gesture | Corpus occurrences | Central | Doric / Northern | Orkney | Shetland | Southern | Ulster | |
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Occurences normalised per million words | 10 | 15.4 | 0 | 9.9 | 5.8 | 0 | 0 | |
Number of occurrences | 31 | 29 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
Number of authors | 17 | 15 | 1 | 1 |
Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
onie, but it wis just 4 token gesture, They knew they hud been done on page 20
1 matches
Beekman, Tony Lallans 85 - The Belt, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
issed him wi a raised up luif gesture. The dominie grabbed the belt on page 43
1 matches
Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
mile and a herty handshake. A gesture that ah reluctantly accept. on page 49
unts hissy fit" ah say, as ah gesture tae Aldo, "ah'm guessin the q on page 74
quid tip fur his troubles. Ah gesture he seems tae appreciate. Tigh on page 176
shed past him and ignored the gesture. Leavin Craigy and masel look on page 195
4 matches
Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
r an make a limp wristet haun gesture. on page 169
1 matches
Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
Ah gesture fur Donald tae leave wi the l on page xvi
h nudge David wi ma elbow and gesture tae the only free table. None on page 8
try and gie hur mair time. Ah gesture tae a photie o the Virgin Mar on page 45
y the pope. Ah appreciate the gesture, but ah'm no takin som~ mat l on page 48
4 matches
Fitt, Matthew Kate O Shanter's Tale: And Other Poems, (Luath 2003 ISBN: 978-1842820285) Central, poetry
then wi a gesture on page 10
1 matches
Gilliland, Sam Lallans 76 - I am the Lass, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Central, poetry
expression, gesture, gait an mime,
1 matches
Thoumire, Elizabeth Deid huddies an the Moray Eel, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central - Edinburgh, blog
ter. It wis tae be a symbolic gesture agin bein let doon owre the f
1 matches
Bennett, Peter Park trife, (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
whit ye lookin at me fur? - gesture. ‘Who rattled your cage any
1 matches
Connor, Charles P. Lallans 59 - The Queen’s Shull’n, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Central - Fife, prose
ther is she raed oot, “As a gesture of loyalty and affection and
1 matches
Muir, Glenn Lion Rampant, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Linlithgow, prose
ave’s by way o a comforting gesture. “Nivir mind, son, stick wi
1 matches
Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
on the erran wi yin eloquent gesture.
din. He raised his erm in the gesture she had made an shuk his heid
o fareweill, he made her swan gesture.
the corridor. It wis juist a gesture, she kent. “Lat me in,” h
ed Bill, “he made a graphic gesture implying that I’d be joinin
5 matches
Bennett, Peter Time, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
t ah wave oer dismissively an gesture tae ma watch tellin them ah
1 matches
@DABArbuckle tweeted
shairly be a guid Hallowe'en gesture if Boris Johnson wis tae dee (2020) search twitter
@kennethbryce184 tweeted
ds in one photo defo - great gesture josh - b oan tae you (2020) twitter link
op drawer from david - great gesture! (2021) twitter link
ith @RangersFC @itvnews great gesture fae awe oor brothers - aye i (2021) twitter link
eam u support this is a great gesture fae the bin lads who have wor (2021) twitter link