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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 ...

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