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1,581 occurrences of fowk.

271 documents matching criteria (20.59% of corpus)

1,061,270 total words in matching documents (23.13% of corpus)

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Title Author Multimedia Word count Freq. Norm.
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 ...

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