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Use in varieties of Scots

walls Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words9 10.1 1.6 39.7 17.4 0 4.4
Number of occurrences2819 1 4 3 0 1
Number of authors15 8 1 4 1 1

Occurrences of walls in Corpus

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Central

McQueer, Chris HWFG, (404 Ink 2003 ISBN: 978-1912489107) Central, prose
Nicotine stained walls. The windaes are that manky t on page 22
shite oan the floor an up the walls an everyhing. Everywhere but on page 61
that every square inch ae the walls are covered in menchies an th on page 104

3 matches

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
splattered acroass the shoap walls. Fae what ah could make oot, on page 24
otions acroass the livin room walls. Where there's some up market on page 136

2 matches

McQueer, Chris Hings - Short Stories 'n That, (404 Ink 2017 ISBN: 978-0995623866) Central - Glesga, prose
n, it even goes up the fuckin walls. But there's mare tae come - on page 2

1 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
sprayed mentions aw ower his walls or called him a black B when on page 99
she's put up pictures on the walls ae Stramash an Tiger Jackson. on page 151
still have thir posters on ma walls. Ah will love them forever an on page 169

4 matches

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
Or e'en Iona's holy walls, on page 93

1 matches

Grae, Emma The Tongue She Speaks, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, poetry
oems ah'd seen pinned tae the walls o the big school. Ah mind fin on page 30
the graffiti etched intae the walls. Ah shouldnae huv let it both on page 41

2 matches

Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
walls, but hedges and trees. It's f on page 52
nae room tae swing a cat. The walls wur mirrored, makin it look b on page 56
ae get roond Thistlegate. The walls huv ears. Folk kin make their on page 117

3 matches

McKillop, Roger Ma Heroes o' Sport, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
Border voice, transcends aw' walls,
1 matches

Connor, Bailey A SCOTS HORROR STORY, (Scots Hoose 2021) Central, weans
Lang narrae windaes lined the walls and stern-faced portraits cas
1 matches

@jax6754 tweeted
Calanders aboot tae go up oan walls fir 2016 now back fae Pitloch(2016) search twitter

Doric

Blackhall, Sheena Lallans 73 - Obituary for David Ogston, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Doric, prose
t historie, a 'Church Without Walls', apen til aw, o onie faith, on page 12

1 matches

Orkney

Butler, Vera Gallows Ha - Maggie o Quoys and Bessie o Gyre , (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
ight on hid. Can you feel the walls Maggie? Thir cowld and damp a on page 20

1 matches

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
pigeon excrement bedecked the walls and door. on page 57

1 matches

Bruce, Lorraine Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
fae hids iridescent walls, on page 143

1 matches

Peace, Courtney The 'Guid' Life, (Orkney Heritage Society 2010) Orkney, poetry
Scrapin at the walls, yin reek at six in the morna
1 matches

Shetland

@helenmoncrieff tweeted
on da roond Foula race and da Walls regatta. Ridiculously excited(2013) search twitter
nd Foula. I am a lucky lass! #walls #regatta #Shetland http://t.c(2013) search twitter
der when da swaying'll stop? #walls #regatta #foula #shetland #ya(2013) search twitter

Ulster

Burgess, Wilson Dae Ye See: Ulster-Scots Poems, (Scots Language Centre 2007 ISBN: 978-0955791604) Ulster - L'Derry, poetry
Ye know the walls are fallin, on page 45

1 matches

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