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Occurrences of speakin in Corpus sorted by last letter of previous word

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Central - LAL speakin in Gaelic an therefore uisin
Central - SEC speakin at in Glesga, but onybody tha
Central - LAL speakin Scots an uisin Scots words in
Central - LAL Speakin o tinker’s tartan, Burns ma
Central - AYR Speakin tae memmers o a peace commeis
Central - LAL Speakin tae them direct will let ye b
Central - SEC Speakin anent this new buik's success
Central - LAL "speakin properly"
Central - GLA "Speakin ae axes," said the Duchess, "
Central - SEC he public shuid be addit tae.'Speakin aboot lesser-uised leids, she
Central - AYR are jist ower there. He's no' speakin' - never says a word, jist l
Central - LAL boakin. "Noo listen," I said (speakin no in Scots, ken, but in Heed
Central - DUN come on the VoW (a.k.a. EBC) speakin on behauf o some offical boad
Central - LAL , her name in the Provençal) speakin Doric?
Central - LAL a hero frae their ain kintra, speakin their ain language?
Central - WCE d it. 'Listen, son,' he said, speakin tae his son and payin nae hee
Central - LAL ht seem positive on its face, speakin aboot Scots this wey helps ta
Central - LAL a it is, said the huge wifie, speakin in tae hersel. 'He drinks owe
Central - GLA ‘Aye, speakin. Who’s this?’
Central - SEC The Diarist cried Nichol, speakin o a time that is generally ta
Central - GLA kin git this," she went oan, speakin oot lood.
Ulster - PUL In tha thinkin, speakin an scrievin o it, it's biggit
Central - SEC Minister Patricia Fergusson, speakin aboot the Executive's review
Central - SEC cation for thon. A solicitor, speakin for the parent's group, telt
Central - SEC as North Britain. But Burns, speakin tae an for Jock Tamson an his
Central - SEC he gied thum baith a fricht, speakin like. Tae her. Cause he went
Central - LAL t in wi whit she haed ti say, speakin til her mither couthie-like,
Central - LAL Gaelic-speakin population an for the future
Central - SEC eare's characters, the French-speakin warld has felt a particular r
Central - DUN Scots-speakin, mair nor a hunner year ago -
Central - LAL important development: Scots-speakin fowk wad be able tae communic
Central - LAL ds o whit we expeck o a Scots-speakin character. Cyrano’s Scots h
Central - LAL y micht be leivin amang Scots-speakin fowk?) The Scots speakers arn
Central - LAL ide haes been makkit wi Scots-speakin screivars that's fund thair a
Central - EDN . We maun encourage wir Scots-speakin politicians - an there maun
Central - LAL he hert o education. Aw Scots-speakin bairns an students shuid hae
Central - SEC h poetry's best kept secret". Speakin maistly in Scots, Hubbard pra
Central - LALGie it laldy !! Jist think....Speakin in the Icelandic parlm in Ice
Central - LAL we micht be better organised. Speakin o machines, lat’s drap the
Central - LAL rygnale Cronykil of Scotland. Speakin anent the year AD 745 in Scot
Central - SEC Commissioner Viviane Reding. Speakin as a Luxemburger, she pyntit
Doric - DOR Bruce: Speakin aboot weemin ... are ye oany
Southern - SEA it the Haugh yonner; speakin aboot the supernaitral, til w
Central - LAL pursuin a career in academia speakin Scots regularly willnae be ge
Central - LAL . Unless, in coorse, we arena speakin o biology but raither progs,
Central - WCE l reason: Nicola didnae get a speakin part in the play.
Central - LAL n for Gaelic, alang wi Gaelic speakin bein set doun in the sederunt
Central - SEC ced, likes. But ah've started speakin in a horrible Scottish accent
Central - SEC d, likes. But ah’ve started speakin in a horrible Scottish accent
Doric - MNA ked haein a yap. Callum loved speakin to aul miss Margret. She ayew
Central - LALfolk who were discouraged fae speakin Scots at schuil but spoke it
Central - LAL e wants ti dee. He's awa frae speakin; he haesna spoken for months.
Central - LALland should reduce himsel tae speakin in English. Wid ye expect a S
Southern - SEA r generation, whan it kam tae speakin thair muther tung; nae
Central - SEC ts insteid o chyngin ower tae speakin 'polite' whan on the tellie t
Central - GLA ae impersonate us, oor way ae speakin,
Central - GLA that must be the rnght wey ae speakin tae a moose: she'd never done
Central - DUN up by some fowk as them mebbe speakin French. It seems in fact that
Central - LALhou tae code switch an manage speakin mair'n 1 language.
Central - SEC m gittin tae be croose in the speakin o't. They juist hiv tae git u
Central - SEC r joining in the tauk, or the speakin cawn, - as lang's they every
Central - EDN hie voice. He wis gleg at the speakin, and whan he wis makkin some
Central - WCE Which is true o aw people speakin aw leids, o coorse… But it
Central - WCEe go tae page an youv goat me speakin the Scots again after a lang
Southern - SWEAye, we're speakin fae experience, traditions gu
Central - LAL 'Ah,' said Boggin. "Noo ye're speakin sense. We can howk him oot in
Central - SEC ae be telt that the wey ye're speakin maks nae sense, tae be telt t
Central - SEC this dependin on whae they're speakin tae, somethin maist Scots dae
Central - LAL vidence for the wey fowk were speakin in Glasgow in the 1940s and 1
Southern - SEA that? Says ma pal, "They were speakin' a foreign language." "Aye an
Central - EDN n Scots words. Aye, they were speakin Scots dialect o English, but
Doric - MNA as if they kent fit they were speakin aboot. Jinkers een an aa! Tak
Central - LAL are awaur o whit wey we’re speakin aboot thir languages an that
Central - LAL id in case fowk think ye’re speakin yin o the ither leids. In Sco
Central - DUN ane tongue speakin.
Central - LAL ists faur awa frae the native speakin language base, an whan it get
Central - SEC irnin tae speak Scots. Are we speakin aboot lairnin tae speak spoke
Central - LALense and yet, when ah hear ye speakin ah hardly ken a thing yer oan
Central - SEC tae lattin ither fowk hear ye speakin Scots an pittin oot yer heid,
Central - EDN she wis seen sittin on a ruif speakin tae some sparrae that wis jui
Central - LALur o Switzerland whaur French speakin weans were taught tae sing “
Central - LAL non-English speakin countries sic as China, multi
Central - SEC The English speakin estaiblishment cairries its a
Central - SEC think Scotland is an English speakin country an ony Scots spoken a
Southern - SEA wi direck contack wi Flemish speakin Flanders, throwe the than
Central - GLA her's hud a chance tae finish speakin.
Central - LAL her's hud a chance tae finish speakin.
Southern - SEA ter whae thay happint tae bei speakin tae. A mynd on ane
Central - SEC hey're no croose an cantie wi speakin Scots cause, in maist cases,
Central - SEC arld they war weel acquent wi speakin Scots an nane o it wis pitten
Central - LALListen an watch folk speakin Scots, especially Ulster Scot
Central - LAL ony Pars matches A hear folk speakin like me. Especially aw they f
Central - LAL the point wis made that folk speakin a
Central - LAL yr an Garm. I haed heard fowk speakin o ma faither an his adventure
Central - DUN Gin a bairn comes tae schuil speakin Scots an is tellt tae aye uis
Ulster - GULlish", but we'll hae them all speakin Ulster Scots soon!
Central - LAL y wioot yir service? Bit Ah'm speakin o former times in thae Chroni
Central - LAL mmy and Daddy hud nae problem speakin the way Mrs Clark wanted them
Central - LAL er in Scots. In this wark, an speakin anent the Romans o the first
Central - LAL - an speakin o this an that. In the end, t
Central - SEC sittin at yer ain fireside an speakin in yer ain Mither Tongue. His
Central - LAL t he daesna like Romans. Whan speakin aboot Caledonia, for instance
Central - LAL haes chynged tae English whan speakin direckly tae the audiance abo
Central - LAL a demonstrative pronoun whan speakin aboot mair nor ae cheil, inst
Central - SEC IN the Catalan speakin areas o Spain, Sant Jordi's D
Southern - SEA el aw th time she cairred oan speakin.
Central - SEC oot pairsonal speirin oot an speakin tae fowk tae record leevin ex
Central - WCE fowk that whit they had been speakin aw this time wis a language,
Central - LAL ​It seems fowk hae been speakin aboot Scotland’s leids mair
Central - SWE n the auld wirds an the plain speakin, that wis pairtlie wi him bei
Southern - SEA road, staundin speakin til ither juist momentarily r
Central - SEC plar, a relaxed confidence in speakin Scots in the clessroom. Leiri
Central - SEC ain comfort an confidence in speakin Scots tae the cless. It wis a
Central - LALuckle load mair confidence in speakin. AÂ’m gey gled thae hings is
Central - SEC athin thirsels the'r nocht in speakin Scots as shuid gie thaim a ri
Central - LAL hit?' Granda Jock cairried on speakin awfie slawly noo sae that Cha
Central - SEC MEPs, due tae plenary session speakin procedures, they war aw thare
Central - LAL ae tent o Violet, and went on speakin. "But then, there's hunners o
Central - SEC ew maimber, maks a guid job o speakin Scots hersel for aw that she'
Central - SEC yin set o texts or yin wye o speakin that can possibly accoont fir
Central - SEC wey. His poem Landscape, tho speakin aboot local scenes, maks brai
Southern - SEA t this must b' th richt wei o speakin tae a moose: she hed ne'er di
Central - LAL ghaist. The wey he stood, no speakin, and no solid but transparent
Central - LAL We sat for a long time, no speakin, just haudin hauns.
Southern - SWEettin yaised oan weans fir no speakin 'properly' when Ah wis at the
Central - LAL So speakin ae stories, let me crack ma w
Central - SEC Thochts o Speakin Scots
Central - EDN ter here. Fact yin: aw weys o speakin are equal. Fact twa: 1.54 mei
Central - SEC idicule or debate. The cost o speakin Scots in a public realm seems
Central - LAL an her een wir fu o speakin
Central - SEC ns an the like? Gin the wey o speakin there becomes mair an mair Sc
Central - LAL tings. Thair langage an wey o speakin, that's affen presentit throu
Central - SEC the wey we see wir ain wey o speakin wis plain as parritch in a sh
Central - EDN sels wi shame fir their wey o speakin. Thair remains confusion aman
Central - SEC lower thirsels tae his wey o speakin. The Wikipedia wabsite e'en t
Central - SEC nd wad seem a tired oot wey o speakin but the surprise that loups o
Central - LALured thit their natural wiy o speakin is valid.
Central - LAL txt wilnae allow me tae keep speakin Scottish! Hee hee! xx
Central - LAL nes". For a younker reared up speakin North East Scots, seein thir
Central - SEC till thinkin in English. We'r speakin here aboot fowk that soond gu
Central - LAL be checkit throu its screivar speakin it alood efterward. If someth
Central - SEC speirt whit language they war speakin in, I wis telt that the Swede
Central - LAL her faither wis haein bather speakin. His sentences wad stert out
Central - SEC n mair Ah cud hear ma faither speakin; heez fermin upbringin giein
Central - LAL She listens tae her mither speakin.
Central - LAL zin sidey for sidey and never speakin.
Central - EDN girsin side by side and niver speakin.
Doric - DOR be quiet long ma luv. If yer speakin aboot fit i think yer speakin
Central - LALtae. Ah dinnae chide folk fir speakin English.
Central - WCE 1707, punished oor weans fir speakin Gàidhlig an then kept tellin
Central - LALne o his freins thocht we wir speakin in the gaelic??
Central - EDN he lad. A could hear they wir speakin’ in the southern tongue. Aâ
Southern - WCE For speakin Scots wee duddie bairns are s
Central - LAL ory. Mibbe ye got thumped for speakin it. William McIvanney kent aw
Central - LAL tell o bullyin and abuse for speakin their mither tongue. A lass r
Central - LAL tish folk gettin telt aff for speakin a Scottish language, a big la
Central - LAL e at first tae hate masel for speakin Scots and then tae reject tha
Central - SEC feels tae be dinged doon for speakin or scrievin in a wey that mai
Central - LAL chers would scaud a bairn for speakin the same wey as their mither
Central - LAL penalised or pitten doun for speakin Scots
Central - LAL penalised or pitten doun for speakin Scots.
Central - SEC erers is creenge ridden whaur speakin Scots in public is concairned
Central - LAL heek tae talk doon tae me fur speakin and writin in Scots. Ah'll sh
Southern - SEA maitter whae thay wur speakin til. Hou things hev chynged u
Central - EDN ired Romance lendwirds we’r speakin aboot in the new CSD, as weel
Central - LAL 'Hullo,' she said. 'Wha's speakin? Wha?
Central - SEC it's really modren Scots he's speakin o, he shaws a muckle want o k
Central - LAL thay micht no ken what yer's speakin aboot, despite usin this quir
Central - LAL or twa fae the leid coonts as speakin in Scots. It wid be nae mair
Southern - SEA aboot eet while th Moose was speakin, sae that hur idea o th tale
Southern - SEA intue th sky a th time ei was speakin, an this Ahlice thocht was ig
Southern - SEA unfolded th paper as hei was speakin, an added "Eet's no a letter,
Central - SEC Whit Daes Speakin Scots Mean?
Central - LAL arks at Lugar. Baith o us wes speakin Ayrshire Scots. Jist intae th
Central - LALnds whit class you are...' Is speakin Scots a class issue? Whit lea
Central - LAL hocht o for langenough. He is speakin perfectly literally: he grien
Central - WCE uim formulas o divinity he is speakin o forces within us aa - luve
Central - DUN fightin talk ei is speakin
Central - SEC for Education an Culture, wis speakin tae the Irish Times raicently
Central - DUN idnae get a ward this lad wis speakin, an it took me a wee whilie t
Central - SEC I wis telt that the Swede wis speakin Swedish an the Norwegian wis
Central - SEC ragraph he forgets wha he wis speakin tae an, frae then on, keeps r
Central - SEC a seem tae be shuir if he wis speakin aboot Scots or aboot his ain
Central - SEC She wis speakin tae me. "Naw! Naw!" I shook m
Central - LAL And syne, jist as she wis speakin, yin o the puggies drapped so
Central - WCE she said, makkin oot she wis speakin tae the
Central - SEC modren Scots awbody else wis speakin aboot (1700 onward). He wadna
Central - SEC aa'd them cluck-clucks. I wis speakin fer Billy's sake an magic wis
Central - SEC sure it wis yersel that I wis speakin tae last nicht?"
Central - SEC Swedish an the Norwegian wis speakin Norwegian an yet the conversa
Central - SEC d the wireless oan. A man wis speakin.
Central - SEC 's wyce words this wumman wis speakin, words that cuid be airtit at
Central - SEC in this moment that Aldo wis speakin sense and that ah really huv
Central - SEC ed it wis actually me who wis speakin. She started tae laugh. She t
Central - EDN ous stramash. While Major wis speakin fower muckle rattons haed cre
Central - LAL As Violet wis speakin, Mr. Poe went intae his pocke
Central - LAL it stood up tall. Hoolet wis speakin wi a pal
Southern - SEA n then nodded. "Eet's nae yis speakin tae eet," she thocht, "till e
Central - WCErammar; if yae hear the weans speakin it (jamp) in general in cless
Central - SEC language. Giein aw the Scots speakin young fowk the inlat tae hear
Central - SEC oot she'll hae the hail Scots speakin nation ahint her an that she'
Central - SEC bi a seemilar nummer o Scots speakin bairns growin up tae tak thai
Central - LAL ged tae engage wi their Scots speakin audience. A language o the pe
Central - SEC representin maistly Scots speakin constituents an sleekitly gau
Central - SEC oad, an nane o the twae o’s speakin unless we hed ti.
Central - SEC some teachers. She said that speakin Scots haes the same effeck on
Central - SEC inguistic studies showin that speakin twa leids heezes up attainmen
Central - LAL Fowks i Denmark haes stairtit speakin about the Reid bloc (U, SFP,
Central - LAL nally, Judge Strauss stairtit speakin, and Klaus saw that she wis r
Central - LAL He's the last person ah want speakin tae Stella Marie aboot the tr
Central - LAL horised Version. Anither pynt speakin for its uiss is that the want
Central - LALconfident, even defiant aboot speakin Scots noo? #Scots
Southern - SEA eenits eet puffed awa withoot speakin; but at last eet unfolded eet
Central - GLA e meenit it puffed away wioot speakin; bit eventually it unfoldit i
Central - SEC be kill't on the road. I kept speakin tae him.
Central - LAL At ma latest speakin event ah spoke aboot some o t
Doric - MNA hoose, that wiz anither. Jist speakin aboot it, or raither, jist li
Central - WCE front o audiences, even jist speakin in a sma group o people thit
Central - SEC wis aboot tae choke even jist speakin his name. "Did yae no listen
Central - LAL een a sair enough fecht juist speakin Scots in Scotland, writin it
Central - SEC sh paper like the Sunday Post speakin juist ordinary like the rest
Central - LAL o newsreader Alistair Burnett speakin anent the planet Bumhole –
Central - LAL rticles is best checkit throu speakin alood. If a word or sentence
Central - EDN first time a heard Billy Kay speakin Scots a few years back. It gi
Central - GLA s, grinnin. ‘In a manner ay speakin, aye, he is, away dain a mess
Central - LAL a body speakin English uised the Gaelic Slai
Central - EDN nder. An there it wis. Awbody speakin wi Scots accents. Uisin Scots
Central - NEC ur. Nou, ye’re mibbie anely speakin aboot forty mile or so, but o
Central - SEC medically or psychiatrically speakin, but at he did hae:
Central - LAL t she kent they werena really speakin tae her.
Central - LAL 'Ah will? Cathy says, finally speakin. 'Ah love French Fancies,'
Central - LAL At ony speakin event ye need tae add some lo
Doric - MNA a lot o ongyans and abody wiz speakin aboot the drugs war that wiz
Central - LAL ou won’t get far in life’ speakin like that?