She cannae stop here, that's ae thing certain sure.

I hae but ae thing to pray aboot.'

And what with ae thing and anither I dinna weel ken what I'm saying or doing whiles.

But ae thing, Maister Sutherlan', we may be sure o': that, whatever it be, it will be worth God's makin' an' our growin'.

"Then I have just ae thing to say," said the brown-bearded man.

"There's just the ae thing ye can be fairly sure of, Shaws," says Andie.

"There's ae thing," said the old man: "Oscar's wi' 'im."