 125 Fairnie, Robert 2,412 2 0.83

... it'll be uised bi students, lecturers an ither interestit fowk frae aw the airts o the yird. The DSL taen three year tae ...
... an cultural records thegither an maks it easy for fowk tae breenge thair wey throu thair contents. Some Leids ...

Scots Tung Wittins 129 Fairnie, Robert 2,468 1 0.41

... if he's no yin o oo he'll hae nae kennin o the words ither fowk uises. Breton Poindin Thrawn oot o Coort OWER in Brittany, ...

Scots Tung Wittins 132 Fairnie, Robert 2,501 2 0.80

... ON Sunday 17 October, the Canongate Kirk wis fou o fowk takin pairt in a ceremony that echoed the quiet-like ...
... o the fricative 'ch' soond is deein oot amang the young fowk, e'en in the nor-aist, tho they aw hing on tae aw the ...

Scots Tung Wittins 139 Fairnie, Robert 2,375 1 0.42

... gentle Book like me Endure sic scoundrel Company? What may fowk say to see me cling Sae close to this auld ugly thing; But ...

Scots Tung Wittins 142 Fairnie, Robert 2,298 2 0.87

... helps tae normalise the language an demonstrate tae some fowk that it can hae a life ootside the kailyaird, pub an fitba ...
... The biggest danger tae the Scots language comes frae Scots fowk, a certain cleek o thaim. It comes frae the MSPs o the ...

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 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 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 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 147 Fairnie, Robert 2,430 3 1.23

... the bygane, whaur the Scots language is concairned, some fowk hisnae been aw that shuir if the language that they spake ...
... kennin the spellin is nae excuise for no writin, sae thae fowk shuid pit a tick in the "Write" box. Juist because ye ...
... sake o an ideal is easy on the ear. Itherweys, the very fowk that daes speak the Scots/English that permeates maist o ...

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 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 151 Fairnie, Robert 2,615 2 0.76

... wis an inferior an vulgar wey o speakin juist yaised bi fowk that wis ower donnert tae learn hou tae speak proper. ...
... still aye juidges the intelligence an level o education o fowk they meet for the first time, bi hou weel they can speak ...

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 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 ...

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 155 Fairnie, Robert 2,593 3 1.16

... tak us doun the toun. We'd been there a whilie whan twa fowk we'd nae seen afore, a couple, seeminlie, cam tae the stop ...
... aboot that bittie aboot nae bein local. Wi the ither fowk awa in the bus, we cudna speir whit hid gart them think ...
... Nae luikin tae hear a language they'd nae unnerstaund fae fowk in a UK ceitie, they'd concludit fae thon that we wir fae ...

Scots Tung Wittins 156 Fairnie, Robert 2,436 4 1.64

... read aw aboot the history o Scots an fund oot aboot the fowk that speaks it the day. Gey near awthin on the site can be ...
... the richt wey roond in the backgrund water-merk. Tae mony fowk that disnae ken ony better, a muckle poor-oot o the wee ...
... sellin buiks in Scotland. For aw the threaps that Scottish fowk disnae speak Scots ony mair an urnae interestit in it, a ...
... On the nicht A seen the shaw, A wis surroondit wi young fowk that wisnae auld eneuch tae hiv seen the original TV shaw. ...

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 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 ...

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. ...

Scots Tung Wittins 77 Fairnie, Robert 2,278 2 0.88

... Allen an Sheila Hughes o Jordanhill eggit on bi three fowk o skill frae the clessroom, Anne Donovan, Brian ...
... language its lane haed the monopoly for bein polite. Lat fowk git uised tae polite Scots an aw. ~~~ooo~~~ Hamelt Prose ...

Scots Tung Wittins 78 Fairnie, Robert 2,217 3 1.35

... Stertin-up wi Buiks. Tho it micht seem naitral tae maist fowk that whan oniethin is prentit in ither leids forbye ...
... first blat prentit ablow here, the'r naethin thare tae gar fowk creenge, no e'en the convener o the Scottish Pairlament's ...
... tae an bring on thair ain language an cultur, alang wi the fowk that bides athin thair ain airt. ~~~ooo~~~ Mair Heidie ...

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 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 ...

Scots Tung Wittins 82 Fairnie, Robert 2,455 4 1.63

... that Gaelic is in the noo, wi unner a hunner thoosan fowk, maistlie in the hebrides, speakin it. He threaps that, ...
... IT wis reportit the middle o August that hunners o fowk wis at Ballater's saicont yearly futtret race wi mair nor ...
... Scotland, its freedom, its history, an for the ilka-day fowk he haes kent. Like a modren airtist that uises juist twa ...
... the Anglian language an the suddron form o Saxon English. Fowk that uise a leid fou o Viking words maun shuirlie hae a ...

Scots Tung Wittins 83 Fairnie, Robert 2,399 4 1.67

... innin bein screivit in English an says, "Are we the onlie fowk in the warld wha need an introduction tellin us hoo tae ...
... for ploys that hae tae dae wi complouterin atween the fowk o different minority leids. Grants atween €50,000 an ...
... the Scottish Pairlament haes threapit on the richt for fowk tae pit doon gin they're Scots or no raither nor be ...
... can na-say the cultural wirth o the Doric Festival tae the fowk o Aiberdeenshire an tae the lave o Scotland forbye an nae ...

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 ...

Scots Tung Wittins 85 Fairnie, Robert 2,560 3 1.17

... Peattie, Mike Russell an Colin Campbell. Wi aboot 35 fowk at the forgaitherin, maist o the Scots language curns, ...
... A've bin weel telt aboot it an aa be a gweedly nummer o fowk! Bit michty, A jist dinna ken far e time gyangs tul jist ...
... A jist dinna ken far e time gyangs tul jist noo. Some fowk, of coorse, wid say aat it wis becis A wis gettin aul, bit ...

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 ...

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 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 ...

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 ...

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 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 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 ...

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 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 ...


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