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glass Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words26.5 25.7 43.7 9.9 5.8 10.3 13.3
Number of occurrences8550 29 1 1 1 3
Number of authors44 28 10 1 1 1 3

Occurrences of glass in Corpus

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Central

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
e golden key wis lyin oan the glass table like afore, "an things on page 20

1 matches

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
step he makes, avoidin broken glass n dug shite. "YA WEE PRICK, h on page 14
n bangs in the wind or broken glass crunches underfoot. We're aw on page 32
wooden furnishings n coloured glass surrounds. The tough-lookin b on page 38
elves n ducks. There's broken glass on on page 59
s lyin under shards ae broken glass. Eis angry look has faded tae on page 60

5 matches

Cohen, Susan Wee Scottish Book o' Pure Stoatin' Joy, (The Wee Book Company 2019 ISBN: 978-1916491588) Central, prose
distillery, it's in the wrang glass, it's the wrang colour, it wu on page

1 matches

Sayers, Ross Daisy on the Outer Line, (Gob Stopper (Cranachan) 2020 ISBN: 978-1911279778) Central - Glasgow, prose
st aboot be heard through the glass. on page 1

3 matches

Pennie, Len Poyums, (Canongate Books 2024 ISBN: 978-1805301387) Central - Aberdeen, poetry
Knockin doon the glass ceiling an buildin an attic? on page 15

1 matches

Hubbard, Tom The Flechitorium, (Grace Note 2017 ISBN: 9781907676932) Central - East Central, poetry
Fife's Looking-Glass Rock. Friends: for our after- on page 63

1 matches

Bryden, Hugh Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Dumfries, poetry
tae be the same face in the glass. on page 101

1 matches

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
When each his glass did freely drain on page 113

1 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
ng fur. Cause ah've not got a glass, said Frieda. Widyi need a gl on page 106

2 matches

Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
'A small glass o red wine,' ah reply. on page 9
s,' David said, offerin him a glass o water. on page 10
David puts an ice-cold glass o Coke oan his side o the tab on page 11
Ah still huv a good halfa glass o wine left and finish it in on page 13
he order o cas~ settes in the glass cabinet. She stands, and ah b on page 35
Also on pages 49, 78, 81, 83, 118
12 matches

McPartlin, John Lallans 68 - Black Staff , (Lallans Magazine 2006) Central, poetry
skailed fripperies o stained glass. on page 112

1 matches

McCrory, Pat Lallans 56 - Embdy Lost a Jaickit?, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central - Cowcaddens, poetry
tae ma teacher an say, "Miss Glass." on page 113

1 matches

McMillan, Hugh Whit If? Scotland's History as it Micht Hiv Bin, (Luath 2021 ISBN: 9781910022900) Central, poetry
d bit wid breeng a tear tae a glass ee on page 48

1 matches

McPartlin, John Lallans 73 - Wrack, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, poetry
o bawdie sang. Stained glass an font wi spit. on page 77

1 matches

Tait, John M Lallans 62 - Expository Scots, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
gweed, flair, daid, father an glass is some like English an some
1 matches

Logan, Kirsty Lego, (Scots Hoose 2017) Central, weans
dpa built. Then past the big, glass Audi building. Turned away fa
1 matches

Sutherland, Hope Twa sisters, een room, (Scots Hoose 2020) Central - Buckie, prose
n the unmatchin baubles ( the glass anes n the wee wooden mannies
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Clyde Built, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
oves aboot behind the frosted glass ay the hauf moon shaped, pane
1 matches

Bennett, Peter The Bools, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
sin through the large pane ay glass. Ah get ma baccy oot ma pocke
1 matches

Stewart, Anna An Alien Feeling, (Scots Hoose 2019) Central, prose
ee it again, red tentacles on glass falling intae a shiny liquid,
1 matches

Muir, Glenn The Truth Will Out, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Linlithgow, prose
malarkey.” Gus drained his glass and shouted tae Harry, “Twa
With that, Gus drained his glass and headed for the pub door.
2 matches

Muir, Glenn Al Fresco, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Linlithgow, prose
aither set up the rods, fibre-glass affairs wi spinning reels att
1 matches

McKenzie, Roddy Cataracts, (northwordsnow.co.uk 2018) Central - Dundee, prose
n thi brass rail and thi wine glass in yir han creshes oantae thi
1 matches

Connor, Bailey A SCOTS HORROR STORY, (Scots Hoose 2021) Central, weans
n the flair, wi wee shards ae glass dotted aboot like constellati
1 matches

Havery, Hannah The Gaithering, (Literature Alliance Scotland 2022) Central - Edinburgh, poetry
like china dugs in glass cabinets
1 matches

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 4, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
tae ma feet. Before raisin ma glass in the air ‘’Fancy joinin
1 matches

@RickHJohnston tweeted
independence day I'll raise a glass right enough, but I'm sure ta (2022) twitter link

@rosa_alba_macd tweeted
cht...I hae finished the lane glass o fino in the bottle, an ther(2020) search twitter

@Chazzbat tweeted
s performances in "Split" an "Glass" wur amazin. Hegwig wis ma pa(2020) search twitter

@rattlecans tweeted
l the tables, covered o'er wi glass tops. She never hurried me. T (2022) twitter link

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
sterday widda bot teers tae a glass eye lol (2020) twitter link

Doric

Maitland, Andrew Tales Fae The Doric Side - The Auld Mannie, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
try. Wid be grand tae share a glass wi ye - ainly gin ye hae the on page 75

1 matches

Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
nae doot Jist look intae the glass Wi skin as pure's the daylich on page 15

4 matches

Strachan, Shane Northwords Now 43 - Shane Strachan, (northwordsnow.co.uk 2022) Doric, poetry
ye micht hear the clink o glass, on page 19

2 matches

Harper, Norman Stronach: A Weekly Look at Life in the Fictional North-East Village, (The Press and Journal 2000) Doric, newspaper
a loud moan, a shattering of glass and the clattering of a table
1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
se, she noticed in the keekin glass that Isie wis beddit wi aa he
1 matches

Hamilton, Roddy Lallans 63 - Beggerey’s Greenhoose, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Doric, prose
lines which emanatit fae the glass construction an, as the tête
n then an explosion o brakkin glass’.
2 matches

@DoricPhrases tweeted
3 course meal for 2 with glass/bottle Wine/Prosecco at Prezz(2015) search twitter
Lichthoose an Keepers cottage glass painting only £8 fae Peterhe(2016) search twitter
Coo glass painting, ready to hang for o(2016) search twitter

@72redz1903 tweeted
uch better? These fannies got Glass the sack and now they’ve dow (2022) twitter link
y injured the hail time under Glass. There were flashes fae him y (2022) twitter link
e an ambitious, inexperienced Glass the job, but, to allow him ta (2022) twitter link
your DoF and the manager. Wid Glass’ ego handle being moved aff (2022) twitter link
but, he was a key part of the Glass appointment. Tricky if a new (2022) twitter link
and 6 other occurrences.

@beast_afc tweeted
@eljonesuk Fits in the glass Quine?(2020) search twitter

@fittiecrooners tweeted
bit could nae see it fer that glass monstrosity built in front o (2017) search twitter
Glad you managed tae save yon glass o’wine whilst running fer ye(2020) search twitter

Orkney

Flett, Alison Harbour, (Scottish Poetry Library 2004) Orkney, poetry
like bathroom glass
1 matches

Shetland

Hall, Nat nobody remembers the birdman - Hairst, (Association for Scottish Literature 2022) Shetland, poetry
spaekalation ahint da glass on page 82

1 matches

Southern

Thompson, James My Borderlands, (Richardson and Son Printers 2023) Southern - Hawick, poetry
Come raise yer glass and toast wi' me on page 21

1 matches

Ulster

Logan, Liam Thon Ulster Scots Book, (Galdanagh 2014 ISBN: 978-0992881405) Ulster - Dunloy, prose
shop kick a hole in a stained glass window" as Raymond Chandler s on page 33

1 matches

Campbell, Robert Lock Doon Poyams, (Independently 2021 ISBN: 979-8742155812) Ulster, poetry
Glass wus drank an saucer bare. on page 18

1 matches

@OrangRuth tweeted
hoes72 @NiallSF Put down thon glass and step aff(2019) search twitter

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