helpless | Corpus occurrences | Central | Doric / Northern | Orkney | Shetland | Southern | Ulster | |
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Occurences normalised per million words | 5.5 | 7.4 | 1.6 | 0 | 5.8 | 0 | 4.4 | |
Number of occurrences | 17 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
Number of authors | 10 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
had tae watch helpless as their grand houses were fy on page 34
1 matches
Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
he. Ah Stare doon deep at his helpless frightened wee puss. And as a on page 153
tae oor destination the maire helpless he appears tae be. This drive on page 158
balloon. And as ah watch his helpless surrender ah find masel strug on page 161
3 matches
Clark, Thomas The Boggin Beginnin, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303524) Central, weans
disappearin like that. A-wee, helpless bairn." on page 103
But then she looked up at her helpless sister and she kent whit her on page 110
2 matches
Milne, W. S. Lallans 78 - Mary, Queen o Scotland, Pairt I, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, script
But we're helpless, quine, helpless. on page 25
their helpless airms. on page 32
Women! Useless! Helpless! on page 35
4 matches
Mortimer, Cara Bewaur o th tap tap tap, (Scots Hoose 2022) Central - North Lanarkshire, weans
e made yer choice, yer jist a helpless wee lassie, caught in ma wab,
1 matches
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