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boady Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words28.8 27.6 6.4 9.9 116.2 0 53.1
Number of occurrences8952 4 1 20 0 12
Number of authors32 14 2 1 10 5

Occurrences of boady in Corpus

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Central

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
ingo: she managed tae git its boady tucked away unner her erm, ma on page 81
t affa heid unless thir wis a boady tae cut it aff fae: that he'd on page 86

2 matches

McHardy, Stuart Lallans 82 - The Banes o Alba, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, poetry
o the boady A growe fae on page 32

1 matches

McQueer, Chris HWFG, (404 Ink 2003 ISBN: 978-1912489107) Central, prose
Well ah've goat rid ae a deid boady but that's another story fur on page 11
ae the table, the rest ae his boady goes wi him an he faws aff th on page 13
ht well there's a fuckin deid boady in there. If we break in it l on page 30
'Joost under the deid boady.' on page 31

4 matches

MacKinnon, Ann Lallans 70 - Five Poems, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, poetry
haudin it agin his boady on page 61

1 matches

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
It's an illness ae the mind, boady, and soul. on page 18
the front ae the screen. His boady language says maire than word on page 42
and ah start tae feelfeel ma boady goin under some Hulk-like tra on page 44
Ma boady feels numb wae shock. Ah mean on page 49
s day. And ma anxiety induced boady feels numb wae increasin nerv on page 54
Also on pages 84, 99, 119, 146, 147, 163, 200
13 matches

Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
ot o him fae ilka pairt o his boady, and his fizzog wis like a mu on page 26
s hingin fae belts aroond his boady, and ilka noo and then he wid on page 40
the same time, his lang baney boady riz up oot o the bed and his on page 57
tae his toom belly, his haill boady fae heid tae taes sterted tae on page 95
in fact the skin aw ower her boady, as weel as her great big mop on page 110
Also on pages 111, 128
7 matches

McMillan, Hugh Whit If? Scotland's History as it Micht Hiv Bin, (Luath 2021 ISBN: 9781910022900) Central, poetry
his scaurt boady, on page 33

1 matches

Robertson, James The Deil, (Scottish Book Trust 2018) Central, prose
but that includes washin the boady.'
1 matches

Bennett, Peter The Party ay the Year (Part One), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
iercin bluish white eyes an a boady younger women wid be envious
in the silhouetted frame ay a boady, that’s so entranced by, an
2 matches

Bennett, Peter Rude Awakenings (Part one of two), (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
er scent, her radiance - her boady. Slowly ah drift doon gently
in fae yer maw tae temper the boady’s primal conditions. Nae da
2 matches

Bennett, Peter Park trife, (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
e adrenalin searin through ma boady. Ah see an empty Mad Dog boat
1 matches

Geraghty, Martin The Pusher, (TheCommonBreath.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
A embrace im intae ma boady.
1 matches

McKillop, Roger The Staff, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
er students hae fun’ a died boady, will ye let us ken?”
1 matches

Crawford, Ross Awa in a Dwam, (Medium 2021) Central - Stirling, prose
cht before echoed through her boady, creepin its way intae her bo
1 matches

McKenzie, Roddy Cataracts, (northwordsnow.co.uk 2018) Central - Dundee, prose
d think ye were gi`in` me thi boady swerve,” yi shout, an gang
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Time, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
a while surveyin ma emaciated boady, creased an translucent. Chri
1 matches

Alston, Connor THE BLACK-EYED CHILDREN OF SCOTLAND, (Scots Hoose 2021) Central, weans
lumpt back oan tae the couch, boady achin aw ower, groanin way er
eid, a shiver ran through his boady. His skin grew pale, his bloo
mp more dread ran through her boady. She then picked it up, sherd
pale efter seein Jim’s deid boady lyin wae his hert on the grun
it oot. They foond Carol’s boady peart’s spreid aboot the ho
5 matches

Burnett, Colin Cardboard Gangster - Part 1, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central, prose
pe lies nixt tae her lifeless boady. She’s no the first person
, he inspects her intoxicated boady
2 matches

Burnett, Colin Cardboard Gangster - Part 2, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central, prose
p and gee him a bone crunchin boady blow. The boay is coughin and
1 matches

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 1, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
n the slightest twinge in the boady might, in actual fact, be an
1 matches

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 2, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
r thesedays. Wae his muscular boady and meaty neck. Honestly, lik
1 matches

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 3, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
undergoin some soartae oot ae boady experience. Broat oan by the
1 matches

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 4, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
His boady freezes up and his eyes fill
1 matches

Doric

Robertson, George C. Lallans 87 - Bluid An Banter, (Lallans Magazine 2015) Doric, script
Conrad: The human boady's like a sachet of tomata sas on page 40

3 matches

@Doric_Bananaman tweeted
i if ye ken a bitty aboot the boady, fit fit fits fit fit?(2018) search twitter

Orkney

Skea, Bessie Gallows Ha - Earth-bound, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
nd dark and deep my worthliss boady's secrets keep. on page 24

1 matches

Shetland

Johnson, Laureen Alice's Adventirs in Wonderlaand, (Evertype 2012 ISBN: 978-1782010081) Shetland - Voe, prose
ingo. Shö managed ta get his boady snuggit up, comfortable enyoc on page 83
ut aff a head aless dey wir a boady ta cut him aff o: he wis neve on page 88
But colour an taste an boady tö! on page 107

4 matches

Greig, Charles A Shetland Bible, (Saint Andrew Press 2009 ISBN: 978-0715209158) Shetland - Lerwick, prose
As fir a boady hit's joost lik da girse, or on page 44
ak dis. Dis is my very sel - boady an sowl - brokken fir you. D on page 143
aar dey hed pitten da Loard's boady. As shö gret shö saa some-e on page 151

3 matches

Watt, Roseanne Moder Dy, (Polygon 2019 ISBN: 978-1846974878) Shetland, poetry
twarterit my boady wi de grün o thunderbolts. W on page 26
din; - de blinnd o de ee, de boady's draa. on page 34

2 matches

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
up wi dat peerie waarm furry boady atil her bosom. He cood play on page 28
reetin afore, as if her whole boady wis bein rivven apairt. on page 29
rvivors, an dey onnly fan wan boady, bit no at da Green Geo, an n on page 56

3 matches

I Hear Dee Shaetlan A primer - v. 1.1, (I Hear Dee 2022) Shetland, prose
English bodiġ ('boady, middle, etc.') Da Scots form on page 59

1 matches

De Luca, Christine Parallel Worlds: Poems in Shetlandic and English, (Luath 2005 ISBN: 978-1905222131) Shetland, poetry
y cott, ram-stam, lik a uncan boady on page 96
ta keep da boady an da sowl tagidder; on page 108

2 matches

Cumming, John Kirsten, (Shetland For Wirds 2006) Shetland, prose
is. Me haed wis clear, bit me boady wis gaein a different gaet. I
1 matches

De Luca, Christine Dodie's Phenomenal Pheesic, (Shetland For Wirds 2008) Shetland, weans
, hit said, TA KEEP AWA GUFFY BOADY SMELLS FOR A HALE DAY. ‘Sh
1 matches

Sutherland, Stella Midder, (Shetland For Wirds 2014) Shetland, poetry
shaped, an boady shewed.
1 matches

Ratter, Peter Da Perishin Nort, (Young Shetland Writer 2010) Shetland, prose
e da roarin gleers o an uncan boady.
1 matches

Tait, John M Shaetlan is Daed - Lang live Dialect, (Shetland Dialect Conference 2004 2004) Shetland, prose
o baens, as weel as maetin da boady.
1 matches

Ulster

Fenton, James On Slaimish, (Ullans Press 2009 ISBN: 9781905281299) Ulster, poetry
The boady on page 33
y wae the drink on him, tae a boady lukkin his advice on finnin a on page 49
An yin boady in his day ects mony pairts, on page 51

3 matches

Logan, Liam Thon Ulster Scots Book, (Galdanagh 2014 ISBN: 978-0992881405) Ulster - Dunloy, prose
in weel knowed an weel Jaiked boady was a man naw noted for his s on page 44

4 matches

Ultach The Gra They Hae in Americae, (Reddit 2020) Ulster, poetry
Sae aw a hamelt boady may say is this:
1 matches

Ultach Midgates, (Reddit 2020) Ulster, poetry
To care nocht for whaur a boady is frae
1 matches

Warwick, Matthew Tha Feardie Geng hae tae bide at hame, (Sensory Attachment Centre 2020) Ulster - Ballymena, weans
ha smittal bug lowps frae yin boady til tha nixt boady, sae if aa
til tha nixt boady, sae if aa tha fowk bides at
2 matches

Thompson, Mark The Lost Ness Monster, (clydesburn.blogspot.com 2009) Ulster - Ards Peninsula, poetry
No a boady in sicht
1 matches

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