alone | Corpus occurrences | Central | Doric / Northern | Orkney | Shetland | Southern | Ulster | |
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Occurences normalised per million words | 22.8 | 21.7 | 19.5 | 49.7 | 34.9 | 51.7 | 8.9 | |
Number of occurrences | 74 | 43 | 13 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 2 | |
Number of authors | 44 | 23 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 2 |
McQueer, Chris HWFG, (404 Ink 2012 ISBN: 978-1912489107) Central, prose
d like that, 'Please leave us alone,' nearly greetin an that. Dol on page 2
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Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
Taz is alone n runnin up the hill, gittin on page 17
the nice things in life. Let alone security for your own family, on page 37
d sees rabbit it, by instinct alone, wull give . chase. Sometimes on page 42
3 matches
Johnstone, Shane The Gods of Frequency, (Arkbound 2020 ISBN: 978-1912092826) Central, prose
the sun. Hnnng. Thoughts left alone wi nae physical output, like on page 3
2 matches
Grae, Emma The Tongue She Speaks, (Luath 2022 ISBN: 978-1804250242) Central, prose
that sang, 'You'll Never Walk Alone'. Ah laugh. That wee cat is s on page 7
1 matches
Hubbard, Tom The Flechitorium, (Grace Note 2017 ISBN: 9781907676932) Central - East Central, poetry
A solidarity you'll feel alone. on page 57
1 matches
Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
and age who owns a mace? Lit alone actually uses yin. Some said on page 20
remains and noo he is standin alone. Face tae face wae Aldo. Yae on page 42
r students hit haime jist how alone ah actually wis there. And th on page 189
3 matches
Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
e that paper again. Leave her alone, said ma ma, Kirsty's quite h on page 42
how she wantet tae watch Home Alone. Ah'd never actually seen tha on page 169
2 matches
Grae, Emma The Tongue She Speaks, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, poetry
e aw sorts o bother here, let alone at hame wi Mammy. on page 46
e smoke until yer sixteen let alone gie other folk advice,' ah sa on page 47
2 matches
Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
idnae force a smile back, let alone gie me a present, she just sa on page 40
'Kate went tae night mass alone oan Sunday night, and Sandra on page 47
tae say old age doesnae come alone. Ah huvnae hud control o ma b on page 50
men tae Lizzie's hoose. Gaun alone wouldnae huv sat well wi me, on page 53
change the subject, leaves me alone. Ah've been tae Hell and back on page 92
Also on pages 115
6 matches
Robertson, James The Deil, (Scottish Book Trust 2018) Central, prose
cannot leave your mother all alone the
1 matches
Macdonald, Amy Evelynn and Peter, (Scots Hoose 2020) Central - Ayr, prose
t her for fifteen meenits let alone an oor and when Ah did it wis
1 matches
Grae, Emma Jimmy and his wee darlin Alexa, (unbound.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
very pub in Glasgae shut, let alone no be able tae gie ma wife o
1 matches
Grae, Emma Dancin wi the Rhona, (unbound.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
“Are you alone right now?”
1 matches
Stewart, Anna An Alien Feeling, (Scots Hoose 2019) Central, prose
, and that wis that – I wis alone. See, when I think aboot it n
1 matches
Pennie, Len Toast Tae The Daft Days, (Lidl 2020) Central, poetry
rk a shift, tae those at home alone,
1 matches
Wallace, Lorna Jock Tamson Goes tae the Doactir, (lornalouwriting.wordpress.com 2019) Central - Ayrshire, poetry
Totally alone.
1 matches
Wallace, Lorna An Ode Tae Tinder, (lornalouwriting.wordpress.com 2020) Central - Ayrshire, poetry
Hiy you. Aye, you! Are you alone?
1 matches
Havery, Hannah The Gaithering, (Literature Alliance Scotland 2022) Central - Edinburgh, poetry
by oor screens – alone.
1 matches
Donovan, Anne Hieroglyphics and Other Stories - All that Glistens, (Canongate 2004 ISBN: 1841955191) Central, prose
deid flesh of ma daddy, lyin alone in the cold church. Then ah s
1 matches
@Seperatist_No1 tweeted
if ye can, speak to your wife alone later. Dinnae be scottish abo(2020) search twitter
might just need a bit of time alone.(2020) search twitter
@alistairdunn tweeted
'll spend a fortune when he's alone(2015) search twitter
@g_hibby tweeted
eople would leave things well alone... Nae respect.. (2023) twitter link
@jax6754 tweeted
and your SO richt! Your never alone as family/freends are happy t(2014) search twitter
@MartinBroon tweeted
uaneast2418 Oan that evidence alone, Ad say luck, the bad kind,(2019) search twitter
@OliphantWullie tweeted
England tae boot him oot. We alone in Scotland cannae dae that. (2022) twitter link
@DABArbuckle tweeted
e respect. Leave these people alone. Your interfering wae their h(2020) search twitter
@bigandymccoll tweeted
er a town the size of Paisley alone ?? (2022) twitter link
through, tae realise yer not alone, and that Scotland's future w (2022) twitter link
@kennethbryce184 tweeted
th @PenicuikAth whit aboot - alone again(naturally) by gilbert o (2020) twitter link
Strachan, Shane Tales Fae The Doric Side - Doric Dwams, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, poetry
Nae alone noo. on page 31
1 matches
Maitland, Andrew Tales Fae The Doric Side - The Auld Mannie, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
he and his wife Amy had been alone thegether, livin in their ain on page 77
1 matches
Strachan, Shane DWAMS, (Tapsalteerie 2024 ISBN: 978-1916214880) Doric, poetry
echo through the tunnel. Nae alone noo. on page 27
means that ye'll die alone wi naething on page 38
2 matches
Byrne, Catherine Alice's Mishanters in e Land o Farlies, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010609) Doric - Caithness, prose
Bill!" then e Rabbit's voice alone-"Catch him, by e hedge!" then on page 36
she walked off, leavan Alice alone wi e Gryphon. Alice didna qui on page 89
2 matches
Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
But we left him alone with his glory!
1 matches
Strachan, Shane Hoast, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric, prose
ower being stuck in her hoose alone and a wee incident in ma kitc
1 matches
@DoricPhrases tweeted
ring or not leaving something alone. Mony thanks tae Gena. xx(2014) search twitter
ession then pls do not suffer alone https://t.co/fKjTutLnVR https(2017) search twitter
@Franwella tweeted
games, S oot we pals. Am home alone :-((2011) search twitter
@JoanHenry7 tweeted
hile. I remember walking home alone from a house party. Doon stai (2022) twitter link
Giles, Harry Josephine Deep Wheel Orcadia: A Novel, (Picador 2021 ISBN: 978-1529066609) Orkney, poetry
g real about my own work, let alone armoured men appearing from t on page 57
1 matches
Cormack, Kevin Toonie Void, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
Hid's seffer tae drink alone noo, on page 35
1 matches
Johnston, Barbara Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
ou ken whut flooers tae leave alone tae graow. on page 63
No partner fur me, alone in me swings on page 153
2 matches
MacInnes, Morag Archipelagos : Poems from Writing the North, (University of Edinburgh 2014 ISBN: 978-0-7486-9755-7) Shetland, poetry
No even a drawer, let alone cradle. No a rag o claes. on page 21
1 matches
Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
iver it, but I want her to be alone when she opens it. I desperat on page 24
1 matches
Watt, Valerie Da secret wirld o Santie’s elves, (Shetland Times 2008) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
get off with employing elves alone. I’ll have to employ all br
1 matches
@Julie_Dennison tweeted
Now she here runnin dis ship alone (2017) twitter link
@helenmoncrieff tweeted
o spottin a killer whale let alone seein one ????????????(2016) search twitter
@MartyMacMurtrie tweeted
d the difference atween being alone/solitude. a fin latter fitt(2020) search twitter
Crozier, Ian Recomendations fer an Ulster-Scots plen fer oor leid, heirskeip an’ culture, (communities-ni.gov.uk 2022) Ulster, government
next five years are not stand alone but future focused and with l on page 5
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