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Central - EDN Insteid, she fund Iskander. “He’s
Central - AYR insteid natural processes
Central - LAL Insteid we hae tradeetional spelling
Central - GLA insteid o richtly fuckin bealin
Central - GLA Insteid thay seek liss
Central - LAL insteid, Violet, Klaus, and Sunny saw
Central - LAL Insteid o keepin his word Crichton ma
Central - SEC Insteid, he'd fetch doun aipples for
Central - LAL Insteid o heidin tae music, ah go tae
Central - EDN Insteid, she fund Iskander. “He’s
Doric - MNA Insteid o makkin up the wirds,
Central - SEC insteid, ti pey the lawins, an Rab Br
Central - LAL insteid, that day an ilka day, sittin
Central - LAL insteid o juist
Central - EDN Insteid, the doorbell went. Leukin ow
Central - SEC insteid o gangin throu the out-waw.
Central - GLA insteid Ah'll grab some inner lee
Central - LAL Insteid, whit's on offer
Central - LAL Insteid o jist a dwaiblie soutar chei
Central - GLA Insteid o girnin about whit's been da
Central - LAL ds wad rin throu the prenter! Insteid, it cut oot aw the cairy-on b
Doric - MNA e watter, Fit a stammygaster! Insteid o ae soo luikin back
Central - SEC i a teacher for sayin "Ta-ra" insteid o "Goodbye", or been mocked f
Central - LAL Dis he gaither butterflees?' Insteid, they speir: 'Hou auld is he?
Central - LAL na, sae he said, "Wha is it?' insteid.
Central - LAL "Ye could say 'I dinnae' insteid o 'I dae'," Klaus said, "but
Central - LAL ah'd the nerve tae say 'Aye' insteid o 'Yes'.'
Central - DUN East Coast habit o uisin 'f' insteid o 'wh') tho yon auld chestnut
Central - SEC likes o 'heiding' an 'daeing' insteid o 'heidin' an 'daein' aw the
Doric - MNA some'dy say, 'Ah mebbe wull' insteid 0, 'No, Ah definitely winna."
Central - LAL gauin aboot sayin 'yooriniss' insteid o the ordnar wey that Uranus
Central - WCE thick an fast) insteid o sayin he's a mensefu an
Central - LAL t her faither haed askit ava, insteid o gaein ti the cauldpress his
Central - EDN n the evenins whan they bade, insteid o the twa sexes magnetically
Central - LAL be a wee Goldoni on the side, insteid they biggit on Kemp’s airli
Central - NEC e local, celebratin the life, insteid o the deith in the warld aroo
Doric - MNA the clouds like Whigmaleerie, insteid o bein a wee yalla rose buss,
Central - SEC anes an Basque, for example, insteid o 'minority' leids that haes
Central - LAL it mindit me on hame, insteid o war,
Central - SEC try tae go ootside this time, insteid, she wis bein pulled, guided,
Central - LAL tey in Judge Strauss's hoose, insteid o Coont Olaf's, Whit kind o b
Central - LAL It will be gif I had gien ye, insteid o starns, a gowpenfu o wee be
Central - SEC id try cookin thaim parritch, insteid o buyin a cairry-oot pizza, m
Central - WCE ership an concentratit walth, insteid focusin on post-mercat income
Central - SEC luir ti dern the awfu trewth, insteid
Central - LAL akin aboot mair nor ae cheil, insteid o the Soothron 'those'.
Central - LAL unnecessar 'fancy' words an, insteid, use ither evendoun words. Th
Central - NEC an ainly be a recolonization, insteid o a rejuvenation.
Central - LAL the noo, insteid o hivvin tae wait for ye tae
Central - WCE folk. The mither and faither, insteid o bummin her up, cried her a
Doric - MNA s a Spanish grandee's dother, insteid o a fairmer's lassie. She wis
Central - SEC n, like midfield or whitever, insteid ae jist baw-chasin aw the tim
Doric - DOR e wittins hersel. Fousomiver, insteid o fusperin, he jist scronacht
Central - LAL ich cam tae jist five francs, insteid o the sax that he
Central - GLA The cunt barely flinches, insteid drawin blood fae McDade’s b
Central - SEC ation, thinkin o thaim an us, insteid o juist us.
Doric - MNA ngineerin hid seen tilt that, insteid o biggin an Eden, science hid
Central - EDN , bit in English ablow that, insteid o ‘ashram’ it sayed ‘mi
Central - NEC e doon tae meet the ship but, insteid o attackin, the tall strang b
Central - SWE Ah'd hae the daurk, an you, insteid.
Central - LAL Ye'd say, insteid o flytin, "I'm your ain!"
Central - LAL tae address mair nor ae body, insteid o Soothron 'you all'.
Central - SEC shawn wi sma sentimentality, insteid wi clear, apen ee'd love. In
Central - LAL ages - like hieroglyphics - insteid o writin words.
Central - LAL posed tae be the end o it aa. Insteid we noo hae a drive fir change
Central - LAL him nae help ava. Insteid, she stuid abeich frae him, s
Central - LAL done tae the skaith o Gaelic. Insteid, thir leids should aw co-exis
Central - NEC wisna there when he returned. Insteid Zeus wis sittin on Eurystheus
Central - LAL ch for life ayont this warld. Insteid the’r a wheen speirars, ste
Central - LAL nes, Atalanta didna want tae. Insteid, she jist dandered alang tae
Central - LAL or hert-peitie ti thon face. Insteid, in ahint the ticht mou an th
Doric - MNA toon an letters tae his name. Insteid, he'd bin trailed back tae th
Central - WCE erness frae Willie this time. Insteid, in the weeks efterhaund, Wil
Central - LAL and makes eye contact wi me. Insteid o stutterin, she speaks mair
Central - LAL juist as easy thru stane. Insteid, A hauld ma haund
Central - LAL her faither made nae repone. Insteid, he turnt his heid ti the win
Central - SEC but that wis seldom the case. Insteid o getting the back seat tae m
Central - SEC l an sindert experts for-bye. Insteid, they've setten up twa task-f
Central - LAL avoids bein merkit as kitsch. Insteid he comes ower as a pooerfu de
Central - LAL life growein up in Edinburgh. Insteid, Scots for me wis leimitit ta
Central - LAL out at her or gart her fash. Insteid, the entries wis aa peerie th
Central - LAL dae, an switched tae English. Insteid o gowden Scots, I wes gettin
Central - LAL wisnae allood tae gab masel. Insteid A wis telt tae tak a sate on
Central - SEC whit's improper proper agin. Insteid, Scots is aboot gittin rid o
Central - LAL e atween lauchter an greetin. Insteid the play is crouse eneuch in
Central - DUN n tae the logical conclusion. Insteid o waitin fer fowk tae dee an
Central - LAL o which there is nae mention. Insteid, it is threapit that it micht
Central - NEC Hill of the Notch bi Watson. Insteid, Finlay propones The Sneck, a
Central - LAL , ne'er jyned an uphaud curn. Insteid, she held gaun, gruppit ticht
Central - NEC where ye staun, but ah'll no. Insteid ah'm gonnae gie ye a fate wor
Central - LAL t whither it’s wrang or no. Insteid o pithy Scots, we’r needin
Central - SEC a aspereens but cudnae sleep. Insteid Ah wint tae bethank Cissie fu
Central - LAL ie in ilk o his or her leids. Insteid, their levels o skeel in
Central - SEC ir thrifty an hailsum dishes. Insteid o feedin oor bairns the lates
Central - LAL changed oot his gym clothes. Insteid, he's jist put his school shi
Central - LAL irkcaldy thocht this haivers. Insteid, he threapit, the Inglis lich
Central - SEC for that maitter, wershness. Insteid, ilka ane haes an acceptance
Central - LAL that wisna covered in gress. Insteid, it wis pentit wi multi-colou
Central - LAL n ye'r writin in richt Scots. Insteid, ye maun hing in for tae get
Doric - MNA cam ower wi twa silver trays. Insteid o the sassage rolls an sannie
Central - LAL n it wis cowpit fae its seat. Insteid, thay threapit, Plutock wad j
Central - LAL an didna get makkin a planet. Insteid thir dowie rocks held-gauin w
Central - LAL rs. He nivver actually focht. Insteid he did his best tae negotiate
Central - LAL for hersel tae pree it. Insteid o daein that, she took a knif
Central - LAL y day, sair fae heid tae fit. Insteid o a wardrobe, there wis a muc
Central - SEC rnacular languages cam wi it. Insteid o Scots an Gaelic bein looked
Central - LAL y, tho, wis traivellin on it. Insteid, the air wis fu o sheeny flee
Central - EDN erm haurd. Beatrice stiffent. Insteid o thrawin him aff, as he obvi
Central - LAL oem 49 o the same manuscript. Insteid, we are telt tae “Compare,
Central - GLA him whit fur, but ah don’t. Insteid, ah dae the only thing ah kin
Central - LAL “We wullna bou. Insteid we’ll ding these chiels dou
Central - LAL . He didna eat onythin at aw. Insteid, he gowped doon gallons o str
Central - LAL no the same kind o day at aw. Insteid o bein het and bricht, it wis
Central - LAL better heed tae his singers: insteid o settin up as patren tae the
Central - LAL ent fine that he widnae pass; insteid, he fantasized aboot his pape
Doric - MNA st hiv te bi deein wi a Skoda insteid o a Porsche."
Central - WCE icht oot an pish it up the wa insteid.
Central - SWE r deith at the Mull o Gallowa insteid.
Doric - MNA im eeseless. Ah caaed im Mac insteid an he gat te bide onywye. Alt
Central - EDN ither: whitever sense he had insteid o sicht, he cud ‘see’ thr
Central - AYR in, he tuik a rounaboots road insteid, that brocht him oot abune th
Central - SEC e a Language Act but promised insteid tae mak siccar that the Gaeli
Central - LAL t the verb 'seen' can be used insteid o 'saw' in Scots. In Scots, s
Central - LAL ots, 'how' is for ordnar used insteid o the Soothron 'why'.
Shetland - SHD Pronouns is øsed insteid o nouns an dey refer tae bodi
Central - LAL 'Ye can hae the heid insteid, Mabel. Ye can hae it tuffed
Central - LAL or sortin up the windaes, and insteid o a signature Coont Olaf wid
Central - LAL pots in a frenzied farce find insteid a bang up-to-date dismemberme
Central - SWE bar! Or a tearoom we'll find insteid o a pub. And are wimmen welco
Central - LAL an outby, an tae pit my mind insteid tae the geography, history, r
Central - SEC hin graith that wis tae haund insteid o aw the sindert leets an dat
Central - LAL olet signin wi her left haund insteid o her
Central - LAL n ‘Inglis’ wis affen fund insteid o ‘Britain’ an ‘Breetis
Doric - MNA Bit cloud insteid an the aybydan derk
Doric - MNA e hae them wi yer denner, nae insteid o. Syne ere wis yon banana di
Central - NEC Sae insteid he creepit up ahint the beast
Central - LAL Noo we will jist huv tae insteid
Central - LAL dae in their room. A wardrobe insteid o a cairdboard box. But whit
Doric - DOR ot the x. Delete. Smiley face insteid.
Doric - MNA “This’ll dee insteid,” quo Bobbin. “Oh, it’l
Central - GLA ough o me. Ah callt hur McGee insteid o Bettie tae wind hur up. Ah
Central - AYR e wis a horrible takin o life insteid o the vernal gift o it. It wi
Central - LAL iver descendit wi the baggage insteid o crossin the faur-kennt brig
Doric - MNA divertit inno organ-brokerage insteid: mair siller intilt an nae la
Doric - MNA them tae sook frae the coggie insteid o their mithers' teets. These
Central - LALsaurus Ah wid gan wi Stooshie insteid.
Central - GLA ’ll dae a Simon Peg. Ainlie insteid o the Winchester, ah’ll sta
Central - SEC noo bein sellt separate-like insteid o bein sellt thegither, the p
Doric - MNA wi ye™ Bit Ah wave an smile insteid. It widna bi fair te ask ony
Central - WCE it. 'Can ah tak it hame wi me insteid?' he speired.
Central - LAL Noo, if it'd been me insteid o Violet, I'd hae totally pac
Central - EDN dangerous for him. He sent me insteid.”
Central - SEC noo tae be a free-staunin ane insteid o bein pairt o the WHFP. The
Shetland - SHD tān - þe tane - da tane insteid. Da sam
Doric - MNA hiv te offer im somethin else insteid." Beldie leuch an winkit. "He
Central - LAL an kythes it blinterin white insteid o dreich an grey! Dei Donum i
Central - SEC aur Burns draps inti dialogue insteid o his uizual discursive naira
Central - LAL t;Ah'll jist need tae tell ye insteid o showin ye.%26quot;
Doric - MNA hey plunt a tree oan tap o ye insteid o pittin up a steen."
Central - LAL cause he'd wantit roast beef insteid o puttanesca sauce. Ye'd thin
Central - WCE e o hair stuff affy the shelf insteid o yer ain.'
Central - SEC ked oot tae see. Saw the flag insteid. An burst oot greetin aw o'er
Central - EDN est left wi yae swan’s wing insteid o a human haun. Had he thocht
Central - GLA ma mooth tae speak but cough insteid.
Central - LAL Granny says puck insteid o the F-word. Ah'm takin a le
Central - LAL puttin 20p in yer piggy bank insteid o the plate at mass. But ah g
Central - WCE Think insteid o hou a young chiel, fairlie
Central - DUN t, d'ye think? Bit let's look insteid at the support 'oor Forces' n
Central - LAL e I hae hogmagandy wi hir pal insteid.
Central - SEC eeps, carrots, ingans an kail insteid o buyin mange tout peas or we
Central - LAL tap eatin chocolate. Eat kail insteid.'
Central - EDN , I think I micht uise calcul insteid o calculation frae nou on, al
Central - SWE on whit sees ye through them insteid!
Central - EDN ens an stertit ti copie thaim insteid.
Central - EDN hair route hame wad tak thaim insteid across Xinjiang, or Turkistan
Central - LAL lingualism an multilingualism insteid o monolingulism, wi tent for
Central - AYR t o the hous throu a real lum insteid o swirlin up throu the rafter
Doric - MNA he en o a booed bedspring, an insteid o cryin “Cuckoo”, aa that
Central - NEC farrant image o deid laun, an insteid promote an image o oor gubbed
Central - LAL bawbees for aw the airts, an insteid pit siller whaur growth is ap
Central - EDN ie, an furthie, an thrang. An insteid o haein a wanristie inwutt ja
Central - EDN fae a chookie's breestbane an insteid pit the tip o the knife blade
Central - GLA Siobhan. Ah call her Siobhan insteid ae Dr Livingstone and everyhi
Doric - MNA ye go." Ah lookit it Ruth an insteid o giein her ma customary glow
Central - LAL ma mouth tae smile, but moan insteid. It's Baltic, ah hink, lookin
Central - SEC nebbit in the bygane, an seen insteid the guid o twa-leiditness or
Central - LAL limbed up the river-bank then insteid o keepin his promise he grabb
Central - LAL hear a sermon oot in the open insteid o in a kirk as approved by th
Doric - MNA me wi stairtit really spikkin insteid o jist imaginin fit een anith
Central - LAL hin that he'd taen up swimmin insteid.
Central - SEC burg, his velvet cape flappin insteid o an auld greasy coat wi the
Central - EDN e corner o the lawn, wannerin insteid throu an open shaw. The shaw
Central - GLA her elderly people, preferrin insteid tae shun ye entirely. The ero
Central - LAL n them baith warm and gruntin insteid o snorin.
Central - LAL thin, but he stairtit hoastin insteid. For a guid wee meenit, he ho
Central - LAL nae be thegither – resolvin insteid aye tae tak comfort in their
Central - WCE Speanin wi pushion insteid o thair milk;
Central - GLAntergenerational Transmission insteid ae follaein thi story?
Central - GLA e moved in a linear direction insteid ay advancin tae the next stag
Central - NEC ins, aa based on superstition insteid o haurd evidence. Until ae da
Central - GLA she could go a nice hot lemon insteid ae a Royal Gin and then she a
Central - SEC ry didnae luik ben, rinnin on insteid up the craigs peth. Miss Marj
Central - SEC back in. It flauchtered doon insteid, sailin like priceless silk l
Doric - MNA kkin a wry grin. "Sittin doon insteid ~ an in peer Norman's seat."
Central - SEC Ye need tae go intae toon insteid
Central - LAL t scartit her neb oan a thorn insteid.
Central - LAL an that thay wad write Brown insteid, tho syne he laucht "but my i
Central - LAL t poor wee burd's gat a stump insteid o a fie!'
Central - LAL e wrang wey, she snashed. 'Up insteid o doon.'
Central - SEC er aywiss used tomato ketchup insteid. I think she had rin oot o sa
Doric - MNA 'd bi aricht iv you'd spik up insteid o mutterin an mummilin aa the
Central - LAL 'I ken. I'll blaw it up insteid.
Central - LAL t jings! It was Wullie Dunbar insteid . . .
Doric - MNA he Hoose. "Wi'll buy im a car insteid."
Central - WCE Raither insteid A'll gie youse the saicret
Central - LAL of these he gies it a nummer insteid o a name. For instance, he mi
Central - LAL ng. For an instance, a hunner insteid o 100 or twinty insteid o 20.
Central - LAL wane ma photie fur the paper insteid, ah thocht.
Central - AYR I had gaed tae see the Hatter insteid!"
Central - GLA ah'd went tae see the Hatter insteid!"
Central - LAL e wid jist look at the watter insteid, because it wis a lown kind o
Central - LAL thinkin aboot whit’s better insteid o whit’s richt again, an on
Doric - MNA h'm gaun te write im a letter insteid."
Shetland - SHD ae kerry on → a onkerry (or insteid a kerryon).
Central - LALzer but opent the fridge door insteid an blooterit masel on the ee
Central - GLA go in there and shut the door insteid of watchin the telly –medit
Central - LAL s jist ootside the front door insteid o me haein tae walk miles and
Central - EDN . He seemt tae be gettin waur insteid o better.
Doric - DOR "Can wi nae hae a Domino's insteid?" Ah gie him ma best smile.
Central - SEC st poverty, an cry thaim Neds insteid? The BBC thinks aw this is ju
Central - SEC haed tae gie thair apologies insteid. Howanever, the forgaitherin
Central - SEC ograms as weel as comedy anes insteid o juist comedy on its lane. I
Doric - MNA can trust a male wi twa legs insteid o fower."
Central - LAL fer tae their leid as Scottis insteid o Inglis. This flit taen plac
Central - LAL st. But they played wi sticks insteid o fir-cones, because ye could
Central - LAL he end o which were twa hooks insteid o haunds. There wis a punter
Central - SEC ikin on Braille tae the signs insteid o Scots.
Central - EDN msels fouterin wi psalm tuins insteid o winnin forrit wi their airt
Doric - MNA he wid hae three fermin sons insteid o twa, an haik aboot fur a te
Central - GLA t her heid doon tae her hauns insteid, an wis fair chuffed when she
Central - LAL in Éire on linguistic gruns insteid o the geographic areas, thit
Central - LAL ang wi bronze-nebbit warships insteid.
Central - LAL ers aff o thir chocolate bars insteid!" And sae they did. I had ilk
Central - SWE o feefles an feuchters insteid,
Central - LAL teeth grow oot o yer fingirs insteid.'
Doric - ABN r, and play wi the toy breets insteid. They waurna as gweed tae pla
Central - SEC land haein muckle food fechts insteid o eatin their cereal, clawin
Central - LAL tairtit focusin on immigrants insteid. Hooaniver, it wis nivver tae
Central - SEC it asyde and uptak wae Scots insteid? It gey vexes me. Scots is pl
Central - LALhmond Or jist yaise yer Scots insteid!
Central - SEC age intae the TV news reports insteid o chyngin ower tae speakin 'p
Central - LAL somebody's had fifty spoonfus insteid o yin'
Central - LAL Is occupeed bi us insteid.
Central - LAL Community leid is flyted at insteid o the education system giein
Central - LAL ints. A wheen Scots felt that insteid o an Inglis Hame Secretar the
Central - LAL . Mibbe they'll sort oot that insteid.' Intae the pot gaed the five
Central - WCE i Kleenex boxes on their feet insteid o shoes. We can sharpen that
Central - LAL It's possible tae meet insteid
Central - EDN e back o her mind. She thocht insteid aboot swans. She thocht o the
Central - EDN e message intil his haun. Bit insteid he tane it back fae her.
Central - LALossible though, sae I decidit insteid tae gie the branches a shak a
Central - LAL ie leaders if thay can dae it insteid.
Central - EDN the packit mud flair unnerfit insteid o anither fit or an ankle or
Central - LAL . Sae she'll hae tae drink it insteid.' He poored the bricht reid m
Central - LAL lin-aff, anely tae be treatit insteid wi kindness. Wis a freend a s
Central - SEC hed sauntit insteid. Bot John wes angirt. Ti caum
Central - LAL an David haed gotten an optit insteid for a twa-year drama programm
Central - LAL as yet ithers haes suggestit insteid? The’r nae stracht answer t
Central - LAL gain. Mibbe I'd better say it insteid o him,' And, wi as muckle sme
Doric - MNA n waatch the fitba in comfort insteid o aye trailin te the pub', an
Doric - MNA he. “It’ll be the dentist insteid.”
Central - GLA but insteid, jump in wi sel-richtous disc
Central - LAL reivars) in ilkaday life, but insteid the ettle ahin them is tae st
Central - LAL whin-bush for exerceese, but insteid o comin back the tither wey,
Central - WCE n The Laird of Lairistan, but insteid o maintainin a diveision o ca
Central - WCE uld gang tae the cludgie. But insteid o gaun there, ah smuiked inta
Central - EDN r mither on the wey hame. But insteid she gaed tae the Ashram.
Central - SEC be seen deid uisin slang. But insteid o this we hae leirit fowk on
Central - GLA A tear it sheds at daw insteid o us.
Central - LAL Whit we saw insteid wis a curnie fowk that the se
Central - LAL ded they preferred his nephew insteid o himsel. James wis Roman Cat
Doric - MNA "Lut's spik aboot ess holiday insteid."
Central - EDN tane a year tae reach Kalpay insteid o a wick.
Doric - MNA come bit Jessica draps in by insteid: she's the wifie fa tries er
Central - LAL s and picks up a French Fancy insteid. Unless she wis cleanin ma ho
Central - WCE n o thae text-books tae study insteid. At the end o the lesson ye c
Central - LAL sae that they'd get the money insteid."
Central - LAL miscawed an excludit socially insteid o bein valued as conveyors o
Central - LAL Scots on the Stane o Destiny insteid o Staundart Inglis, wi the sp
Central - LAL ndit on luve an speerituality insteid o a greenin fur a global faim
Central - EDN ’, hou no say ‘timeous’ insteid? Or what aboot pittin a cheek
Central - LAL l phrase “Scots language” insteid o “the Scots language”, a