| Central - SWE |
| raither | than the deed. Memorials hae |
| Central - WCE |
| Raither | insteid A'll gie youse the sa |
| Central - LAL |
| Raither | throttle a thrapple |
| Central - WCE |
| Raither | than swither or aggle ma bree |
| Central - LAL |
| raither | 'n whit it is. |
| Central - LAL |
| Raither | him than oor ain faimilie lin |
| Central - SEC |
Clancy haed cried him, 'Ian' | raither | nor, 'laddie' or 'son'. Cherl |
| Central - LAL |
t leid in a fameiliar settin ( | raither | lik uisin vous whaur tu is ca |
| Central - LAL |
is o it! A didnae leg it awa, | raither | A wantit tae gaun ower an cla |
| Central - WCE |
it up wi as lang as he could, | raither | than be thocht o as petty. Th |
| Central - AYR |
it nou wi pride an reverence, | raither | than fear an grief. On this b |
| Central - LAL |
oor time on whit we can see, | raither | nor whit we micht jalouse, ha |
| Central - LAL |
e fae ither lang-heidit life, | raither | nor natural noise jist, an ru |
| Central - WCE |
him, it wis a hale new life, | raither | than a chaipter o the auld an |
| Central - LAL |
uist, as gin he wis a laddie, | raither | nor a man at wis makkin for e |
| Doric - MNA |
ooned hersel there last Yule, | raither | than hae the bairn she wis ca |
| Doric - MNA |
els cheer, fowk bide at hame, | raither | than risk a mishanter on snaa |
| Doric - MNA |
erusalem, dinna greet for me, | raither | greet for yersels, an for yer |
| Central - SEC |
in Manchester an Lancashire, | raither | |
| Central - LAL |
ks a literature a literature, | raither | as a collection o pairty piec |
| Central - LAL |
e wee phone in the caur, aff, | raither | nor hae it polis me aroun in |
| Central - SEC |
tely bi folk like Drew Clegg, | raither | nor bein spoken aboot, the le |
| Doric - ABN |
hat we bide in that is wrang, | raither | than their faimly dynamics. |
| Central - LAL |
eeks? And, if I say it masel, | raither | smert"' |
| Central - LAL |
applin hook thegither hersel, | raither | than buyin it oot o whitever |
| Doric - MNA |
hem as quick as luik at them, | raither | than hae them a 'burden upon |
| Doric - SNO |
for him, | raither | , |
| Central - WCE |
uin the lave; an that wisdom, | raither | as finesse, aefauldness or bl |
| Central - WCE |
Or, were ye thinkan, | raither | , |
| Central - LAL |
awa tae be crooned as queen, | raither | than jist gettin some pooders |
| Central - LAL |
ness..." Raskolnikov gaed on, | raither | taen aback an a bit pit oot w |
| Central - LAL | mess, a bourach o confusion, | raither | nor the direck clarty meanin |
| Central - LAL |
creive pits ower information, | raither | nor ettlin at airtistic ideas |
| Central - SEC |
icht o whit we hae in common, | raither | nor whit sinders? As pairt o |
| Central - LAL |
math through fremmit een. Or, | raither | , through the ae kind o een th |
| Central - WCE |
servant tae the ither leids, | raither | than maister. |
| Central - LAL |
bins. These were muckle bins, | raither | like gairden pots-buta sicht |
| Central - EDN |
hey no absorbit the incomers, | raither | nor the ither wey roon? He pi |
| Central - LAL |
ppin widd jist oot o badness, | raither | than for ony guid reason. Vio |
| Doric - ABN |
hit's wrang wi yon?" A askit, | raither | taislet. |
| Central - EDN |
er opponent or knock him oot, | raither | nor bauchle a serious attack. |
| Central - LAL |
agin the uiss o dialects but, | raither | , the screivar shuid ettle at |
| Central - LAL |
? Whit's wrang?' speirt Trev, | raither | stertlet. 'Leuk, in the burn! |
| Central - WCE |
the banks an aw their crew - | raither | than tak a couple of politici |
| Central - LAL |
actually wishes tae be a man. | Raither | , she is a wumman warkin inby |
| Central - LAL |
en though it wis pure honkin. | Raither | than lookin at the door, then |
| Doric - ABN |
source o the hail population. | Raither | than simply attendin events t |
| Central - LAL |
laverock had faushioned this. | Raither | the clever mither buird had u |
| Ulster - GUL |
o' commonity curns. | Raither | nor a sustained process o' re |
| Central - SEC |
's limitations needit thocht. | Raither | nor say whit Soutar wesna, be |
| Central - LAL |
it, for it wisna aye on shaw. | Raither | , it wis liker a veisitor at c |
| Central - LAL |
age used throu Scots the day. | Raither | , it seeks tae gie a pree o a |
| Central - EDN |
an in the samen tuin o voss; | raither | hie, sae at aw the ruim micht |
| Central - DUN |
he noticed that William had a | raither | fine-lookin dagger on his bel |
| Doric - MNA |
auf a mind tae bide in Russia | raither | than pit tae sea again, bit s |
| Central - WCE |
n, Matilda managed tae haul a | raither | stoory and girnie-faced parro |
| Central - LAL |
that is intensely homoerotic | raither | nor simply platonic. |
| Central - SEC |
the place. A'd | raither | dae withoot |
| Central - LAL |
'at tummle oot ma mooth. A'd | raither | blether tae a cauld fritter ' |
| Central - LAL |
war gaun haufers ye ken. A'd | raither | gae haufers. Espeicially whan |
| Central - LAL |
it "Chuckie" on the menu. A'd | raither | hae had fush-n-chips onywey, |
| Central - DUN |
wha'd | raither | sell guns |
| Doric - DUN | Me neither, bit A'd | raither | it oan a kilt nor oan trews h |
| Central - SEC |
ep, sheep an mair sheep. He'd | raither | be in Spain! Whan they win ta |
| Central - LAL |
for he'd | raither | be suppin tea |
| Doric - MNA |
he's as thraan, Ah kent she'd | raither | dee ersel then admit it. |
| Central - LAL |
meenits, till he decidit he'd | raither | be in his scratcher than stau |
| Doric - DOR |
I dinna suppose ye div. Ye'd | raither | makk a clart an a sottar o ye |
| Central - LAL | ...an if ye'd | raither | gie yer lairners a paper vers |
| Central - GLA |
alk aboot her anymair if ye'd | raither | no." |
| Central - WCE |
Or aiblins ye'd | raither | get taen in, an be fleeced |
| Doric - MNA |
"Mam says ye'd | raither | bi stannin somewye wi a fishi |
| Doric - MNA |
"Ah'd | raither | sit aside you," said Winnie. |
| Central - GLA |
"Ah'd | raither | go feeneesh ma tea," said the |
| Central - WCE |
'Ah'd | raither | no,' Matilda said. 'She doesn |
| Central - SWE |
dinnae haud back, Ah'd | raither | it said |
| Doric - ABN |
t a sittin deuk here. An Ah'd | raither | face a roastin fae the Admira |
| Central - WCE |
,' Miss Honey said. 'But ah'd | raither | ye didnae think aboot yersel |
| Doric - MNA |
I'd | raither | ma bairns |
| Central - LAL |
I'd | raither | ne'er hae seen the licht o da |
| Central - SEC |
"I'd | raither | stairve at liberty |
| Central - LAL |
"I'd | raither | no say," the lassie-in-waitin |
| Central - LAL |
chiefie," Mr. Poe said, "I'd | raither | Judge Strauss wis the wan wha |
| Central - LAL |
'I'd | raither | dee in ma bed!' shouted Grann |
| Central - LAL |
He said, 'I'd | raither | run a mile |
| Doric - MNA |
in' replied her cousin. 'I'd | raither | weet ma brikks than let them |
| Central - LAL |
See me masel, I'd | raither | send |
| Central - LAL |
'Naw, I'd | raither | ye gied me the wan price - a |
| Central - LAL |
annae stey here ony mair. I'd | raither | tak ma chances bidin oot on t |
| Central - LAL |
there tae face thae guns. I'd | raither | ye steyed doon here and passe |
| Central - LAL |
e said, "whit ye're telt. I'd | raither | ye did it aff yer ain back, b |
| Central - LAL |
deid? - There nocht ava I'd | raither | ! |
| Central - SEC |
But I'd | raither | confess ti Lizzie Than ever c |
| Central - AYR |
"T'd | raither | no," replied the Cat. |
| Central - GLA |
ir gizzes that suggest thay'd | raither | be |
| Central - LAL |
They'd | raither | hae me in this peerie eyrie |
| Central - LAL | tae rational argument. They'd | raither | be ragin! |
| Central - WCE |
ibbes they're jalousin they'd | raither | be daein sumthin else. Yet if |
| Central - WCE |
idin fae awa frae whur they'd | raither | be |
| Central - SEC |
aither's generous spirit, wad | raither | hae his poems read than recou |
| Doric - MNA |
, an new schule claes. He wad | raither | hae gotten a shelt like Daisy |
| Central - SEC |
dinna ken hou is’t she wad | raither | spaek wi Stuart aboot things |
| Central - LAL |
he lave o dowfarts but he wad | raither | mak picters tae them and tell |
| Central - LAL |
r left means that the KKE wad | raither | chew aff their ain airms than |
| Central - LAL |
A wheen fowk wad | raither | learn throu watchin an listen |
| Southern - WCE |
Syne ken the callants wad | raither | the green ivy, |
| Central - SEC |
speakers in Scotland, it wad | raither | see aw Scots wabsites written |
| Central - SEC |
tae the end o Aprile but wad | raither | hae a keek at thaim afore tha |
| Central - LAL |
e Dictionars o the Scots Leid | raither | than the Fun Section o the Su |
| Central - DUN |
estaiblishment that they wuid | raither | hae oniebuddie fae UKIP on th |
| Central - SWE |
n mind that wir 'betters' wid | raither | the clan |
| Doric - DUN | A wid | raither | a muckle bosie ony day o the |
| Doric - MNA |
collar an lookin like he wid | raither | bi onywye else in the warld. |
| Doric - ABN |
yin - an Ah kent fine he wid | raither | dee than admit it.' |
| Central - LAL |
'I wid | raither | ye didnae tak it,' Mr Wonka t |
| Doric - MNA |
e Keengdom o God! A camel wid | raither | gyang throw the ee o a needle |
| Orkney - ORK |
ark and cool, When bairns wid | raither | lie in bed than rise and go t |
| Central - LAL |
is uissfae tae use year-auld | raither | nor eikin a nummer in bracket |
| Central - LAL |
face wis birslin wi hair, and | raither | than haein twa ee-broos, like |
| Central - LAL |
Finally awbody hud | raither | nice cake an coffee or tea an |
| Central - LAL |
but at three shillins, I’d | raither | tred ye a leg o mutton for a |
| Doric - ABN |
ma Da. I wish I didna. I’d | raither | have looked like ma Mam, even |
| Doric - MNA |
till yer supper?' Wid ye nae | raither | say till him, "G'wa an mak ma |
| Central - SEC |
agers tae huv their ain place | raither | than hing aboot the streets. |
| Central - LAL |
t wi their pals in cyberspace | raither | than the real warld. |
| Central - LAL |
ndry roots - fur coincidence | raither | nor influence at first - it |
| Central - SEC |
e o metalinguistic competence | raither | nor concentratin juist on Eng |
| Central - LAL |
ecific, and aw aboot attitude | raither | than luiks: |
| Central - AYR |
t o oats for a cairrier's fee | raither | nor siller. "Ye cannae eat si |
| Central - LAL |
micht come, I dout, frae the | raither | owre-informal register it’s |
| Central - DUN |
sense an ye cin see it in the | raither | dementit screivins in the spo |
| Central - AYR |
heir feet prepared for battle | raither | than supplicant on their knee |
| Central - LAL |
n a balance o power in Europe | raither | than makin William o Orange K |
| Doric - DOR |
Bit ma een are | raither | fixed on reid breist robin |
| Central - SWE |
A decide tae hing aroon here | raither | as run aboot. But am agitaiti |
| Central - EDN |
atrice up an doon. “Ye’re | raither | big,” she sayed. |
| Doric - MNA |
aye mair willin te criticise | raither | then praise: nivver a 'Weel d |
| Central - SEC |
cy wis treatin him lik a mate | raither | nor a wee laddie an hou he'd |
| Central - LAL |
affcome o a Gaelic susbtrate | raither | nor o an upcommin sindert fra |
| Doric - DOR |
t and love o the Scots tongue | raither | nor for the thocht o a big, f |
| Central - LAL | nae veesitors rules*, forbye | raither | bitterly noo, awbesit a think |
| Central - LAL |
. But nou an agane, something | raither | speshul kythes, an this is an |
| Central - GLA |
u lik best? Speikin mahsel Ah | raither | lik the seestem we hae in uis |
| Central - LAL |
ards muvement is frae a laich | raither | nor a mid poseition.) The ane |
| Central - LAL |
kirled, which meant "I'd much | raither | be oot in the gairden than si |
| Central - SEC |
ed ower strecht intae English | raither | nor the Scots. Here a guid ex |
| Central - LAL |
t that the dialect is Inglish | raither | nor Scots, an frae thaim o an |
| Central - SEC |
n folk are: tetchy and mulish | raither | nor dynamic and critical. It' |
| Central - DUN |
hance o survival in a British | raither | nor a Scottish state needs ta |
| Central - LAL |
Scots speakers what say dairk | raither | nor derk or dark. Gin ye can |
| Central - EDN |
the vertical | raither | nor lat it faa intae the wran |
| Central - WCE |
ition o leukin for structural | raither | nor individual causes. |
| Central - LAL |
ersel touchin a piece o metal | raither | than a clootie rope. She open |
| Central - SEC |
rhythm o speech captured weel | raither | nor squeezin words intae the |
| Central - AYR |
that!" said Alison tae hersel | raither | sherply; "Juist lae aff the g |
| Central - SEC |
taen his dram in a posh hotel | raither | nor the dump we were in nou. |
| Central - EDN |
wad loup yae-fuitit tae hell | raither | nor admit that they unnerstui |
| Doric - ABN |
products had Saltires on them | raither | than Union Jacks, mair fowk w |
| Central - SEC |
owk bi the eddication seestem | raither | nor onie kinna logical chyce. |
| Ulster - GUL |
' thaim bein' uised oan thaim | raither | nor by thaim bes common in th |
| Doric - ABN |
siller. Zander persuaadit im | raither | tae coff some mair tobacca an |
| Central - NEC |
artit wi threaps anent a film | raither | nor discussions roond the man |
| Central - AYR |
r had gied him guid cause; an | raither | than gang straucht up the fer |
| Central - EDN |
at Beatrice’s surprised an | raither | impressed reaction. “In tha |
| Central - EDN |
eep her company. She’d been | raither | dreidin that. Yince she’d g |
| Doric - MNA |
me wi aa his ill wyes forgien | raither | nor e tither. Ilka een att re |
| Central - LAL |
in the bond atween twa wimmen | raither | nor thon atween twa men, it d |
| Central - LAL |
dug's dirt he'd been haundlin | raither | than a wee babbie. "Weel, eno |
| Central - SEC |
e we're mair bent on division | raither | nor cooperation, thinkin o th |
| Central - SEC |
He left his hame toon | raither | than stairve |
| Central - LAL |
resource” tae be biggit on | raither | nor a “problem” tae be re |
| Central - LAL |
n comin aff ungrammatical yon | raither | pyntit yiss kinna maks oot |
| Central - LAL |
Scots, e.g. the endin - ioun | raither | nor - ion in wirds lik commis |
| Central - DUN |
ir next victim wis a mannie o | raither | mair substance, James Lamb, t |
| Doric - DOR |
ed fae ospital, as 1 steed up | raither | stottery in the bed, ma intim |
| Central - EDN |
lidy agony, quhan Ah’d faar | raither | be flat on me back on me aald |
| Central - SEC |
t Sanct-Aundraes, bi the haar | Raither | nor bi the miine convoyit, |
| Doric - MNA |
” she puzzled. “I’d far | raither | bide on a |
| Doric - MNA |
ngest peed his brikks regular | raither | than sikk oot tae the wattery |
| Central - LAL |
s latinate whaurever necessar | raither | nor whaurever possible. Dougl |
| Doric - MNA |
de day in 1954, fin times war | raither | differint. |
| Central - WCE |
at the deils kill his mither | raither | nor himsel. But whan thai set |
| Central - EDN |
e lat thaim sattle it, suiner | raither | nor later. |
| Central - LAL |
wis wavin an evenin newspaper | raither | excititly. 'Huv ye heard the |
| Central - DUN |
'd a been mair like a crofter | raither | nor whit we think o as a fair |
| Central - LAL |
or | raither | hum a catch or twa o plainsan |
| Central - SEC |
o the Chairter. The S.E., or | raither | thair ceevil servants', answe |
| Central - LAL |
ti naethin in parteikular, or | raither | til sum haillie deifferent co |
| Doric - MNA |
er. Jist speakin aboot it, or | raither | , jist lissnen tae Key hud me |
| Central - WCE |
unner intil years gane by, or | raither | an insicht intil hou the prai |
| Doric - ABN |
cht, 'fit's deen's deen - or | raither | fit's nae deen's nae deen. Ah |
| Central - SEC |
speaker - or | raither | bellower: |
| Doric - MNA |
st you an me noo, Jimmy - or | raither | it's jist me - left aleen te |
| Doric - MNA |
ye're e een att's tae come or | raither | shuld we expec anither." Att |
| Central - SEC |
e lairn tae think in Scots or | raither | tae lairn tae be able tae thi |
| Central - LAL |
r a Muckle Daurk Plouk – or | raither | plouks - on the face o Neptu |
| Central - LAL |
ke tae be disturbit by a caur | raither | than a bairn. As faur as I ca |
| Central - SEC |
ay like this, wha wadnae faur | raither | be fishin up at Loch Glow or |
| Orkney - ORK |
His faither's | raither | glaikid so his brains are tha |
| Central - DUN |
errit tae eat the Dundee lads | raither | nor the English or the Norweg |
| Central - LAL |
ir us sittin on oor backsides | raither | than movin aboot. But they ce |
| Doric - DOR |
hem. Nor-easters hiv crannies | raither | nor pinkies; an oor quinies p |
| Central - LAL |
se’ frae Laitin infinitives | raither | nor past participles, or be c |
| Southern - SEA |
heard tae say, “Ae goose is | raither | mukkil fur yin tae eat bot no |
| Central - LAL | I sall bite. The quaesten is | raither | : hoo extensively will fowk ob |
| Central - EDN |
kin at him wi respeck. He wis | raither | surprised hissel be his sudde |
| Central - EDN |
the yin at Lanrang, which wis | raither | disorientin. Beatrice e’en |
| Central - AYR |
ae a conversation. Alison wis | raither | blate wi her repone. "I-TI ha |
| Central - SEC |
Myrsini Zorba's consaits wis | raither | different. The MEP (Greece) a |
| Central - WCE |
y ah decided tae dae ma nails | raither | than just sleep, but it didna |
| Central - SEC |
ws gets hemmered in lik nails | raither | nor driven in proper wi a ric |
| Central - LAL |
es affen been cawed ice etins | raither | nor gaseous anes, an acause i |
| Central - WCE |
ain it is a read for scholars | raither | nor happie hunters (wha ir bu |
| Central - SEC |
airn the leids o her neibours | raither | nor juist English an, tho Eng |
| Central - WCE |
n a referendum is the process | raither | than the ootfaw? That the goa |
| Central - WCE |
nality's easy-gaun astutehess | raither | than bi the strictures o ony |
| Central - SEC |
ae language wi mony dialects | raither | nor a wheen o saiprit, compet |
| Doric - ABN |
BUYIN Scots products | raither | than anes tane in fae ither a |
| Central - SWE |
nt tae brak intae wee-er bits | raither | nor read it at yin sittin - |
| Central - LAL |
rs atween it an Central Scots | raither | nor thae elements that’s th |
| Central - LAL |
are, efter aw, spickin Scots | raither | nor Inglis. |
| Central - LAL |
st duin somethin awfie gallus | raither | than somethin that should hae |
| Central - LAL |
nt Scots dictionars. Ye micht | raither | use a prent dictionar whan ch |
| Central - WCE |
, but the ordnar reader micht | raither | juist muive on. |
| Central - LAL |
a meal an a bed fur the nicht | raither | than sleepin rough on the moo |
| Central - SWE |
es - whar stanes is inbrocht | raither | nor redd - a staunin-stane w |
| Central - SEC |
ys says night, right an light | raither | nor nicht, richt an licht jui |
| Central - GLA |
e warld wull ken o wur plight | raither | nor the pucklie o academics w |
| Doric - MNA |
ils dee fit ye tell them, bit | raither | be gled att yer names are vri |
| Central - EDN |
Beatrice felt | raither | pitten oot. She thocht she’ |
| Central - SEC |
um bi the Scottish Government | raither | nor juist recommended. |
| Doric - ABN |
ge o somebody travellin aboot | raither | than the lyrics. There wis lo |
| Central - LAL |
maist pairt Irish Nationalist | raither | nor Ulster Unionist. |
| Central - LAL |
he mair Scots final twa), but | raither | ken the combination o soonds |
| Central - LAL |
eader whit tae think ava, but | raither | offers the inlat for a body t |
| Central - LAL |
n no tae God or the deil, but | raither | tae peasant tradeetions an ta |
| Doric - ABN |
n played wisna the Joker, but | raither | something mair crucial tae th |
| Central - LAL |
. It isna based on cless, but | raither | on Unionism. For aw that Davi |
| Central - SEC |
e schizophrenia efter aw, but | raither | the ootcome o sexual abuise b |
| Central - SEC |
evocation o, no history, but | raither | a haill cultural context buri |
| Central - LAL |
rteiclar walin o history, but | raither | ane that comprehends the hail |
| Doric - ABN |
he haed dreamt up himsel; but | raither | , something he believt was his |
| Central - WCE |
an might no be made o wid but | raither | |
| Central - SEC |
aday lives is cried Scots but | raither | some kinna local slang. Aboot |
| Central - LAL |
e arena speakin o biology but | raither | progs, or robotic cheils, mak |
| Central - SEC |
aff o a lock stile wi his aix | raither | nor his jack plane! I rin bac |
| Central - LAL |
it’s managed by ane agency | raither | nor multiple agencies, cuttin |
| Central - SEC |
tae spik tae a real live body | raither | nor a machine that tells ye t |
| Doric - MNA |
loss jist ae pairt o yer body | raither | nor e hale thing be cassen in |
| Central - SEC |
he siller he earned on whisky | raither | than food for the wife an wea |
| Central - EDN |
irden, though it wis actually | raither | wee’er. There wis yae muckl |
| Central - LAL |
words (e.g. bi wirtin couldny | raither | nor a tradeetional Scots mak |
| Central - EDN |
er, which she seemt tae enjoy | raither | . |
| Central - WCE |
anca, a maiter o practicality | raither | than personal identity. It's |
| Central - LAL |
e boycottit, or cawed aff – | raither | they want tae yaise the gemme |
| Central - EDN |
6t centuries. Fowk muisic — | raither | nor airt muisic — wad preva |
| Central - WCE |
n’ a lerrit slide Feelin’ | raither | awfy guid inside Cos afore a |