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meat Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words45.2 48.4 48 19.9 40.7 54.7 22.1
Number of occurrences14091 30 2 7 5 5
Number of authors65 40 11 2 5 3 4

Occurrences of meat in Corpus

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Central

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
took pre-crust, an gravy, an meat, on page 104

1 matches

Robson, Frances Lallans 82 - The Locomotive, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, poetry
A thoosand cutlets o finest meat, on page 30

1 matches

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
freedom is in sight. A polis meat wagon screams up tae the entr on page 47

1 matches

Muir, Glenn The McFables: Selected Aesop's Fables in Scots, (self-published 2015 ISBN: 978-1519739216) Central, poetry
Wha fand a fair sized dod o meat on page 16
He lost his appetite for meat on page 17
The meat wis rank, it fairly stank on page 34

5 matches

Begg, James A. Alison's Jants in Ferlieland, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010845) Central, prose
preed pie-crust, an gravy, an meat, A tuim ashet wis Houlet's pu on page 44

3 matches

MacKinnon, Ann Lallans 70 - Five Poems, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, poetry
and ett his meat, glowering at naething. on page 61

1 matches

Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
an cheese or cauld meat on page 18

1 matches

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
n tac hug, tae cry in for his meat; or tae sit side-by-side on a on page 55
urs till she woke him for his meat. Even then, he wis gey laith on page 75
ye ken fine there's no eneuch meat or meal here tae feed extra m on page 77
eal frae the Newtonheid kist, meat frae their larder, an peat fr on page 81

4 matches

Fitt, Matthew Roald Dahl Reekin Rhymes, (Itchy Coo 2018 ISBN: 978-1785301834) Central, weans
ve brocht alang these dauds o meat.' on page 24

1 matches

Hubbard, Tom The Flechitorium, (Grace Note 2017 ISBN: 9781907676932) Central - East Central, poetry
ammered abiine, ti reenge fir meat: on page 41

1 matches

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
e compartments fur the stewed meat, bileq tatties and the peas. on page 20
he butchers wi bliddy dauds o meat laid oot on display and nekit on page 171

2 matches

McQueer, Chris Hings - Short Stories 'n That, (404 Ink 2017 ISBN: 978-0995623866) Central - Glesga, prose
right? Then stab it intae the meat, twist an pull it oot,' Then on page 1
key. It's gliding through the meat and making wafer thin slices, on page 173

2 matches

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
re wis aye a longin fer fresh meat an this mainly meant seal mea on page 37
We neither wanted meat nor fuel, on page 114

4 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
r lunch or buy rolls an cauld meat fae Tesco. on page 28
DEAD MEAT on page 85
tae me, Dae yi no miss eatin meat. Ah said, Sometimes ah dae ca on page 88
aboot how when yi stop eatin meat suddenly, yir whole digestive on page 91
e replied. Ah thought she wis meat! tae be ma best pal. on page 122

8 matches

Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
s ever again! Or buy ony mair meat or ither scran! There'll be n on page 107

1 matches

Robertson, James The Sleekit Mr Tod, (Itchy Coo 2008 ISBN: 978-1845021986) Central, weans
shouted. 'Braw sappie chookie meat! Hoo dae ye no cam up and get on page 31

1 matches

Clark, Thomas The Boggin Beginnin, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303524) Central, weans
Efter walkin through the meat district, the flooer district on page 62

1 matches

Tollick, Margaret Tapsalteerie and Ither Tales, (Windfall Books 2008 ISBN: 978-0955726422) Central, weans
an the meat served up on page 44

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Kate O Shanter's Tale: And Other Poems, (Luath 2003 ISBN: 978-1842820285) Central, poetry
there's nae meat on ye at aa on page 29

2 matches

Fitt, Matthew Hercules: Bampots and Heroes, (Itchy Coo 2005) Central - Dundee, weans
ir milk wis foostie and their meat wis as tough as auld gutties on page 42

1 matches

Eagle, Andy Lallans 67 - Stravaigin the Wab, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
maiter, a ceukbeuk for reddin meat, maut an mair for tae help on on page 65

1 matches

Waddell, John Lallans 58 - fower poems bi John Waddell, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, poetry
But onywey, it wisnae meat. on page 62

1 matches

Higgs, Jo The tale of how Evan Evans scrapped wi Evan Nichols, (berfrois 2022) Central - Edinburgh, prose
assive fucker of an old-timey meat cleaver.
f course yer lusciously shiny meat cleaver ah refer to. Ah need
A nice meat cleaver, a funny wee ferret,
3 matches

Fleemin, Sandy Report on Inquiry intil the role Submission, (Education, Culture an Sport Comatee 2003) Central - East Lothian, government
ce it juist like the English "meat" in Scots, syne that's hou ta
1 matches

Robinson, Christine Lallans 70 - The Language o the Glasgow Unity Plays, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
ffin ile (style); plates o’ meat (feet). Some o thir are maist
ae London, includin plates of meat. China is shared wi London as
2 matches

Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
A've aw the meat A'm wantin,
Gies on tae marshes, fu o meat,
(fur Adam niver tastit meat).
3 matches

Forrest, Liam Hittin the Toon, (Scots Hoose 2020) Central - Dunfermline, prose
r um, he looked like a bit eh meat snugly wrapped in packagin’
1 matches

Heather, Alistair The porage revolution: Hou porage cam tae mak Scotland habitable, (Mak Forrit 2017) Central - Angus, blog
reason. The berries, nuts an meat wis ower muckle for a bairn t
nly a guid source o calorific meat, but it wis cereals that gied
2 matches

Thoumire, Elizabeth Makkin a muckle o a mickle, (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Edinburgh, blog
their ilk; whan sic things as meat, bacon, grains, butter, sugar
ressit. The taste o the cauld meat fae a tongue wis sublime! The
e heid in oor muckle pan. The meat wis scrapit fae the bane an p
3 matches

Bennett, Peter Graftin, (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
tation - mare cattle fur the meat grinder, waitin tae be corral
1 matches

Stewart, Anna An Alien Feeling, (Scots Hoose 2019) Central, prose
nd a sharpness that comes fae meat.
scribe what it felt like. Raw meat underwater maybe – soft but
2 matches

Grae, Emma Billy's Ghost Dug, (liarsleague.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
the tab, and let the chunks o meat fall intae the bowl. Plop. Pl
1 matches

Rennie, Susan The Hoose o Haivers, (Itchy Coo 2002 ISBN: 978-1902927442) Central, weans
will be weel fed wi sic royal meat,” said ma faither. “As ye
oondert at the reek o foostie meat comin fae inside. I closed ma
in an humphed the carcasses o meat back for their tea. But noo A
3 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 116, (self-published 2003) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
re Company will be performin 'Meat’ bi Sarah Colvin on the Fri
1 matches

Muir, Glenn David of Seafield, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Linlithgow, prose
lly we did gie him tins o dug meat tae. He didnae like Pedigree
1 matches

Shoor Caan, Angus Afore we hud ri telly, (McStorytellers.com 2013) Central - Saltcoats, prose
don't bey interferin' wi rat meat, d'ye hear me? A'll ken if yu
1 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
hey were sittin on. Collops o meat an bits o breid wis passed ta
he’d had some bits o cauld meat an yisterday’s breid. He tr
t ilka couple o days wi fresh meat. On the evenins whan they bad
3 matches

Shoor Caan, Angus Coont Thum: A hunner an' oad McLimericks, (self-published 2012 ISBN: 978-1480242425) Central - Ardrossan, poetry
a gairdin rake A loast the meat tae a big hairy dug The ‘hi
t pandemonium an’ burnin’ meat
2 matches

Scots Language Center Crackin aboot politics, (Scots Language Centre 2020) Central, blog
shuidna girn aboot the want o meat. Fowk will say, he pynts oot,
drink wad be faur cheaper nor meat but for the stents that the g
huidna complain on the want o meat whan we’r no skaithless in
3 matches

Donati, Colin Universal Declaration o Human Richts, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Central, government
his faimily, includin meat, claes, hoosing and medical c
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 105, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
They're guid fallows at their meat an drink, an awfu guid-nature
1 matches

Kirk Jn, Albert Wur Empire's Guid, (albertkirkjr.com 2022) Central - Aryshire, blog
We eat yer meat tae loass ye wecht
1 matches

McDonald, Hamish The Girnin Gates - Chapter 3, (Itchy Coo 2003) Central, prose
ve gote pulverised tae burger-meat bi yon angel.
1 matches

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 1, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
ae be honest. When she chewed meat oot this wee junkie cunt fur
1 matches

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 3, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
s. It’s a trek fur a bit ae meat but these juicy bits ae heave
rained fae fryin up masel rid meat. Insteed, fur massel, ah’ve
tae devour the tasty bits ae meat clean oaff his dish. Leavin m
3 matches

Begg, James A. Lallans 74 - The Killie Fleshers - 1786, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
erous business, an nae lack o meat or gear in his hous. ‘But w
1 matches

@iainnicol tweeted
arq Ye can mak stovies wi ony meat ye haed on yer stove.(2020) search twitter

@rosa_alba_macd tweeted
nd the isolation. I don't eat meat so lamb in a slow cooker is u(2020) search twitter

@Chazzbat tweeted
uangxi to end the dog and cat meat trade via @HSIGlobal https://(2020) search twitter

@DABArbuckle tweeted
don't like jam, marmalade or meat paste but what aboot potted h(2019) search twitter

@LowEndJardo tweeted
A want donner meat, ye can get it for a mortgage (2021) twitter link

Doric

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
'Maisie, oan the caal meat coonter it Tesco's. She bides on page 22
great lang queue it the caal meat coonter an Maisie didna hae m on page 23
n. Fit did ye buy it the caal meat coonter ess mornin? on page 26

3 matches

Benzie, Lesley Fessen Reared, (Seahorse 2020 ISBN: 978-1916214538) Doric, poetry
like meat on a spit on page 54

1 matches

Whyte, Brian The Bottles, (Independently published 2020 ISBN: 979-8612647218) Doric, poetry
I nivir gie ye ma meat paste on page 186

1 matches

Byrne, Catherine Alice's Mishanters in e Land o Farlies, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010609) Doric - Caithness, prose
took pie-crust, an gravy, an meat, on page 102

1 matches

Goodall, Phyllis J. Berryhill, (timberford.demon 2000) Doric, poetry
That will wirk for meat an fee
That will wirk for meat an fee
That wid wirk for meat an fee
3 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
o he wad be whinneyin fur his meat. Sune, Jock wad feenish his p
ine fa's faither cud takk the meat frae yer plate as quick as lu
eat beasts stude chawin their meat, the rikk risin aff their swy
ty wis pit tae the stable tae meat the horse wi the grieve efter
Some hae meat an canna eat
9 matches

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
doggin ye tae cadge the verra meat frae yer moo. Brian hid an al
s could thole the breenge fur meat up onno the birsslin shore an
Javons larned – wi neither meat nur watter, aywis luikin till
3 matches

McGregor, Iain Lallans 76 - Wullie’s Wife: The Hoaspital Veisit, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Doric, prose
an ye gied im hes meat. E didna say ocht ta iz in th
1 matches

Strachan, Shane Standing Stone, (northwordsnow.co.uk 2016) Doric, prose
, food flavouring, and tinned meat that’s been grown in test t
s been grown in test tubes, meat that canna compare wie the fe
2 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
he sat up an prigged fur his meat like a pup, Tommy wad like hi
1 matches

@FaeFoggie tweeted
en end wi skirlie and sassage meat, breadcrumbs and herbs in i i(2019) search twitter

@fittiecrooners tweeted
on fa likes yon chewy rubbery meat! Like eating a rat's backside(2018) search twitter
id get yon rats arse tasting "meat" aff the bar menu bit wins th(2018) search twitter

@Manuforti1968 tweeted
've tried. Better than savage meat in yer stovies.??(2019) search twitter
nae bad. Nivver ivver savage meat. It's the law.??(2019) search twitter

Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
on session - I wis baggan up meat in me sleep. on page 31

1 matches

Hall, Simon W. Haggis tasting notes, and whisky pairings, (Brisk Northerly 2019) Orkney, blog
r is light, and the morsels o meat dotted among the oatmeal mean
1 matches

Shetland

MacInnes, Morag Archipelagos : Poems from Writing the North, (University of Edinburgh 2014 ISBN: 978-0-7486-9755-7) Shetland, poetry
ar an a sponge fur the spoilt meat. on page 20

1 matches

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
od mention. Dey wir nae fresh meat, oonless fur Friday, whin sh on page 15
a sludge a decomposin fish an meat seepin oot da door a da fridg on page 45

3 matches

I Hear Dee Shaetlan A primer - v. 1.1, (I Hear Dee 2022) Shetland, prose
s nivver da Standirt English "meat" bit alwis da on page 104

1 matches

Ratter, Peter Da Perishin Nort, (Young Shetland Writer 2010) Shetland, prose
onscience lik a chunk o fresh meat.
1 matches

Facebook link (Wir Midder Tongue 2016) Shetland
ta bide for me tae, "Spanish meat-balls", shu said, an auld rec

Southern

Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
took pie-crust, an gravy, an meat, on page 104

1 matches

Purves, David Lallans 73 - A Whein Auld Chinese Saws, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Southern - Selkirk, poetry
peltin an ill dug wi butcher meat on page 83

1 matches

Purves, David Jade Lute, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Selkirk, poetry
is near gaen for want o guid meat.
Ettlin frae meat ti win ayelestin lyfe,
2 matches

@StuartPoet tweeted
yins here - Ah've seen mair meat oan a butcher's pencil!(2020) search twitter

Ulster

Fenton, James On Slaimish, (Ullans Press 2009 ISBN: 9781905281299) Ulster, poetry
Tae join at funetheral meat ower in Dunloy, on page 42

1 matches

Robinson, Philip Oul Licht, (Ullans Press 2017 ISBN: 978-1905281305) Ulster - Larne, poetry
Is meat gien til sic thrangs o thran? on page 6
n in its den A-roarin fur its meat. on page 64

2 matches

Morrison-Smyth, Anne Alice's Carrants in Wunnerlan, (Evertype 2013 ISBN: 978-1-78201-011-1) Ulster - Ballymoney, prose
r tuk pre-crust, an grevy, an meat, on page 105

1 matches

BardOfMilebush To A Merican Food, (Reddit 2017) Ulster, poetry
r plastic, processed sandwich meat, Yer putrid PBJs All turn to
1 matches

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