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groond Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words25.5 30.8 22.4 9.9 11.6 0 17.7
Number of occurrences7958 14 1 2 0 4
Number of authors23 15 4 1 1 2

Occurrences of groond in Corpus

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Central

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
aboot at the ither end ae the groond-an ah should ae croqueted the on page 83

1 matches

Underhill, James William Lallans 82 - Ominous, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, poetry
faa frozen tae shatter on the groond on page 23

1 matches

Muir, Glenn The McFables: Selected Aesop's Fables in Scots, (self-published 2015 ISBN: 978-1519739216) Central, poetry
A Tortoise crawlin ower the groond on page 29

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Roald Dahl Reekin Rhymes, (Itchy Coo 2018 ISBN: 978-1785301834) Central, weans
Fae somewhaur high abune the groond on page 19

1 matches

Hubbard, Tom The Flechitorium, (Grace Note 2017 ISBN: 9781907676932) Central - East Central, poetry
the palace touers Doun ti the groond were dingin. on page 9

1 matches

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
ese posh cunts at their haime groond and actually won. Ma mooth mi on page 58
somehow takin the moral high groond wae me. | on page 64
ily rise fae ma seat. But the groond is unsteady beneath me. Ah fe on page 81
ch, We arrived at Bonnyrigg's groond New Dundas Park fur aroond qu on page 103
it oor tae the shabby lookin groond behind the boozer and joined on page 105
Also on pages 111, 121, 161, 200
11 matches

Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
slawly intae the groond, and the prince, wha wis haei on page 16
idnae seem tae be touchin the groond at aw, He could hear his hert on page 54
Day when it arrived, but the groond wis aye white wi snaw and the on page 63
lyin his haill length on the groond wi his heid hingin far oot ow on page 83
fhn it lifts ye richt aff the groond jist like a balloon, and up y on page 119
Also on pages 128
7 matches

Rennie, Susan Kat an Doug on Planet Perjink, (Itchy Coo 2002 ISBN: 978-1902927565) Central, weans
hoverin twa metres abuin the groond. on page 8
ud o the crust fell ontae the groond. Suddenly, the air wis filled on page 14
ablow them wis the ainly bit groond on the planet's surface that on page 18
y, but then fell back tae the groond - ane o them jist scartin Do on page 19
were reddin their hauf o the groond gey fast, tae. Suin, Kat real on page 24

6 matches

Fitt, Matthew Geordie's Mingin Medicine, (Itchy Coo 2007 ISBN: 978-1845021603) Central, weans
it hunkered doon low tae the groond as if it wis gettin ready tae on page 55
cran had pit her doon on the groond, she ran ower tae Geordie's m on page 71
ae. He wis aye kneelin on the groond wi the spoon in yin haund and on page 92

3 matches

Grae, Emma The Tongue She Speaks, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, poetry
e drops his fag oan the leafy groond then stomps oan it. The fores on page 47

1 matches

Morning, Carey Neeps and Tatties, (self-published 2020) Central, weans
fae the same guid groond. on page 13
ts aw drink fae the same guid groond! on page 38

2 matches

Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
ce, but she wis starin at the groond and pickin hur nails, Ah felt on page 57
before movin his feet oan the groond. on page 58
She's workin hursel intae the groond. Ah telle hur no tae go back on page 63

3 matches

McMillan, Hugh Whit If? Scotland's History as it Micht Hiv Bin, (Luath 2021 ISBN: 9781910022900) Central, poetry
up thaur on yon high groond: on page 56

1 matches

Gilmour, Rosie The Thistle, (Scots Hoose 2013) Central, weans
A pilled ane oot the groond
1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Whuppity Stoorie, (Scots Hoose 2017) Central, weans
doon she come back ontae the groond wi an earth-shooglin dunt. Th
1 matches

Clark, Sara Indyref 2: Aulder, Wiser, Kinder, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central, blog
tae me. Ah had the moral hie-groond, an ah wis sharin it wi ma pa
1 matches

Cunningham, Liam Tam, (Scots Hoose 2020) Central - Bellshill, prose
It hid a dodgy back groond noise as if there wiz a perty
1 matches

Grae, Emma Jimmy and his wee darlin Alexa, (unbound.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
. Ah could o sworn he hit the groond wi a splat.
ck when ma pals wur above the groond, it rang aff the hook. Thereâ
2 matches

Stewart, Anna An Alien Feeling, (Scots Hoose 2019) Central, prose
nstead. Then I dropped to the groond and he wis gone, and the wee
e he wants tae crawl into the groond, saying he’s sorry ower and
he sea is louder, and fae the groond I can feel its rumble. I reme
3 matches

Grae, Emma Billy's Ghost Dug, (liarsleague.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
ay, droppin the stick oan the groond. ‘Where are ye?’
1 matches

Rennie, Susan The Hoose o Haivers, (Itchy Coo 2002 ISBN: 978-1902927442) Central, weans
ettin her claith drap tae the groond ahint Arachne. “An apprenti
the Minotaur an cud feel the groond shooglin wi its
foondert an clattert tae the groond in a dub o its ain bluid. Oot
doon hadna jist fawn tae the groond, or flawn intae space. Erosâ€
in as they cam tae a bit open groond, he howked oot an aipple an r
5 matches

Rennie, Susan Kat an Doug on Planet Fankle, (Itchy Coo 2002 ISBN: 978-1902927459) Central, weans
Kat a special place whaur the groond wis ayewis fu o dubs. At nich
1 matches

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 2, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
. By tellin him tae stand his groond and no tae take any ae their
1 matches

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 3, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
ppiness huv been thin oan the groond. Still, this is a golden chan
1 matches

@DABArbuckle tweeted
in the press ups flat oan the groond.(2020) search twitter

Doric

Maitland, Andrew Tales Fae The Doric Side - The Auld Mannie, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
water splooshin aboot oan the groond. He waddled his wye tae the r on page 72

1 matches

Whyte, Brian The Bottles, (Independently published 2020 ISBN: 979-8612647218) Doric, poetry
Help me no tae fa doon on i'groond on page 94
Fa'll screw ye in i'groond on page 117

4 matches

Byrne, Catherine Alice's Mishanters in e Land o Farlies, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010609) Doric - Caithness, prose
e, an e ither wis sittan on e groond near e door, staran stupidly on page 54
E Queen's Croquet-Groond on page 74
lkan off till ither parts o e groond, Alice soon came till e concl on page 79
lkan aboot at e ither end o e groond-an A should hev croqueted e Q on page 81
hes are gone fae iss side o e groond." So she tucked id awety unde on page 82
Also on pages 88, 89
7 matches

Hamilton, Roddy Lallans 58 - Cyaard, the Tattie Doodle, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Doric, prose
re, tryin tae get him aff the groond." Dugald jist laughed at me - on page 118

1 matches

Hamilton, Roddy Lallans 63 - The Bruntie Cat, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Doric, prose
were streetchin langer on the groond.
1 matches

Orkney

@peediepuss tweeted
on, it's mostly just the Hill groond we can see (2020) twitter link

Shetland

Watt, Valerie Görwill trows blamed for earthquake, (Shetland Times 2009) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
is a dizen. You could feel da groond shaak as yit anidder reel wis
ck up. We wir dat fairt as da groond aa aroond wis shook. Tankfull
2 matches

Ulster

Dornan, Stephen Tha Jaa Banes, (Ulster-Scots Academy 2020 ISBN: 978-1-9163758-1-9) Ulster - Comber, poetry
omed ma haun in tha saft, wat groond on page 18

1 matches

Campbell, Robert Lock Doon Poyams, (Independently 2021 ISBN: 979-8742155812) Ulster, poetry
Shreeks an howlers fills tha groond, on page 36
Hooves ir fit fae roughest groond, on page 45
Or wrestles beece untae tha groond, on page 46

3 matches

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