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Central - WCE Honey, in a wunnersome voice, sterted tae recite the poem:
Central - WCE the Heidie, Miss Trunchbull, sterted gaun roon the Pis. At playtim
Central - NEC tly rich chiels in thae days, sterted peyin criminals or desperados
Orkney - ORK n got in the driver’s saet, sterted up the car and drove off doon
Central - EDN Clan Chattan, tae oor left, sterted tae chairge. Despite Young Lo
Southern - SEA r a meenit lik a wielt beast, sterted screamin "Off wi hur heid! Of
Central - EDN them, bit we, increasin’ly, sterted tae get younger students inta
Central - LAL A sterted furst doon the lowse saundy s
Central - WCE 'But Daddy . . .' Matilda sterted.
Central - WCE and at a douce speed, Matilda sterted tae read:
Doric - MNA As yet, Minnie hidna sterted unpackin, apairt frae her fla
Doric - MNA bit keek frae the buik she'd sterted reading the nicht afore. Wisn
Central - WCE d unless fur some reason ye'd sterted talkin aboot literature or ma
Doric - MNA picnic etten jist far they'd sterted oot frae. There wis still an
Central - WCE Awready the hale class had sterted tae be browdened on Miss Hone
Southern - SEA Th Cat's heid sterted fadin awa th meenit hei was a
Central - LAL and sterted tae steer his mervellous smac
Southern - SEA tae eet in a few meenits, and sterted talkin tae hersel, as usual.
Central - WCE sat on the end o her bed and sterted again. It wis a skoosh noo ta
Central - WCE lda took the second slice and sterted eatin it slowly. The margarin
Central - WCE ither muckle slice o cake and sterted eatin it fast. There wis stil
Central - WCE ice o breid and margarine and sterted tae eat it. At hame she'd get
Central - LAL ned her muckle reid mooth and sterted tae scream.
Central - LAL the boat awa fae the bank and sterted tae rowe smertly doonriver.
Central - LAL Geordie taen oot the cork and sterted gey slowly tae poor the clagg
Central - WCE gaed tae her desk and sterted tae study a geometry book Mis
Central - WCE She settled hersel and sterted tae concentrate, and gey quic
Central - LAL gied up chawin chawin-gum and sterted chawin chocolate in the hope
Central - LAL I gaed oot intae the toun and sterted buyin up aw the Wonka bars I
Central - WCE Matilda stood up and sterted tae say her twa-tumes tables.
Central - WCE chalk had heezed itsel up and sterted tae scrieve. It wis as if she
Central - LAL spoon in a kitchen drawer and sterted tae gie it a guid steer. The
Central - LAL ear, Jamp ontae the flair and sterted dauncin a jig o victory in hi
Central - LAL e muckle pot on the flair and sterted work.
Central - WCE and took aff her glasses and sterted tae polish the lenses wi a ha
Central - LAL d", he turnt on his heels and sterted rinnin as fast as he could to
Central - LAL He hirpled oot o the lift and sterted shakkin Chairlie's haun sae h
Central - LAL t thinkin, Chairlie turnt and sterted movin towards the nearest sho
Central - LAL echt awa a muckle bleck baird sterted shootin oot o his chin, and t
Doric - MNA t Mains o Drumtulloch, an hud sterted tae dee it up, richt bonny li
Central - LAL nless bree o scunner that hud sterted tae beal an horter in his her
Southern - SEA an in a mumble, "an Ah hidnae sterted ma tea - no mair than a week
Central - LAL lin sun, and the haill palace sterted tae melt, and then it sank
Southern - SEA Ahlice sterted tae feel gie feirt: richt eno
Southern - SEA Sae Ahlice sterted tellin thum hur adveenturs fr
Southern - SEA ny mair!" An here pair Ahlice sterted tae greet agin, as she felt a
Southern - SEA happened th noo, that Ahlice sterted tae hink that gie few hings w
Doric - DOR He sterted tae sing, 'Goodnight sweethea
Central - WCE nd eicht monketnuts. . . ' He sterted countin on his fingers.
Central - LAL airns in times o hardship, he sterted tae mak wee chynges here and
Central - LAL eeveeheid wis pure bealin. He sterted lowpin up and doon on the loo
Central - EDN y the waddin o the cloods. He sterted tryin tae build a mindin fae
Doric - MNA wis drookit. He sterted tae chitter. Gerbils like het
Central - LAL ry?' said Granda Jock, and he sterted jooglin wi lauchter.
Southern - SEArpet aboot 20 year ago and he sterted bleathering away ti is like a
Orkney - ORK g, and meed tractors afore he sterted makkan sports kers. When he s
Central - WCE ed richt here and aw until he sterted openin drawers and reengin in
Doric - MNA shut a twa three times, an he sterted tae quote Scripture at her. T
Doric - MNA s an dived wi a plap. Then he sterted dookin like a wee dyeuk. The
Central - LAL e a sleekit grin, and then he sterted guddlin aboot unner his pilla
Orkney - ORK makkan sports kers. When he sterted tae build sports kers in the
Central - WCE Mozart wis jist five when he sterted composin and look at whit hap
Doric - MNA She sterted tae rin fur hame, keepin weel
Southern - SEA "Cheshire-Puss," she sterted, gie timidly, as she did no a
Central - WCE in here somewhaur!' She sterted searchin ahint the settee and
Central - LAL bangers in ma bahookie.' She sterted booncin up and doon in the ch
Central - WCE fur bairns in the place, she sterted daunerin roond, seekin someth
Central - LAL Aw o a sudden, she sterted tae grow.
Southern - SEA ite Rabbit came near hur, she sterted, in a wee scaredy voice, "If
Doric - MNA t unfortunate happened... she sterted tae pyocher an snocher
Doric - MNA . The neep wis feenished. She sterted tae play wi Benjy, Matty's du
Southern - SEA@Bulla7 she sterted a fight when o wir claping da
Doric - MNA did fin she gaed tae bed? She sterted tae feel richt nae-weel. Ther
Central - LAL er hert filled wi joy and she sterted tae greet.
Southern - SEA thum oot their life!" Sae she sterted nibblin at th richt-haun bit
Southern - SEA s nae herm in tryin." Sae she sterted: "O Moose, div ee ken th wei
Southern - SEA onyhin hed occurred.) Sae she sterted agin: "Ot. est ma chatte?", w
Southern - SEA ont th Dormoose agin, sae she sterted gie cannily: "But Ab dinnae g
Southern - SEA b' nae chance o this; sae she sterted lookin at everyhin roond aboo
Southern - SEA wunderfu Adveenturs, till she sterted dwamin efter a fashion tae, a
Southern - SEA iz oan messages next!" An she sterted imaginin th sort o hing that
Southern - SEA bonnie pig, Ah hink." An she sterted hinkin ower ither bairns she
Central - WCE icht aff the grund, 'Then she sterted birlin her roond and roond he
Central - WCE fae schuil that efternoon she sterted tae think aboot aw the possib
Southern - SEA as chuffed tae finnd that she sterted shrinkin richt awa. As sin as
Southern - SEA bide figures!" An wi that she sterted nursin hur bairn agin, singin
Southern - SEA Efter a meenit she sterted agin. "A wunder if Ah'll fa r
Central - LAL and when Mr Kranky saw it he sterted lowpin aboot as if somethin w
Central - WCE Tentily the laddie sterted tae cut a thin skliff o the m
Central - LAL Geordie sterted shauchlin towards the door. H
Central - LAL Geordie sterted tae tremmle. It wis her face
Doric - MNA supper, fin anither stooshie sterted. Scrat the Kittlin lowpit up
Central - LAL Noo the chookie sterted tae grow.
Central - LAL Quickly, Chairlie sterted readin some o the labels alan
Central - LAL Then Grannie sterted shoutin at her fae the roofta
Central - LAL kailed. That wis when Grannie sterted tae get wee-er. She had stert
Doric - MNA As Minnie sterted tae unbutton her blouse, she
Southern - SEA off at yince: yin auld Magpie sterted wrappin itsel up awfy careful
Central - WCE d it there. But dinnae get me sterted on whit she used tae dae. Tha
Central - LAL ide it, and the haill machine sterted tae shak in a maist frichtsom
Doric - MNA their heids an Rosy Vine sterted tae climm heicher an heicher
Central - LAL shairly, awbody in the hoose sterted tae sterve.
Southern - SEA rei wee sisters," th Dormoose sterted lik a raam-race; "an their na
Southern - SEA ht Ahlice. "Ah'm gled they've sterted askin riddles-Ah believe Ah c
Central - EDN You never ken it could have sterted a trend whaur bein’ keen an
Central - WCE idnae read the label afore ye sterted splooshin the stuff aw ower y
Central - WCE cut hissel anither slice ang sterted tae eat it.
Doric - MNA nno a tub o sugar icin. Mooch sterted tae greet.
Doric - MNA ties an spice. Suzy’s teeth sterted lae waiter.
Central - LAL ch ither, and then they baith sterted geeglin nervously.
Southern - SEA a pair man, eer Majesty," hei sterted.
Southern - SEA beg pardon, eer Majesty," hei sterted, "fur bringin these in: but A
Central - LAL gien it a guid chaw. Afore I sterted chawin for the warld record,
Central - LAL in the distance, a kirk nock sterted chappin the oor o ten. :
Central - LAL Aw o a sudden, bleck reek sterted poorin oot o the chookie's ne
Central - WCE The Trunchbull sterted tae mairch slowly alang the r
Central - WCE aw o a sudden, the Trunchbull sterted scartin hersel doon ablow as
Ulster - WUL An sterted oot tae earn a
Doric - DOR An sterted greetin fur his ma
Orkney - ORK An sterted tae dyte the byre.
Southern - SEA eners Jumped up richt awa, an sterted bowin tae th King, th Queen,
Southern - SEA imed soondin gie dismayed, an sterted tae pick thum up agin as fast
Southern - SEA ime," she said tae hursel, an sterted b' takin th wee goolden key,
Southern - SEA h Dormoose shoogled itsel, an sterted singin in eets sleep "Winky,
Southern - SEA n ee lik," said th Fitman, an sterted whistlin.
Southern - SEA ice put doon hur flamingo, an sterted an account o th game, feelin
Southern - SEA noo." Onyways, she got up, an sterted tae repeat eet, but hur heid
Southern - SEA she were spoutin lessons, an sterted tae repeat eet, but hur voice
Southern - SEA Ahlice folded hur hauns, an sterted:
Southern - SEA h Mock Turtle sighed awfy, an sterted, in a voice sometimes choked
Doric - MNA her clootie dally, Betsy, an sterted tae prig wi Meg Ramsay an her
Central - LAL A taen a sate on the dyke an sterted tae feel bothered. A lowpt up
Central - NEC theirsels for a mínit, than sterted takkin aff their turbans. The
Southern - SEA th hookah intae eets mooth an sterted smokin agin.
Southern - SEA Th Fish-Fitman sterted b' producin frae under heis a
Southern - SEA th pair wee hing sat doon an sterted tae greet.
Southern - SEA ss than e'er: she set doon an sterted tae greet agin.
Central - AYR n thay staun below th' tree n sterted lukin aroon thaim fur a few m
Central - LAL rlin o drums. Then the singin sterted.
Doric - MNA ther's breathin. The breathin sterted tae slaw doon, stoppit aa the
Doric - MNA he serious business o drinkin sterted.
Central - WCE an unco and by-ordinar feelin sterted creepin ower Matilda. The fee
Southern - SEA else tae dae, sae Ahlice sin sterted gabbin agin. "Ah ken Dinah'll
Central - WCE Trunchbull, since the lesson sterted. Ah cannae say mair nor that.
Central - WCE 'Ah've no sterted yet!' the Trunchbull snipped.
Central - WCE n sayin her piece and she noo sterted tae descrive some o the byous
Central - WCE frichtsome suddenness he noo sterted tae rive
Central - WCE ow. The faither in particular sterted tae get less big-heidit and f
Central - LAL ce; and then a giant wheecher sterted wheechin roond inside the muc
Doric - ABN if mirrorin the rain, watter sterted tae treetle slowly doon his l
Southern - SEA ' th wei th fowk near th door sterted sneezin aw at yince.
Southern - SEA ut doon yet, afore th trial's sterted."
Central - WCE lions o toty invisible haunds sterted raxin oot like sparks towards
Doric - MNA 'Weel, the twa birds sterted the fecht on the tap o a stee
Central - LAL haill boady fae heid tae taes sterted tae kittle wi pleisure, and a
Central - LAL de its belly, Then its shanks sterted tae grow langer. Its body ste
Central - WCE The weans sterted filin oot the room. Matilda w
Doric - MNA bleezin afore the proceedins sterted, began tae sing:
Ulster - PUL y tha ten bob note. Tha coins sterted wi a half croon, at sim folk
Central - LAL spleet second when her hauns sterted tae gang forrit, there wis a
Central - LAL ie slawly, Chairlie's fingirs sterted tae rive open yin wee corner
Southern - SEA rm that was linked intae hurs sterted shakin. Ahlice looked up, an
Central - WCE ly see it happenin, the gless sterted tae lean backwards, furder an
Central - LAL her muckle, weel-trained jaws sterted chawin awa on it like a dug w
Central - LAL as the French revolution that sterted a leid policy that led tae th
Southern - SEA oat," said th Gryphon; an eet sterted shooglin im an punchin um oan
Central - LAL t tae Aaud on! We hae tae get sterted at wance!'
Central - LAL aichin o brakes, and the lift sterted tae slaw doon. Then it stappe
Central - LAL And noo the lift sterted strechtenin oot again, but it
Central - LAL It sterted rainin, and the tin sodger go
Central - LAL it sterted luikin braw. The bum o the er
Doric - MNA flee doomnstairs fur help, it sterted again,faister an faister, as
Central - LAL . First the snaw cam doon. It sterted awfie suddently yin mornin ji
Southern - SEA d th Queen's lugs-" th Rabbit sterted. Ahlice gie a wee howl o laug
Central - WCE sed wi the cigar. And soon it sterted tae come thegether in the mai
Southern - SEA g doon eis brush, an hed jist sterted "Weil, o aw th unjust hings-"
Central - LAL Oor trevels huv jist sterted, an yer the host o this neopl
Central - WCE hilie and see if ony o ye huv sterted learnin tae spell. Haunds up
Central - WCE 'But ye must huv sterted oot as a babbie,' the laddie
Central - LAL And noo awbody sterted shoutin at wance.
Central - SEC- oh btw a cheeky wee brycey sterted the school at ormi primary n
Southern - SEA Efter a meenit or twae, they sterted movin aboot agin, an Ahlice h
Central - LAL Mr Wonka wis makkin, and they sterted sendin in spies tae chore his
Southern - SEA Sae they sterted solemnly birlin roond an roon
Southern - SEA wae, threi, an awa," but they sterted rinnin when they liked, an fe
Central - AYR a daylight n immediately they sterted making shelter until they cam
Central - WCE Miss Honey sterted tae loss her patience. 'Mr
Central - WCE lda Wormwidd .. ." Miss Honey sterted.
Central - LAL Sae Mr Kranky sterted makkin a leet o onythin in th
Southern - SEA s, an she awfy guid-naturedly sterted huntin aboot fur thum, but th
Southern - SEA hei noo hastily sterted agin, yasin th ink, that was
Central - WCE d fast and weel and naturally sterted tae ettle efter books. The on
Central - WCE ss Trunchbull, the bairn only sterted the schuil this morn and gaed
Doric - MNA YON room best ava. Skirly sterted powkin about in the larder. H
Doric - MNA ter, bit afore he'd seriously sterted tae trawl the net fur a life-
Central - LAL The screen had suddently sterted tae flichter.
Central - LAL er side o the river suddently sterted lowpin and dauncin aboot and
Doric - MNA Syne Bappy sterted a lament fur the tint bairns
Southern - SEA h thistle agin: then th puppy sterted a series o short charges at t
Central - LAL nd then Mr Lugmince's factory sterted makkin sugar balloons that ye
Central - NEC en, Glesca, Embra, Dundee — sterted gangin aboot diggin up bodies
Central - EDN re’s the murderer!” an’ sterted tae run efter me. He wis youn