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good to go s- likes-actually snowboarding or somewhere in
wants to talk to erms-erm s- star swirl f1103:
be quite good to gos-like s- actually snowboarding or
s- sweety sweety swee- swee-s-m1010: het i ve got
fri- m1094: friday f1093: ands-m1094: saturday f1093: and s-
s- m1094: saturday f1093: ands-m1094: sunday f1093: sunday all
talk to erm s- erms-star swirl f1103: oh f1104:
sweaty he- het het m1012: s-sweety sweety swee- swee- s-
to erm maybe to tos-to s- to scotland and
maybe to to s- tos-to scotland and certainly to
my father says i ms-an i still say it
father says i i ms-i m no usin that
they gave her a bottles-i mean see my father
just not m816: mm mas-ma father in law was
she said no my fathers-my father says it s
my father got they gots-my mother got stuff in
my father was was as-skilled working class [sniff] m608:
re clever m1108: i likes-can i eat my syrup
go m1108: he ll gos-he ll h- he ll
r- m1108: r f1107: thens-m1108: e f1107: s m1108:
m1108: [hits snooker balls] same are likes-same likes fitt f1107: [inaudible]
won the lottery what m1108: s-some some some black dots
m1108: why s it gots-syrup f1107: syrup m1108: aye
f606: mmhm f890: and wes-actually stopped a there was
it it linked in withs-but without actually showing any
actually m830: no i ms-f829: i miss about orkney
actually it s in ins-feel m1000: glaikit aye mmhm
m811: yeah f813: i ams-i actually think see if
my little corpus erm theses-spellings although very diversified actually
actually very surprised at thes-the success er we we
s a long snake f1114: s-another block f1113: okay hold
yes yes i m runnings-[exhale] f1113: was you playin
ve got one two f1114: s-f- f1113: three four five
here you go look f1114: s-f1113: now here we go
this one f1114: yes as-f1113: right make a look
f1114: what s a snails-f1113: that s a snail
f1113: which ones f1114: stripeys-f1113: there s that ones
s he got there f1114: s-got a doggy f1113: it
birthday spot happy birthday dears-he s not happy f1113:
arms f1113: oh f1114: is-[inaudible] f1113: now right sit
up on the wall f1114: s-look more sticks look f1113:
you okay you [inaudible] yous-oh [inhale] f1113: coming down
f1114: [sniff] it s stills-sore f1113: aw come here
spider f1113: the spider f1114: s-spider f1113: a big spider
one seven eight nine f1114: s-stop f1113: ten eleven twelve
and who s that f1114: s-susie f1113: doodles f1114: doodles
build it up then f1114: s-that s you go f1113:
oot [cough] hidin f1114: yess-he s on he s
where does it go f1114: s-it s goin in here
[inaudible] the chute f1114: whees-slidin the mummies saw it
but er [laugh] er as-a sami erm folk singer
er carrying that process as-a stage further f718: yeah
said er but at thes-at the expense of people
one of my long servings-er colleagues er remarked the
school just now on thes-er what is it one
would go in she ds-er would probably say i
moody moody m1020: moody ers-f1018: crabbit m1022: crabbit mmhm
morning er cause i ves-lived on murano street for
er primary sevens along withs-maryhill primary and st pat
there s no expenses ers-no er salary or anything
hibs er of all thes-of all the clubs in
about agnes in the mids-seventies er was that she
m1008: that was it m1055: s-sorry [inaudible] sorry er pregnant
moment we ve been ers-studying er descartes erm cogito
very very difficult er tos-to to er see a
f1104: [sucking air through teeth] how does erms-erm barbie haud her f1103:
eat f1104: he wants somes-he wants some some dominoes
f1104: no we re naes-nae gonna take a chance
socks f1104: no or ors-or this sock f1103: no
then isn t it f1104: s-santa s coming the morn
the day f1103: saturday f1104: s-saturday saturday f1103: mmhm f1104:
here f1103: are they f1104: s-sparkleworks was looking up there
it s pinky pie ands-sunny days f1103: aye f1104:
get dirty down there f1122: s-aye f1121: see what else
f1122: no aye can wes-beach f1121: the beach not
done f1121: well let mes-check oh well done right
i smell it can is-f1121: oh it s fine
four five six f1122: fives-f1121: seven eight nine ten
way i m going tos-go over here f1121: [inaudible]
flower f1121: mmhm f1122: yous-[inaudible] a pumpkin a candle
i have a ride ins-santa s sleigh mum f1121:
i want to feel thes-t- [inhale] [laugh] f1121: okay
sea can i feel thes-the sea mum f1121: what
ran down hickory dickory docks-tick tock tick tock f1121:
right right f1122: mum is-what does pink make f1121:
it s wobbling m1106: mums-f1105: if you blow and
you m1106 : mum i justs-i just said can i
mum mum mum i is-i seen a f1105: so
yes i m doing its-mum what are we doin
f1122: hurray the seaside thes-the seaside mum it s
s all that s f606: s-f209: left of it after
yeah uh huh f209: erms-f606: no i think in
there i ve eh twos-f606: yeah f1039: two sisters
f606: [laugh] what they mights-m822: cause i ll nae
they re aye speakin aboots-openin laurencekirk station f606: ah
beg your pardon an wes-we did a f606: mm
days f606: mm m691: yes-we had a [?]cheque cased[/?] up
be ehm they use tos-eh they would wa- if
m1090: mm yeah ehm as-ehm i m gettin a
ehm u1028: [inaudible] f951: thes-i suppose it s i
that like ehm is tos-is to get rid of
huh m605: okay ehm its-it sounds really tenuous when
so m605: yeah well its-m741: ehm but it s
when i went to ehms-primary school i was i
prob- there s so muchs-scottish things goin on ehm
in an lanntair telling ehms-stories in shetland f746: oh
ehm what aboot hot m1012: s-swee- m1013: sweaty he- het
thing i remember about thes-the ehm [tut] the snow
f637: holidays eh and thes-and some o the soldiers
m usin today abide ans-eh an translated slightly differently
kicked up a fuss ans-eh cause we we didn
a bathroom a bathroom wis-eh chrome pipes oh it
an apprenticeship at the locals-eh coal mining survey the
no i just met hims-eh somewhere and told him
the things about hue ands-eh tones and stuff i
m999: eh that s kindas-f1001: and really ordinarily m999:
the british one f832: ehs-god save the queen f833:
know gavin mcdougall had as-had a guid eh scots
guy eh came on ans-he gave all these words
up the duff an ehs-i ve no heard up
f1095: aye it s aas-it s aa eh m1096:
just now eh m1110: mams-mamma f1109: is the van
the day m999: eh ehs-snavie that s a funny
two three eh camps fors-soldiers m608: yeah m194: oh
is a sort of ehs-the the idea that somehow
eh you could write as-travel guide for spain in
it s just eh thes-wee scottish dictionary has the
siblings used to listen tos-erm sixties music o- a-
and compare the level ofs-erm syntactic complexity in these
have to do at secondarys-f1148: erm seven years [?]there[/?]
to that generation erm wheres-really university was frowned upon
[laugh] erm yeah i ves-trying to convince him to
might be erm i means-when you think about it
conditions wi cause i hads-brought up wi six o
planned i m working ons-friday after school no cause
m605: well that s ins-m741: recordins cause they re
to it cause to thats-m804: is a bit too
ken cause it f826: theys-m903: there s there s
say spiritual cause that iss-something a little bit different
cause that s a verys-stornoway lewis thing isn t
and i think that ss-that s very interesting cause
when we did when wes-when we m942: cause you
right where you ve gots-consonantal simplification there or where
handed f1025: kippie handed yous-f1027: mmhm but i ve
is i ve got as-f1041: ken m1042: new zealander
hiv i i ve naes-f1101: one two three f1102:
f1117: i ve got chickens-i have got chicken soup
ve it s only aboots-i ve only been teachin
or m1014: no i woulds-i ve used it quite
it didnae it didnae ties-it could ve run but
don t i ve nots-m819: wh- who wants to
kip no there s nothings-no- nothing we ve got
ve heard something like olds-the old scots language an
t know if you ves-watched cable channels if you
asian radio stations they ves-when i ve f963: mm
but you ve got tos-you ve got to cut
does he still use likes-all scottish words f833: yeah
s got f807: yeah f806: s-aw f807: probably f806: mind
f902: yeah but no wes-f- ne- never spoke like
it can be derogatory fors-f1024: yeah f1026: somebody you
yeah f960: delled in tas-get dis foond for de
mm f641: yeah yeah f640: s-heavy books or something on
say yeah f1038: when peoples-i hate chewing gum anyway
[laugh] m944: and i is-[inaudible] yeah f943: di- did
and went to see jerrys-no yeah he went to
yeah f1018: or they woulds-nowadays they would say i
am f641: [inaudible] yeah f640: s-sorry to say that i
yeah mmhm m762: with thes-spanish people and portuguese you
f948: yeah yeah [inaudible] westrays-stronsay sanday m865: yeah f948:
her first year or hers-yeah f1150: yeah it was
shetlands different m865,: yeah yeahs-yeah f950: fife area m865,:
school f631: [inaudible] [inaudible] f634: s-yeah yeah she was a
m really proud to bes-i m really proud to
but i don t is-i really think that there
really cold and there ss-lots of snow and you
perth aye really when yes-really start to think f1023:
really really busy because thes-the road where i live
ting ting and and is-and i got it through
is strong f1111: very strongs-cheese that has it got
it s not got its-it can t come from
it s got to bes-stand up got to be
aye [cough] m816: from thes-the sewerage works got loaded
roads and right alongside ands-and into cairnryan the [inaudible]
verge where [inaudible] f1155: ors-apparently one of the newspapers
this ains are tae grannys-[censored: forename] [inaudible] i [inaudible] i
they f718: [inaudible] handy m734: s-kind of the qualifications are
[inaudible] remember it s as-snapshot of how we speak
going to do it [inaudible]s-so what was you goin
fancied her [inaudible] quite as-ye know a wee bit
said aboot gutties did yous-you said gutties m1014: [inaudible]
these are should be ins-dialect m865: okay f951: but
how words spread so yous-okay to use it here
okay [exhale] looking for as-top to you for being
say okay this is hows-well scottish people speak or
we go and get as-can we go and see
t go to church everys-every day but she f632:
f638: tae have tae k-s-go down on my hands
might go in terms ofs-in spatial terms you know
do you want to gos-swim f1111: she s going
i think we would says-aye m1000: sofa no aye
m999: aye aye aye evens-even simple things like coo
if somebody s hurt ors-f1111: aye you want to
i d said aye is-f831: be quite quick m842:
singlin workin in the fieldss-separatin turnips aye m1015: workin
it m959: aye true ayes-simple f958: i think it
m aye fear i woulds-sit on it or stand
s we always use thes-the surnames m1014: aye well
s right ye would ayes-ye would aye say calfie
aye f1018: and you ds-you d hear it the
housing scheme it would bes-someone who was very poor
do that and of courses-the coal scuttles were very
[laugh] f965: tight skirts ors-very sticky out skirts f963:
i was gonna say yous-i m sure somebody else
i would say that ss-sorta aberdonian sorta m865: mmhm
about the definition o as-ye ken folk say what
bilingual articles or or yous-you say half the paper
don t know i cannas-i can see him i
believe that it s as-i don t know much
yes f1038: i don ts-mind so much now because
anyway you don t uses-often in english it s
huh m605: do you knows-somethin like that i don
reviewer is they don ts-they don t give away
maybe a funny way ofs-we don t often think
trying to think of as-a sayin you know that
a m- main factor ors-contributing factor m605: i think
lost somethin like fifteen hundreds-i think it s fifteen
think so far nobody hass-no- no- nobody has ever
speaks aboot scots i thinks-o a di- o a
i i think that thats-that being scottish i think
place do you think thes-the scottish arts council has
mostly i think they hads-they had studios in the
[laugh] [laugh] i was gonnas-[laugh] i m not tryin
simple great what aboot m1017: s-seek i m away tae
came came splashing over thes-the top m1106: i m
[?]sah but ye[/?] m818: it s likes-a- i- you can tell
you know beethoven used tos-bash it down f963: mm
said i want to grannys-[censored: forename] s f1133: no you
probably how it works f1149: s-do you h- like did
mmhm f718: mm do yous-do you see this as
f1095: hmm m1096: can yous-f1095: right take them oot
inch record rather than as-forty five single if you
this time you want tos-get as close to see
suddenly realise that you res-groping for a word and
you re still splashing f1112: s-i was showing you what
it if you put as-if you put that circle
bit sacrilege if you wants-if you re gonna to
f1116: mm i left its-[inhale] i know why you
fine f1122: you have tos-keep spreading so it keeps
in the kitchen at thes-kitchen sink m1078: well you
hit him that hard thats-know know the bit you
thing you look at thes-like the the snd you
your eyes so you cans-m1094: see f1093: see that
m941: you never use yours-m942: [laugh] [laugh] m941: you
a grubber s somebody thats-m942: thank you [laugh] m939:
spe- you might might haves-met a lass fae orkney
m741: have a a as-obviously you can t have
look f1091: now are yous-oh you re standing on
and that was when shes-she mentioned you know f963:
means this so it ss-slightly different but you know
how have you ever likes-talked to [censored: forename] and she
you re writing from thes-the soul if you re
you d an th- th-s-they all expected you to
know looking at you hes-they all knew he was
wonder if it s thes-who are you having lucy
skelp f1053: who would yous-who would you skelp m1002:
f902: after that but yous-you bade at the bottom
were going your lunch ands-you could buy something and
m605: but you you dos-you do that by calling
campus you know are yous-you re living at home
m1106 : no f1105: which yous-you start singing m1106 : the
before i noticed gordon yous-you were speakin aboot the
ye know it was as-it was a wonderful life
quite m845: and i remembers-know teachers saying there s
i didnae know whether tos-mention it to my dad
know a face of as-of a santa claus hanging
i know talk about [laugh]s-sticking out a mile f1159:
that ye couldnae read thes-ye know abcs m608: mm
year f640: yes yes wells-f641: what kind of thing
are aa the tops aunties-[censored: forename] s a bit skin
straight [censored: forename] m1096: [child noise] [laugh]s-f1095: look at aa fitt
what f833: i didn ts-f832: subjects are doin [censored: forename]
[censored: forename] stop that an hes-he turned tae the immortal
to sleep f1006: mm tos-sleep m1004: i just usually
be having fun m1098: is-i sees her look i
i was working in likes-f1155: it s all over
corner and there was as-it was like a garage
gourdon s accents are mairs-like singy songy ye ken
like [laugh] like when theys-m944: talk damn it talk
had oh f- about fourteens-more just like shelters where
about like oh let ss-save the world by givin
huh f1149: like back ats-school i used to have
because they thought that wass-slang so words like grun
stob throu him like hiss-stob throu like dirks throu
glas- glaswegian and doric ands-stuff like that now there
but i was never likes-up there with the best
[inhale] could i write as-a story about that could
mrs mowdy could i haves-could i please have samuel
when i went back tos-for my outpatient appointment at
that are there are kindas-generations o i suppose survivors
osteopathy chiropractor i can ts-i can t pronounce them
mean when i when is-i decided i would i
time f641: mmhm f640: is-i didn t sort of
want to draw the bigs-i draw a big snake
daein f1105: oh i lls-i ll sit on here
but that wasnae so bads-i mean necessities for f637:
fish yellae fish an is-i said tae my grunny
chocolate frosties f1118: can wes-i want your breakfast for
playschool m1090: [swallow] [chewing] thes-in the sand again i
take them up an is-it is i mean they
but it was the sames-it was i was to
no no i wouldn ts-put it that way the
languages as it s wells-sens- ken within reason i
a form of scots wass-spoken there i used to
i suppose there s as-there s a kind of
f1043: thingummybob i would haes-thingummybob her wi the big
t21 m608: mmhm m642: 350s-twin i had a nineteen
i was just going taes-use that word a frankie
f1144: i goin abroad theys-your pants they call them
earring so that s thes-that s where the story
the botanic gardens where thes-the light empress is riding
light and ye had taes-kinda try and see in
that tae work come ands-see if first ain to
ground there we see hims-standing in the same place
no tuesday wednesday it onlys-it only bruised yesterday f1155:
no no no not as-[laugh] it wasn t from
m1020: no much chance ofs-me seeing this guid team
muck f1131: no m1132: nos-no some milk f1131: oh
at the pictures m1110: mammys-no sticker get that off
your no f1155: was its-what do they numb it
they seemed to have as-a wee bit more respect
haein chairge o their ains-ain affairs they couldnae hae
ye spoke ye found yersels-answerin them as they spoke
dinner time and then theys-brought them in for their
did some work for uss-said they bought that flat
they were the there thes-the sort of f963: bits
used to watch neighbours thats-they began to hear evidence
up and they run ons-they make steam and they
the line and the thes-they would start walking towards
they made three jetties ones-two small ones one big
the basics because although wes-talk about when we were
t it f1160: the firsts-is it not the first
to anybody and everybody ans-some folk understand her fair
kinna cultural cultural revolution ins-some kind of way happened
can only slide down thes-that side o the bath
six f1125: mmhm f1126: [tut]s-and seventeen f1125: seventeen f1126:
mmhm sauchiehall street m1078: ins-sauchiehall street glasgow f1077: it
birdie s tail birdie ss-this bit and birdie s
and the troops would alls-shout at ye tae ah
idea for that so probablys-it s just nowadays it
up next year to arounds-just under six seventy we
it s six hundred ands-fifty four this year due
he was backin it ins-in the shafts and the
says that f1112: soap lasts-last and comb it and
that it s sometimes ors-maybe even integrate it into
fancy clothes on it ss-sayin the opposite to what
let s switch this tos-spin or it ll never
get it and the speedboats-[splashing sounds] sits in the water
five potato f1116: potato f1115: s-come on now your turn
right uh huh f965: ands-sarah used to make f963:
the hooses in govan thes-the front door was right
the throat with a bees-by a bee or a
able to be downloaded ins-nanoseconds f940: or a recent
ice project a text whethers-written or spoken is only
doesna get in this houses-hey pepper f1089: fitt do
get bath lane and sauchiehalls-lane m1004: that s lanes
and the there was as-the chair this was the
there was a sort ofs-trying to maintain a handstand
gray s office in thes-in the wages office f638:
o the reasons he ss-successful is he understands his
mary and her husband ands-your cousin came in f639:
a guy came in ands-he was absolutely plastered at
f965: but that was almosts-sort of self imposed m964:
m804: aha m805: so hes-decided to make a frankenstein
m1183: [audience laughter] m1182: and hes-and he says all p-
jetty and all that fors-the sunderlands and seaplanes m608:
that we ca that as-a skeevlo a dog that
language skills we tend tos-concentrate obviously on listening and
[banging] m1070: someone new f1071: s-we had a friend and
must be goodness me wes-we hit things hard a
the tooth anyway and hes-he gave me a little
potato se- potato more f1116: s-seven potato [exhale] one potato
hung doon and the vets-hit her and the and
sin a rithist ach m979: s-f980: [tarraing anail] ma thèid thu
chick chicken lay a littles-lay a little egg for
must have gone to thats-lochside sunday school for a
and standing at a buss-stop and asking the lady
f1037: the beginning of thiss-not this semester last semester
this little is going tos-the farm this little piggy
that tough intellectualism and ands-and substance that that made
more recently as bafties thats-seems to be comin in
increasing number of highers ands-qualifications have come in to
going back to the rhymings-slang m1008: uh huh f1009:
of the family in everys-every sector of the mill
the school on the mains-on the high street in
words mean an every years-the first group always choose

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