swift | Corpus occurrences | Central | Doric / Northern | Orkney | Shetland | Southern | Ulster | |
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Occurences normalised per million words | 11.2 | 12.9 | 9 | 9.9 | 0 | 31 | 4.4 | |
Number of occurrences | 36 | 25 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | |
Number of authors | 23 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
A turn roon laughin tae git a swift punch in the mooth aff Si O'C on page 20
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Beekman, Tony Lallans 85 - The Belt, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
wi his ruler. Retaliation wis swift an a real fist fecht erupted. on page 43
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Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
wa oot o the glen wi the lang swift stride o a hill-man, keppin w on page 32
ouch, opened the blade, an wi swift sure strokes, cut the raips t on page 38
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Douglas, David Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Galloway, poetry
his gait is lik the swift flight of a brace o swans on page 43
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Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
ent's hesitation he gees me a swift right hand. Which naturally s on page 112
til ma name is cawed. Takin a swift glance aroond the room ah not on page 122
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Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
tiply big numbers in her heid swift as a glist o lightnin.' on page 92
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Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
hae anither swift ane, on page 70
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Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
Swift wing the hours, the towmond i on page 149
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Robertson, James The Hoose at Pooh's Neuk, (Itchy Coo 2010 ISBN: 978-1845022945) Central, weans
- ', I chanced tae say, gey swift-like, 'Whit aboot nine times on page vii
'Naw,' said Wee Grumphie swift-like. 'He couldna.' on page 131
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Morton, Elaine Hamethocts, (Evertype 2010 ISBN: 978-1782012399) Central, poetry
Mine's a sleekit rin an swift on page 56
Lat daith be swift, nae clot or stroke on page 79
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Milne, W. S. Lallans 78 - Mary, Queen o Scotland, Pairt I, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, script
An as he drave, een swift as an arra, on page 35
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Bennett, Peter The Party ay the Year (Part Two), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
ry another approach efter the swift rebuttal, but lookin roon the
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Muir, Glenn Lion Rampant, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Linlithgow, prose
the throat and kilt it wi yin swift bite. As luck wid hae it this
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McKillop, Roger Ma Heroes o' Sport, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
An' mind, you were a swift back rower,
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Crawford, Ross At Stake, (Medium 2021) Central - Stirling, prose
ck any guid-boy points fae ma swift response tae aw the drama: Sm
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Burnett, Colin Cardboard Gangster - Part 1, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central, prose
al deal. This boay performs a swift reversal.
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Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 2, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
im bein able tae recognise ma swift but hard fitsteps fae two str
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Begg, James A. Lallans 74 - The Killie Fleshers - 1786, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
e rider leant ower, an wi yae swift move, poued it oot the laddie
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Whyte, Brian The Bottles, (Independently published 2020 ISBN: 979-8612647218) Doric, poetry
We read Jonathan Swift on page 85
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Hutchison, Pat The Seven Coins o Kineddart, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Doric - Banffshire, prose
e hysterics, her reaction wiz swift and she gave Jessie a stingin
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Wilson, Rab Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Southern - Dumfries, poetry
Swift wing the hours, the towmond i on page 216
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