balloon | Corpus occurrences | Central | Doric / Northern | Orkney | Shetland | Southern | Ulster | |
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Occurences normalised per million words | 12.3 | 13.3 | 17.6 | 9.9 | 5.8 | 0 | 0 | |
Number of occurrences | 38 | 25 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
Number of authors | 21 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 1 |
Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
pe swelled up like a hoat air balloon and his eyes nearly popped oo on page 62
. Like some deflated hoat air balloon. And as ah watch his helpless on page 161
2 matches
Bryden, Hugh Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Dumfries, poetry
Balloon on page 93
2 matches
Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
sound lik yiv jist blew up a balloon then pult at the neck as yi l on page 89
she'd like tae go ina hot air balloon. on page 112
her face is aw swelt up lik a balloon. on page 130
end up aw blawn oot lik a big balloon. on page 137
4 matches
Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
oatin up intae the air like a balloon. His feet didnae seem tae be on page 54
arde. 'Ye're blawin up like a balloon!' on page 111
ht aff the groond jist like a balloon, and up ye gang until yer hei on page 119
3 matches
Tollick, Margaret Tapsalteerie and Ither Tales, (Windfall Books 2008 ISBN: 978-0955726422) Central, weans
a braw balloon on page 30
2 matches
Hardie, George Lallans 73 - Pop Gaes the Idol, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central - Hamilton, poetry
thon bricht balloon'll burst on page 114
1 matches
Horsbroch, Dauvit Are The Onybody Ither?, (Scots Language Centre 2022) Central, blog
uccessfae flicht in a hot air balloon, back on 27 August 1784, gaui
1 matches
Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 142, (self-published 2005) Central, newspaper
Ay. Like a leid balloon.
1 matches
Bennett, Peter Rude Awakenings (Part one of two), (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
if no persistent, the fuckin balloon.
1 matches
Muir, Glenn Ozsome, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Linlithgow, prose
s gien us a len o his hot air balloon tae get us baith hame tae Sco
mbered intae the basket o the balloon and up they went. As the ball
and up they went. As the balloon rapidly gained hecht, the Wic
and stertit tae dive bomb the balloon oan her broomstick, cackling
turbulence. The basket o the balloon got detached frae the rest o
5 matches
McDonald, Hamish The Girnin Gates - Chapter 3, (Itchy Coo 2003) Central, prose
ayin tae God, anen some bigot balloon frae oor street cawed
1 matches
@GMacminto tweeted
llykayscot Putins fairlie a balloon. Heres howpin his baw(s) wu (2022) twitter link
Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
nivver seen ony wrinkles on a balloon." on page 69
1 matches
Whyte, Brian The Bottles, (Independently published 2020 ISBN: 979-8612647218) Doric, poetry
He wiz blawin up a big balloon on page 139
I bocht a reed balloon on page 177
2 matches
Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
n the tree fleets doon like a balloon an sinks its reets inno the j
1 matches
Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
up in the air like a bouncy balloon.
1 matches
@Doric_Bananaman tweeted
@AberdeenFC Balloon Door min!!!(2018) search twitter
@Cristiano weel done wi thon Balloon dour thingy, bit yi couldnae (2015) search twitter
@DoricPhrases tweeted
ice Scotland - an inflatable balloon of a Trump bairn wud hiv been(2018) search twitter
@JamesAmcvean tweeted
for a sensible reply fae that balloon ??(2021) search twitter