A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

Concordance

Use in varieties of Scots

Occurrences of glesca in Corpus

Central

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
an variety ae its influences. Glesca's pairt in the 18th Century t on page v

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Purdie, David C. Lallans 82 - Joco Geordie, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, prose
practised as an osteopath in Glesca. Ye'll ken forbye that he wis on page 10

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Beekman, Tony Lallans 84 - The Fate o the Philosopher, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
e Almichty in the mainner o a Glesca defence lawyer!' on page 49
t, m'Lord,' persisted Tam, 'a Glesca defence lawyer wid expect a l on page 50

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Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
GLESCA on page 55

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Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
e gaed awa tae the College at Glesca in 1662 tae train for the mee on page 30
they were ready tae mairch on Glesca. on page 38
re trussed an cairtit awa tae Glesca on the backs o twa horses. Wi on page 58
egs, Jennet lass, 'd walk tae Glesca, faur less Gawston, tae see y on page 70

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Douglas, Sheila Lallans 59 - Rants and Foys, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, newspaper
t, roon aboot Easter; the big Glesca mercatsteid splore in Januar on page 56

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Dareau, Mareau Lallans 59 - The Dictionar o the Aulder Scottis Leid (DOST), (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, newspaper
Aiberdeen, Dundee, Edinburgh, Glesca, St Andros an Sterlin wha hae on page 59

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Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
Twa generations oan, at Glesca Green, on page 41

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Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
In Glesca's hertlands, fortunate weans. on page 88
Glesca's not. And thare you have it on page 92

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Horsbroch, Dauvit Scots Warks - Uphaud an guidance for screivars, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Central, government
* The Gorbals (Gorbals, Glesca); on page 30
inty year leevin an wirkin in Glesca, this eediom haed firmly ludg on page 34
bi a nummer o Scots regions. Glesca City Cooncil war the first ta on page 38
mic speirars at the Versity o Glesca haes pit thegither the 'Histo on page 51

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Macafee, Caroline Lallans 61 - Glesca dialeck i the modren warld, (Lallans Magazine 2002) Central, prose
Glesca dialeck i the modren warld on page 9

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Niven, Liz Stravaigin, (Luath 2001 ISBN: 978-1905222704) Central, poetry
Is it dickey. Is Glesca oan the edge o Embro? on page 31
s yin day he'd be laith fu at Glesca's mauk baneyerd or Warsaw's w on page 60

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Douglas, Sheila Lallans 67 - William Motherwell (1797 - 1836), (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
erwell cam intae the warld in Glesca on the 13th o October 1797. H on page 69

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Douglas, Sheila Lallans 58 - The Sang o the Fowk, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
Fae the hert o Glesca comes Gordeanna McCulloch wha on page 77

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McClure, Derrick J. Lallans 67 - review, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
tae-Dunbar Lallans tae gallus Glesca for his Aristophanes, Victor on page 109

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Perrie, Walter Lallans 73 - The Tod an the Stoat, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, poetry
bairn, a species like a Glesca Ned. on page 54

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Hodgson, Brent Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, prose
an institution in the city (o Glesca), an in September o 1911, the on page 119

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Purdie, David C. Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central - Midlothian, prose
he laddies that jyned the 1st Glesca whan Sir William Smith foondi on page 123

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Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 82 - Editorial, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central - Prestwick, prose
dent o Scottish leiteratur at Glesca Univairsitie, A sumwey cam at on page 6

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Hodgson, Brent Lallans 67 - Reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
bane for a dug whan ...? The Glesca Necropolis wes apened for bus on page 91

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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 103, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
hall, an in oor biggest city, Glesca, there's the maist famous o t
The Scots Speikers Curn, Glesca.
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 168, (self-published 2007) Central, newspaper
t wi a generous endowment tae Glesca University. Noo bein rin jynt
tish Literature Depairtment o Glesca University, 7 University Gair
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 167, (self-published 2007) Central, newspaper
gger victory nor thair win in Glesca.
Dept. o Curriculum Studies at Glesca University's Faculty o Educat
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Fleemin, Sandy Report on Inquiry intil the role Submission, (Education, Culture an Sport Comatee 2003) Central - East Lothian, government
English an Irish wirkers tae Glesca in the aerly 20th century, it
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McAlpine, Joan Meeting of the Parliament, (The Scottish Parliament 2019) Central, government
irst Scots language awards in Glesca. The Open University is noo r
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Fleemin, Sandy Deid Come Nevermas, (sandyfleming.org 2003) Central - East Lothian, prose
e muckle industrial success o Glesca brocht a fouth o English an I
ord o Scots is ti be heard in Glesca nouadays. The uise o a govern
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 108, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
Society, Scots Speikers Curn Glesca, Aiberdeen Univairsitie Scots
The Scots Speikers Curn, Glesca.
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS nummer 109, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
The Scots Speikers Curn, Glesca.
Scots as aince they did - at Glesca Uni we dae discreeminate atwe
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 111, (self-published 2003) Central, newspaper
The Scots Speikers Curn, Glesca.
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Forde, Iain W D Hale Ir Sindries - Buik Twa, (Fons Scotiae 2000) Central, prose
Glesca, the Scotch Perlament hed ti
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Douglas, Sheila Lallans 62 - The Cairryin Stream o Tradeetion, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
Perthshire, but noo bides in Glesca tae forder his wark. He is an
eltic Connections Festival in Glesca, wi some een mair shooglie cl
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Tait, John M Lallans 62 - Expository Scots, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
w at it, pleenin at it wis ‘Glesca’ or ‘Doric’ or whitiver
ap’ an ‘boa’le’ as ‘Glesca’) siccan maks pits ower a c
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Jarvie, Gordon Lallans 76 - Mither tung?, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Central, poetry
in Glesca, but within the year
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 142, (self-published 2005) Central, newspaper
hen o the seeventeent century Glesca provost Sir
theivin wis a guid hingin but Glesca wis in sair
wi onythin resemblin a richt Glesca
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Smith, Jamie Soonds o the kirk an court: early airt muisic in Scotland, (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Edinburgh, blog
universities o Saunt Andras, Glesca an Aiberdeen in the 15t centu
haud gaun for a while. At the Glesca sang scuil, for example, comp
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Heather, Alistair The Body Snatchers, (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Angus, blog
ies — St Andras, Aiberdeen, Glesca, Embra, Dundee — sterted ga
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Heather, Alistair Trains approachin?, (Mak Forrit 2017) Central - Angus, blog
vice breingin atween Embra an Glesca. On the ither haund ye hae tw
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Hodgart, John Scots Language Act: Oor weans hae richt tae see mither tung respectit, (The National 2021) Central - North Ayrshire, newspaper
Professor of Scottish Lit in Glesca Uni, or Alan Riach, the curre
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 147, (self-published 2006) Central, newspaper
ot in Aprile 2006 in pairts o Glesca, West Dumbartonshire, Stirlin
Provosts o baith Edinburgh an Glesca shuid be haein a think aboot
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 114, (self-published 2003) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
a modern classic, but he pit Glesca on tae the literary map. He h
he literary map. He hysted up Glesca sae that it cuid be read wi i
ane. He set the precedent for Glesca tae be the backdrap for oot o
er debut novel, Buddha Da, in Glesca whaur a series o events, some
Donovan's uiss o the Glesca vyce gies truith tae each cha
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 115, (self-published 2003) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
The Scots Speikers Curn, Glesca.
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 116, (self-published 2003) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
The Scots Speikers Curn, Glesca.
went tae the Tron theatre in Glesca frae 11 tae 14 Juin 2003.
ATWEEN thaim, the Herald an Glesca University is haudin the abui
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 117, (self-published 2003) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
The Scots Speikers Curn, Glesca.
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 119, (self-published 2003) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
The Scots Speikers Curn, Glesca.
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 176, (self-published 2008) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
EVEN fowk that disnae ken Glesca, thinks they ken Glesca. They
, thinks they ken Glesca. They've heard aboot its humo
an micht be fautit for shawin Glesca in a rosy glowe but gin Alexa
t for shuid she no dae it for Glesca? That's no tae say that bad t
etrayal an chynge. Fiona is a Glesca lassie throu an throu an yet
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 175, (self-published 2008) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
dialeck. Thae poets cam frae Glesca, Dumfries an Galowa, Shetland
fleein ower the Atlantic tae Glesca, he stertit tae feel mair an
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 174, (self-published 2008) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
Venues still aye tae come is Glesca, Inverness, Aiberdeen, Dundee
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Hodgart, John A Catalogue o Sair Neglect, (Bella Calledonia 2016) Central - North Ayrshire, blog
dagogic publication appeared: Glesca Uni’s three volume Scottish
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Scots Language Center Crackin aboot politics, (Scots Language Centre 2020) Central, blog
u thir drumlie days. He wis a Glesca man that spent muckle o his d
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McClurg, Fernando Weill, weill, weill, (The Sair Fecht 2016) Central, blog
n Edinburgh, twa leet saets i Glesca… it wis a guid nicht for th
SNP clean sweep o ilka saet i Glesca, Dundee, Wast Lothian, North
cht.” I mean, third place i Glesca Kelvin! Ahint the Greens! The
brakthrough tae tak a saicont Glesca saet alang wi Patrick Harvie,
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Neil, Gabriel The Green Pairty: Holyrood’s nixt opposition?, (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
ce on the constituency vote i Glesca meanin they didna get list sa
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McClurg, Fernando The Potemkin Pairty, (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
[An na, I’ve nae idea why Glesca’s Labour Cooncil wants tae
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McClurg, Fernando Review: O is for Hoolet, (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
dy haed a run at the Arches i Glesca, an feinishes its Traverse ru
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McClurg, Fernando The Great Divide, (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
leads, the decision o former Glesca Labour cooncilor Stephen Dorn
jorities arena as muckle as i Glesca an ither Aye-votin airts, an
te]. Tae see thaim writin aff Glesca is jist astoondin. In the ae
a saufer shottie at a saet in Glesca. Chynged days.
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Ewen, Allan Pairt twa: Janus leuks aheid, (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
ctions kicked aff lest week i Glesca an wull see a variety o cultu
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Ewen, Allan Pairt Ane: Janus leuks back, (The Sair Fecht 2014) Central, blog
tmosphere i Buchanan Street i Glesca on the Setterday afore the vo
[Buchanan Street, Glesca: stappit fu]
an muckle laws i Scotland, an Glesca seemed tae be front an centre
er times saw the burnin o the Glesca School o Airt and the recent
, resilience has been key tae Glesca’s year in the face o haird
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McClurg, Fernando Thon Survation poll..., (The Sair Fecht 2014) Central, blog
failure acause they didna tak Glesca, as monie haed been expeckin
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Ewen, Allan The “Auld Lang Syne” Paradox, (The Sair Fecht 2014) Central, blog
Mair recently, the dialeck o Glesca haes been cried “bizarre”
-oot shows at the SSE Hydro i Glesca clearly shows there is demand
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 100, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
heid as a jynt projeck atween Glesca an Edinburgh Universities.
Dunbar frae the Univairsity o Glesca, that the'r nae wey they can
The Scots Speikers Curn, Glesca.
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 101, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
e richts an a law lecturer at Glesca University, telt Eurolang tha
The Scots Speikers Curn, Glesca.
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 102, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
The Scots Speikers Curn, Glesca.
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 105, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
The Scots Speikers Curn, Glesca.
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 106, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
bye, the likes o Aiberdeen an Glesca at the verra least.
The Scots Speikers Curn, Glesca.
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 125, (self-published 2004) Central, newspaper
The Scots Speikers Curn, Glesca.
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 75, (self-published 2000) Central, newspaper
The Scots Speikers Curn, Glesca.
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 76, (self-published 2000) Central, newspaper
The Scots Speikers Curn, Glesca.
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 86, (self-published 2001) Central, newspaper
air ilkaday language is juist Glesca Neds, the BBC daes juist as m
but they'd awn tae speak the Glesca Patter or some ither kinna Gl
Patter or some ither kinna Glesca Slang. Some o thaim wull nae
The Scots Speikers Curn, Glesca.
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Lochhead, Liz Ashet, (Dictionaries of the Scots Language 2021) Central, poetry
no here in Glesca, no in the West.)
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MacMinto, Gregor Beam Me Up, Sunshine, (wordpress 2022) Central, blog
It’s dreich an weet in Glesca the day, but in September Bel
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MacMinto, Gregor Daffin in a Dear Green Place, (wordpress 2022) Central, blog
Pollok Kintra Pairk, Glesca. A scene at’s the liker a c
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MacMinto, Gregor The Daily Record Building on the Banks of the River Clyde, (wordpress 2022) Central, blog
In Glesca, odds o twintie year can mak
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Facebook link ( 2021) Central
Covenantin army withdrew frae Glesca aw the way back tae Bothwell
peenion that whit happened in Glesca wis due tae the men’s lack
wheen o thur freends back in Glesca, wur grievin fur them an yit
ept that mony o the losses in Glesca wur doon tae his ain stupid o

Facebook link ( 2019) Central
up swingin frae the gibbet in Glesca.

@ionafyfe tweeted
@GKam84 Bide in Glesca!(2020) search twitter
ce tae get yer Scots merch in Glesca! #supportsmabusinesses #scots(2020) search twitter
Language Awards on Friday in Glesca! Gan ti be a braw nicht! ?? J(2019) search twitter

@DABArbuckle tweeted
in Airdrie (only 13 mile fae Glesca) but ma grandmither stid wae (2020) search twitter

@weenell3 tweeted
uggle tae get hame then intae Glesca ?? (2022) twitter link

@LairnScots tweeted
! How aboot some FREE CLPL in Glesca this June? Click here tae fin (2019) twitter link
We're at #WeeWrite the day, Glesca's book festival, at The Mitch (2019) twitter link

@ThonJacobite tweeted
ssed the highers and went tae Glesca Uni. Moved oan tae Strathclyd(2020) search twitter
Queen Street, walked doon tae Glesca Central, boarded the train fo(2021) search twitter

Doric

Robertson, George C. Lallans 87 - Bluid An Banter, (Lallans Magazine 2015) Doric, script
s. Ah've hid experience o wee Glesca hairies in the past. Ah dinna on page 40

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Whyte, Brian The Bottles, (Independently published 2020 ISBN: 979-8612647218) Doric, poetry
us o his life in a place near Glesca Green. on page 118

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Vettese, Raymond Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Doric - Montrose, prose
e, wha stairted wi ae shop in Glesca an biggit an empire o 242 sto on page 125

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Vettese, Raymond Lallans 73 - Reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Doric, prose
e, wha stairted wi ae shop in Glesca an biggit an empire o 242 sto
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Johnston, Mary Lallans 81 - A Day at Edinbro Feestival, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Doric, prose
s her midder’s; ey cam frae Glesca wye; affa queer spikkers. Sae
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@cligeey tweeted
e day aboot a game o fitba in Glesca(2020) search twitter

Southern

Rodger, Matt The Borth’ick Waitter, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Roxburgh, prose
Afrika: afore A gaed aff til Glesca, i September, 1961, tae stert
whae kam frae Glesca, an hed been ae Medical Stude
beild frae the air-raids owre Glesca,
r or twae, afore retourin til Glesca, i
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@StuartPoet tweeted
d it, aw thon buses leain fir Glesca oan Setterday mornins. Ma fai(2020) search twitter
solute WHEEN o weanspeak roon Glesca area the noo wi wirds oot nae(2020) search twitter
guid Scots phrase, especially Glesca - Yer erse is oot the windae(2020) search twitter