pencil | Corpus occurrences | Central | Doric / Northern | Orkney | Shetland | Southern | Ulster | |
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Occurences normalised per million words | 18.1 | 19 | 13.6 | 9.9 | 17.4 | 31 | 22.1 | |
Number of occurrences | 58 | 37 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | |
Number of authors | 27 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
Begg, James A. Alison's Jants in Ferlieland, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010845) Central, prose
Yin o the jurors had a sclate-pencil, makin sic a loud screivin, s on page 44
2 matches
Cohen, Susan Wee Scottish Book o' Pure Stoatin' Joy, (The Wee Book Company 2019 ISBN: 978-1916491588) Central, prose
e're really strugglin', put a pencil between yer teeth an' hud it on page
2 matches
Cunningham, Lucy nothing but a set of eyes for stars - Swedish Fish, (Association for Scottish Literature 2023 ISBN: 978-1906841546) Central, prose
g wis cute tae them. Glittery pencil cases, hair clips, old fogeys on page 39
1 matches
Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
that wisnae bad enough, some pencil pusher in London hus decided on page 21
ears. Ah decide tae pull this pencil pusher tae the side. Jist tae on page 161
Ah then proceeded tae take ma pencil case oot ma bag. Along wae a on page 189
3 matches
Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
and get yersel a jotter and a pencil and let's see how clivvir ye on page 44
ped at her. Then she lifted a pencil and quickly done the sum on a on page 68
gripped it. She hud lined her pencil-box wi star-grass fur the cra on page 131
aged tae wachle the lid o the pencil-box richt hame and the esk wi on page 133
ke lightnin, Lavender got her pencil-case fae her schuilbag and sl on page 134
Also on pages 160
12 matches
Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
nen ah went tae get a len ae pencil an fuckin Mickey fuckin O'Rou on page 29
sat doon on ma bed, took a HB pencil oot ma pencil case, an then b on page 32
o tae the bin tae sharpen her pencil right after that an Charlene on page 113
new Hunner an Wan Dalmatians pencil case aff him, That dog's as d on page 169
5 matches
Grae, Emma The Tongue She Speaks, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, poetry
let. Ah take a compass oot ma pencil case and start workin oan the on page 45
1 matches
Townsley, Jane Joe's Cloud an Ither Stuff, (lulu.com 2014 ISBN: 978-1326001612) Central - Perth, prose
cribbled doon every word, his pencil fleein back an forrit across on page 27
1 matches
Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
Ma pencil's sherp, the paper's white;
1 matches
Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 177, (self-published 2008) Central, newspaper
an furrit fae the pynt o his pencil:" cleekin wi gret feelin the
1 matches
Bennett, Peter Sharks, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
ad oot an licked the nib ay a pencil he wis haudin an startit writ
1 matches
Bennett, Peter Graftin, (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
oice comes fae behind the wee pencil moustached prick. ‘Daniel,
gain, eh?’ he sais, his wee pencil moustache collectin wee globu
2 matches
Eunson, Catherine This Winter, (The Scores 2020) Central, poetry
coat, oxtered ledger, pencil snug
1 matches
@DavidJWood2 tweeted
for her. She cannae keep the pencil behind her lug ???????(2020) search twitter
@iainnicol tweeted
@ExMinimis aww - pencil it in fir the middle ae neist(2020) search twitter
Byrne, Catherine Alice's Mishanters in e Land o Farlies, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010609) Doric - Caithness, prose
Wan o ejurors hed a pencil at squeaked. Iss, o course, A on page 105
e squeakan o e Lizard's slate-pencil, an e chokan o e suppressed g on page 120
2 matches
Blackhall, Sheena Lallans 58 - Dour, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Doric, prose
bye's the neive that held the pencil, an in yon neive an throw it on page 51
1 matches
Blackhall, Sheena Lallans 63 - Shelts, (Lallans Magazine 2002) Doric, prose
oon nodded, slowly. Paper and pencil war gaen tae him. Cannily, he
1 matches
Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
irn sat wi a slate an a slate pencil. A map o the warld hung skwee
er ain version o't wi a slate pencil on her slatie, in scratty hau
2 matches
Strachan, Shane Beyond the Sea, (Scottish Book Trust 2023) Doric, prose
mom, he taks a broon colourin pencil and fills in the ootline o he
1 matches
Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
e oot wad come a Licht like a pencil, an Dr Ewan wad shine it inno
1 matches
@StuartPoet tweeted
een mair meat oan a butcher's pencil!(2020) search twitter
McDonald, Fiona Frae Cowie's Cragg, (Ulster-Scots Academy Press 2021 ISBN: B0949GXX7K) Ulster, poetry
ars mair mate on a buttcher's pencil," said Davie, lachin. on page 23
1 matches
King, Angeline Weans o Latharna, (angelineking.com 2021) Ulster - Larne, weans
oot across the ebb toward the pencil-shapit Chaine Memorial Tower
1 matches
@OrangRuth tweeted
f blanks..... No lead in thon pencil ??(2021) search twitter