surface | Corpus occurrences | Central | Doric / Northern | Orkney | Shetland | Southern | Ulster | |
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Occurences normalised per million words | 26.5 | 31.9 | 8 | 109.3 | 29.1 | 0 | 4.4 | |
Number of occurrences | 82 | 60 | 5 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 1 | |
Number of authors | 37 | 21 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 1 |
Donati, Colin The Student and the Pawnwife , (Itchy Coo 2003 ISBN: 978-1902927817) Central, prose
s noo come spleuterin tae the surface, kythed plain, an the fou hea on page 140
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Marenich, Margaret Lallans 84 - Awa wi’t, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
keekin out frae in ablow the surface whiles: a quait pauchtiness, on page 16
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Crichton, Tam Lallans 84 - Ower the Faem Pairt Twa: Doon the Watter, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
at the sunlicht dancin on the surface o the watter. Bydin. on page 56
1 matches
Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
startin tae bubble up tae the surface. on page 106
ve come tae loathe begins tae surface tae the toap. He sighs, "I'm on page 127
2 matches
Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
erg she hus naethin unner the surface.' Ah think ah micht enjoy scr on page 3
d fur ye tae sleep on a haurd surface.' on page 198
near the grey-black scrievin surface o the board. on page 213
3 matches
McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
, an the journey back tae the surface began. Ye cuid hae cut the at on page 52
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McPartlin, John Lallans 81 - Fower Australian Poems, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Central - Dollar, poetry
a bee skitit aff the surface. Glentin. on page 16
1 matches
Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
late works are doon ablow the surface!' on page 72
ad disappeart unner the broon surface. on page 84
y, and he wis poued unner the surface and then up intae the mooth o on page 85
4 matches
Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
If the surface Foreman kent yer faither on page 82
2 matches
Rennie, Susan Kat an Doug on Planet Perjink, (Itchy Coo 2002 ISBN: 978-1902927565) Central, weans
there wis a deep dunt in the surface o the planet - an nae sign o on page 14
ly bit groond on the planet's surface that wisna covered in gress. on page 18
3 matches
Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
Tae brak the meniscus o the surface watter on page 130
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Robertson, James The Sleekit Mr Tod, (Itchy Coo 2008 ISBN: 978-1845021986) Central, weans
onlicht glentin on a polished surface. Mr Tod lay still, watchin it on page 12
Deep and mair deep ablow the surface o the grund it gaed. The mith on page 18
sklent the tunnel up tae the surface. Up and up it gaed ... ull aw on page 39
3 matches
Hershaw, William Eemis Stane 1 - The Laverock’s Nest, (Eemis Stane 2022) Central, prose
o them, mair wad kyth tae the surface. Ugsome weeds. They seemed ta on page 18
1 matches
Calder, Bob Lallans 58 - Allmairshall, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
l he brings til the dryin bar surface is a five-giller bottle o a l on page 72
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Wilson, Rab Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, prose
n Ah hae anely scartit at the surface o its contents. Here a man, t on page 134
1 matches
Horsbroch, Dauvit A gang-roond oor Sun Grid, (Scots Language Centre 2020) Central, blog
aw. The'r sindry pynts on the surface o the Sun whaur magnetic fiel
aulder an daurker pairt o the surface. Aboot the sunplouks fykie pa
dunt o anither body. The hail surface o this warld is scaured wi ke
d that the temperature at the surface o this warld is 887 Fahrenhei
this dywnes awa taewards the surface tae jist twa mile an houer.
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Bennett, Peter The Sacrificial Doo, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
ay its claws tearin doon the surface at the other side. Its heid g
1 matches
Bennett, Peter Clyde Built, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
indae, it’ll no scratch the surface.’ he sais, backin awaiy doo
1 matches
Bennett, Peter Sharks, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
ess an scuff ma haun doon its surface.
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Bennett, Peter The Party ay the Year (Part One), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
m firin aw oer the urinal’s surface rises like dry ice. The metal
1 matches
Bennett, Peter The Bothy (Part Two), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
n. It sits oan the gless like surface, perfectly still amongst the
Gaspin, ma heid breaks the surface again, the freezin cauld ay t
an pulled me back up tae the surface.
3 matches
Bennett, Peter The Bothy (Part One), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
t, its reach racin across the surface ay them as the clouds part, c
wing span magnificent, their surface area poundin the air, elevati
2 matches
Bennett, Peter Coyle Loyal, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
d us, its claws scratchin the surface ay the concrete flair in its
1 matches
Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
the uneven surface o thair hidin place, an the c
merk on surfaces - ony damn surface, thair ain hide gin naethin e
2 matches
Bennett, Peter Time, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
haw maws make contact wae the surface. Ah soak fur a while surveyin
in wae aplomb as ah break the surface again, eyes closed, lettin th
2 matches
Monahan Brown, Ricky Dùn Èideann, (The Scores 2020) Central, prose
he trolley splashed throu the surface o the windae. Then the anely
1 matches
Bennett, Peter Stovies, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central, prose
, the gless huvin scraped the surface, scorin a mark through mine a
1 matches
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@bigandymccoll tweeted
ae even start tae scratch the surface of her infamy. Intit lucky I' (2022) twitter link
@kennethbryce184 tweeted
ere and yours is a far better surface lol (2020) twitter link
m them that its an artificial surface (2021) twitter link
Smith, Alex A Sair Fecht, (self-published 2003) Doric, prose
s, yachts, an sic like. Water surface wis jist like gless, it seeme
1 matches
Hamilton, Roddy Lallans 63 - Beggerey’s Greenhoose, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Doric, prose
eenhoose until it scraped the surface o the sky like ane o them New
1 matches
Strachan, Shane Beyond the Sea, (Scottish Book Trust 2023) Doric, prose
Ye sweem up tae the surface o the baa-pit.
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The Mannie Fae Unco The Diary o a Feel at the Skweel, (unco.scot 2021) Doric, prose
on for depth-charges and only surface at playtime. Maistly that wor
1 matches
Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
The meenit I step on the surface on page 18
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Giles, Harry Josephine Deep Wheel Orcadia: A Novel, (Picador 2021 ISBN: 978-1529066609) Orkney, poetry
an whit he kens o surface life, on page 7
tae the surface. But the screen bides skarpy, on page 18
Whanivwver sheu gaed tae a surface noo sheu coudno sleep until s on page 44
k aboot Mars. The trang o the surface. Aboot the weyght o a planet. on page 123
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Grieve, Ingrid Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
The work surface is covered on page 71
Dae they brak the surface wae mighty roars on page 83
2 matches
Bruce, Lorraine Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
The dark slekid surface o the Peedie Sea on page 67
The silky surface pops an on page 81
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Hall, Simon W. Lands o Twatt, (Brisk Northerly 2018) Orkney, blog
ve. The rock is close tae the surface, and tae plough is tae bring
1 matches
De Luca, Christine Parallel Worlds: Poems in Shetlandic and English, (Luath 2005 ISBN: 978-1905222131) Shetland, poetry
hits surface. Da loch is hed aa saesons on page 105
1 matches
Tait, John M Shaetlan is Daed - Lang live Dialect, (Shetland Dialect Conference 2004 2004) Shetland, prose
interference only damages the surface of a language, whilst morphol
1 matches
Watt, Valerie Froggy smoorikins, (Shetland Times 2010) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
ggs keeps dem floatin near da surface o da waater. Dis helps da sun
1 matches