| Central - GLA |
| Thay | 've bin aroon langer |
| Orkney - ORK |
| Thay | wir bairns at the skeul taegi |
| Southern - SEA |
| Thay | hing aye on til ma claes |
| Central - GLA |
| Thay | willnae speak o it |
| Ulster - BUL |
| Thay | scuttled doon tha stairs |
| Orkney - ORK |
| Thay | spaek aboot Mars |
| Central - GLA |
| Thay | kinnae forstaw no bein able t |
| Central - GLA |
| Thay | leave wi a mang o plees |
| Orkney - ORK |
| Thay | step intae a bruckit domm, aa |
| Central - GLA |
| Thay | say ye shuid cleid fur fower |
| Central - GLA |
| thay | 're fykie wee bastarts |
| Central - GLA |
| thay | 're undootadly gonnae be the w |
| Central - GLA |
| thay | skulk roon |
| Southern - SEA |
| thay | pour in the eftir warld |
| Orkney - ORK |
| Thay | birl, touchan yet, but Astrid |
| Central - GLA |
| Thay | laucht oot lood |
| Doric - DOR |
| Thay | wadna heed my wittins wyce. |
| Southern - SEA |
| thay | hed ca’d the schuil, “Sca |
| Doric - DOR |
| Thay | ’r bonnie burds. A yince see |
| Doric - DOR |
| thay | queerie noises, buzzin an ble |
| Doric - DOR |
| thay | wir doon the Gairden Centre c |
| Doric - DOR |
| thay | aw jist gawkit, an whin Sir s |
| Southern - SEA |
| thay | wad be as dowie as men. |
| Central - GLA |
| Thay | 'll no get any cleaner wance y |
| Orkney - ORK |
| Thay | spaek aboot Mars |
| Southern - SEA |
| Thay | tell me he clasht ma box ti t |
| Southern - SEA |
| Thay | taen ma couch an stuid it in |
| Orkney - ORK |
| Thay | spaek aboot his years o relat |
| Doric - DOR |
| Thay | brak up in yer mooth wi the t |
| Central - LAL |
| Thay | haed kent o her fykieness fra |
| Central - AYR |
| Thay | hae wede awa afore the geenyo |
| Central - SEC |
| Thay | wis set at the back for thair |
| Southern - SEA |
| thay | roustit ilka nicht up in the |
| Central - DUN |
| thay | cried thaim Mams an Paps, |
| Orkney - ORK |
| Thay | wirno chansan. Olaf taks a ha |
| Orkney - ORK |
| Thay | land on sharp stubble, grippe |
| Central - LAL |
| thay | ’d dae weel tae follow your |
| Orkney - ORK |
| Thay | 'll send alairm tae ivry yole |
| Central - EDN |
| Thay | hadnae met afore, richt? The |
| Southern - SEA |
| Thay | luik at me an lauch, an yin |
| Central - WCE |
| thay | 've tellt him he cud gain |
| Ulster - BUL |
| Thay | grasped tha mental strang |
| Southern - SEA |
| thay | ir sperfilt on the grund. |
| Orkney - ORK |
| Thay | spaek aboot Orcadia's histry, |
| Central - LAL |
A laith rattons! | Thay | war scunnersome baists an gie |
| Central - LAL | @ScotsScriever Ooft! | Thay | went aw oot wi this! |
| Orkney - ORK |
" | Thay | canno right accept whit maan |
| Orkney - ORK |
"Ach mither!" | thay | say. "Thoo kens Am waantan ta |
| Orkney - ORK |
"Higgie's clean gyte," | thay | say. Brenna is soor fae her f |
| Orkney - ORK |
ouch more. An than: "Astrid?" | Thay | birl, touchan yet, but Astrid |
| Central - LAL |
' | Thay | 'r back!' A rowst oot tae Arch |
| Orkney - ORK |
German nation-staetes firmed, | thay | browt togither mony competan |
| Central - LAL |
cowpit fae its seat. Insteid, | thay | threapit, Plutock wad jyne a |
| Central - LAL |
e and the Miller at Menstrie, | thay | gangt awa wi his wummin an aw |
| Southern - SEA |
, herrien ither focks cattle, | thay | kam upo ae |
| Central - AYR |
Whin thay returned hame, | thay | thanked thair lucky stars and |
| Central - SEC |
an Davie’s daein awa fine, | thay | ’v taen the week aff thair w |
| Central - SEC |
ligious question faur eneuch, | thay | wad hae tae juist thole it ta |
| Central - SEC |
logans alang tae the P and J, | thay | wad mibbie cuid git thaim pre |
| Southern - SEA |
am oot fur oor twaloors brek, | thay | happint tae |
| Southern - SEA |
messages, vittals an siclik, | thay | gaed up the Ti’iot tae Ti |
| Central - LAL |
tellin him no ti fash hissel, | thay | wad be aaricht. |
| Central - GLA |
Nezahualcoyotl, | thay | ask me, |
| Central - LAL |
owk learns Frainch or German, | thay | ’r no telt that Baudelaire o |
| Central - LAL |
re it. Whan a body gangs ben, | thay | find thairsels on an island k |
| Central - LAL |
Thay Chinese ye ken, | thay | 're nae gormless, |
| Central - SEC |
wee bit an, in the hinneren, | thay | decidit that, tho thay cuid s |
| Southern - SEA |
oduce o thair bit sma haudin, | thay | plenisht Mrs. Forman it |
| Central - LAL |
haundy dictionar / companion, | thay | 'll no want a parteiclar walin |
| Doric - DOR |
up lik a tarrie dug, fufty p, | thay | pit a chairge oan ae line! |
| Orkney - ORK |
a meditaetion o Phobos papar, | thay | wirk the wark the staetion wi |
| Central - LAL |
es wi daily tasks. Hooanever, | thay | conveniences hae cam wi a pri |
| Central - EDN |
ers that he hid stepped ower, | thay | widda readit something lik th |
| Central - LAL |
e the bield o the tosie caur, | thay | suin decidit at thay likit th |
| Central - LAL |
hocht o life on ither warlds, | thay | jaloused that it maun be muck |
| Central - SEC |
up throu the schuil clesses, | thay | eik thair uiss o the leids in |
| Central - LAL |
nds but syne, unner hypnosis, | thay | claimed that three sma spreet |
| Central - LAL |
speir aathing...’ That is, | thay | ’r conformed ti the grammar |
| Central - SEC |
qo Ísabel, “the thing wis, | thay | seemed tae be feared fae me. |
| Orkney - ORK |
piece. He poors, sheu drinks, | thay | smile. An a thowt comes tae E |
| Central - LAL |
er word processor dictionars, | thay | willna flag 'Soothron slips', |
| Central - LAL |
aes made deals wi the ithers, | thay | haes aften kest a wee xenopho |
| Central - LAL |
t brandit no richt. In Scots, | thay | 'r nae sic a cheil. Thay are j |
| Doric - DOR |
“Gaits are aw cooarts, | thay | ’ll rin a mile, wait on!” |
| Southern - SEA |
nd; an i the schuil holidays, | thay | wur leukit efter bi Mr an Mrs |
| Southern - SEA |
es an ae wheen yeir efter at, | thay | muved intil ae hoose i Hawick |
| Central - LAL |
les the objects flittit fast, | thay | said, an whiles thay devalled |
| Southern - SEA |
he Auld Wolf throwe the mist, | thay | wur bate tae licht on the hoo |
| Central - LAL |
tertit workin at the factory, | thay | haed been thare a wheen o yea |
| Southern - SEA |
, kythed aerlie lest century, | thay | war frouned on in Ingland, ki |
| Southern - SEA |
huz, | thay | spak i guid Border Lallans an |
| Central - LAL |
abuin is the hinmaist word - | thay | jist shaw the sindry weys tha |
| Southern - SEA |
allister, taen at a wanlas - | thay | 'r no faur ti seek at DSL, tho |
| Orkney - ORK |
he coortesy o young tae aald. | Thay | whip her awey. Brenna's taen |
| Southern - SEA |
Zealand. | Thay | hed threi dochters, Ella, Myr |
| Central - LAL |
fend. | Thay | war on the smaa side an nerra |
| Central - LAL |
iller uised a different wird. | Thay | ’r telt whither it’s wrang |
| Southern - SEA |
sae. | Thay | wur weil kent til oor faimlie |
| Orkney - ORK |
ist an kieks aff intae space. | Thay | flee a fair piece. Thir tedde |
| Central - LAL |
an a pictur begoud ti kythe. | Thay | haed |
| Central - EDN |
ng wis oan a different scale. | Thay | were baith richt happy taegan |
| Central - LAL |
n wis by an the men cam hame. | Thay | war a braw couple, thocht Kat |
| Central - LAL |
t haes twa moons til oor ane. | Thay | are cryed Deimos ('dreid') an |
| Central - LAL |
ocht the polis tae the scene. | Thay | fund sindry roondit impressio |
| Orkney - ORK |
pairties orbitan Wolf. | Thay | wir even |
| Central - AYR |
taking their guns wae thaim. | Thay | bolted fur aboot hauf a mile |
| Orkney - ORK |
his?" speirs Gunnie, smirkan. | Thay | wir snatchets o bairns, but G |
| Orkney - ORK |
n Margit is rotad on cleanan. | Thay | sweep an swabble an dight oot |
| Central - LAL |
e gate o thaim chynged again. | Thay | fell quate an |
| Doric - DOR |
e fed the baists this mornin. | Thay | ’r na is posh or is weel red |
| Southern - SEA |
rs o Girnwud whan A wur born. | Thay | hed twae |
| Central - LAL |
nister an scientific speirar. | Thay | haed come for tae tak the swa |
| Orkney - ORK |
r the skitey deck o the pier. | Thay | waatch the gadjets hurl intae |
| Orkney - ORK |
me days," he says, an shrugs. | Thay | taak a waak i'the wynds. "I w |
| Doric - DOR |
“Ay, yons the Bleckcocks. | Thay | dae a gig tae mak the Grayhen |
| Central - EDN |
ion o tantalizin temptations. | Thay | luiked ower guid tae eat. He |
| Orkney - ORK |
is jeust the waant o starns. | Thay | glup the orange lowe o the yo |
| Orkney - ORK |
e girders lightan thir steps. | Thay | waak the nerrow weys o Astrid |
| Central - WCE |
airs hae been here for years. | Thay | ’re nearhaun as auld’s yer |
| Orkney - ORK |
o sublight racers. | Thay | naeraboot |
| Central - SEC |
dentical lang, boney fingers. | Thay | enclosed themselves aroond ma |
| Central - LAL |
at the stert o the 1900’s. | Thay | jaloused that it shuid be pos |
| Central - LAL |
the lave o thaim lairnt o't. | Thay | haed been spiered round for t |
| Orkney - ORK |
The repair wis coman at. | Thay | uissed this kinno wark tae la |
| Orkney - ORK |
irtan, error, hixan, delight. | Thay | both ken the movs an maan unl |
| Central - LAL |
his greement in thon speerit. | Thay | look forrit til a referendum |
| Central - LAL |
, unnerstanably, waantin oot. | Thay | haed duin a byordinar job owe |
| Central - LAL |
seemed ti be sair at hert. | Thay | |
| Central - SEC |
ye coont in the Doric an aw. | Thay | stert aff lairnin the languag |
| Doric - DOR |
“Naw. | Thay | leuk tae be haein thay’r br |
| Doric - DOR |
kinnae coortin, ye micht say. | Thay | ’r Dance Ha’s this flet |
| Central - LAL |
n weys intae Scots leeteracy. | Thay | owercame thair chancer syndro |
| Central - LAL |
tae portray Scots in comedy. | Thay | michtna aye be used bi Scots |
| Central - LAL |
w, thir laws hut them sairly. | Thay | noo haed a sair fecht tae get |
| Central - AYR |
th' beasts oan thair stoory. | Thay | climbed up a tree. Thankfully |
| Central - LAL |
eegart makkin a bauchle o iz. | Thay | ein said A wis makkin the hai |
| Doric - DOR |
nk it said ‘Philatelist’. | Thay | wir fur |
| Central - LAL |
fe. The sib thing in Ukraine: | Thay | hae Ukrainian, Roushie (nae o |
| Southern - SEA |
the Blairgowrie airt: | thay | bade i yon hoose i the steidi |
| Orkney - ORK |
ench screed wir uncan onywey: | thay | mostlins belonged tae the lit |
| Central - LAL |
aa | thay | cairts wi the flags |
| Orkney - ORK |
iltan - enerjy's dear fer aa | thay | mak hid here - an whan the i |
| Central - LAL |
he pynes I dree eenou, for aa | thay | 're sair: |
| Doric - MNA |
hink on fit ye dae an hud awa | thay | deel |
| Central - LAL |
a body maun resairch the road | thay | 're mynt tae tak an redd an bu |
| Central - LAL |
t wis the case, whit wey haed | thay | no peyed us a veesit bi noo? |
| Doric - DOR |
idna ma windaes on bit A seed | thay | baith |
| Central - SEC |
wis switched | thay | wis like brummles. “It’ll |
| Central - LAL |
Kirkcaldy tellt her, claimed | thay | hae brocht the Inglis in for |
| Central - LAL |
realised | thay | haed tint some 90 meenits tha |
| Doric - DOR |
prentit on thaim. A jaloused | thay | wir lik doc- |
| Central - LAL |
a accoont for. Baith jaloused | thay | haed blackit oot for jist twa |
| Central - LAL |
did | thay | fare, I wunner, throu the muc |
| Central - LAL |
did | thay | gang out-throu the years o th |
| Central - LAL | Dempster How? Whit reason did | thay | hiv tae chynge it? |
| Central - LAL |
frae sindrie warlds. Whit did | thay | think, I wunner, whan |
| Central - LAL |
ti git a grup o’t? Whit did | thay | dae syne, an whaur |
| Doric - ABN |
"Bit whit did | thay | want wi you?" |
| Central - LAL |
tory, but did | thay | spier at thairsels whit for h |
| Central - AYR |
escape? Howfur cuid | thay | survive? |
| Central - AYR |
pressure wis oan. Howfur wid | thay | escape? Howfur cuid thay surv |
| Central - GLA |
eitional leids o Scotland and | thay | 're baith in a state o minorit |
| Doric - MNA |
Banff and | thay | Mearns, Kincardine, Braemar a |
| Central - LAL |
s. As thir baunds gaes aroond | thay | fash ane anither an mak storm |
| Orkney - ORK |
ck on a aerly ship. The soond | thay | mak taegither is wyld. Afore |
| Doric - MNA |
n! Hoo mony times hiv I heard | thay | words since that day! Of coor |
| Central - GLA |
Aa lives maiter, dae | thay | , aye? |
| Southern - SEA |
Wha dae | thay | belang til? |
| Central - LAL |
brous tae dee fir. An hou dae | thay | manage tae git thair teeth 'a |
| Central - SEC |
blo the windae, that lang fae | thay | wis switched thay wis like br |
| Southern - SEA |
ense: nae matter whae | thay | happint tae bei speakin tae. |
| Southern - SEA |
maitter whae | thay | wur speakin til. Hou things h |
| Central - LAL |
the Basic Inglish Bible, sae | thay | winna can threip on aboot ony |
| Central - LAL |
e i Creative Writin - an sae | thay | canna get a heeze fae a leete |
| Central - SEC |
ey for her tae mak answer sae | thay | dinna spier, an juist wags th |
| Central - LAL |
but thair maucht dwynes aince | thay | win at the actual poles. Acau |
| Southern - WCE |
D'ye mind hou yince | thay | tirlit on yer door-sneck |
| Ulster - BUL |
Rouge | thay | cum wi wreitched tale |
| Orkney - ORK |
but I mynd whan I wir peedie | thay | wir more." |
| Central - SEC |
ered up sic a muckle stooshie | thay | war gart tae come an gaun a w |
| Doric - DOR |
at eence; an the neist mintie | thay | war duncin roun in a ring. Is |
| Central - GLA |
makkit licht 0, like | thay | 're juist a wee blip |
| Shetland - SHD |
flit tae the Sooth Hoose like | thay | 'd telt him, an naither him no |
| Central - LAL |
fur gameramus like | thay | think it blate |
| Central - LAL |
mie an the ithers, maist like | thay | ne’er wared anither thocht |
| Southern - SEA |
the aulder lyke | thay | growe |
| Southern - SEA |
Harden herd an efter ae whyle | thay | flittit doun til |
| Central - SEC |
terrace,” he signs the time | thay | ’r gaun doun the brae tae th |
| Doric - DOR |
n on a het girdle aw the time | thay | wir speirin ilk ither bit |
| Central - LAL |
reapit on thir fears, an syne | thay | cam tae pass. The bit screive |
| Central - LAL |
wed awa thair dignity an syne | thay | ettled at soondin the name an |
| Central - LAL |
ine Google gaun ten year syne | thay | chynged the haunts o millions |
| Central - LAL | rMDempster @GamerstormSCO Are | thay | uised in Glesgan Scots? |
| Central - GLA |
Whaur are | thay | aa? |
| Southern - SEA |
afore | thay | gaed tae Elrig, Dod wis herd |
| Southern - SEA |
n Borth’ick Waitters, afore | thay | gaed on tae bei |
| Doric - DOR |
ower lang afore | thay | makkit up thair ain ongauns. |
| Southern - SEA |
n’s it Wudburn, juist afore | thay | flittit up til |
| Central - LAL |
teecular. In the saicont case | thay | ’r whiles discussed efter be |
| Central - LAL |
ne the Southroners, na, cause | thay | aye |
| Central - GLA |
Acause | thay | ' re aa pairt o the muckle lim |
| Central - LAL |
for them, the feegurs, acause | thay | ’r no cannie. Noo ye tak a f |
| Central - LAL |
ts (or Gaelic), either acause | thay | jaloused it a leid wi nae sta |
| Central - LAL |
tae the soond speaker acause | thay | hae sic a fash tae uptak Brow |
| Central - LAL |
be left tae growen-ups acause | thay | mak it dreich. Drap in an see |
| Central - LAL |
ns dinnae eat fowk! A jalouse | thay | dinnae onywey!'A said in a he |
| Central - LAL |
got fowk tellt in the tongue | thay | kent best. |
| Central - LAL |
stieve aa thair days. Stieve | thay | maun shuirlie hae |
| Central - WCE |
‘Ah’m tellan ye | thay | ’re no the same chairs. In t |
| Central - LAL |
An aff | thay | aa flew lik the tap o a thrus |
| Central - SEC |
ooth o the mairches wad be if | thay | wis tae be telt that, "Susan |
| Central - LAL |
bs a systematic gait, even if | thay | arna ware o daein it. |
| Central - LAL |
the ither pairtie leaders if | thay | can dae it insteid. |
| Central - SEC |
howp tae can tell bi Mey if | thay | 'r gaun tae alloo the fowk o S |
| Central - LAL |
s on nettles. The neist thing | thay | kent wis drivin alang an soon |
| Ulster - BUL |
Day apon tha which | thay | feel, |
| Central - LAL |
explorin thaim an whit graith | thay | uise for tae dae this. Ethica |
| Central - GLA |
sith | thay | 're thocht unclean |
| Central - LAL |
yme; and that fra thyne furth | thay | sould acknaulege na uther auc |
| Southern - SEA |
l his ain hame it Meadshaw: i | thay | days, tae git owre the waitte |
| Central - SEC |
oot an sets her lips gaun. Bi | thay | ’v gaen ower til her she’s |
| Central - LAL |
sak May's smaa birds, turn ti | thay | |
| Central - LAL | ye - amang guid companie wi | thay | twa! |
| Central - LAL |
the fiery perlins swung back | thay | war drawn dounwards an breeng |
| Doric - ABN |
"Ay, A aspeck | thay | wull, Gylick an Doric baith." |
| Central - LAL |
tho just as quick | thay | ’ll tire o its glimin, |
| Southern - SEA |
lyke, whan things leukit lik | thay | wur gittin owre |
| Central - EDN |
id clawin. His claes felt lik | thay | were quick wi midges or somet |
| Southern - SEA |
brae face, an A think | thay | ir oaks, gin A mynd richt. We |
| Central - LAL | And what précis dae ye think | thay | are daein but that wi the ith |
| Central - LAL |
whan fowk spens mair on drink | thay | shuidna girn aboot the want o |
| Orkney - ORK |
furder, the bell | thay | ’d gang tae in pairs; |
| Orkney - ORK |
ppan intae thir screens whill | thay | thowt thay'd taen control. Bu |
| Orkney - ORK |
ng is Olaf's quaistions: Will | thay | tak tae the Wheel's ducts, sm |
| Doric - DOR |
“Wull | thay | be daein a jig agane?” A as |
| Central - LAL |
an | thay | Greeks, thon Etruscans, |
| Central - SEC |
ooncillors in maist cases (an | thay | 're shairly no aa numpties, d' |
| Central - LAL |
im that haes humour an aa, an | thay | hivna hauden back whan it com |
| Southern - SEA |
tt whae wrocht yonder ana, an | thay | set-up hoose it Mulsintoun i |
| Central - LAL |
ed siclike horrors hissel, an | thay | made a creepin thegither |
| Central - LAL |
thaim, an | thay | wadna thole workin wi “colo |
| Southern - SEA |
e fallaed intil at herdin, an | thay | wur thar fur ae gey |
| Central - LAL |
es 14 moons that we ken o, an | thay | birl roond five gey thin ring |
| Central - LAL |
e like English an some no, an | thay | ’r aa characteristic o sindr |
| Central - LAL |
e like English an some no, an | thay | aa belang a conservative regi |
| Southern - SEA |
ma forebears lyin in thar, an | thay | ir lyin in ae maist terrible |
| Orkney - ORK |
nment o centralised pouer, an | thay | browt togither mony competan |
| Central - LAL |
auflin years, her talents, an | thay | war monie, indeed the feck o |
| Southern - SEA |
n’, an | thay | wull wullintlie speak wi yow |
| Central - LAL |
sayed “Hi”, an | thay | answert, aa o thaim, tentie a |
| Orkney - ORK |
"Can | thay | fuck!" says Inga. "I dinno fu |
| Central - LAL |
in Scots, nae maiter whit can | thay | hae. The Scots Dictionary for |
| Central - LAL |
the knittins wis gree’d an | thay | haed chappit haunds |
| Central - LAL |
y fae jeelt carbon dioxide an | thay | lowse an dwyne as the weather |
| Central - LAL |
s wis pitten by thon while an | thay | turnt joco, |
| Southern - SEA |
The leevin is here an | thay | soud hae oor luiv. |
| Central - GLA |
whan | thay | 're feenisht thair service |
| Central - LAL |
Whan | thay | haed feinisht, her mither wal |
| Shetland - SHD |
Whan | thay | war aa settled aroond the muc |
| Central - LAL |
Whan | thay | come tae a hinner, flee heich |
| Central - LAL |
Whan | thay | wan hame an aa wis seeminly w |
| Southern - SEA |
th Heid ‘ull tell yin, whan | thay | biggins wur biggit. |
| Southern - SEA |
lift hame tae the Haugh. Whan | thay | wur traivlin past the front y |
| Central - AYR |
sned oot a pair o buits. Whan | thay | were duin, the cat pit thaim |
| Southern - SEA |
dom o hir focks gairden; whan | thay | bade yonner, whan |
| Central - SEC |
ort that,” signs Rhona whan | thay | come tae the bed o roses ablo |
| Orkney - ORK |
Higgie's deep ithe codd whan | thay | sail, an deeper yet whan the |
| Central - LAL |
his kittled fowk nae end whan | thay | mistook canali tae mean 'cana |
| Central - GLA |
tae fecht back whan | thay | punisht her fur it |
| Central - LAL |
earn hou tae ken a sherk whan | thay | come ower ane an aw. |
| Orkney - ORK |
The yotun is still whan | thay | laanch, or seems still: hids |
| Central - SEC |
,” signs Rhona til him whan | thay | leave the shop, “what wey i |
| Southern - SEA |
An whan | thay | hae aw stoitert hame, |
| Doric - DOR |
rns war hard as iron, an whan | thay | skelpit iz on the hint-end |
| Southern - SEA |
s veesitin the Haugh; an whan | thay | wur haein ae meltith, it the |
| Central - LAL |
syne mark them oot as an whan | thay | kythe in yer airticle. |
| Central - LAL |
ll ken the Scots version whan | thay | see it, thinkin it a rip-aff |
| Central - LAL |
grunlaws o the kingship whan | thay | brocht hame her kizzen George |
| Orkney - ORK |
ae her faithers? An hopp whan | thay | come - thay will, fer whit c |
| Central - LAL |
tin in ahint the counter whan | thay | gaed ben ti the lobby. At the |
| Central - LAL |
ae decide the grunds for whan | thay | are |
| Central - LAL |
jyne in wi the big yins whan | thay | cam hame fae the scuil. Bein |
| Central - LAL |
speakers o Ulster Scots whan | thay | cheenge tae Inglish, for ordi |
| Southern - SEA |
Thay mairrit us whan | thay | pit |
| Central - LAL |
eelin. She telt Will o't whan | thay | sat doun ti thair supper that |
| Southern - SEA |
But whan | thay | baith dee’d, Ah tell ye: |
| Central - LAL |
reatit as sic, but anely whan | thay | are staundardised, will Scots |
| Doric - DOR |
hiles the weers wir pit on an | thay | tain a trace o ma hert. |
| Central - WCE |
kid oan | thay | 're respectable like - unless |
| Central - LAL |
Jean wad be thare ti help an | thay | wad aa byde the stour thegith |
| Orkney - ORK |
be somtheen new? Ten year an | thay | 'll be gittan as taall as thir |
| Central - LAL |
wa o thaim wad gang wi her an | thay | cuid dae it as a faimlie, but |
| Central - LAL |
shifts Kuiper Belt cheils an | thay | faw inwards as comets. Mony o |
| Central - LAL |
ent the auld buird memmers an | thay | haed appearinly gien back-jaw |
| Doric - DOR |
he gaits irnae onie threit an | thay | bide thegaither fine,” saye |
| Central - LAL |
fer freedom's scent an | thay | weemin, |
| Southern - SEA |
road-man up Ti’iot an | thay | wur bidin i The Vales yonner, |
| Orkney - ORK |
dar anent his osc, turns ~ an | thay | see hid black horn brakkan go |
| Doric - DOR |
rt, its cawd the ‘Lek’ an | thay | strunt an shaw aff thair fant |
| Doric - DOR |
the gossip wis rife. Een | thay | didna ken ocht whit wis gaun |
| Central - EDN |
s she broke intae a run. Then | thay | hid a wee keek at each ither |
| Central - SEC |
v aye haed tae mind fowk when | thay | 'r screivin cheques tae mind a |
| Doric - DOR |
end, up yir erse, e wis gien | thay | cardboard bottles ta |
| Doric - DOR |
leuk tae be haein | thay | ’r brakefast noo,” sayed U |
| Southern - SEA |
Gin | thay | kent whit wes befawin thaim, |
| Southern - SEA |
ak wi yow i yer ain tung, gin | thay | ken |
| Central - LAL |
er ne’er spak ti thaim, gin | thay | |
| Central - WCE |
- gin | thay | were lucky. |
| Central - LAL |
n-rope or a cahoutchy baa gin | thay | saw it, for thay jist sit at |
| Central - WCE |
that luiked gin | thay | were made |
| Central - LAL | rae Neer tae Hogmanay. An gin | thay | are carlines, forbye...(I am |
| Central - LAL |
uthieness an divert, e'en gin | thay | gied the strum tae an antrin |
| Central - SEC |
s' competeitions. Or e'en gin | thay | war tae tak thair ain Scots s |
| Central - LAL |
at dinna trattle on gin | thay | haena ocht ti say. Aathing ab |
| Doric - ABN |
nie whaur awbody wad gaun gin | thay | didnae mend thair weys. A cui |
| Central - LAL |
a union, wi hints o weir gin | thay | failt. Syne a Treaty wis gree |
| Central - LAL |
gaein inti kinks as gin | thay | war hearin thaim for the firs |
| Central - LAL |
awa inbye thairsels as gin | thay | haed taen a trance, an whaure |
| Doric - DOR |
whin | thay | gaed ower ta Sheila wi her ni |
| Doric - DOR |
…. colonski … ye ken whin | thay | pit a guttie tube, |
| Central - LAL |
Min | thay | far aff days fan hauns wir sa |
| Central - SEC |
vampires wis aboot an kennin | thay | ’r aboot, she jalouzed it ri |
| Central - LAL |
s, wi a wheen o fowk threapin | thay | are 50 or a 100 million year |
| Central - GLA |
much ivrywan is juist howpin | thay | fa asleep |
| Central - LAL | nks - appreciate ye scrievin | thay | braw words. Haud gaun! |
| Central - EDN |
ed by wee black plaques sayin | thay | were Azaleas or Rhododendron |
| Central - AYR |
th' beasts didny see thaim n | thay | staun below th' tree n sterte |
| Doric - DOR |
gied a leuk-see. Straucht on | thay | hechlet |
| Central - LAL | lang syne - hes like ane o | thay | wee annoyin yappin dugs. Tell |
| Orkney - ORK |
o the antic distraction (tho | thay | jentle refuse the lass), fer |
| Central - LAL |
ad, night, blood an long, tho | thay | micht be uised in colloquial |
| Central - SEC |
decidit that, tho | thay | cuid see the kittlie religiou |
| Doric - DOR |
“Cuid it naw bi yin o | thay | ‘ferox troots’?” askit |
| Doric - DOR |
ur e brocht oot anither yin o | thay | naipkins wi |
| Doric - DOR |
ang syne, a lang-luggit yin o | thay | nairra-nebbit weemen |
| Doric - MNA |
no pittin a brick throu yin o | thay | ,” A says. |
| Central - LAL |
wi nae a thocht on hoo | thay | micht afford it |
| Central - LAL |
hair ain ane-aff story on hoo | thay | cam tae write in Scots airtfa |
| Central - WCE |
et raxed ti the flair and noo | thay | dinnae.’ |
| Central - LAL |
but noo | thay | maun hae evry whigmaleerie, |
| Central - LAL |
Thay telt us o | thay | wagon trains, |
| Central - LAL | the Lallans magazine, A howp | thay | 'll pit it in! |
| Central - WCE |
ual kind, an it becomes clear | thay | the main theme is folly as op |
| Southern - SEA |
thousans o year | thay | ligg athout awaukenin. |
| Orkney - ORK |
otun's flowan sphere, an whar | thay | 'll hopp tae find a sign o Lig |
| Southern - SEA |
Thegither | thay | wheipil, the notes dwynin int |
| Central - LAL |
lace, but bourached thegither | thay | cleck a kynd o ‘registerles |
| Central - LAL |
nal braid Scots, an thegither | thay | mak up a aefauld grammar at c |
| Central - LAL |
anither Scots speaker whither | thay | 'v heard the saw afore. |
| Central - LAL | est c 1930. Atween I'll ither | thay | aften spake Scots but nae afo |
| Central - LAL |
ial gray o the ceity. Whuther | thay | trokit |
| Southern - SEA |
A ferst kent the bit an efter | thay | flittit tae Girnwud; ae Mr. |
| Central - LAL |
omin an ootgaun e-mails efter | thay | ’v been scanced ower by a co |
| Central - GLA |
lin fowk hou eesome an cliver | thay | are |
| Central - LAL |
taen a trance, an whaure’er | thay | |
| Central - LAL |
eleport thairsels whaure’er | thay | wiss tae gang. |
| Orkney - ORK |
ir | thay | avoydan catastrophic |
| Orkney - ORK |
ndence meuvements come at, ir | thay | gaan tae repaet a aerlier pro |
| Orkney - ORK |
aldest thir, an aye the Chair | thay | dinno hiv. "Noo, the stores-' |
| Southern - SEA |
the mair | thay | ’r the same! |
| Central - LAL |
faur fae Harperrig Reservoir | thay | cuid see a disc hingin ower t |
| Orkney - ORK |
aa hids leid politics, or ir | thay | gaan tae ert oot nyow politie |
| Southern - SEA |
ma freins beb awa or | thay | ir fou. |
| Doric - DOR |
Nae ferlie, for | thay | 'd pang'd the kytes o thon fel |
| Central - LAL |
he haed hired thaim, for | thay | gied him a bonnie, inbiggit e |
| Central - LAL |
haim, but something mair, for | thay | seemed ti be sair at hert. Th |
| Central - LAL |
k Turkish. We aw ken whit for | thay | dae that an whit for oor ain |
| Doric - MNA |
Here in es bear pit for | thay | nithin forbae |
| Central - LAL |
d it a leid wi nae staunin or | thay | war feart that ony debate thr |
| Central - LAL |
in common wi ane anither nor | thay | hae differs. Thir differs shu |
| Central - LAL |
ird-person is: He, She, It or | Thay | . It isna: A or you. |
| Central - LAL |
aint wi the word 'anus' whaur | thay | haedna kent it afore. Tae the |
| Southern - SEA |
ry, whae bide i Hawick; whaur | thay | wur born an brocht up. Is |
| Central - SEC |
alang North Street tae whaur | thay | wis buildin the new librar. T |
| Central - LAL |
conceive the eternitie whaur | thay | meet. A wunner |
| Central - LAL |
ast haein a think anent whaur | thay | ’r like tae crap up sae as t |
| Central - GLA |
It's gie haurd fur | thay | wi'oot a jumblt brain |
| Central - LAL |
On Yule-e'en, as | thay | war sittin round the tree, Ka |
| Central - SEC |
mms, sangs an pentin then, as | thay | work thair wey up throu the s |
| Central - LAL |
er nor Usher's 6,000 year. As | thay | baith vizzied the appearinly |
| Central - LAL |
n fowk an brunt an herried as | thay | pleased. Forby the troubles i |
| Central - LAL |
belang the Kirk o Scotland as | thay | aince did. Scuil buirds wis s |
| Central - LAL |
eferendum for staunin free as | thay | wad in a PPERA |
| Central - LAL |
hairsels kythe an diskythe as | thay | willed. At ane pynt Kirk said |
| Central - SEC |
ersel tae the young couple as | thay | cam up the neeborin peth. “ |
| Central - LAL |
o securitie war: sa small as | thay | have not gevin ony terror to |
| Central - SEC |
nkle o' covers oan his kip as | thay | aye did, peekin oot 'n' owert |
| Central - SEC |
rple ankle. Th' steel grip as | thay | locked thair haun in steid. G |
| Central - SEC |
doors wis th' frozen trees as | thay | swayed; th' frosted leaves as |
| Central - SEC |
swayed; th' frosted leaves as | thay | danced against th' battlin wi |
| Central - SEC |
n wis disturbin th' bairns as | thay | snuggled in thair kips, sleep |
| Central - SEC |
it. Th' lang boney fingers as | thay | wrapped themselves aroond mah |
| Central - LAL | @raiphsays As | thay | say: "A late hing is ainly la |
| Central - LAL |
owersettins is jist richt as | thay | are cutty an weel kent. |
| Central - LAL |
comets comes ben this airt as | thay | dae the muckle gang-roond o o |
| Orkney - ORK |
ystopian landscapes cheust as | thay | deu utopian possiebilities, b |
| Central - LAL |
the subject o a page, but as | thay | arna pairt o the page that ky |
| Central - LAL |
stellt in the heevens, but as | thay | chenged poseetion ower days, |
| Orkney - ORK |
tion an pronunciaetion – as | thay | wad i a job interview. A leid |
| Central - SEC |
’s that awae wi the fairies | thay | think this is aa delegation a |
| Central - SEC |
ken an wha's stories | thay | will ken, an that thair ain t |
| Central - LAL |
in the gait o thir pairticles | thay | skyte aff oor ionosphere or u |
| Central - LAL |
said, an whiles | thay | devalled an jist hung in the |
| Central - LAL |
kit up wi Jubiter, but whiles | thay | bairge intae warlds. |
| Central - GLA |
an bytimes | thay | kin be oerwhalmin |
| Orkney - ORK |
irded. Sheu smiles, promieses | thay | ''ll spaek, cheerios, an firm |
| Central - LAL |
quote things | thay | 'r kent for haein said, or thi |
| Central - GLA |
pack a zillion things | thay | dinnae need |
| Southern - SEA |
irna the same is | thay | yaised tae bei.” Chynged fu |
| Southern - SEA |
kis | thay | canna finnd a saft saet, |
| Central - LAL |
e inpit field, the chances is | thay | ken weel fine whit tae dae wi |
| Doric - ABN |
her passage ower, bit jist is | thay | war lowsin the towe fae the h |
| Doric - DOR |
dical gab, bit the ootcum wis | thay | wantit tae tak |
| Central - LAL |
an in hauns wi thir pratticks | thay | stertit tae pick up soonds th |
| Southern - SEA |
Fish soums back til the puils | thay | war spawned. |
| Central - WCE | MO @DrShtayyeh @scotgov Seems | thay | everything the FM does for Sc |
| Southern - SEA |
In the mornins | thay | sent me ti draw wattir, |
| Central - GLA |
Fur hunners o years | thay | wir huntit, torturt an kilt |
| Central - AYR |
ae th' woods again. Explorers | thay | wurnae! |
| Central - LAL |
use ower the last 20-30 yeirs | thay | 'v duin great wark alienatin t |
| Central - WCE |
e inform the Schuil Governors | thay | the Heidie hud apparently van |
| Central - GLA |
unless | thay | repent thair cheese an tomata |
| Central - LAL |
wi pith helmets an jack bits | thay | stottert in thir togas, |
| Central - LAL |
n tae redd the gait for Scots | thay | war tellt, in Mairch 1999, th |
| Central - LAL | ntly arena the ploys an airts | thay | hae, forbye ither mair dastar |
| Central - LAL |
’ll tell us | thay | awready cawed by. |
| Doric - DOR |
yon ambulance pair o boys | thay | wir it the hoose in nae mair |
| Central - LAL |
for like-myndit fowk sae’s | thay | can hing in thegither for tae |
| Central - LAL |
hit A'm ettlin tae say is 'at | thay | hae foondit staundard B. an U |
| Southern - SEA |
at someane telt mei aince, at | thay | treis ir remnants o the aunci |
| Southern - SEA |
hol o The Haugh tells mei, at | thay | flittit throwe i that airt ae |
| Central - LAL |
a ken thaim, an I jaloused at | thay | maun be readin the same mixte |
| Southern - SEA |
being the tentive faimlie at | thay | wur, |
| Central - LAL |
ds leeves an breathes - that | thay | chenge - an sae whiles the ' |
| Central - LAL |
ettles, an the evidence that | thay | ‟r grundit on, afore |
| Central - LAL |
s an it wis natural like that | thay | shuid debate throu the mither |
| Central - SEC |
wa wi, "A like the slang that | thay | uise." |
| Central - LAL |
ic fields is that strang that | thay | mak sunplouks. A sunplouk is |
| Central - SEC |
ins, frae amang the fowk that | thay | ken an wha's stories thay wil |
| Central - LAL |
what the member said" an that | thay | wad write Brown insteid, tho |
| Central - LAL |
Scotland o fowk claimin that | thay | war stawen awa bi ootrels is |
| Central - LAL |
isna. Nou, on the heid o that | thay | war gangin awa, an bi thay wa |
| Central - LAL |
en’s hoose. It wis noo that | thay | realised thay haed tint some |
| Central - LAL |
creivars shuid mak shair that | thay | wale vocabular that gies the |
| Central - LAL |
e kinch wi gamma rays is that | thay | dae untelt skaith tae leevin |
| Central - EDN |
An sae it wis that | thay | fund themselves sittin in the |
| Central - LAL |
anned oot fae the besoms that | thay | aince soopit wi. The'r twa ki |
| Central - LAL |
ooble modals. That means that | thay | use twa modal verbs in ae sen |
| Central - SEC |
e in the Hoose o Commons that | thay | howp tae can tell bi Mey if t |
| Central - LAL |
aed tint some 90 meenits that | thay | cuidna accoont for. Baith jal |
| Central - LAL |
t ony mention o the fact that | thay | ’r juist as Scots. Anent Soo |
| Central - LAL |
seen cheils in the lift that | thay | didna readily ken. In ancient |
| Central - LAL |
he Scots nation reportit that | thay | cuid speak Scots. For the fir |
| Central - LAL |
ctit a body in this airt that | thay | cryed Ultima Thule. Efter ett |
| Central - LAL |
e Tory MPs haed confesst that | thay | jist cuidna unnerstaun Brown. |
| Central - LAL |
wthegither wrang tae say that | thay | feed aff ither, a wee bit lik |
| Central - LAL |
r/2 stairs) the same wey that | thay | wad treat - 'mass nouns', tha |
| Central - SEC |
in up the street tae see what | thay | coudna believe. A wumman in b |
| Southern - SEA |
think A’m richt i sayin at | thay | flitted tae Mulsintoun ootbye |
| Central - LAL |
faw ner spent a groat | thay | hadna earnt |
| Central - LAL |
t on Ramsay an his like is at | thay | ‘gave Scots a certain liter |
| Central - LAL |
ed, the important thing is at | thay | dinna tak - it – that is, t |
| Central - LAL |
wis at | thay | war tellin the same bourds an |
| Central - LAL |
w her feet. Kate suggestit at | thay | arrange for a wumman ti come |
| Southern - SEA |
monie Lairds at kan bloust at | thay | awn mair nor |
| Central - LAL |
ar fowk - an whit kin o maet | thay | ett. Whiles we get a keik at |
| Southern - SEA |
in flicht | thay | skiff ma goun. |
| Central - LAL |
on us, willin or no, or micht | thay | be oor ainsels come fae a for |
| Shetland - SHD |
s, artists an dominies thocht | thay | wad pit in for siller for the |
| Doric - DOR |
boot wi trays an tickets, bit | thay | coudna |
| Doric - DOR |
answer masel bit | thay | leukit at iz lik A haid twa h |
| Central - LAL |
A ken A'm fit | thay | cry stoic, |
| Central - LAL |
so smeegit | thay | can tell us aw, |
| Southern - SEA |
es it wur whan Paul wis, whit | thay | ca’d, ae ‘Glaur Student |
| Southern - SEA | _ Ma parents are gone... Whit | thay | did me is unforgivable bit ah |
| Central - LAL |
that screivars descrived whit | thay | haed seen. But it is affen fi |
| Central - LAL |
nkfu at no haein tae rue whit | thay | micht hae written. |
| Central - LAL |
eakers shuid tak hert in whit | thay | awready ken. Lippen on whit y |
| Central - LAL |
eids thair vyce in sayin whit | thay | can say as pithily as thay wi |
| Central - SEC |
hauflins frae Livingston whit | thay | liked aboot thae comedians, a |
| Central - LAL |
owk will uise an draw on whit | thay | ken, be it Scots-influenced I |
| Central - LAL |
Scots screivars an speir whit | thay | thairsels daes. |
| Central - LAL |
gae bi ye. 'at's whit | thay | aye say in't hit? An richt no |
| Central - SEC |
nce for Scotland an that whit | thay | 'v duin is juist gaun tae affe |
| Central - LAL |
ts, it is said, reportit whit | thay | hae seen tae the sheriff, aib |
| Central - LAL |
n a body, fowk howks oot whit | thay | can aboot thaim, aften no in |
| Central - SEC |
ie,” signs he. For a meenit | thay | juist walks, syne, “Div ye |
| Central - LAL |
an wi that she kent | thay | wad hae ti seek a place for h |
| Central - LAL |
nd. As thir moons birls aboot | thay | pull at ane anither in the by |
| Central - SEC |
On thair road oot | thay | see Mrs Linton comin in. Some |
| Orkney - ORK |
ore o thee fock cam in I doot | thay | 'll be needan fock at kens bot |
| Central - LAL |
"A hiv ma doots, least | thay | 'r awfae hungert nor awfae muc |
| Central - GLA |
oan thair gizzes that suggest | thay | 'd raither be |
| Central - LAL |
r but for a ship, the nearest | thay | haed tae compare wi. Follaein |
| Central - GLA |
but | thay | 're likely fower year auld noo |
| Central - GLA |
But | thay | ding me wae haimers, the maka |
| Central - GLA |
but | thay | dinnae ken it |
| Central - LAL |
Parliaments of Scotland, but | thay | gae weil thegither. The buik |
| Central - LAL |
weel, I canna jalouse, but | thay | bade in Detroit an bi Jenny a |
| Orkney - ORK |
wi him in his final run, but | thay | aye coud dance. Thay hurl doo |
| Orkney - ORK |
isies an year-roond wark. But | thay | keepid the aalwarld time, an |
| Central - LAL |
le anent thae early days. But | thay | are that faur awa an dimly lu |
| Central - SEC |
ls them she’s no happy. But | thay | hae nae wey for her tae mak a |
| Central - LAL |
been drawn roond Jubiter but | thay | are fykie cheils, aye jiggin |
| Central - LAL |
I dout | thay | ’ll aa be awa nou, our umquh |
| Orkney - ORK |
tarns. This wey. Whit wey deu | thay | ken? Whit nummers is on the t |
| Central - SWE |
hou | thay | wuid hae seen it |
| Central - SEC |
hat. But he says that’s hou | thay | spaeks whaur he belangs! An h |
| Southern - SEA |
Nou | thay | wul hae ti howk deep doun. |
| Central - LAL |
mosphere makkin a bonnie shaw | thay | we cry the Norland Lichts. Bu |
| Central - LAL |
an aw | thay | orra migrant days |
| Central - SWE |
braw | thay | days but lang syne. |
| Doric - DOR |
up is aw | thay | ither flooers bocht frae Tesc |
| Central - LAL |
by aw | thay | things |
| Central |
only nine year auld an’ aw | thay | trees wavin’ an dauncin’ |
| Southern - SEA |
The-day | thay | snuve easylyke in the fest cu |
| Orkney - ORK |
the day | thay | 'll shak haands. Sheu's sat at |
| Central - LAL |
omehoo, even veesit. Or mibby | thay | ’ll tell us thay awready caw |
| Central - LAL |
er agin the machine or a body | thay | micht niver meet. In the byga |
| Central - LAL |
er agin the machine or a body | thay | micht niver meet. In the byga |
| Central - LAL |
wey | thay | keepit thairsels ti thairsels |
| Central - SEC |
oot the wey but the'r nae wey | thay | war gaun tae thole a question |
| Orkney - ORK |
rns'll be shaemed fir the wey | thay | spaek, an at mor weys o think |
| Doric - DOR |
Onniwey | thay | tain fower tubes o bluid an g |
| Central - LAL |
seegnals gauin bi hoo likely | thay | are tae come fae ither lang-h |
| Doric - DOR |
bit crack aboot naw hurtin iz | thay | |
| Doric |
ik the ald Scottis toung [..] | thay | have keipet the toung hail Vn |
| Central - LAL |
ots, is no Scots maks ava – | thay | shaw English soond strynds (l |
| Central - EDN |
‘ | Thay | dinnae wurk,’ his siren tol |
| Central - LAL |
olik and Facile Traictise. ‘ | Thay | ... wald not suffre to slay o |
| Doric - DOR |
“ | Thay | ’r braw leukin burds!” say |
| Doric |
ed fae Dalrymple wes this: “ | Thay | quha this day with vs speik t |