carpet | Corpus occurrences | Central | Doric / Northern | Orkney | Shetland | Southern | Ulster | |
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Occurences normalised per million words | 16.6 | 15.1 | 19.5 | 39.7 | 17.4 | 31 | 4.4 | |
Number of occurrences | 54 | 30 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | |
Number of authors | 36 | 17 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 |
Robertson, James Naebody'd Seen Him, (Scottish Book Trust 2018) Central, prose
swivel chair rolls across the carpet from his desk to the huge flo on page 14
1 matches
McQueer, Chris HWFG, (404 Ink 2012 ISBN: 978-1912489107) Central, prose
and face first oan his boggin carpet. on page 30
1 matches
Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
, pented it, pit in a windae, carpet an furniture they begged aff on page 1
2 matches
Grae, Emma The Tongue She Speaks, (Luath 2022 ISBN: 978-1804250242) Central, prose
'I walk across a carpet of green and gold,' ah contin on page 7
1 matches
Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
back tae John Logie Baird. A carpet that's goat maire stains oan on page 13
1 matches
Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
he slorach ye've made on thon carpet!' on page 54
nae pictures on the waw, nae carpet on the flair, jist coorse unp on page 184
essin-table and landed on the carpet. on page 205
3 matches
McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
ion o the nation's capital bi carpet-bagger property speculators, on page 9
1 matches
McQueer, Chris Hings - Short Stories 'n That, (404 Ink 2017 ISBN: 978-0995623866) Central - Glesga, prose
nd sticks bolt upright in the Carpet nearly gawn right through the on page 173
1 matches
Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
Dunno why she expects the red-carpet treatment here though cause n on page 169
2 matches
Grae, Emma The Tongue She Speaks, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, poetry
'I walk across a carpet of green and gold,' ah contin on page 35
1 matches
Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
ttom o it, and the chessboard carpet is covered in God knows whit. on page 4
dinnae understand, under the carpet. on page 5
reid carpet in ma room, which makes them on page 119
3 matches
Johnston, Mary Lallans 73 - Back-Eyn, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, poetry
hap e girss like a chaip 70s carpet; on page 70
1 matches
Bennett, Peter The Sacrificial Doo, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
n, hair covered, pish-stained carpet taewards the door.
1 matches
Bennett, Peter Carpe Diem, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
ths in the late eighties. The carpet underfoot is threadbare wae f
1 matches
Geraghty, Martin 378, (TheCommonBreath.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
o block the bastards oot. The carpet is threadbare. Doos are relat
1 matches
McKillop, Roger The Staff, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
goat the, Paste Spreadin' - Carpet Treadin',
Lifted up the carpet,
Carpet Layin' – Plumbin’ Prayin'
3 matches
Crawford, Ross Awa in a Dwam, (Medium 2021) Central - Stirling, prose
She knelt doon oan the carpet and used her fingernail tae e
1 matches
Connor, Bailey A SCOTS HORROR STORY, (Scots Hoose 2021) Central, weans
landed softly oan the cherry carpet.
1 matches
McNulty, Victoria Hame, (Scottish Poetry Library 2022) Central, poetry
On the carpet of oor ground floor flat
1 matches
Heather, Alistair Tartan Tourism nae mair, (The Herald 2018) Central, newspaper
nder an a hotel pub wi tartan carpet. Ye can get yer messages at s
1 matches
Begg, James A. Lallans 74 - The Killie Fleshers - 1786, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
iam wis gled tae see frae the carpet, drapes, an mahogany furnitur
1 matches
Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
ged the brochire doon oan the carpet. "An if wi dinna hurry up an on page 38
linoleum roon the edge o the carpet square. Mam made aa wir maet on page 87
2 matches
Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
an lans wi a dull thud on the carpet as Ah turn roon te face the s on page 22
1 matches
Uri, Antonia Bidin awa: City Breaks, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Doric - Aberdeen, newspaper
colourfu an intricate flouer carpet that runs richt throu it. on page 13
1 matches
Whyte, Brian The Bottles, (Independently published 2020 ISBN: 979-8612647218) Doric, poetry
ed wine skelt on i' new front carpet on page 121
1 matches
Blackhall, Sheena Lallans 63 - Shelts, (Lallans Magazine 2002) Doric, prose
tor wid sit. On the thin blue carpet, ower in a far neuk, an aunci
e puil on the radio wifie”s carpet.
2 matches
Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
n the braisse rods haudin the carpet flat tae the steps fur fear o
1 matches
Strachan, Shane Beyond the Sea, (Scottish Book Trust 2023) Doric, prose
er, doon ontae the itchy blue carpet that ay sticks tae yer socks.
1 matches
Strachan, Shane Hoast, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric, prose
r een cast doon at the floral carpet.
1 matches
@fittiecrooners tweeted
dragged me aroond a blooming carpet shop as wints a new rug! I wi(2019) search twitter
@Manuforti1968 tweeted
rdbrad @FaeFoggie Jist better carpet mair like. Serves mi richt fi(2019) search twitter
Grieve, Ingrid Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
Thir's crumbs all ower the carpet on page 71
1 matches
Grieve, Issy Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
Turn, lower and create a new carpet o hill, on page 60
1 matches
Brown, Moyra Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
An 'Arabian Nights' carpet for flying through the air. on page 29
1 matches
De Luca, Christine Parallel Worlds: Poems in Shetlandic and English, (Luath 2005 ISBN: 978-1905222131) Shetland, poetry
glitter fae da carpet. Da TV lowses on page 46
1 matches
Watt, Valerie Da secret wirld o Santie’s elves, (Shetland Times 2008) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
d da holly waapeper an da red carpet dat hed peerie bells trowe hi
1 matches
Rodger, Matt The Borth’ick Waitter, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Roxburgh, prose
Carpet Boolin Club hed thair meeting
1 matches
@jamie_ginger tweeted
aryt ti a man that sold is a carpet aboot 20 year ago and he ster(2019) search twitter