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Ulster - EUL Saa licht an gart me waak wi Thee
Doric - ABN Saa ye ivver sic a muckle hape o
Central - DUN saa their warld an markit it
Shetland - SHD Saa da Owl an da Panther dere aet
Orkney - ORK saa in him
Ulster - SYN ee whut wus gan on, whan the' saa whut wus daen, the' bate thai
Ulster - SYN ep, an whan the' wakt up the' saa hïs glorie an tha twa men st
Ulster - SYN r tha wean wus. Whaniver the' saa tha starn, the' wur hairt gle
Doric - ABN Andra, twa tables awa, saa Jeems's moo fa open, an his h
Shetland - SHD dem. Wan o da lasses, Orpah, saa da sense i dis bit da idder e
Doric - ABN est. She gaed oot wi a freen, saa th’umman wi the binoculars
Doric - MNA esus cam alang, he leukit up, saa e chiel an says till him, "Za
Shetland - SHD an saa clearer, saa ferdir mebbe, if he heard
Shetland - SHD t dat a richt trow caas a see-saa a hedder-kin-dunk. I wis on d
Orkney - ORK@shetlandnature @MalcWare74 Saa aets min!
Shetland - SHD 2008 saa an end tae wir paece on da hi
Doric - MNA an enjoyt ilky passin season; saa parks o dark grun chynge te s
Ulster - PUL A saa a swayin thrissle:
Doric - ABN A saa by the licht o the lump
Ulster - SYN e!" An he sayed tae thaim, "A saa Satan faain frae haiven like
Doric - ABN ar ower wide tae be lowpit, A saa that A wad hae tae wyde throw
Ulster - BUL Na saa equal noo ye find,
Doric - ABN the sicht o't; an aye, faan A saa't, naething wad dae but A hae
Ulster - PUL A keeked again an A saa
Ulster - PUL An in tha gleekin licht A saa
Ulster - BUL Dae ye hear whut A saa?
Shetland - SHD git his maet richt awa. Jacob saa dat his bridder wis in a pör
Ulster - BUL I hae luked saa aft til see,
Orkney - ORK The pig id saa in Tum a freen that cam in ev
Orkney - ORK rmand Hammer, hid a dream and saa hid through.
Doric - MNA s ae day fin he lookit up and saa a Jerry sodjer standin aboot
Doric - ABN t o himself in the watter and saa...
Orkney - ORK the Seaforth Highlanders and saa active service in the trenche
Doric - DOR God saa aat e tyke wis richt an teen
Ulster - SYN l at tha time. Noo whan Herod saa Jesus, he wus hairt gled, for
Doric - MNA e there wi her. An fan e Lord saa her, he wis sorry for her an
Orkney - ORK e time, an saantit, an Sigurd saa tree fock like aalwarld cosmo
Ulster - SYN hae saa a bricht licht;
Orkney - ORK 'Plenty tae grind an tae saa.'
Doric - DOR Tryin tae saa some crap nae stue.
Ulster - SYN "A fairmer went oot tae saa seed, an as he wus skailin ï
Orkney - ORK A cattie-face saa the moose, an thowt, You'll f
Shetland - SHD lik da munster we eence saa
Doric - MNA An as he steed, he saa himsel an the ghosts o his fo
Ulster - PUL a heich brench oan a tree, he saa a bonnie rid epple. It was pe
Doric - ABN Neth the lichts o hame, he saa Andy richt for the ferst time
Orkney - ORK In there, he saa an offer on a fourteen-inch T
Doric - ABN ked Goad fan, lookin back, he saa that there wis naethin left o
Ulster - SYN ¯ntae yin o tha vïllages, he saa ten men that wur lepers stann
Orkney - ORK Bit, he saa that puir Jimmack wis despera
Ulster - EUL An wi tha pu, he saa
Shetland - SHD n, cam alang dat sam rodd. He saa da pör body lyin afore him a
Ulster - SYN stoopit doon an lukt ïn. He saa tha linen claes lyin bye on t
Doric - MNA in the het, soapy watter. He saa her tiny figir encased in a f
Shetland - SHD methin uncan aboot aa dis. He saa dat Jesus wis a speecial body
Doric - ABN oon bi the river that day. He saa the bairns - brither an sist
Central - LAL Mary: He saa him killed.
Doric - MNA t did the wirk o mony men; he saa the raas o biggit stooks, ruc
Doric - MNA scones; he saa her makkin butter and cheese,
Doric - ABN on. "Fit the hell - ". Aa he saa wis the backs o twa loons ske
Doric - ABN e jist. Fan he'd feenished he saa that it wis good. Fan hiv I i
Orkney - ORK ber fower, the first thing he saa – and it didna improve his
Doric - ABN ist. For maist o the psalm he saa as little as afore, the poopi
Ulster - SYN ae hear tha Wurd o God. An he saa twa boats pued up bi tha watt
Doric - MNA Bit fan he saa a hantle o e Pharisees an Sad
Ulster - SYN a Pharisee got a gunk whan he saa that Jesus dïdnae waash afor
Ulster - SYN tae Jerusalem noo, an whan he saa tha cïtie, he begun tae gree
Ulster - SYN But whan he saa a wheen o Pharisees an Sadduc
Central - AYR hear a cat speik; but whan he saa the soutar gae by he cried hi
Orkney - ORK When he saa the black bundie o feathers g
Doric - MNA d squirmed in his seat fin he saa the conspiratorial looks aat
Doric - MNA Ronnie's jaa drappit fin he saa the terrifeein sicht o Tina i
Doric - MNA sitors," muttert Harry fin he saa aa the cars parkit ootside Fr
Orkney - ORK "Whin he saa me leukan at him, he stairt t
Orkney - ORK "Whin he saa the torn tit, he sheuk his he
Shetland - SHD enoo, only he ran awa whin he saa my een comin!"
Shetland - SHD Da Cat juist grinned whin he saa Alice. He lookit fine, shö t
Shetland - SHD en furt bi himsel. An whin he saa Sheltie Prattle sittin greeti
Ulster - PUL lin aboot tryin tae get up he saa somethin keekin oot o tha cla
Shetland - SHD A start later he saa dat he wis needin mair men. S
Ulster - SYN ut tha Laa sayed. Whaniver he saa tha wean, he tuk hïm up ïn
Ulster - SYN t forenent Jesus. Whaniver he saa thair faith, he sayed,
Ulster - PUL e wun tae tha rid thïng, she saa growein thur oan tha bleak mu
Doric - DOR n twa-three yairds fae't, she saa at it had een, a neb an a mou
Orkney - ORK wrang manifest, an fleed. She saa
Doric - ABN r said a myowte aboot it. She saa nae rizzon fat wye we cudna a
Doric - MNA ylin them," said Donald as he saa the twins makkin fir a burger
Shetland - SHD He gaffed wi manic glee as he saa whit da ice contained: dat ri
Doric - MNA columns, is een widenin es he saa fit wis oan offer: "Goad almi
Doric - ABN k quaicked wi delicht fan she saa him skite abeen the watter, s
Doric - MNA ice, her face drappin fin she saa fit he wis weerin: he lookit
Doric - MNA Beannie kent despair fin she saa it an tears aftimes helpit ta
Doric - MNA Her face drappit fin she saa er plate: the seaweed leukit
Shetland - SHD Mony men's toons he saa, an dir minds lairned;
Doric - MNA s, er moo drappin open es she saa Nellie git oot o the driver's
Doric - DOR an fan she wan back wi't she saa at he had courit, an him an t
Doric - ABN haed perswaadit him that she saa me as some kyn o –Dinna laa
Shetland - SHD e gied ta see dem, an whit he saa med him mad. He saa an Egypti
Doric - MNA face an lugs firin up fiy he saa Stevie an Shirley smirk it ee
Shetland - SHD n tae a foy. An at dis foy he saa hoo fock med oot hoo importan
Doric - MNA snaa shooer cleared an Fobie saa at he hid company: shaddas, m
Shetland - SHD ye back tae da but-end, Dodie saa a bottle o GIN staandin apö
Orkney - ORK Piggie saa Tam's fleean shadow, an defil
Doric - DOR the Keing, "iss ying deemikie saa him forbye. Sae in course, Na
Doric - MNA eep her een open. Fin Beannie saa this, she speired at her if s
Doric - MNA The Jerries meanwhile saa fae their perspective fit loo
Shetland - SHD right fae da start. Dey shune saa at we wir wirkers though. I d
Shetland - SHD John Reid o Vadlure saa der state,
Shetland - SHD Whan Pilate saa whit wis gyaan on he wis pitt
Shetland - SHD even in dat short a time, we saa a boat bein laanched, an men
Doric - MNA An Jock said, "Maister, we saa a chiel cassin oot deils in y
Shetland - SHD tle a grain at Newerdy. As we saa da bells in Gutteryaggle gied
Shetland - SHD ead some o da peerie signs we saa alang da path fae da start. S
Shetland - SHD y whin we cam alangside at we saa da boy. Da oars wis shippet,
Orkney - ORK And the last we saa o Billy, he wis weengan ower
Doric - DOR ye saa that man-wumman, sonsie
Doric - ABN est bleck markins 'at iver ye saa; an a face 'at wid hae meltit
Orkney - ORK n queer claes. The get-ups ye saa on young folk! He supposed th
Shetland - SHD A chipsie wyf saa ati'da haand a'Haacro
Doric - ABN in the middle o the fleer, Ah saa it. A walkie-talkie! Ye shoul
Doric - ABN the gran manorial style - Ah saa that there wis a wumman in th
Doric - MNA "Aye, Ah hiv. Ah saa her on Saft Sandy's list." Ro
Doric - MNA subjeck. "It's affa bonny. Ah saa somethin jist like it in Mark
Doric - DOR Efter Airchie's death Ah saa Wollaston but the ae time. Bi
Doric - ABN ye can picter mi face fan Ah saa that the spikker wis neen ith
Doric - ABN kkin masel comfortable fan Ah saa it. A body streitched oot at
Doric - ABN et tears fae his chiks fan ah saa somethin in the corner o his
Doric - MNA per riddy fir a meetin fin Ah saa the note lyin aside the phone
Doric - ABN Ah got ti ken them better Ah saa that Ah'd nae deen them justi
Doric - ABN r Ah looked back, the mair Ah saa it for fit it wis: it wis a r
Doric - MNA phone aboot some furnitir Ah saa in yisterday's 'P and J'."
Doric - MNA ava. Ah held ma breath as Ah saa Missus Reed pull open the sid
Doric - MNA "Ye'll nivver believe fit Ah saa ess mornin," said Jack, es he
Doric - ABN e thegither. Day efter day Ah saa him bein mentally buggered, l
Ulster - BUL Pharoh saa his plans en ruin,
Shetland - SHD An Ruth saa in Janice's een da sam longin
Ulster - GULI saa thon cratur #DavidCameron on
Orkney - ORK I saa the error o me weys and knuck
Shetland - SHD I saa da look apo Maggie Ann's face
Shetland - SHD "I saa Alec strugglin ta his feet, a
Shetland - SHD uckle brutes a park yowes." I saa I wis upset him, so I tried t
Orkney - ORK Bit then, at last, I saa hid. Me hert leapt up wi glee
Orkney - ORK and dived alongside Hoy and I saa the great 'Owld Man'.
Orkney - ORK noo an then. Last time I saa her ye could tell
Shetland - SHD ine year aald da first time I saa her. Her midder brocht her ta
Central - AYR Nae ower langsyne I saa a boatie
Shetland - SHD har he’d gee naff tae til I saa twa wrinkled mits wi a weet c
Shetland - SHD Shü smiled, an I saa da mischievous look at I mind
Shetland - SHD straemin doon her face, an I saa dat nine year aald again. We
Shetland - SHD Dan I saa a new heeven an a new aert. D
Doric - DOR nice an codgie again, "fan I saa aa your pratticks, at I wes t
Shetland - SHD h''m sure it wis da sam man I saa dee spackin tae afore du gude
Orkney - ORK airn, in the trenches, when I saa me pals mown doon -
Shetland - SHD ht. Whit a gluff I got when I saa six press gang men in dir whi
Orkney - ORK believe the back view when I saa hid in the mirror - 1I lukked
Shetland - SHD öst clear o da Roost, whin I saa dis peerie skyiff ahaed o wis
Shetland - SHD wi a fender i me hand whin I saa dis peerie body steppin oot o
Shetland - SHD . It gie me sic a turn whin I saa him staandin on da briggiesta
Shetland - SHD tional Geographic, bit whin I saa da pictir ipo da front cover,
Doric - DOR k an, fin Spring comes roon I saa some fresh
Shetland - SHD nything, bit I cood a sworn I saa Santy Claas settin a muckle b
Shetland - SHD late night staff as une as I saa it. It wis been etched on my
Shetland - SHDin in dialect, mainly becis I saa the abuse they were baith get
Shetland - SHD y Place o da Loard. An whit I saa med me vimmer an winder. Da L
Shetland - SHD Dat wis da last I saa o Jeemie. Dat nicht I laid me
Shetland - SHD ade some gruntin soonds but I saa da concentration in his fis u
Orkney - ORK I thowt I saa a parrot in the Castle trees
Shetland - SHD ye oot o da rodd. Bit da fock saa dem gyaan an set aff efter de
Orkney - ORK A snek saa the moose an thowt, You'll fe
Ulster - SYN od. An whan aa tha ither fowk saa thïs, the' gien praise tae G
Ulster - PUL An saa somethin had gaed wile agley.
Shetland - SHD on whin Maggie Ann cam in, an saa him lyin ipo da table.
Shetland - SHD n I lookit oot ae moarnin, an saa her marchin purposefully doon
Shetland - SHD int a da ness dis moarnin, an saa nae mair a da uncan man, tink
Shetland - SHD raed an black track suits, an saa whit I took ta be her. Lang g
Shetland - SHD ice lookit at da jury-box, an saa at shö wis been in siccan a
Shetland - SHD a mort-kloot whaar it lay, an saa
Doric - ABN oot fae ahin his haans... an saa they werena powkers ava. They
Doric - MNA their heids oot the winda an saa the 'chucken fillet' gettin m
Ulster - PUL “Gin A hadnae heerd an saa thon thunner an lichtnin mase
Ulster - PUL across tha sheuch we heerd an saa
Doric - MNA !" Morrice lookit it Joyce an saa her face flush wi affront. "N
Doric - MNA as ye unwrappit yer parcel an saa the gold waatch.
Shetland - SHD lift wir foo. An da Göd Man saa dat it wis göd. An der wis d
Shetland - SHD e caad it day. An da Göd Man saa dat it wis göd; an da Göd M
Doric - MNA ntit, he lifted up his een an saa Abraham hine awa wi Lazarus i
Doric - MNA ’t him athoot his kennin an saa him staanin at the heed o the
Doric - MNA n ye." Morrice lookit doon an saa the Jeweller fae the nicht af
Doric - MNA en ma legs. Ah leukit doon an saa ma loon comin kickin and skir
Doric - MNA aved es Fenella turnt roon an saa ma.
Ulster - SYN Jesus lukt up an saa tha weel-aff fowk pittin thai
Doric - MNA tty turnt ower the vouchir an saa er appintmint printit oan the
Doric - MNA e creepit alang a corridor an saa the Jeweller leent up against
Shetland - SHD an whatno tae dem, bit Merran saa ower weel what wye da wind wi
Doric - MNA expecktint faces an saa his mither-in-laaw's self-sat
Doric - MNA in his moo as he opened it an saa his faither's name an familia
Ulster - PUL r snarlt wi weeds — an John saa, drippin ootae tha poakits o
Central - LAL A month we sail't, an naethin saa
Orkney - ORK Kit Huntlin saa men stridan up hir road.
Orkney - ORK conformist in saa-dust an fithers, betrayan sig
Shetland - SHD clean an mak maet. Mary shon saa dat Jesus wis seekin a freend
Orkney - ORK mak metters warse, Bella soon saa the the joke And sheu cheust
Shetland - SHD tion.) Hoosumever, shö shön saa at shö wis athin da peerie l
Shetland - SHD piece fae hame whan da fedder saa him comin. Da owld man's haer
Doric - MNA r big for any pot The butcher saa'ed an hackit Shin beens an kn
Orkney - ORK bit o' wid that neebody ether saa fae atween the crevices o' th
Ulster - SYN lang róad aff, hïs faither saa hïm cumin, an hïs hairt wen
Shetland - SHD Da wye da executioner saa it, you couldna cut aff a hea
Doric - ABN nna say 'at. Gin the minister saa me, or ane o the elyers, they
Shetland - SHD "An airm, du eediot. Wha ever saa een yon size? Man, hit fills
Shetland - SHD ast da tree peerie grice ever saa o him, wis makkin oot ower da
Shetland - SHD it's da wheerest thing I ever saa in aa my life!"
Doric - ABN t later that day and we never saa them again.
Orkney - ORK Beuy, thoo never saa - or smelt - the laek.
Shetland - SHD "Loveliest soup you ever saa,
Doric - MNA e projeck wis daen, sae niver saa his descendents colonise bait
Doric - DOR es fae fables forbye! I niver saa a leivin een afore!"
Doric - DOR "I niver saa onybody lyeukin mair o a feel
Doric - DOR fair!" she gullert. "I niver saa siccan a hous for gettin in t
Ulster - PUL lan in on thaim. The’ niver saa anither sowl — less the’
Doric - DOR Teiger-lily. "As gin you iver saa onybody! Ye haad your heid ab
Orkney - ORK oot fae a side road - nivver saa Steve standan there. The inci
Doric - ABN rs. A bonnier sicht ye nivver saa. Stracht aff a chocolate box
Doric - ABN nths efter that, an Ah nivver saa Abbie again. It wis three or
Doric - ABN ye, that's a sicht Ah nivver saa in aa mi born days.'
Shetland - SHD A grown man gowlin, I nivver saa da laek. If I cood win oot a
Shetland - SHD Whin ill luck comes I nivver saa da sense in distressin idder
Doric - MNA hings ye're seein, yet nivver saa it; an tae hear fit ye've bee
Orkney - ORK A bonnier lad you niwer saa.
Doric - MNA oreegin?" Noo e wily billies saa att gin they said, "Fae hivve
Shetland - SHD an whit I did. Whan da bairns saa me oot an aboot dey wid run a
Ulster - SYN ?" Whan Jesus' ither follaers saa whut wus aboot tae happen, th
Shetland - SHD in terror, an whan da adults saa me dey wid gie me a coorse si
Shetland - SHD hoo determined dey wir, Jesus saa da feth dey hed. He lookit at
Shetland - SHD Whan Jesus saa whit wis gyaan on, he wis eve
Ulster - SYN Whan Jesus saa tha fowk thair aa makin for t
Ulster - SYN an up strecht ava. Whan Jesus saa hir, he caad hir an sayed tae
Ulster - SYN e lock o money. An whan Jesus saa tha wye tha man tuk ït, he s
Ulster - SYN Noo whan Jesus saa tha thrang gethert roon hïm,
Ulster - SYN it doon tae iz frae yins that saa it aa wi thair ain een richt
Shetland - SHD Hit wis Ald Jeems at saa her first. An he cam runnin i
Shetland - SHD night," shü prayed, as shit saa da bed, "Shü sood nivver a l
Doric - ABN de wad it? Aat's far Ah first saa the licht o day, ye ken. In a
Shetland - SHD irs fae da time at shö first saa da White Rabbit. Shö wis a c
Ulster - EUL Wee Amy, she furst saa tha licht,
Shetland - SHD Du saa me at da very start -
Shetland - SHD in at might a helpit, whin du saa peerie Tom wisna right," shü
Orkney - ORK sheu saa i'the bay fer the first direc
Orkney - ORK Sheu saa a demonstraetion staetion
Orkney - ORK cried oot fae the door, sheu saa him settan oot,
Orkney - ORK aa the rhythm sheu saa i'the dance, an naen o the jo
Orkney - ORK Then sheu saa the figure loupan up the burn
Orkney - ORK And, when sheu saa me tae me door, sheu kissed m
Orkney - ORK an the toorist, fer yin sheu saa hersel, an mibbe wis kent the
Orkney - ORK mistak! No wonder none o you saa it....).
Shetland - SHD loveliest gairden at ever you saa. Oh, shö wid a been da blyde
Shetland - SHD e nae idea. An oh, I wiss you Saa her efter da birds! Feth, shÃ
Shetland - SHD ou held it up ta da light you saa a face i da boddam a da cup.
Shetland - SHD subject wis optional bit you saa it a lok. In Aald English
Orkney - ORK A fox saa the moose an thowt, You'll fe
Orkney - ORK A fox saa the moose
Shetland - SHDens an no managin. Think I ay saa dem as a group activity growi
Shetland - SHD chance. I da mirknen naebody saa her.
Shetland - SHD rip o myself. Whit if onybody saa me? I buckled da scarf back u
Shetland - SHD t heired it, someane said dey saa dem drinkin tagidder i da pub
Shetland - SHD Dev wirna geen far afore dey saa da Mock Turtle, a piece aff,
Shetland - SHD a Philistines gaffed whan dey saa him comin, an Goliath towt hi
Shetland - SHD e wir fairly filskit when dey saa whit dey hed.
Shetland - SHD kirled wi excitement when dey saa whit wis afore dem. Hit wis a
Shetland - SHD Nae room!" dey cried whin dey saa Alice comin. Alice birsed up.
Shetland - SHD : hoosumever, as shön as dey saa her, dey fled back ta da game
Shetland - SHD der twa ever seemed on at dey saa her gyaain, tho shö lookit a
Shetland - SHD Dat wis da last dey saa o him. He bedd hame an wrocht
Doric - MNA n i the forestaa. An fan they saa him they telt fit they themse
Doric - ABN irk fock micht think gin they saa the twa o’s oot reglar atho
Doric - MNA echt poun a ticket he fairly saa you comin."
Shetland - SHD as in A'm hurt mesel or Mary saa hersel idda lookeen
Shetland - SHD gied be da name o Ruth. Boaz saa tae hit richt awa dat shö wi
Ulster - PUL e boadie cum nearhaun, the’ saa it wus an oul wumman, hirplin
Shetland - SHD bookshelf; here an dere shö saa maps an picters hingin apo ni
Shetland - SHD Efter a while, whin shö saa at naethin mair wis happened,
Shetland - SHD ate an jealousy whinever shö saa da twa tagedder. An though Hu
Shetland - SHD rd's boady. As shö gret shö saa some-ean richt afore her. He
Shetland - SHD jamp; but da nixt meenit shö saa at da wife wis spaekin ta da
Shetland - SHD ll her midder whin neist shö saa her. But dat's een fur anidde
Shetland - SHD htened up an smiled whin shü saa me though.
Shetland - SHD dat Monday moarnin whin shü saa da herts draan ower my jotter
Shetland - SHD in paper. Shü gaspit as shü saa da familiar faces a da Bay Ci
Shetland - SHD ur. Everywye shü lookit shü saa him, tocht shü heard him pur