| Doric - MNA |
| Alec | Mathieson noddit. Steenhilloc |
| Doric - MNA |
| Alec | Mathieson wis sent fir the do |
| Doric - MNA |
| Alec | sighed an lay back on the pil |
| Central - WCE |
| Alec | said ‘the dream will never |
| Doric - MNA |
" | Alec | ." Ina dumpit er shoppin bag d |
| Doric - MNA |
hink Ah'd get muckle fir ye." | Alec | smirkit. "Ye've a lotta miles |
| Doric - MNA |
auchin an clappin her hauns. ' | Alec | , Airchie, Arthur, Alan, Alber |
| Doric - DOR |
Ellen's dad, | Alec | , wis their only son an he gre |
| Central - LAL | 5 @PeteWishart Braw tae hear, | Alec | ! We'll mak a richt activist o |
| Central - SEA |
twae o my mither’s uncles, | Alec | Young, an Alec Smith. |
| Shetland - SHD |
e bring up her twin bridders, | Alec | an George. Dey wir at a bad a |
| Doric - MNA |
t, guidin them up the stairs, | Alec | Mathieson hyterin as he gaed, |
| Doric - MNA |
'Is this richt, | Alec | ?' Matthew Bruce speired the y |
| Doric - MNA |
ncy gaun roon te the hoose - | Alec | 's mebbe lyin it hame in is bo |
| Doric - MNA |
Jist twa frae Steenhillock - | Alec | an Ned Mathieson. Bit there's |
| Doric - MNA |
, a fecht atween twa loons.... | Alec | Mathieson was haudin her brit |
| Doric - MNA |
door. "Nellie's drivin! An... | Alec | ...Alec's livin," she cried, e |
| Doric - MNA |
in ooto him like a stuck pig. | Alec | Mathieson wis five year aulde |
| Doric - MNA |
haivin Minnie affo his back. | Alec | Mathieson focht wi the reyns, |
| Central - WCE |
ht, chattin’ aboot Big Eck. | Alec | . Salmond. Oor First Minister. |
| Central - GLA |
r tae get them baith a drink. | Alec | politely declines but Tam, be |
| Doric - MNA |
riet cream an butter an eggs. | Alec | an Ned hid bin up sin the bac |
| Doric - MNA |
n hired tae help wi the flit. | Alec | Mathieson liftit Minnie up on |
| Shetland - SHD |
"I saa | Alec | strugglin ta his feet, an pit |
| Shetland - SHD |
in our lives, nobody replaced | Alec | , but I burnt my boats there b |
| Doric - MNA |
faither strode ower an yarked | Alec | affa Matty's back in a toweri |
| Doric - MNA |
w her neice like thon, an led | Alec | up tae the quine's room, tae |
| Doric - MNA |
mmer nichts, the Bruces hired | Alec | an Ned an the horses oot tae |
| Doric - MNA |
iet grub an nae extras," said | Alec | , humphin a muckle bug o dug m |
| Doric - MNA |
urnin up his nose at it" said | Alec | , lookin jist as disgustit as |
| Central - GLA |
e green tae huv a gemme. Auld | Alec | disnae join us, sais he’s g |
| Central - GLA |
t the wee bar talkin tae auld | Alec | McEwan, tryin tae cadge ah dr |
| Central - GLA |
cunt, an fur whit?’ Tam and | Alec | look at me expectantly, shaki |
| Central - WCE |
g wi’ a silence as we heard | Alec | , oor sometime champion o’ f |
| Doric - MNA |
I heard Jock Dow spikkin tae | Alec | an Ned at the roup yestreen, |
| Doric - MNA |
ould jist hear Ned fusper tae | Alec | : |
| Shetland - SHD |
e, an dan da twins, an peerie | Alec | . |
| Doric - DOR |
d clean oot fin she saw Uncle | Alec | for the first time. She said |
| Doric - MNA |
cut her up fur dog meat. Syne | Alec | ran doon the brae wi Minnie i |
| Doric - MNA |
"So fit happened te | Alec | , en?" |
| Doric - MNA |
nna ging aff yer feet," leuch | Alec | , "Eence ye ging aff yer feet |
| Southern - SWE | erMSP Aye, it's news to us eh | Alec | . |
| Central - SEC |
"Mither," quoth | Alec | , 'wha are ye knittin'" the so |
| Shetland - SHD |
dy. Noo du's laandit dysel wi | Alec | Watt's bastard bairn, draggit |
| Central - SEA |
Young, an | Alec | Smith. |
| Doric - MNA |
on telt his twa loons, Ned an | Alec | , that noo they kent the word, |
| Central - SEC |
Whan | Alec | McLeish wis bein interviewed |
| Central - WCE |
e, if ye like. Because ah ken | Alec | Salmond is jist Oor Wullie gr |
| Doric - MNA |
an learn tae pu the cairt fin | Alec | tells ye.' |
| Central - WCE |
e’ve a’ got the noo. ‘N | Alec | Salmond niver really hit ma†|
| Central - WCE |
s, ah’ve got this picture o | Alec | Salmond, sitting oan a bucket |
| Central - WCE |
™ve the best o’ respect fer | Alec | , and Nicola, bit it all looks |
| Central - LAL | ver a dram on Burns Night Sir | Alec | Douglas-Home astonished Winni |
| Central - SEC |
ae wark, sometimes Ah hae oor | Alec | a doctor, or Jessie a fine la |
| Central - SEC |
the nicht, an' there wis oor | Alec | a proper loddie, aye needin' |
| Central - SEC |
Yet Ah winder if Ah want oor | Alec | at the sea an' oor Jessie mai |
| Doric - MNA |
d ran back tae the stable fur | Alec | 's gun, that he whyles shot ph |
| Shetland - SHD |
"Yes, becis du's | Alec | 's sister, dat's da onnly raes |
| Doric - MNA |
n tae her windae tae watch as | Alec | an Ned, the Mathieson brither |
| Central - SEC |
e telt him, "An the ithers is | Alec | Mackay, Robert Stoddart an Mi |
| Central - GLA |
‘Och, ye know how it is | Alec | , cannae be bloody arsed hauf |
| Central - WCE |
he conversation wis which wis | Alec | Salmond, wur First minister, |
| Shetland - SHD |
"Dat wis | Alec | , wisn it?" Maggie Ann aksed, |
| Central - NEC |
s unco wark. Ane sic body wis | Alec | Finlay. |
| Central - WCE |
ma ma, ah’m sure she thinks | Alec | is marriet on that Nicola Stu |
| Doric - MNA |
e Steenhillock. His twa loons | Alec | an Ned war dairymen in the to |
| Central - WCE |
a Scotsman really is, it’s | Alec | . He’s nae Brad Pitt in look |
| Central - WCE |
‘Aye, bit it proves that | Alec | Salmond wid be Oor Wullie gra |
| Shetland - SHD |
eed on ae thing, I dunna want | Alec | Watt's brat wi its shitey nap |
| Doric - MNA |
oan aa the gory details aboot | Alec | . Oh ay, an Ah near firgot, ye |
| Doric - MNA |
t's ess secret, than?" speert | Alec | , unloadin the cairry-oot. "C' |
| Doric - MNA |
heard the terrible news about | Alec | . |
| Central - WCE |
that he wis a fair smart guy | Alec | , an’ it mak’s me laugh co |
| Central - GLA |
‘Aye. . .’ | Alec | sais takin a drink fae his ha |
| Central - GLA |
oyle. Where ye been hidin?’ | Alec | sais. |
| Central - GLA |
€˜Aye, it has right enough’ | Alec | sais ‘but ye need tae get o |