eight | Corpus occurrences | Central | Doric / Northern | Orkney | Shetland | Southern | Ulster | |
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Occurences normalised per million words | 23.9 | 26.1 | 6.4 | 89.4 | 46.5 | 0 | 17.7 | |
Number of occurrences | 74 | 49 | 4 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 4 | |
Number of authors | 34 | 19 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 4 |
Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
tall fur a lassie, aboot five eight. She's a brunette, wae fair h on page 25
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Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
er than aw this afore anither eight Baileys, on page 72
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Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
is set tae end it aw until ma eight-legged hero arrived. You ken on page 25
quiz. Ah'll be there fur half eight." on page 66
Ma alarm goes oaff at half eight in the nixt mornin. Justine a on page 81
goat a coupon up last night. Eight hunner quid fur a poond, No b on page 117
Aldo's" ah tell him. "Number eight. Oh, and if ah see yae aroond on page 146
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Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
we eis mate, ei is eight an so is eis mate. on page 50
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Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
Chapter Eight on page 50
h says, Aye when ah wis aboot eight-yir-auld or somethin. Ma ma's on page 51
tae lose her purse wi twenty eight pound in it in the toilets in on page 54
ah got made go up the road at eight a'clock. Ah said as much tae on page 55
Harpreet left at eight a'clock this mornin, an ah ha on page 121
Also on pages 133, 138, 144, 150, 165, 169
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Clark, Thomas The Boggin Beginnin, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303524) Central, weans
Chaipter Eight on page 93
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Harrison, Jean Lallans 59 - BARRY SCHUIL 1928 - 1934, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central - East Lothian, prose
ither took me an Ina, who was eight, by the hand, an wi Jack at t on page 120
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Higgs, Jo The tale of how Evan Evans scrapped wi Evan Nichols, (berfrois 2022) Central - Edinburgh, prose
he wiz tall. Til he wiz like eight or nine, as ah’ve been told
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Bolland, John A Chocolate Cowboy, (From Glasgow To Saturn 2008) Central, prose
in amongst the middens. Jist eight, Ah kept masel tae the paveme
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Marenich, Margaret Lallans 76 - The Factory, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Central, prose
mairches o the ceity at Eight Mile Road an awa ti ma ain to
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Bolland, John Lallans 71 - Line of Sight – excerpt fae a novel in progress, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
period no exceedin’ twinty-eight days fae the instant o suspen
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Mortimer, Cara Bewaur o th tap tap tap, (Scots Hoose 2022) Central - North Lanarkshire, weans
s no airms, it’s legs, aw eight ae them…
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Clark, Thomas Tae Kathleen Jamie, an ither Scots Scrievers, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central - Bellshill, blog
wi weariness that, even efter eight hunner-odd years, we ayeweys
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Bennett, Peter Carpe Diem, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
ed excursion they took me oan eight weeks ago. ‘It’s yer pal,
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Bennett, Peter TA Hauf an a Hauf, (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
was built in nineteen thirty eight. Fae the pavement up tae the
ay the pub in nineteen thirty eight. It wis tae replace the auld
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Grae, Emma Dancin wi the Rhona, (unbound.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
sea sickness. Our passage was eight weeks and four days. I stoppe
ready, and it’s ainlie hauf eight in the mornin. Workin in the
“Eight days ago.”
Eight weeks and four days, that wis
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Philips, Cally Wha's feart o' the library?, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Turriff, prose
d nae done since ah wis aboot eight. An’ she lookit at me kinda
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Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
ven’t checked my e-mail for eight months. My inbox must be - o
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Shoor Caan, Angus Coont Thum: A hunner an' oad McLimericks, (self-published 2012 ISBN: 978-1480242425) Central - Ardrossan, poetry
he sun wint doon it hauf past eight Stors ur dancin’ is we spea
ae be ready fur a quarter tae eight So a stuck oan sum music an
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Bennett, Peter Time, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
y greetin faced swine. It’s eight o’cloack in the bastarn mor
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Haddow, Kris Ronnie's Story, (words.krishaddow.com 2011) Central, prose
’m talkin’ aboot nineteen eight two here – no even thirty y
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Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 2, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
ah’m standin ootside number eight and hesitantly ah stick the k
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Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 3, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
nders finishes at aroond half eight the day’s activities eventu
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@LairnScots tweeted
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essons the day! Happy guisin! Eight Evil Lessons for Halloween ht (2017) twitter link
@ThonJacobite tweeted
ITHER . . . AH'M FIFTY FECKIN EIGHT" ?????? https://t.co/9bRcF5vv (2021) twitter link
Ireland, Mark Wi A Facey Like Yours, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric - Banff, prose
"Eh, aboot half eight miss."
yi’ll be leavin i hoose at eight imorn and yi will be on time
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Strachan, Shane Hoast, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric, prose
its twa metres awa fae her TV eight hours a day and only taks her
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Norquoy, Greer Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
A wadeen frock an an eight pound ring on page 43
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Hall, Simon W. Lands o Twatt, (Brisk Northerly 2018) Orkney, blog
es a field in a January gale, eight inches fae the grund. A stoat
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Hall, Simon W. The Boy That Lived - Chapter Wan, (Brisk Northerly 2015) Orkney, prose
At half-eight, Mr Dursley picked up his bri
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Hall, Simon W. Crackan the troughs, (Brisk Northerly 2021) Orkney, blog
en the ice on troughs – for eight days in succession. While thi
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Johnson, Laureen Alice's Adventirs in Wonderlaand, (Evertype 2012 ISBN: 978-1782010081) Shetland - Voe, prose
aald Lorina, an Edith, at wis eight. As we see fae da poem at da on page V
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Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
Da eight year aald twins, Ivan an Jame on page 9
It wis eight year fae shü did dat last, a on page 28
aek dat till atween seeven an eight. on page 52
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Nicholson, James Lallans 58 - Do whit du’s telt, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Shetland, poetry
Bert wis eight an hit wis his bedtime. on page 17
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Watt, Valerie Meenie’s Viking spoon, (Shetland Times 2010) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
ikings cam tae Shetland in da eight or ninth century.
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Morrison-Smyth, Anne Alice's Carrants in Wunnerlan, (Evertype 2013 ISBN: 978-1-78201-011-1) Ulster - Ballymoney, prose
hirteen years oul),.an Edith (eight years oul). Frae the beginnin on page v
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BardOfMilebush Untitled poem, (Reddit 2017) Ulster, poetry
e, weans, heid and sconnered, eight And burn and brae and sheuch
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Stewart, Kenny The Proota Field, (Facebook 2021) Ulster, poetry
n headed out at a quarter tae eight ye ken
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