tall | Occurrences normalised per million words | Occurrences | Authors |
---|---|---|---|
Total Corpus | 36.2 | 116 | 58 |
ORK - Orkney | 99.4 | 10 | 3 |
SHD - Shetland | 40.7 | 7 | 7 |
TON - Tonge | |||
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness) | |||
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle) | |||
MNA - Mid Northern A | 19.6 | 6 | 4 |
MNB - Mid Northern B | |||
SNO - South Northern | |||
ABN - Aberdeen | |||
DOR - General Northern | 13.3 | 3 | 2 |
NEC - North East Central | 139.1 | 3 | 2 |
SEC - (South) East Central | 17.9 | 7 | 6 |
WCE - West Central | 73.6 | 16 | 4 |
DUN - Dundee | 95.6 | 9 | 2 |
EDN - Edinburgh | 37.7 | 6 | 4 |
GLA - Glasgow | 76 | 14 | 5 |
AYR - Ayrshire | 52.4 | 4 | 2 |
LAL - General Central | 32.1 | 24 | 13 |
SEA - South East (Borders) | 37.4 | 3 | 2 |
SWE - South West (Galloway) | 41.7 | 3 | 3 |
DUL - Donegal (East Donegal) | |||
WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry) | |||
CUL - Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim) | |||
BUL - Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim) | |||
SUL - South Antrim (Between Sixmilewater and Belfast) | |||
BEL - Eastern Ulster (Belfast) | |||
PUL - Peninsular Ulster (Ards) | |||
EUL - East Antrim (Larne) | 32.8 | 1 | 1 |
GUL - General Ulster | |||
SYN - Synthetic (no region) |
Bruce, Lorraine Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
Noo here's The Big Tall Wife Fae the Back o Costies. on page 86
hand. That's allowed The Big Tall Wife Fae the Back o Costies t on page 87
8 matches
Hall, Simon W. The Boy That Lived - Chapter Wan, (Brisk Northerly 2015) Orkney, prose
n seen in Privet Gate. He wis tall, thin an gey owld, lukkan at
1 matches
De Luca, Christine Parallel Worlds: Poems in Shetlandic and English, (Luath 2005 ISBN: 978-1905222131) Shetland, poetry
Tall cloods wi der siller linings on page 42
1 matches
Sutherland, Hazel Biggin Da Dess, (Shetland For Wirds 2004) Shetland, prose
short handle, cis I'm no very tall. Auld Daa tweated da teeth a
1 matches
Cumming, John Kirsten, (Shetland For Wirds 2006) Shetland, prose
er. Lang ginger hair, six fit tall, an laegs up tae her oxters.
1 matches
Peterson, George P.S. Nannie Georgedaughter, (Shetland For Wirds 2002) Shetland, prose
n ower his broos, straicht an tall an slim. Wir pritty young man
1 matches
Ratter, Peter Da Perishin Nort, (Young Shetland Writer 2010) Shetland, prose
sea. Starin back at him wis a tall, broad man garbed in bull's-e
1 matches
Nicholson, Hannah Samhain - Usher in the Dark - Scalloway Castle, (Leopard Arts 2021) Shetland, poetry
Noo dey stand tall but cowld,
1 matches
Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
machine on tither, a serious, tall man, staunin apairt frae the
xin his airms oot tae her, an tall, he wis, sae heich he fullt t
2 matches
Irvine, Owen Eldritch Story, (The Gaudie 2018) Doric - Banff, weans
On his wye doon he came tae a tall mannie fa wiz jist skin an be
a small loon greetin or see a tall thin man walking aroon, bit a
2 matches
@JamieFairbairn1 tweeted
ere in Banff. e.g. He's 6 fit tall..... Onywye! (2020) twitter link
@Franwella tweeted
@antanddec yer looking quite tall the nite Dec! x(2011)
Heather, Alistair Whaur we cam fae: the Pechts, (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Angus, blog
that they war aboot fower fit tall. The Declaration o Arbroath,
1 matches
Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
ks fur yer help, missus,' the tall polisman said. The weeir yin' on page 1
2 matches
Hubbard, Tom The Flechitorium, (Grace Note 2017 ISBN: 9781907676932) Central - East Central, poetry
an parasol, airm-in-airm wi a tall, guid-lookin fella. She seeme on page 73
1 matches
Townsley, Jane Joe's Cloud an Ither Stuff, (lulu.com 2014 ISBN: 978-1326001612) Central - Perth, prose
l an threw it intae a clump o tall nettles near the water's edge on page 45
1 matches
Forrest, Liam Hittin the Toon, (Scots Hoose 2020) Central - Dunfermline, prose
n there, who looked aboot 7ft tall but it wiz his hair which add
1 matches
Muir, Glenn Pet-gilante, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Linlithgow, prose
r, blue een and lookin like a tall,fat Jackie Bird. Wee Shooie w
1 matches
Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
aid, Is it but. She wis a big tall heavy lassie wi hauns lik a g on page 72
Barry, wis there anaw an this tall, skinny boy wi greasy black h on page 80
he letters as bein seven foot tall wi a mooth the size ae a huma on page 123
summer: he's nearly six-foot tall noo an a size thirteen in a s on page 169
4 matches
Nicol, Alissa Poor Wee Livvy, (Scots Hoose 2022) Central - North Lanarkshire, weans
golf course, accompanied by a tall figurr, aw o them seein the s
, once again accompanied by a tall figure and a flashlight. It s
2 matches
Connor, Bailey A SCOTS HORROR STORY, (Scots Hoose 2021) Central, weans
Hazel hadnae noticed just how tall the lady wis during her wee b
1 matches
Rebecca, Casey and Stephen The Baby Dragon, the Wolves and the Lassies, (Scots Hoose 2017) Doric, weans
at she took Rebecca to a lang tall tower and kept her there for
1 matches
McKillop, Roger The Staff, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
Around yon corner tall,
1 matches
Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
an touched the seed-heids o a tall bulwan. “Yum yum,” sayed
1 matches
Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 4, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
e tellin her it’s under the tall orange gairden gnome in the b
1 matches
Sayers, Ross Daisy on the Outer Line, (Gob Stopper (Cranachan) 2020 ISBN: 978-1911279778) Central - Glasgow, prose
ink ae a mair iconic duo than tall boys and huvin absolutely fuc on page 1
1 matches
Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
Than stridin oot tall, twa legs and that, on page 87
1 matches
Bolland, John Lallans 71 - Line of Sight – excerpt fae a novel in progress, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
the camera, bairn on her hip, tall as a giantess, wi the white f
Her back tae camera, the tall quine smiles thon well-upfesh
Pale-pale wi rid-rid hair an tall an slender still an forty-twa
3 matches
Bennett, Peter Just Another Minute, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
Inside is a tall atrium that passes through ba
1 matches
McClelland, Ben Chicagof Island, (Scots Hoose 2020) Central - Ayr, prose
ns. They were aboot sivin fit tall and as roon as Santa Clause,
1 matches
Harvey, Tracy Anne Lallans 90 - The Missus, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Central, poetry
Tall an lean, on page 11
1 matches
Cohen, Susan Wee Scottish Book o' Pure Stoatin' Joy, (The Wee Book Company 2019 ISBN: 978-1916491588) Central, prose
WN UP NOO BAITH O'ER SIX FEET TALL BUT THIS WUS THE MOMENT THEY on page
1 matches
Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
d when he keekit up, he saw a tall mannie staundin ower him. 'Li on page 54
sauchs and erns and croods o tall rhododendrons wi their pink a on page 75
s a muckle open row boat wi a tall front and a tall back (like a on page 92
es nae mair than fower inches tall playin in the streets .., on page 140
e tae him? He's aboot ten fit tall and a big lang skinnymalink!' on page 169
6 matches
Fitt, Matthew Geordie's Mingin Medicine, (Itchy Coo 2007 ISBN: 978-1845021603) Central, weans
ys it's guid for a man tae be tall, on page 5
gaun on up tae bein sax feet tall, Geordie gied a lowp and shou on page 44
'It's no as tall as me? Grannie sang oot. 'See on page 58
e Grannie wis noo ower muckle tall tae get back intae the hoose, on page 72
4 matches
Robertson, James The Hoose at Pooh's Neuk, (Itchy Coo 2010 ISBN: 978-1845022945) Central, weans
) Wis fond o when it stood up tall. Hoolet wis speakin wi a pal on page 139
1 matches
Clark, Thomas The Boggin Beginnin, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303524) Central, weans
heezlin whisper. He wis awfie tall and awfie skinny, and he had on page 22
1 matches
Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
the Clyde. The cranes are so tall they look like they're touchi on page xiv
2 matches
Morton, Elaine Hamethocts, (Evertype 2010 ISBN: 978-1782012399) Central, poetry
The tall wife o drams wears winterlang on page 4
1 matches
Connor, Charles P. Lallans 73 - Waashin Day Weirriors, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, prose
haim, sleekit a lig ahent the tall, spirlie wumman, thit brocht on page 67
1 matches
Templeton, Sheila Lallans 73 - Lairnin About Luve, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, poetry
can iver be, fan the tall chiel, my granda on page 55
1 matches
Rennie, Susan The Hoose o Haivers, (Itchy Coo 2002 ISBN: 978-1902927442) Central, weans
radgelike. Noo Theseus wisna tall, or weel-built; but he kent w
1 matches
Smith, George Electrical Love, (Thi-Wurd 2013) Central, prose
o girls: Big smiles in reply. Tall these Dutchies should ae wore
1 matches
McNulty, Victoria Hame, (Scottish Poetry Library 2022) Central, poetry
Cruising couches stawnin tall
1 matches
@OliphantWullie tweeted
ad the same wan. Made us feel tall !!! (2022) twitter link
Rodger, Matt The Borth’ick Waitter, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Roxburgh, prose
The tall treis musie i thair drames o
1 matches
McMillan, Hugh Whit If? Scotland's History as it Micht Hiv Bin, (Luath 2021 ISBN: 9781910022900) Central, poetry
thru the tall gless on page 41
1 matches
@StuartPoet tweeted
@billykayscot Ma faither, a tall drink o watter, aye yuisst ta(2020)