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Title	Author	Multimedia	Word count	Freq.	Norm.
A Braw Guid Alairm	Fairnie, Robert		1,498	1	0.67
... auld electric horn aff a motor bike, the kinna thing some fowk wad cry a klaxon, an he thocht that if he cuid juist git ...
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 ...
Afa sad news, bit thanks for the memories - March 21, 2005	Shepherd, Robbie		778	1	1.29
... for 17th-century farm labourers". Get a life, min. Ken yer fowk for a start an hae a bit o fun like the lave o's. I canna ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Ane Auld Sang	Purves, David		7,319	8	1.09
... Scholar Sojer: Pao Chao (died 460): NORTHWORDS 9, 1996 18. Fowk Derns thair Luiv: Wu-ti (404-549): Eildon Tree 1, 1999 19. ... ... the Chinese of Hsi-chun (2nd Century BC) THE SAIR WEIRD Ma fowk haes mairrit me on a caird at the warld’s end; sent me awa ... ... nae ither sowl can ever ken. The’r a thing ye aften hear fowk say: “It’s the dule that shuirlie maks us auld.” Ochone, ... ... afore it’s ower?” *** From the Chinese of Wu-ti (464-549) FOWK DERNS THAIR LUIV Wha says this is whit Ah want, ti be ... ... it binnds us baith wi ae hert-knot. Did ye no ken that fowk can dern thair luiv: a flouer that kyths ower praiciuss ...
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 ...
A Sair Fecht	Smith, Alex		23,505	25	1.06
... winter being ower wild, Sin is weak bit affa fine tae see, Fowk wak aboot sae happy an free. Tuesday 28th, Temp. 2/6 Still ... ... 13th, Temp. 2/5 (Rainfall 12/16) Affa coorse wither I hear fowk cry, Hale day rain poors fae the sky. Friday 14th, Temp. ... ... hale day dis blaw, Thochts div say cauld eneuch for sna, Fowk div pit on some winter cloot, Dry day, damned cauld ... ... disnae look gweed ata, Wid you believe oot comes the sin, Fowk div feel richt gweed within. Tuesday 29th, Temp. 11/23 ... ... 3rd, Temp. 12/18 Sin dis shine fae mornin tae nicht, Fowk in Simmer attire, a fine sicht Monday 4th, Temp. 9/20 Nae ...
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, ...
A Small Book of Translations: 32 - Glossary & Notes	Hutchison, Alexander		1,973	1	0.51
... is way; fit is what; pooers abeen are the powers above; fowk are folk; dee is do; faa is who; A wis is I was; bit is ...
...Auld Zimmery [Content label: serious]	Kydd, Robbie		73,728	4	0.05
... like the clappers, profit, profit, an niver a thocht fir fowk, Mary, we're movin, haud on! I widnae be on this kinda ... ... 'profit, profit, profit,' as if they didnae ken there's fowk involved, an faimlies, an jobs, an I'll hear masel talkin ... ... worth it, oh aye it's worth it, na, I dinnae really mind fowk watching Dynasty, fir it's proof that capitalism's in its ... ... market forces that wad mak them chynge wad be if ower many fowk were killed in accidents and aabody stopped usin cowboy ...
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 ...
Awfy thochts: The closemouth jottings of Wullie MacKersall	Glen, Michael Hamish		3,176	2	0.63
... ye Roon the bend. NICHT HOWL Ma hairy duggie Rins aff frae fowk. Ma big Shuggie's A feardie-gowk. Shuggie's even Feart fur ... ... BARRED Shakespeare's plays Are gey historic, Wi funny fowk Like Lear an Yorick. But nane o us Is that euphoric. Fur ...
BBC Voices Recording: Aberdeen	N/A	Audio	13,536	2	0.15
... M1042: but ye but ye ken this, I'm still gettin fowk fowk comin tae me an sayin, "It'll never happen ye ken, ... ... M1042: but ye but ye ken this, I'm still gettin fowk fowk comin tae me an sayin, "It'll never happen ye ken, it ...
BBC Voices Recording: Inverurie	N/A	Audio	12,014	3	0.25
... people bein in there, an fan fan they were workin, the fowk in the chaumer got their meals inside the fairmhoose. ... ... //Aye that would mean ither ither// M1002: //The fowk in the cottages// they aye had their ain, //but they'd ... ... mmhm.// M1000: //Mmhm mmhm mmhm.// M999: An fowk say that aboot days, //it's growfie weather.// F1001: ...
Beginning	Howson, Dave		1,320	1	0.76
... hello. Ah'm back," ah seyd. (Eh "Oh, hello" wiz 'cos she'd fowk in. Ah hedna a clue fa they were, for ah hedna' got ma ...
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 ...
Buchan Words and Ways	Fenton, Alexander		52,521	35	0.67
... conspicuous consumption. 'Ca canny wi' the butter, wir ain fowk', he would tell them. Butter was for visitors, when not ... ... the profits were lost. It's just as weel we dinna fatten fowk. As I went around the North-East looking at older ... ... if not to more conservative areas, at least to places faar fowk didna like tae waste onything, least o aa grazin. TWO From ... ... jobbie for a rainie day. I aye likit tae rake aboot ither fowk's places. It's jist winnerfae fit ye can learn. Eence fin ... ... much, so that it went farther. Noo, there's a tippie for fowk tae min. When dished up in plates, raw meal was often ...
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 ...
Chaucer Essay	O'Gallagher, Niall		2,496	4	1.60
... the Franklin, couldnae be cried by-ordinar. Forbye, ither fowk hae argued that ony ‘mismatch’ atween the Wife of Bath’s ... ... promise’ is central to the tale. This motif, gey common in fowk tales, is at the centre o the Scots ballad The Daemon ... ... could argue that the Franklin taks his ‘auctoritee’ frae fowk tradition an pits his ain interpretation on this ... ... baith; the Wife of Bath an the Franklin seem to agree that fowk achieves ‘soveraynetee’ ower their pairtners bi first ...
Chrysants	Purves, David		2,567	3	1.17
... o incense reik. Ti think midsummer’s day is by again an fowk suin say, ‘The nichts is drawin in!’ The rouk haed drak’t ... ... But see, ayont yon flouers a clachan kyths! Yonder sum fowk an Spring is shuirlie here! In mainner, dress an couthie ... ... here! In mainner, dress an couthie tung, thir kintrie fowk haud til thair auld weys. Frae nou on, gin Ah micht, Ah’l ...
Craiters: 01 - Introduction	Fenton, Alexander		1,278	1	0.78
... however, is the hand of humanity, and the attitudes of fowk to craiters. The two cannot be separated, and in at least ...
Craiters: 02 - Kippert	Fenton, Alexander		5,255	4	0.76
... at far awa fae's. I niver thocht ye cd lippen richt on at fowk at took ower much. Ah weel, we wis richt gweed freens, an ... ... fin she startit, ye widna be sleepin fin she wis deen. Fowk aye took a teet oot first thing tae see faas lums wis ... ... tae Turra. Appeerently e'd niver been hame tae see eez fowk since at day in Mey. Nae doot ere wis something far vrang. ... ... tae the quarry at e heid o e hill. It wis oot o eese, bit fowk dumpit aal rubbish in't. We howkit hyne doon amon e ...
Craiters: 03 - Stirries	Fenton, Alexander		1,596	1	0.63
... an hyowt neeps, an aa e little crafties on e Hill an e fowk at bade in em. An files I’d see little for blin smore ...
Craiters: 04 - E Backlins Calfie	Fenton, Alexander		1,628	1	0.61
... room, faar e sleepit wi ma twa brithers. Fit wye I’d got fowk invaigled intae lettin’s hae a room tae masel, I dinna ...
Craiters: 05 - 'Dirty Beast'	Fenton, Alexander		1,953	1	0.51
... roddens Ere wisna mony nyeuks o’t I didna ken. Ere’d been fowk aboot e place lang seen for ere wis a steen cairn I howkit ...
Craiters: 06 - E Hens Riv	Fenton, Alexander		2,225	1	0.45
... wis near ay left open for e hens tae rin oot an in, an for fowk tae gang in tae gaither e eggs, maist o em in nests bit e ...
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 ...
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 ...
Craiters: 09 - Watter Rats	Fenton, Alexander		2,693	2	0.74
... Shows, bit at’s aa by lang seen. Es museums at fowk sets up nooadays, maybe ye’d get een ir twa samples o ... ... o rape ye wintit, tae feed ontill e thraahyeuk. At wye fowk stoppit makkin strae rapes an took tae twistin binder ...
Craiters: 10 - E Hares' Lavvie	Fenton, Alexander		2,681	4	1.49
... a clump o girse or a lang steen dyke? Ere's nae mony fowk gangs oot, haad awa fae seein till e beas, though ere's ... ... hid been plantit ower rig an fur ploo marks, fit e aal fowk caad burrel rigs. I watchet e park ower a lot o ears as it ... ... mair substantial remains. It fairly maks ye think foo mony fowk ere'd been aboot a place a hunner ear seen. An ere mn a ... ... ey loot e watter go. They say ere's naething as queer as fowk, bit hares tak a lot o beatin. ...
Craiters: 11 - E Widdie	Fenton, Alexander		3,526	1	0.28
... bit noo cam e skweel an I fun oot ere wis an aafa lot mair fowk aboot e place’n masel. Aa e same, I made a graan start. A ...
Craiters: 12 - Glory Hole	Fenton, Alexander		2,953	5	1.69
... aabody his e same tastes sae I tried tae cater for ither fowk tee. Ah weel, eence aathing wis oot ere wis a kinna teem ... ... ere wis a kinna teem styooie smell – funny, doon by here fowk wid say ‘stoory’, ir raither ‘stooray’ – bit I niver likit ... ... I’d raither nae folla, though I scutter on fine wi ither fowk’s languages. It’s jist at I wint tae stick tae ma ain ... ... at I wint tae stick tae ma ain dialect, an I’d like ither fowk tae dee e same. Onywye, even aifter gettin in e lang spoot ... ... bit still it wis a gey solid like collection. I’m een o es fowk at likes tae start sleepin flat on eir stamach, ae airm ...
Craiters: 13 - E Cheer	Fenton, Alexander		1,136	1	0.88
... sprogworthy, sparkle bonko, spode neck – an I’ve heard fowk sayin, come on, dog! Fit wye wid ye caa a cat a dog? Bit I ...
Craiters: 14 - E Black Things	Fenton, Alexander		1,111	1	0.90
... free, e same's aa e things ye hiv tae dee ilky day, an e fowk ye hiv tae spik till, wis hyne awa an ye hid nae bouns. It ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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, ...
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 ...
Daft Jackie	McGonigal, James		2,850	1	0.35
... his troosers oot for him tae cam hame in.' That's three fowk dafter than the Dungarrochs, thocht Wullie tae hissel. I ...
Dan Buoy	Howson, Dave	Audio	1,252	2	1.60
... eh dry dock belonged till a man caalled Dan Miller, fa fowk caalled 'Dan Buoy' Miller, 'cos it wiz reckoned 'at he ... ... Eh day came fan eh enchine arrived an' a fair crowd o' fowk gethered at eh mooth o' eh dry dock efter tea time, till ...
Diminishing Lines	Blackhall, Sheena		6,319	5	0.79
... like little fishes Licked its sides. Latchy Fin meetin fowk first aff, Ma Scots sel's aywis latchy. It's a fey wee ... ... bleezin The kettle's bylin It's gotten tae ken the fowk Coo's tail skelpin, Niver lifts till last! Ma English sel ... ... pages, whyles hale buiks Ooto roch wirds howked fae ma fowk's spikk, Ooto the dubs an glaur, the tcyauve an plyter O ... ... will kittle yer claik. Oh there's mony he'll ken o the fowk that bide there, Fur it's thrang wi the ferlies o speerit ... ... gift o Licht. The preists skirp ritual watter ower the fowk Twa fat dreeps trickle, cruiked, ower my broo, Inno the ...
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 - ...
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 ...
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, ...
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 ...
Extract from "Killing Time"	Niven, Liz		927	1	1.08
... they'd welcome me. AGNES: Wha's the Covenanters? MARGARET: Fowk wha want tae leeve their ain way, believe their ain ...
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? ...
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 ...
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. ...
Gean Blossoms	Purves, David		6,034	3	0.50
... a mukkil loch, an abuin the loch is heich hill glens Whaur fowk bydes whas herts is saikless. Blyth lyke bairns, thay ... ... ir spent? Yung things draws oor feelins til thaim; an auld fowk eithlie gies thair herts. The sweetest wyne at lest turns ... ... Mebbe Ah soud juist gie it up awthegither, but Ah im feirt fowk wad lauch at me. For aw, ye say it wad be a guid idea. ...
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. ...
Gowd Tree an Siller Tree	Purves, David		2,511	3	1.19
... aw the burds an beiss.an the fishes coud speak, an fowk coud unnerstaun am speiak wi thaim. Weill, syne, ferr awa ... ... wattir til his ain kintrie. Gowd Tree wes that bonnie that fowk war never duin speikin aboot hir bewtie, an Siller Tree ... ... as bonnie, Queen Siller Tree. But in thir pairts, whan fowk gie a gift o wyne, thay aye tak the first sowp thairsells. ...
Habetrot the Spinstress	Purves, David		3,608	1	0.28
... an said, gae nippitlyke: “Ah’l pit up wi this nae mair. Fowk wul say it’s ma blame nae man ever cums seekin ye/ Ah ...
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 ...
Halesome Farin'	Waddell, Mr John		15,793	2	0.13
... Mither said, "Dinnae gulp yer food, an dinnae stare at fowk It's rude!" An sae A sit here in ma place an niver look in ... ... at ma biscuit. Bit whit's adae? A cannae see whit wey the fowk aw stare at me! The Faa "Mither, can A sclim the aipple ...
Heivenlie Gowf Coorses	Fairnie, Robert		917	1	1.09
... juist that if a spaewyfe can git wittins back fae the deid fowk, then ye’d think the’r maun be some wey tae fin oot if ...
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 ...
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 ...
Hou Finn Fand Bran	Purves, David		3,251	1	0.31
... gret wes the delyte o the Keing an his Queen an aw the fowk in the Kinrik. The Keing wes that weill pleised, he said ...
Inaugural speech by John Kirk to launch the Scottish Corpus of Texts and Speech	Kirk, John M	Video	6,982	2	0.29
... that have to do with language study, [inaudible] "fowk gate", "word buik", "word form". You'll get lots of ... ... furth in Ullans no sae lang syne. But A'm thinkan ither fowk haes aye shawed whitwey monie sic texts gaes agin the ...
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 ...
Interview 12: Shetland woman talking about languages in Scotland	N/A	Audio	4,778	2	0.42
... F951: //"We want tae mak siccar that as mony fowk"// U1028: //[inaudible]// //[inaudible]// M865: ... ... //Yeah// F951: "We want tae mak siccar that as mony fowk as can, as can as able tae fin oot", U1028: ...
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. ...
Jade Lute	Purves, David		7,581	3	0.40
... the front yett. Nou we haurlie open it, but Ah dinna want fowk skliffin up the green fug. The sun growes warm lyke. ... ... gret craigs. A passed exems an blethert lairnit lecters at fowk daft aneuch ti heed me. But whit did Ah gain at aw? Better ... ... full fouter, v, fuss fouzilt, a, confused fower, a, four fowk, n, people frae, prep, from frein, n, friend freist, n, ...
Jeel't tae the marra on a day oot tae the fitba - March 14, 2005	Shepherd, Robbie		787	1	1.27
... an fore on es player an at player, bit I really think the fowk pitten their views es early in the letters tae the papers ...
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 ...
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, ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Letter from an Island in the Middle of an Unknown Sea	Rimbaud, Dee		2,534	1	0.39
... ma dearie dear, an a wonder if it’s such a sin, wi no fowk tae see. It is no a big island, aboot forty or fifty acres ...
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 ...
MacCodrum o the Selkies	Purves, David		2,098	3	1.43
... at growes on the sea-bed. Thay war aye makkin muisic, thir fowk that bade in the sea, an whaurever thay gaed, the war a ... ... thay suin grew ti lyke this haarie wastern coast, an the fowk at bydes in the Hebrides suin lairnt at ae day ilk year, a ... ... wi gowden-broun hair an saft vyces for the liltin. An the fowk thareabouts cawed Roderic, ‘MacCodrum o the Selkies,’ kis ...
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 ...
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 ...
Minnie	Blackhall, Sheena		32,033	48	1.50
... o a warlock, lyin skelp in the mids o the douce, quate fowk in the kirkyaird. Minnie Bruce passed by the warlock ilkie ... ... o the stoory toun. The auld man's empire o milk served the fowk in tenements fa lived like battery hens, an the toffs an ... ... aa fermers, her faither niver bothered tae gie the cottar fowk their richt names, fur they fyles cheenged sae aften it ... ... on the pairish boord. It wis ill tae squar the buiks if fowk wad lowse their spayver far they shouldna, an leave the ... ... Sally an the kitchie deem Meg Ramsay cried aa the big fowk intae the ferm kitchie fur a plate o yaval broth. Seein's ...
My toast the day is wir gran mither tongue - April 11, 2005	Shepherd, Robbie		771	1	1.30
... the Holiday Inn in Glesga on Friday nicht as mair nor 300 fowk gaither't to raise siller for the Prince an Princess o ...
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 ...
Picters in yer heid	Fairnie, Robert		2,174	3	1.38
... Thare wis men an weemin thare, aw thrang wi fittin oot the fowk that cam in, wi gas-masks an then fauldin a bit o ... ... gittin a wee bit mair airish, the bleck-oot wis stertit an fowk stertit tae git bleck-oot curtains for thair windaes an a ... ... tae git bleck-oot curtains for thair windaes an a wheen o fowk criss-crossed the insides o thair windaes wi strips o ...
Pillars of Society	Thirkell, Alison		29,032	2	0.07
... or anither. Trust her for that. It's past tholing to hae fowk like that in the faimily - MRS BEAUMONT: Weel, it's no my ... ... house. HE HEARS SOMETHING. BEAUMONT: Wheesht. I dinny want fowk kenning. CAIRD ENTERS. CAIRD: Can you gie me a minute, Mr ...
Pompitie Finnds a Needle - play	Purves, David		11,406	11	0.96
... the needle as a dirk, tae! It wad be guid for stickin inti fowk. It wad be the verra thing for that. Ah coud gie ma frein, ... ... whit Ah can dae. Ah hear ye’r gey brave aboot jaggin ither fowk. Mebbe YOU wad lyke ti ken whit it feels lyke? Try this ... ... back ti me, Pompitie. Ah tell ye whit it is, Pompitie, sum fowk wad juist hae keepit it ti thairsells, an never lat on. ... ... lad. It’s whyles a bit mischievious, an it lykes ti keep fowk richt, but it’s a guid needle at hert. It lykes naething ... ... a guid needle at hert. It lykes naething better nor ti dae fowk guid turns. Pompitie: Daes it? Ah didna ken. Wutch: Whyles ...
Preparing to Meet the Minotaur	Blackhall, Sheena		8,944	8	0.89
... Greyfriar's Bobby Discovers Balquidder Nae traffic. Nae fowk. Nae toun. His barkin fulls the glen! Fever Ward Night in ... ... an iled The corn begins tae fill At Games an Fairs, fowk shakk aff cares An daunce wi richt gweed will. September's ... ... Trade info in their fey computer leid Blue Japanese fowk peintit on an ashet If they cud spikk micht gar ye scrat ... ... faem. Lack o siller, lack o confidence sets goals ayont fowk's reach Washes mony's the likely fitpreint fae Ambition's ... ... as ye. An tho aroon the steerin room like fireflauchts fowk did flit Inbye my hairt as ye stept ben a thoosan caunles, ...
Queerie-Orrals	Blackhall, Sheena		4,073	5	1.23
... dicht the televeesion wi the plumes o its posteerior An fowk fa harbour bees in bunnets, fa I dinna like Wad be stung ... ... twa sarks he chose tae weir, Lest he should shakk, an fowk mistakk pure cauld, fur signs o fear. They brocht his ... ... Aiberdeen." Did ye lowp in the Denburn tae frichten the fowk? "Na, tae cweel doon ma hornies, ma hochs an ma dowp." ... ... Tae licht man's thochts alang the dark, Gods war ferlies fowk cud see: Sun, and meen and fish and tree. Roon the circle ... ... staun in the street 'I've a Worry!' she'd yell. 'Be quate' fowk roared back 'We've got Worries wirsel!' Sae she gaed tae ...
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 ...
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 ...
Sanstane an Steel	McNeil, Andrew		811	1	1.23
... oot fer human feet Frae larach tae cliff tae the beach; Fowk sharin the island wi rock an gull. Gien sum maumie winds A ...
Scots Haiku II	Leeming, Mr Bruce		1,175	1	0.85
... - scolded by a three year old Throu the haar a waik sin - fowk pass talkin sma Through the sea fog a weak sun - people ...
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 ...
Scots in the Community	Fairnie, Robert		743	1	1.35
... ower muckle if they spake proper or no. This gart maist fowk tae judge a stranger’s level o eddication an intelligence ...
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 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 ...
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 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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Serendipity and ither poems in Scots and English	Blackhall, Sheena		12,339	8	0.65
... and quickly became firm friends. My grandmother ‘had her fowk’ as they say, but once her affection was won, it was ... ... meat hung fae a hook Tattiebogles guaird, nae parks, bit fowk Tae fleg coorse jungle demons fae the toun. Termite ... ... variation of ‘To be a Farmer’s Boy.’ Ten generations o my fowk hae vrocht the North East lan They hyewed the neeps they ... ... the brae Gaed wheeplin ower the mill Bit as lang’s there’s fowk tae sing the sangs Thon stooks’ll be staunin still Sae ... ... the sangs Thon stooks’ll be staunin still Sae here’s tae fowk like the bothy king That’s keepit the memory bricht O ...
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 ...
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 ...
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, ...
Temples Fae Creels	McNeil, Andrew		1,663	2	1.20
... wis a wee toun's focus, Its een's cathedral, is nae mair. Fowk's faith wis as certain As the rauchled skin Each bitin ... ... Whit did mak me haill - Bairns an bigger bairns: Ainster's fowk - Wirds fillin eneuch neuks Tae cram the Peace Palace. ...
The Boddamers' Monkey	Blackhall, Sheena		8,148	9	1.10
... monkey-oh Noo the funeral wis a gran affair, aa the Boddam fowk wis there It mynt ye on the Glesga Fair fin the Boddamers ... ... Fair fin the Boddamers hanged the monkey-oh Noo aa the fowk fae Peterheid cam doon, they thocht, tae get a feed Sae ... ... I staun an watch it, unner the dreepin trees. The new fowk's shieled the sna. Mynd foo we eesed tae sterve wi twa, ... ... Fish fingers an a puckle chips sweeled doon wi Typhoo tea. Fowk waukin past the gairden caad the grumphies Eggs an Bacon ... ... Heilan sodjers Catch recruits at Aikey Fair? Chorus: Some fowk cam tae coort an cuddle, Some tae daunce an some tae ...
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 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 ...
The Buik o Ruth: 01 - Introduction	Borrowman, A S		664	1	1.51
... Fowk speir anent versions o the Bible in Lallans. We dinna hae ...
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: ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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. ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
The Draiglin Hogney	Purves, David		1,841	1	0.54
... his huntin horn an gied a loud blaw on it, for ti lat the fowk inby the castel ken he wes at the dure. Aw at aince, 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. ...
The Fower Quarters: 03 - A Gey Dour Bitch	Blackhall, Sheena		4,030	6	1.49
... that lay on either haun. Fur, he telt me, they war far oor fowk cam frae, time ooto mynd. An mair, the auld Druid circle o ... ... o the fusky that cud gar Auntie Nell's cousin's man sheet fowk. I wis hopin the fowk at North Gellan hidna taen a drap o ... ... gar Auntie Nell's cousin's man sheet fowk. I wis hopin the fowk at North Gellan hidna taen a drap o fusky, an widna offer ... ... a lang sicht o him. I dinna mind muckle o the lave o the fowk we met yon day, bit I weel mynd on Auld Peter. Fur aa his ... ... bin gey bonnie fin he wis a loon, blaik-heidit like aa oor fowk. Bit noo he sat stent i the neuk o the fire like a ...
The Fower Quarters: 04 - Disraeli for Me	Blackhall, Sheena		1,832	2	1.09
... readin reenged inbye mony a fremmit shore. I likit aa the fowk Miss Rubislaw didna. Fan we read 'Twelfth Night', I felt ... ... - a Scot. Till then it hid nivver cam tae me that aa the fowk aroon war Scots tae, jist makkin on affa sair that they ...
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 ...
The Fower Quarters: 15 - Blessed wi the Gift [Content label: lesser]	Blackhall, Sheena		3,717	5	1.35
... "John Anderson my Joe" tae the bumbazemnent o Kilmamock fowk. The sign tellin us we war throwe Kilmarnock spirkit aff ... ... sink in wir lavvie, nae far up frae the fleer. "Yon Irish fowk maun hae richt fool feet," quo Da, "tae hae a sink at the ... ... voices aroon me. They war bonnie an sang-like, nae the wye fowk spakk back hame. "Sure an you'll be from Donegal, with a ... ... at Dun Laoghaire. Rich broon Guinness aawye, an aa ma fowk teetotal. I wis ower young, an Dublin wis ower auld. Fur ... ... ower auld. Fur twa days I treetled back an fore ahin ma fowk as they reenged the Liffey an gawped at the Book o Kells. ...
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 Fower Quarters: 17 - Veesitors [Content label: lesser]	Blackhall, Sheena		3,511	4	1.14
... An her hair wis yalla, blin fair, like the Auld Norse fowk micht hae haen. She wis staunin aneth an aik, a lang green ... ... ithers that he wis a gaun-aboot body, ain o the traivellin fowk. Fitiver he wis, he'd bairned her. An the auld laird wis ... ... reamin wi sodjers, an celebrations aawye, like shipwrecked fowk that's bin saved fa thocht they wad shairly droon. Ae day, ... ... bairn bi noo, near echt month gone. Ane o the baby boom, fowk said, tho Chae'd bin nae farrer frae Deeside than ...
The Fower Quarters: 18 - Three Little Words	Blackhall, Sheena		4,385	1	0.23
... cup. "I've often wondered that masel. Hate often binds fowk thegither as ticht as love, whyles tichter!" Her visitor ...
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 ...
The Fremmit Tail	Forde, Iain W D		3,072	3	0.98
... neifs wes, at thai wes aye tintin thair geir. Wi sae monie fowk breingin about, naethin ivver restit i ae bit fur lang. ... ... a whyllie thai myndit-na ti dae ein this. Apairt frae fowk kythin i thair scuddies or scartin about i thair nebs fur ... ... fester. A wunner, he sayed t'hissell, gin ghaists ir puir fowk, condampt ti drie thair weirds at an unco spede, sae fest ...
The Heavenly Cow of Thebes [Content label: serious]	Blackhall, Sheena		9,752	4	0.41
... Tree (Poems) 2003 Queerie-orrals (Poems) 2003 Boorich o Fowk (Poems) 2003 Winnlestrae (Poems) 2003 Loon (Scots Novella) ... ... I wis jocose, I wis blessed, I wis vauntie Frae the meenit fowk quo, ‘Tak tent o her! See, here she comes, garrin the ... ... in this cauld toon An hoasts hack deeper in the briest O fowk fa thole the cauld the least Slipt somehou frae the ... ... glentin aff drookit leaves. Haar haps oor kennin o the fowk aroon. Relationships, like roads ye wauk on bye Nae seein ...
The Humpty Dumpty Man [Content label: serious]	Blackhall, Sheena		6,223	9	1.45
... ower a bane: 'City or kintra, fa's greater claim On the fowk o this lan. Hame, or Embro sae braw?' Leopard an Lion... ... ... legs, A wyver sits wi a smirk on its mou, wytin tae gie fowk flegs. Turn on the tap. Sweel him awa, belly oxter an lug! ... ... wir hats an heids. A richt doonpish is gran fur fish, Bit fowk hae ither needs. Thor, silkie, kelpie, keep yer bree Fur ... ... bog an fen, fower cheenges ken, rowed in the Sizzens gird. Fowk steer like wasps roon hinneypot, here, in the simmer ... ... Gracefu its thrapple, sweet its string. It's willin fowk tae touch its sides, The slichtest stroke will garr it ...
The Ill-Gien Guidmither	Purves, David		2,005	1	0.50
... an he didna want oniebodie ti ken whaur he belanged. Sum fowk said he wes Malcolm, brither ti Fingal, Keing o Morven, an ...
The Ill Guidmither [Content label: serious]	Purves, David		18,119	6	0.33
... bien, wi a guid pikkil meal in the girnel. They’r no monie fowk as weill aff. Moula: Ah daursay that’s true. Eilidh: ... ... Ah ken, Ah hae naething ti greit aboot bi whit sum puir fowk haes ti pit up wi. Eilidh: Ir the nae sign o yeir faither ... ... It’s a blissin ye didna hae ti dae that, Faither. Maist fowk wad say ye canna soum at aw. (Malcolm stands back from ... ... whit Ah’m telt ti dae, but Ah’d raither no ken the fowk A hae ti rack an mittil. Malcolm: That gauns wi the job, ... ... hir, Jek. Ye canna dae yeir wark richt an ye’r vext for fowk. Jek: Maister, it’s ill for me no ti be vext for the ...
The kilt, oor ain identity, jist gets mair popular - March 28, 2005	Shepherd, Robbie		765	1	1.31
... tae see the prood kilters comin up the aisle alongside fowk fae foreign pairts in ither gear. It wis only last simmer ...
The Lan o Tea an Tigers: Poems fae the Muckle Furth	Blackhall, Sheena		6,393	5	0.78
... The cobras wyvin an dauncin The glaur o the gutters The fowk fa sleep on the streets Here is Delhi's oasis. Here, far ... ... you SURE this is a school? Monsoon Fae Bombay tae Rangoon, fowk will say the Monsoon Is a blessin that's mixed fur the ... ... me, ma armour-platit frien fit think ye o these fremmit fowk? Rolex, Gucci, Chanel they buy...Aa fake.. bit names ... ... in their belt Maun stalk the waukwyes, jist fur fear the fowk fa vend takk back fit's selt. Wang-Kher Wang-Kher is the ... ... The Lion rampant's cleuks are strang, wi the Eagle's fowk the wauks are thrang See the Eagle's pouer, hear the ...
The Lest o the Ettins	Purves, David		1,071	1	0.93
... his bodie dwyned or he wesna mukkil bigger nor ither heich fowk. Aw the ettins he haed kent in his youth-heid haed died an ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
The Nine Sangs	Holton, Brian		2,379	4	1.68
... Lord nou A follaed ye, see, ayont Tuimberry Hill thrangin fowk, ay, o aa the Nine Lands yir lifes and yir daiths, see, is ... ... see, ma gemstane girdle aa o the Yin, ay, an aa o the Yang fowk disna ken, see, the things A can dae pouk the Halie Hemp, ... ... o gin naethin wad cheinge, see, but bide like the nou for fowk’s lifes, ay, is weirdit ilkane meetins an pairtins, see, ... ... ma Sweet Ane alane worthie, ay, ti hae dominion owre the fowk Seiven LORD O THE EAST blinterin A rise, see, eastawa ...
The Ootlaw	Purves, David		7,971	2	0.25
... wyfe an dochters ti believe in thaim. Thorfinn: The weimen fowk soud hae gods. Orm: Wha dae ye think helpit ye oot thare ... ... this yung, strang, braw prince that wul ring ower aw the fowk in the warld. His sceptre is cawed luiv an his croun is ...
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 ...
The Puddock and the Princess	Purves, David		19,521	13	0.67
... wig) Enchanté de vous faire connaissance! Ah hear tell the fowk at the French Coort eats puddoks for thair denner. Queen: ... ... Ah daursay! It wadna dae an we war aw made the same. Sum fowk lykes parritch an ithers lykes puddoks. Rintoul: ... ... waesum sicht--! Yeir Grace, Ah’m weill uised wi seein fowk dee, but A dinna mynd tellin ye, it aye gies me a sair ... ... It is the richt thing for me ti dae, Ah’m shuir. Whit wad fowk think gin Ah coudna dae ma ain mither an obleigement? It ... ... anaw! Naebodie speaks ti me lyke that. Ah’m no uised wi fowk sayin ‘Na’ ti me. Puddok: Ye coud be the Queen o Sheba for ...
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 ...
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. ...
The Reid Bul o Norroway	Purves, David		2,742	3	1.09
... an sterns, or thay cam til a castel whaur the war a fek o fowk daunsin an divertin thairsells in a wyde coortyaird. The ... ... thaim weill. The coortyaird wes fair thrang wi eydent fowk. The war tylars rinnin awroads wi bricht claith in thair ... ... Awa gaed the princess, an shuir aneuch, whan the castel fowk saw whit she haed on hir, thay lat hir inti the bryde’s ...
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 ...
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 ...
The Stalking Cure [Content label: lesser]	Corbett, Dr John B		6,214	2	0.32
... cure’ sin the patient haes sterted tae withdraw frae ither fowk. Acton Croke daes weel tae speak wards tae Leithen an ... ... the Empire’. The Return of John Macnab haes mair ‘ordinar’ fowk as heroes and heroine (altho they’re aw still ...
The Storie o Caermoulis	Purves, David		1,779	1	0.56
... veisit hir. He wes a wee thing pit out whan he saw aw the fowk in the houss, but whan th supper we set, he wes rael joco ...
The Thrie Sisters	Purves, David		26,409	44	1.67
... an a salute wi rifles be-in fyred. But the warna monie fowk on the glaur at the lair syde. Mynd ye, it wes fair rainin ... ... even stertin ti forget whit she lookit lyke. Ah daursay fowk wul forget aw aboot us in the same wey, yae day. Ah dout ... ... Ye said the-nou that oor age wul be cawed gret, but fowk ir wee an shargert aw the same…… (he gets up) Juist look ... ... nae dout, ignorant an backward, the’r juist thrie bricht fowk lyke yeirsells. Atweill, ye canna howp ti mak a big ... ... ye’l mak sum impression. Eftir ye’r awa, mebbe sax mair fowk lyke yeirsells wul pit in an appearance, syne the’l be ...
The Toad on the Rock's Opinion	Blackhall, Sheena		5,941	2	0.34
... lilt Wi hertbrak, grue an swat he'd fill't. Syne, fin fowk say,'Ye sang yon weel, It gart me greet', like tyke tae ... ... like pain. It's nae the singer, bit the thocht That draas fowk roon, like gowd unsocht, Sae fin ye sing, yer bit the stem ...
The Tragedie o Macbeth	Purves, David		22,141	12	0.54
... Keing, whaur Noroway's banners flyte the lift an fan oor fowk wi nitherin northern cauld. Noroway himsell wi mukkil ... ... an A hae gained a hantil graund opeinions frae monie fowk. A soud enjey thir nou -- no thraw thaim at ma fuit. L. ... ... Deil's name? Here a swick that helps hissell til ither fowk's siller! But he dochtna cheat Heivin. Cum awa in ye ... ... A howp he never wul -- they'd suin finnd oot what cums ti fowk that kills thair faithers -- an sae wad Fleance tae! A've ... ... Be bauld as a lion, an prood, an never heed the fowk wad vex or fash ye; or plot agin ye! Macbeth wul never be ...
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 ...
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 Way Forward for the Scots Language	Purves, David		11,636	1	0.09
... he's duin wrang, an dinna cuist it up tae him ... Mind the fowk he's helpit ... the weemen an bairnies ... an gie him a ...
The Weidae's Son an the Streinger	Purves, David		2,764	2	0.72
... for she wul tell ye hou ye can sauf hir an lowse ae the fowk that sleeps lyke deid aw owre the mukkil stane castel. Wi ... ... wad cairrie him. An whan he wan thare, the war a thrang o fowk aw lauchin, an as wauken an weill as ever thay war. Thare ...
The Win an the Rain	Blackhall, Sheena		8,793	2	0.23
... men. Tae them wi nane, be gien. The western pleisur sikkin fowk lived throw thon widdendreme Bairns, hames an aa wheeched ... ... blink Ower Union Street this Northern Yule Richt hairtily fowk banish dule Wi Santy hats an reindeers lugs They buy hot ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Thomas Edward o Banff	de Rusett, Wendy		2,896	1	0.35
... North tae Aiberdeen, their mither’s toon, faur she hid fowk that kent her. The bairns grew, an wee Thomas was pitten ...
Winnlestrae [Content label: serious]	Blackhall, Sheena		7,366	6	0.81
... fur a littlin fin the dragon comes tae play Fin the big fowk on the sofa dinna hear a wird ye say She niver leaves them ... ... the wee Scotch comic sez, 'Ae beat gars aa blaik-skinnt fowk tap their feet' Wid ye agree? Shift ben yer seat if I sat ... ... the tide rages roon... Fur a wattery grave, far the fisher fowk droon Yer blethers are havers... rain stottin aff tin. ... ... ae quick furl. Coortship is like a chappit door that some fowk ay keep lockit, For gin ye eence slip back the lock, it's ... ... Afore ye decry it, try it! Chips wi a sauce-spurt. Some fowk dee fur't! KISTIT I Believe The sun will rise each ...
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 ...
Ye canna beat the Irish for a freenly welcome - April 18, 2005	Shepherd, Robbie		770	1	1.30
... neglectit ower er either, as I hid aye the ither news o fowk wi north-east connections, includin Iain MacIntosh, fa ...
Ye ken, for lots o's, spring is the best season o the eer - April 4, 2005	Shepherd, Robbie		775	1	1.29
... shaavin (sowin) time wi grubber, roller, harra - tae haud fowk oot o langer, dod, the hairst's its only marra". Modern ...

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