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...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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 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. ...
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 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 ...
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 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 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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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: ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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, ...
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 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 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 ...
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, ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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. ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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: ...
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: 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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Scots Tung Wittins 106 Fairnie, Robert 3,978 8 2.01

... thair ain ettles. The wis a hantle sicht o kenspeckle fowk wi an eddication backgrund thare, the likes o Janet ...
... threapit forbye that Scots is uised bi mair than a million fowk ilka day an is the UK's biggest minority language. She ...
... that the Scots language haesna dee'd oot wi maist o the fowk in this kintra still uisin it but efter 300 year o ...
... cried Scots an aw. It's the consait o Janet Paisley that fowk the warld ower, an parteeclar in Europe, is chyngin thair ...
... "least-weys" wis Scots until ye uised it in this e-mail. Fowk in Dixie uises that sayin tae. A'm lairnin that mair an ...
The 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 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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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, ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 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 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 95 Fairnie, Robert 2,781 5 1.80

... Arts Cooncil, throu its National Lottery Bairns an Young Fowk Scheme, is tae gie £150,000 tae a project that is set tae ...
... texts airtit at specific age groups. Bairns an young fowk will be gien the chance tae get rowed intae the wey the ...
... differences athin Scots an will encourage bairns an young fowk tae uise their local form o Scots, as weel as introducin ...
... still funds it hard tae speak Scots cause no monie o the fowk she meets frae day tae day speaks it. This is a wee bit o ...
... or, tae be mair exack, the English Cocoon Syndrome. Maist fowk that's been left the schuil for mair nor ten year haes ...
The 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 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 ...
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 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 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 101 Fairnie, Robert 2,698 6 2.22

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

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