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engine Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words18.1 17.5 10.6 59.6 29.1 51.7 4.4
Number of occurrences5834 7 6 5 5 1
Number of authors38 20 5 4 5 3 1

Occurrences of engine in Corpus

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Central

Robertson, James Precious and the Puggies, (Itchy Coo 2011 ISBN: 978-1845023324) Central, weans
bit like the skreich o a fire engine. on page 74

1 matches

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
apper wis snortin lke a steam-engine when she eaught it, an kept d on page 61

1 matches

Haddow, Kris nobody remembers the birdman - The Incomer, (Association for Scottish Literature 2022) Central, prose
e sidings as the great diesel engine roared back intae toon. Big J on page 77

1 matches

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
at Janny's jumper like a fire engine hurtlin towards us. A guidanc on page 46

1 matches

Begg, James A. Alison's Jants in Ferlieland, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010845) Central, prose
hing wis snortin like a steam-engine when she gruppt it, an kep do on page 44

1 matches

Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
broke intae a run just as the engine caught an the caur lurched fu on page 1

2 matches

Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
the engine's pechin skreich, on page 10

1 matches

Douglas, David Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Galloway, poetry
tending the donkey-engine of some rust bucket steamer. on page 50

1 matches

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
through the clachan, the hale engine fell oot on tae the road. It on page 151

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Geordie's Mingin Medicine, (Itchy Coo 2007 ISBN: 978-1845021603) Central, weans
Hauf a pint o ENGINE ILE - tae keep Grannie's eng on page 31
'I pit in some engine ile fae the gairage,' Geordie on page 88
ous een, cowped hauf a pint o engine ile and some anti-freeze inta on page 89

4 matches

Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
David sighs and starts the engine, drivin us oot o the street b on page 3
e hur,' Gary says, turnin the engine oan wi a roar. on page 64

2 matches

Fitt, Matthew Kate O Shanter's Tale: And Other Poems, (Luath 2003 ISBN: 978-1842820285) Central, poetry
sneds the ile-flow tae the engine on page 10

1 matches

Morton, Elaine Hamethocts, (Evertype 2010 ISBN: 978-1782012399) Central, poetry
O tyre an engine, peerin on page 40

1 matches

Fleemin, Sandy Lallans 59 - A Day Weel Spent, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central - East Lothian, prose
A turned the engine aff an lat the caur rowe up t on page 125

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Fleemin, Sandy A Day Weel Spent, (sandyfleming.org 2003) Central - East Lothian, prose
I turned the engine aff an lat the caur rowe up t
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Fleemin, Sandy No on BBC, (sandyfleming.org 2003) Central - East Lothian, prose
an starts the motor, but the engine's fair quiet an the butterfle
1 matches

Smith, Jamie William Playfair: faither o data visualisation, (Mak Forrit 2019) Central - Edinburgh, blog
actical radar system an steam engine, free mercat economic theory
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Liberties (Part One), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
slammin shut behind me an the engine roarin intae life moments lat
1 matches

Bennett, Peter McShane's Reprieve, (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
ll blarin, afore he turns the engine aff, gettin oot an dain that
1 matches

Dempster, Michael DIGNITY, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, poetry
seirch engine.
the engine o
2 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
on the cockpit door. Than the engine noise chynged, petert oot. Bi
ptain foo a hydrogen peroxide engine wirks.”
t’s like talking to a steam engine enthusiast or something.”
3 matches

Paterson, Stuart A. Breenge, (Scottish Poetry Library 2016) Central, poetry
the engine’s pechin skreigh,
1 matches

Burnett, Colin Cardboard Gangster - Part 1, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central, prose
d then, before ah ken it, the engine starts.
1 matches

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 2, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
el Cancer’ intae the search engine. A persistent change in bowel
1 matches

@annieones tweeted
Scots for inventing the steam engine (fired by coal) for climate c (2021) twitter link

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
@YellowCube7 the worst search engine on the internet n thats a fac (2020) twitter link

Doric

Whyte, Brian The Bottles, (Independently published 2020 ISBN: 979-8612647218) Doric, poetry
He likes to keep his fire engine clean on page 126

1 matches

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 79 - The Tattiebogle, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Doric - Aberdeen, prose
forby the soun of a traction engine an a threshin machine. Fae th on page 16

1 matches

Byrne, Catherine Alice's Mishanters in e Land o Farlies, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010609) Doric - Caithness, prose
thing wis snortan lek a steam-engine when she eatched id, an kept on page 57

1 matches

Smith, Alex A Sair Fecht, (self-published 2003) Doric, prose
Jonsar tried the starter the engine simply sprang intae life. Jon
1 matches

Coutts, Pete Belhelvie, (bandcamp 2016) Doric, poetry
It was there he spied an engine comin' fae the either way
And he draas his engine tae the side tae mak a bit ma
he tried he couldnae gett the engine stopped
3 matches

Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
Bit the engine wisna runnan right and the st on page 41

3 matches

Cormack, Kevin Toonie Void, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
Bit revenge wis the engine, I doot, no love. on page 27

1 matches

Hall, Simon W. Lamborghini: Cult o the Bull, (Brisk Northerly 2015) Orkney, blog
ls. A magnificent, sculptural engine dominates the mezzanine, like
1 matches

Lamb, Gregor Lamb’s Tales, (The Orkney Dictionary 2005) Orkney, prose
up ootside wir hoose and the engine wis shut off I said, ‘Mithe
1 matches

Shetland

Johnson, Laureen Alice's Adventirs in Wonderlaand, (Evertype 2012 ISBN: 978-1782010081) Shetland - Voe, prose
, hit wis pechin laek a steam-engine whin shö catched it, an keep on page 62

1 matches

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
e da Harbour View, startit da engine ta drive awa, an dan stoppit. on page 57

1 matches

Cumming, John Da Whillie, (Shetland For Wirds 2010) Shetland, prose
rew is bent ower da ketch, da engine is hammerin awa, an da sky is
1 matches

Sinclair, James Murmansk, (Scottish Poetry Library 2019) Shetland, poetry
Fur da engine hadna muckle peester,
1 matches

De Luca, Christine Smootie gengs ta Lerrick, (SCOTS corpus 2003) Shetland - Bressay, weans
Shö harkened fur da engine noise ta change. Da meenit da
1 matches

Southern

Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
hing was snortin lik a steam-engine when she caught eet, an kept on page 60

1 matches

Rodger, Matt The Borth’ick Waitter, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Roxburgh, prose
hei wis in charge o the steam engine at pouered, the temporary saw
ast Afrika; whaur hei wis ane engine dreiver wi
t til ae shunder, an the fyre engine hevin been forrit an aa.
3 matches

@officialAliRed tweeted
BBQ in the back garden, fire engine on standby. ???? https://t.co(2020) search twitter

Ulster

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
e again away frae the motor's engine an its yellae, hollae licht. on page 8

1 matches

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