bitter | Corpus occurrences | Central | Doric / Northern | Orkney | Shetland | Southern | Ulster | |
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Occurences normalised per million words | 34.3 | 24.2 | 72.4 | 19.9 | 29.1 | 10.3 | 31 | |
Number of occurrences | 110 | 47 | 48 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 7 | |
Number of authors | 44 | 25 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
r-an camomile that makes them bitter-an-an swedgers that make wean on page 87
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Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
it a Celtic tap aff. He's wan bitter wee bastert, hell-bent on it. on page 8
failed somehow, n she's that bitter cocktail ae angry n disappoin on page 55
2 matches
Purdie, David C. Lallans 61 - The Mass Jack, (Lallans Magazine 2002) Central, prose
xty-fower wis hellish lang an bitter cauld. For months the grund w on page 85
1 matches
Begg, James A. Alison's Jants in Ferlieland, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010845) Central, prose
m sour-an camomile maks thaim bitter an twistit-an-an barley-sugar on page 44
1 matches
Hodgson, Brent Lallans 58 - The Rooks, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, poetry
The bitter winds assay your nests, on page 112
1 matches
Morton, Elaine Lallans 59 - In Dispraise o Eden, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, poetry
Or bitter slaes begunked the ee on page 91
1 matches
Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
roze the Ayr solid; an fierce bitter storms that sent snaw-wraiths on page 56
er winter - cauld an deid an bitter - when there wis a horrible on page 66
ht roun her shouders agin the bitter eastlin win, she crept saftly on page 76
For whit they witnessed that bitter efternuin wis the stert o the on page 81
5 matches
Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
wis the only wey tae numb the bitter pain ae reality. Kennin that on page 90
1 matches
Ross, Derek Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Dumfries, poetry
fir a bitter hairst. We stegged oan, sune on page 192
1 matches
McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
tonics, five bags o crisps, a bitter lemon an a barley wine. Weel on page 76
2 matches
Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
Life's bitter struggle hud juist begun, on page 17
The bitter hairst in Tynron's auld Kirky on page 20
Wi Cernuda's wirk, raw, bitter an sad, on page 133
3 matches
Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
On a cauld bitter lick o winter on page 48
1 matches
Morton, Elaine Hamethocts, (Evertype 2010 ISBN: 978-1782012399) Central, poetry
Or bitter slaes begunked the ee on page 52
1 matches
Harrison, Jean Lallans 59 - BARRY SCHUIL 1928 - 1934, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central - East Lothian, prose
latform at Barry station on a bitter cauld Setterday efternane in on page 120
1 matches
Waddell, John Lallans 58 - Three Waddins and Fowr Funerals - a monologue, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
nd. Aye, mebbe it's a wee bit bitter at first. It's like yer first on page 59
1 matches
Milne, W. S. Lallans 78 - Mary, Queen o Scotland, Pairt I, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, script
Balfour: The Queen cries a bitter cry on page 17
agley. Leave bitter grief an ainger yet. on page 19
Hatefu, bitter nicht! on page 20
Weel I ken ma bitter temper. on page 21
still ti me brings bitter tears, regret. on page 23
Also on pages 73
6 matches
Begg, James A. Lallans 68 - 1841 – The Plouman, (Lallans Magazine 2006) Central, prose
ht, saw the seed, an reap the bitter hairst. An young lasses were on page 17
1 matches
Robertson, James The Itchy Coo Book o Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales in Scots - The Lassie in the Snaw, (Itchy Coo 2020) Central, weans
OH, THE NICHT WIS THAT BITTER CAULD, ye widna want tae be o on page 50
1 matches
Morton, Elaine Lallans 59 - In Dispraise o Eden, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, poetry
Or bitter slaes begunked the ee on page 91
1 matches
Foyle, Ghillie Lallans 58 - The Hildebrand Sang, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, poetry
In bitter stour that in the shiels thai on page 87
1 matches
Neill, Josie Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009) Central - Galloway, poetry
Her mither’s tears were bitter,
1 matches
Wilson, Rab Lallans 62 - Cormilligan, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, poetry
Life’s bitter struggle had juist begun,
The bitter hairst in Tynron’s auld Kir
2 matches
Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
ye, noo A'm gettin on A hae a bitter brew tae sup,
Tak a bitter word fae me -
2 matches
Handy, Robbie Forked Tongues, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Central - Dunfermline, blog
it wis that bitter.
1 matches
Philips, Cally Gonnae No Dae That, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Central - Turriff, prose
Forum aifter forum an’ the bitter bile is spewed forth. There a
1 matches
MacDonald, Bo CAULD NIGHT, (Scots Hoose 2021) Central, weans
lt th' identical recognisable bitter chill. Except noo 'twas aw we
1 matches
Ewen, Allan Pairt Ane: Janus leuks back, (The Sair Fecht 2014) Central, blog
paign made defeat aa the mair bitter. The belief that votin Aye wi
1 matches
Monahan Brown, Ricky Dùn Èideann, (The Scores 2020) Central, prose
e o pink ginger, brewed to be bitter. He wis richt drouthy, an the
He bruke it. The drink wisnae bitter ataa. It wis mingin. He screw
2 matches
@DavidJWood2 tweeted
iday in Arbroath. Hes still bitter cause we cannae pronounce Car(2020) search twitter
@billykayscot tweeted
the nose and damson plum and bitter cherries in the mouth, with a(2020) search twitter
Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
f on her ain - I ken aat fae bitter experience. Wi're aa born wi on page 75
1 matches
Whyte, Brian The Bottles, (Independently published 2020 ISBN: 979-8612647218) Doric, poetry
GETTIN BITTER on page 130
36 matches
Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 73 - The Bigger Hoose, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Doric - Aberdeen, prose
knockin back his fifth pint o bitter. An that exackly fitted his m on page 107
2 matches
Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
eparate boorachies o fowk. Bi bitter experience, she kent they'd b
1 matches
Hamilton, Roddy Lallans 63 - The Bruntie Cat, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Doric, prose
e, an noo wis an affa soor an bitter man an maist wid guess ready
1 matches
Vettese, Raymond Lallans 59 - Raymond Vettese : nineteen poems, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Doric - Montrose, poetry
as she lay greetin on the bitter stane
Bitter winter’s here nae mair,
2 matches
Hutchison, Pat The Stones That Turned, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Doric - Banffshire, prose
Mary reached her ain door the bitter caal an the days athoot food
1 matches
@FaeFoggie tweeted
t heated a thochtie. Sliver o bitter, sometimes a bitty o rasp jam(2019) search twitter
@72redz1903 tweeted
n? Its a shithoose min - a bitter, bigoted sesspit on a nihilis (2022) twitter link
udging praise if nae slightly bitter account of a game in 86. Bu (2020) twitter link
Grieve, Issy Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
bitter cowld bitan shooers. on page 95
1 matches
I Hear Dee Shaetlan A primer - v. 1.1, (I Hear Dee 2022) Shetland, prose
is 'cold and stormy weather' (bitter + - nis) on page 42
1 matches
Fenton, James On Slaimish, (Ullans Press 2009 ISBN: 9781905281299) Ulster, poetry
The bitter wakkenin o ninety-echt: on page 1
1 matches
Morrison-Smyth, Anne Alice's Carrants in Wunnerlan, (Evertype 2013 ISBN: 978-1-78201-011-1) Ulster - Ballymoney, prose
- an camomile that maks thim bitter - an - an barley sugar an t on page 88
1 matches
Dornan, Stephen Tha Jaa Banes, (Ulster-Scots Academy 2020 ISBN: 978-1-9163758-1-9) Ulster - Comber, poetry
On this bitter, crabbit shore. on page 17
Fae bitter, crabbit days, on page 20
O tha foondrin, bitter nicht. on page 23
3 matches
Burgess, Wilson Dae Ye See: Ulster-Scots Poems, (Scots Language Centre 2007 ISBN: 978-0955791604) Ulster - L'Derry, poetry
It wiz a bitter pill on page 9
1 matches