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Doric - DOR started, it wis three meenits intae t
Doric - DOR started tae gruw. Jonsar Eck shook hi
Doric - DOR started tae draw in the fermer wid ne
Central - LALStarted new journal today! Defo work
Doric - MNAStarted with twa tickets, but now 11
Doric - DOR started again, he gulped doon his whi
Doric - DOR Started awa affa weet an affa bare,
Doric - DOR started teemin the second coort, it w
Central - SEC "Aye" ah tell him. "Started wae ma first two oan ma lucky
Ulster - WUL They hae' started cal'in'Wullie mister,
Doric - DOR played fitba ‘til I was 40, started getting fit at 50, sciatica a
Doric - DOR ok athing oot o his pooch an, started tae see if ere wis
Central - DUN Meh poem hiz now kick-started
Central - LALidFe08597331 @YvonneMacGrego3 Started watching it but hubby disnae
Central - SEC wae the boredom n that, ken? Started oan the gear earlier and ah'v
Doric - DOR ey a'a started) the firewid sales
Southern - SEA At first a dismissed that, a started ma genealogy up and a thou “
Doric - MNB id hardly gone ony wy at a. A started tae think that this wisna sic
Shetland - SHD Hit aa started back in April wi da castin. W
Shetland - SHD Dey gied oot an dey aa started ta spaek in a strenge kind o
Central - GLA s. D'ye understaund, pal?' Da started laughing but no in his usual
Central - SEC y wet himself when Big Brenda started tae unscrew the lid frae the
Doric - MNB eel tae really are but once a started getting better I got scunnere
Doric - DOR et that. You ken fine I hinna started my spring cleanin
Doric - MNA Andra started tae feel fa she wis spikkin a
Central - SEC As time went oan, Ailsa started tae interact wae mair hings t
Central - EDN Studies, sounds posher, bit A started back in the days o’ “Day
Doric - MNA l gaed oot e lad att wis dumb started tae spik. E fowk were dumfoon
Central - SEC of nowhere when the pandemic started and now he is running our liv
Central - WCE ests were ready and the music started for the first dance, The Dash
Doric - MNA ther for aa the cairryon he'd started, then he got anither skelpit
Central - SWE et on wi’ their test. A had started tae shake by then. Tears were
Shetland - SHD ek ta da crood o fock dat hed started ta gadder. Whan he feenished
Orkney - ORK Hid started off no so bad, bit when I got
Orkney - ORK the group, Orkney Voices. Hid started up as pert o a Scottish PEN p
Doric - MNA but nae once the dementia hid started. Her mither hid been found wa
Doric - DOR for nae nonsense, He hid started awa as a loon an worked his w
Doric - DOR since Jonsar Eck hid started his firewid roon. Fin the wif
Doric - MNA The Great War hid started aboot this time an Douglas li
Doric - MNA the years the nichtmares hid started again. This wiz the fourth ti
Doric - MNB ly for aboot six days. It hid started aff wi a high temperature tha
Orkney - ORK sank withoot trace? Whit hid started as pleasure wis noo fear and
Doric - DOR he lift Missus chatterbox hid started tae tell Jonsar
Orkney - ORK A bress band started up is wae stepped doon fae th
Doric - DUN o the burn alang the road and started to bubble. But then she spied
Central - GLA ped one night in New York and started the next day for New Jersey.
Central - LAL muckle stane and sat doon and started tae greet. "Whit will we dae
Doric - ABN y were leavin, ye woke up and started girnin... And oot o naewye...
Doric - MNB turned roond wi a glower and started tae shout. He telt me to nive
Central - LAL@andipeters .....Ma weekend started v early as travelling tae Wal
Doric - DORThat's the wikend started fer me early. Been tae Asda,
Central - LAL ither questions but his mind started tae wander. He spotted a gaig
Doric - MNA e, her hypochondriac’s mind started tae race and she managed in a
Central - GLA Anen the snow an the wind started howlin again.
Doric - MNA broken the spell as they’d started again. Her name wiz nivver me
Doric - DOR he jist hoped he hidnae started world war three.
Central - GLA get her water afore the race started. It wis a hot day and a felt
Doric - NNB soup off e fire, an at wance started throwan everything she could
Central - LALlJam Yoons and their naw side started to get wasted on it, so it wa
Orkney - ORK He started tae resent the pig when he hi
Doric - DOR He started it back in the sivventies whe
Shetland - SHD le Weekit Wolf wis da mad! He started blaain an blaain, blaain an b
Orkney - ORK the back o wur steeding?" he started, "the wan wi that square bit
Central - GLA ont ye like the wee pups?' He started walking up the stairs and hea
Doric - DOR . Fin the mannie appeared, he started tae work at the sweet peas.
Doric - DOR ae the nest lair appeared, he started tae spread
Doric - DOR and scrappin at ma teeth , he started dictating some numbers and le
Doric - DOR a sweat an, he started tae tell the fowk on the bus
Central - SEC no, Shuggie wis delighted. He started hammerin at the cooker an pul
Doric - MNA if lookin in mair detail. He started makkin tuttin sounds and slig
Central - SEC big enough fer a unicorn. He started fleein roond an roon an roond
Doric - DOR @Cam26Milne @CormackDavie He started as a midfielder, sold tae Rie
Shetland - SHD nevah. An whan he got dere he started ta praech, 'If you dunna dö
Central - SEC ant holes through me, then he started flappin his hands, meanin I s
Central - GLA tin him oan the back. Then he started pumpin ma
Central - WCE aboot the prices, an then he started tae explain tae us aboot the
Shetland - SHD ese da muckle Wolf ava, so he started blaain an blaain, till da hoo
Shetland - SHD plaese da Muckle Wolf, so he started blaain an blaain, till da hoo
Doric - MNA e his desk nearer the lamp he started tae flick throwe the pages an
Doric - MNA intae his guts. Eence mair he started tae boak and that made things
Doric - ABN She started tellin ma aa aboot her dad, b
Doric - DOR fit I can an canna dee!" she started saying tae me. "Ihis gang spi
Doric - NNB "Cheshire-Puss," she started, rether shy leck, as she didn
Central - SEC Efter that, she started tae roam further. Wan nicht,
Doric - DOR the lift, she started tae spik an, forgot tae stop.
Central - SEC e her nichtly repertoire. She started sleep-talkin, fur wan. Oan th
Central - SEC ually me who wis speakin. She started tae laugh. She thoat ah wis p
Central - EDN rphine!) wis nixt tae go. She started off wi’ 2 front somersaults
Doric - MNA me tae clear up the mess. She started tae find wee squares o tin fo
Orkney - ORK d run tae James as soon as he started tae greet and give him a few
Doric - MNA hing tae help Catty but as he started tae shak wi shock she’d see
Doric - MNA her ease a wee bittie and she started tae relax.
Doric - MNA t and as usual at the end she started greetin. She saw Catty lookin
Central - WCE up tae the high school an she started hangin aboot wi Kelly Marie W
Doric - NNB led intill e garden. Then she started nibblan at e mushroom (she he
Doric - NNB r's no harm in tryan." So she started: "O Moose, do ee ken e way oo
Doric - NNB nything hed happened.) So she started again: "Ow est ma chatte?", w
Central - LAL anne hud nae option efter she started shoutin and bawlin at them in
Central - SEC e British. But the moment she started shuttin doon the British indu
Shetland - SHD lyde dat he wis better dat he started ta praise da Loard. An he tur
Doric - NNB ree peedie sisters," e Moosie started in a beeg hurry; "an thir nam
Doric - NNB leck, an walked off: e Moosie started sleepan richt away, an neithe
Doric - MNA ellt her tae sit doon. Jessie started tae apologise for athing but
Central - EDN ere scavenging it, and people started to drop in little charitable
Central - SEC The game started jist like a typical cup tie.
Doric - DOR@Cause_4_Effect Dinna get me started.
Central - LAL@DavyGavin1 Dinnae get me started trying tae contact the Tax Of
Central - LAL 'And dinnae get me started oan yer eyes,' she continues.
Central - LAL heidstones and dinnae get me started oan the plastic flooers.
Doric - DOR ddie kicked in the door, Jane started tae snore,
Central - DUN This ane started aff we a
Central - LAL 'Leanne started this oan Facebook, and you wu
Doric - ABN d then Grunny’s hoose phone started ringing.
Central - SWE Blair boy’. George and Pete started getting it in the playground,
Central - LAL r. If ye ask me, he should've started the match. But it wouldnay do
Central - LAL te done up at the toap. Ah've started wearin ma lang black hair doo
Central - SEC impendin doom the maire ah've started tae notice subtle changes in
Doric - NNB cht Alice. "Ah'm gled they've started wi puzzles-ah think ah can gu
Shetland - SHD@shaetlan_rose Seems to have started a year or so ago with NHS and
Central - SECno comment as friendlies have started n things can change at anytim
Central - SECm mid fifties now, and I’ve started tae slow down and smell the r
Central - SEC y noticed, likes. But ah’ve started speakin in a horrible Scottis
Central - WCE n the wee wooden mannies). We started a wee joke cause you kane how
Central - SEC s. He baited oor hooks and we started tae fish.
Central - LAL uld o tellt us this before we started writin, but mibbie it's a tes
Doric - MNA thi Trust slowed doon, an we started catchen up, Baggy say's "Fit'
Doric - MNB Fan we started walkin it wis still dry and w
Ulster - GUL Ye started tae supple up a bit and could
Central - LAL nd shiny black boots. 'And ye started oot makin matchbox models?"
Doric - MNA k ti fit I wis sayin afore ye started poorin oot aa yer romantic mi
Central - LAL n' end up richt back whaur ye started.
Central - GLA That’s when oor wee gang started. The fuckin three amigos. Bee
Central - LALnderin has subscription thing started ? X
Central - SWE early the day the name crying started. It wis aboot two year after
Doric - ABN in front o us. The first song started playing.
Central - SEC Ah started tae feel ah bit spoiled wae t
Central - WCE th auld broken fireplace. Ah started skirlin an greetin “Help me
Central - SEC nly, right there and then. Ah started comin up wae a theory. And th
Central - SEC ire ah wid read. The maire ah started tae become a reflection ae ma
Central - SEC Before ah started tae sign oan wae ma cap in ha
Central - SEC ' the like. She telt me if Ah started that Ah'd niver be clear o' t
Central - DUN It ah started aff fae thi flow
Central - GLA ey ve tried in Glasgow, which started in Boston in the US. We bring
Doric - MNA o shears fae her aapron pooch started cuttin aff the shite covered
Doric - MNB ront o the tele and the match started. Naething much happened in th
Doric - DOR asks. Ey baith started tae laugh an een o em blurts
Shetland - SHDI started da first een (pictured) on th
Doric - MNB I started in the living room. I hid the
Shetland - SHD An Guid bliss me, I started ta flyte apon him, for everyt
Central - SEC lie wis oot o the question, I started tae pet a wee yorkie bitch. I
Orkney - ORK e day I hit the big five-o, I started takkan stock.
Doric - MNB nt tae sit doon aside them. I started tae blether tae ma granny abo
Shetland - SHDn Twitter mair bearable fae I started writin tweets in dialect.
Central - LAL Ken.. I was impressed when I started putting it the 'gither.. Guid
Central - LAL@AwTroon I started off wi' guid intentions.. The
Shetland - SHD toast,” I instructed, as I started tae fecht my wye oot. A wabbi
Doric - DOR school an wi started tae miss lessons. Jist one or
Central - LAL@JaneyGodley I started painting, I held it off long
Doric - DOR Jonsar Eck started tae explain tae him. "Ere wul
Doric - DOR Jonsar Eck started the larry up, the cat an dog
Doric - DOR Fin Jonsar Eck started tae tidy up efter the electri
Doric - DOR truck started. "Nae bother ata Jonsar, I ho
Doric - DOR foostie an, fowk started tae shun the Circle fin Derek
Central - DUN we thir urban speel fowk started ti listen
Central - SEC- plenty grassroots football started in the real world - n by the
Orkney - ORK you widna like hid, bit ah'm started drinkan beer.
Central - SWE on about then that ma problem started. A couldnae say then whit had
Doric - DOR An started to grin
Shetland - SHD e hardly taen up wir dhan, an started da draig, afore I heard da aa
Shetland - SHD k an animal o little wirt, an started tae oag aroond. He didna keen
Doric - DOR smiled an started aitin the plate o mait that w
Doric - DOR s. Fin the mannie appeared an started tae cast peats Jonsar gaed aw
Central - GLA oat in wae the wrang crowd an started messin aboot wae the drugs. D
Central - LAL us e went red in the face an started tuttin.
Doric - DOR oot tae the fish box stage an started servin them oot o ma tray wi
Shetland - SHD eable ta dis bit da idder ean started ta gowl. 'Dunna hurt da ting'
Doric - DOR aroon, seen athing wis ere an started tae work awa. Ere wis een or
Central - SEC bin, taen oot a plain loaf an started butterin a couplae slices.
Central - SEC wee white sink fer a flask an started pourin black tea intae a stai
Doric - DOR ay. Jonsar Eck left school an started tae work wi his father on the
Doric - NNB ss than ever: she sat doon an started till cown again.
Doric - MNA foreneen. She dowpit doon an started tae skyte chukkies inno the w
Doric - MNA in fae its mooth. A low groan started deep in Jeemicky’s thrapple
Central - EDN a café an this man cam up an started talking tae thim. Meanwhile,
Doric - MNA le the cat came towards it an started tae sup. She could see the ca
Doric - DOR ar the coils o bunting lay an started draggin it oot amid clouds o
Orkney - ORK haerd tae ken whaar sometheen started an ended and even the bumble
Doric - MNA scud noo, speeches hivni een started.
Doric - DOR heir Spring cleanin ( fin een started ey a'a started) the firewid s
Central - LAL sensible, powerful man, then started jumping again.
Doric - MNA an. Bob howled oot o him then started tae worry the door tryin tae
Doric - ABN s mither an aa. An fan Aitken started layin intae Abbie again, Ah w
Central - SEC Onywely, aw they fishermen started tae look fur the cauld iron,
Central - SEC he pair ae us, ken? He's even started tae dae suttin which pits a s
Doric - MNB comin. A wis richt. The rain started in great big draps but it wis
Central - EDN n safely doon. As the terrain started tae flatten oot near the bott
Doric - MNA Macduff the bangin an flashin started again at this side o Portsoy
Doric - MNA ome trench works. The fechtin started but there wisna time nor room
Doric - MNA at Keilhill fin the buffitin started eence mair but this time I th
Central - LAL ck for Scots words and gettin started, you could look for some insp
Central - SECt for the amateur game gettin started again!
Ulster - GUL me troubles wur jaist gettin started,
Central - LAL Then Kevin started tae go fur Thomas, whin ma au
Central - GLA t n he ran right intae them n started swingin cunts aboot. That's h
Shetland - SHDJust a minute before da sun started to peep abun da horizon https
Central - SEC before he could hit him Aldo started sweepin the flair. Jist as th
Central - EDN s assigned tae the group, who started tae flap. “You’ll have to
Central - LALome stars and/or planets. Who started that shite?!
Central - SEC did begin. It wis they'm who started it, fur fuck sake! ..."
Central - SEC ak did begin. It wis them who started it, fur fuck sake!
Central - GLA da leaned back in case Sergio started kissin him too but
Doric - MNA few cracks at it afore the oo started tae smolder and blawin it tae
Central - SEC dug her boattum lip started tremblin and she goat aw emot
Doric - DOR twa wifies in the bakers shop started spikkin aboot Geordie Grip an
Doric - DORAye it's aboot time the bar started tae dee deliveries o'their fi
Doric - DOR o bagpipes. Jonsar started tae laugh an said. "The only
Doric - DOR Fin the auctioneer started tae sell some bags o firewid,
Central - SEC gest game eh ma entire career started.
Doric - MNA oot that time that her mither started showin the signs o dementia t
Orkney - ORK I got her started up again then meed me next mi
Doric - DOR se wis tae come, Meg's sister started
Doric - MNA t intae the cab the landrover started tae rock back an forritt as i
Doric - DOR the last time a #hibs player started fur #scotland
Doric - MNA r desperate. Then her neebour started on the shutters tryin tae pul
Central - WCE rt project thegether an she's started turnin up at aw the places wh
Central - LALit's started. folk posting articles fae ye
Central - SEC until maire and maire boady's started tae pile in the boozer and th
Central - SECly as grassroots football has started again down south - oh dear w
Doric - DORerimenting now the season has started. Milne got far mair minutes p
Doric - ABN As the nightclubs started to appear
Central - SEC een the victims. The tabloids started tae tak an interest, a psycho
Orkney - ORK Orkney Voices started life as pert o a Scottish PEN
Doric - MNAist afore the smoochie dunces started at Mr Gs. At wye, yid get a b
Doric - DOR firewid roon. Fin the wifies started deein
Doric - MNA drome nearby. A lot o pennies started tae faa intae place at this r
Doric - MNA erin wi the fear. The lassies started puttin him on the back, “Go
Central - SEC eftir twa wee steps my ankles started nippin. So there I wis, kicki
Doric - DORP Folk were smaller fin Moses started making baskets sort oot Moses
Central - SEC ae the darkness. As the drugs started tae set intae the communities
Shetland - SHDt's been 10 months fae aa dis started, an whinivver I see auld post
Doric - MNA mind nithing aboot that. This started a big search o the area but n
Doric - MNA , I’m a mannie!’ Noo this started aff as a bit o a joke in fron
Doric - DOR ed up the road for em, he wis started
Shetland - SHD øless wye o spaekin. Hit wis started aareidy in Aald
Doric - DOR proper that fan the problems started.
Doric - MNA Jessie Stevens started service in the mansion of Kin
Central - LAL t a right temper when he gets started
Central - GLA 'Well, ah imagine his parents started callin him it and it jist stu
Doric - DOR Later, fan the bus started takkin me oot tae the Univers
Central - SEC Oor hoarse, True Romance, hus started the race well and hus goat a
Central - SEC n line. The maire ma erse hus started tae squeak and ah'm in real d
Central - EDN it. Especially as a queue hus started tae form behind me. ‘’Is
Central - EDN ah’m huddin ma stomach hus started rumblin again and ma stress l
Central - SEC The game itsel hus started like a typical cup tie. Wae b
Central - SEC r that noise fae upstairs hus started up again but only this time i
Central - SEC jist feel noo the fitbaw hus started a need tae get back oan it lo
Doric - MNA Fae att day on, Jesus started tae preach an say, "Repint, c
Central - SEC returned fae America who’s started ‘twanging’. Ah was laughi
Doric - DOR h O us. It wis the loons that started it. I got caad the maist affa
Central - LAL tae get tae sleep an wee Pat started a fight under the bedclaes! J
Doric - MNA r bi the airm, "and we'll get started."
Orkney - ORK ey'd come creepin... as light started fadin.
Central - SEC pupils wur stall dilated, it started tae hit me he wisnae takin th
Central - GLA efter a routine procedure. It started wi a pain ma tooth. It wis so
Central - LAL tae worse a decade later. It started wi a cough, and ah went fur a
Doric - MNB nly ma line went tight and it started moving aboot so I knew by the
Central - GLA e, at the very roots where it started its long vertical journey -
Central - GLA ne n it wid be over before it started. A'm on a raised bit ae groun
Central - EDN As it started tae fade.
Doric - DORJust back fae gym. Is that it started?
Central - GLA “It started wi a cough,” ah explain.
Central - LAL e think why. The gowden point started tae widen as Tam got nearer t
Central - SEC or nane, it's gey time A got started,
Ulster - WUL Ah very soon got started agaen.
Central - LALraToFriends I've normally got started. I cannae even get my head ro
Orkney - ORK re draped in wir covers, Bert started tae golder and greet.
Central - WCE heid aff in surprise. Robert started tae speak.
Doric - DORsMelville @RenHarvieu - jist started getting intae this last night
Doric - MNB A hid jist started pittin athing thegither fan s
Doric - DOR drama class so at thes I jist started my usual shuttin doon process
Shetland - SHDr time wi Twitter fae I juist started blockin aa da erse hols inste
Central - LALS ago in the 80s when A first started teachin ! The English languag
Central - SEC lowns. No long efter we first started datin ah managed tae talk Jus
Central - SEC ent yoy signed when you first started your claim for Jobseekers All
Central - SEC I'd just started fancyin the wife again, when
Central - LALtae dae exercise fir 2yrs but started a couple o weeks bac wi aqua-
Central - GLA n, Angie, maybe it's time you started acting like it.'
Central - LAL@radioleary Hope you started alricht? When will red button
Central - LAL e other lads in the class huv started developin yet, but he's gat a
Central - LALthis oan ma phone and her maw started singin tae it hen! https://t.
Central - LAL The greats like Burns. It aw started wi Jack and Victor. Ye know S
Ulster - GUL l the earth as the mornin dew started tae fade away
Shetland - SHD if da sea rolled in an a day started
Central - LALPro-active Saturday started! Finally registered @ComeCoac
Shetland - SHDmyself and to not have my day started by V and E shouting to each i
Central - LALn unsuspended, but ad already started a new yin in the time it took
Central - SEC the white horses wis already started whan the men went oot tae the
Central - GLA e be intae it. It’s awready started. Demand will dictate supply,
Doric - MNA red “Stand to!” and abody started shootin.
Shetland - SHD At da rivin o da dim dey started ta aks Jesus questions, hoopi
Orkney - ORK They started biggan a small hoose high up
Ulster - GUL They started aff raisonablie civil,
Doric - NNB n handed back till them, they started workan richt diligently till
Central - GLA ck the tears. I couldna. They started streamin doon ma face, but I
Doric - MNB e they stared in horror. They started lookin at their food tae see
Doric - DORakita, DeWalt, etc think they started the portable saw market.
Southern - SEA At first they started robbing graves
Central - LALexcuse my mad maths, but they started it ??) that @MkBlyth wisnae i
Doric - MNA able tae sort that!’ Jocky started grummlin eence mair but Mrs R
Central - SEC She immediately started chokin oan her cup ae hoat ch
Central - GLA that. Fucked afore it really started. We’d never even made any m
Central - EDN ll in squalor ah huv actually started tae take some pride in its ap
Doric - MNA afore. That wiz fin my belly started makkin strange sounds. This w
Doric - ABN n as cat dirt' an that nearly started a fecht at e front door.) Na,
Orkney - ORK m wi me gut - Hid wis fairly started thinkan that me poor owid thr
Doric - MNA oon this time the German army started tae gie their troops the coal
Doric - DOR assengers seat. Fin the larry started awa ey decided tae hae a fech
Doric - DORay Serious Jockin, nae G, hiz started early https://t.co/AkCmOWKPIY
Central - EDN the ba’ oan the flair an’ started tae dribble it. He also broke
Doric - MNA that. Eventually ‘Catty’ started tae come intae the hoose and