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Use in varieties of Scots

cell Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words11.9 14.4 7.5 39.7 5.8 0 0
Number of occurrences3828 5 4 1 0 0
Number of authors26 20 3 2 1

Occurrences of cell in Corpus

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Central

McQueer, Chris HWFG, (404 Ink 2012 ISBN: 978-1912489107) Central, prose
nt as fuck. No a single brain cell between these two cunts. on page 8

1 matches

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
yi try tae go intae Splinter Cell stealth-mode n start creepin, on page 33

1 matches

Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
Fae a cell ahint thum, Fraser shoutit. on page 1

2 matches

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
is left tae sot in a solitary cell on the Bass . . . wi nocht ta on page 31

1 matches

Hubbard, Tom The Flechitorium, (Grace Note 2017 ISBN: 9781907676932) Central - East Central, poetry
rides out, And seeks a lonely cell on page 3

1 matches

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
d square and scuddy as a jyle-cell. The peelie-wallie daylicht t on page 183

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Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
Next wiz a Bell Street cell, on page 63

1 matches

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
n the nerra wa's o his lanely cell. on page 56

1 matches

Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
Whan he wis in his cell by hissel, on page 110
Hingin aboot in a wally cell for hauf a dollar. on page 123

2 matches

Townsley, Jane Joe's Cloud an Ither Stuff, (lulu.com 2014 ISBN: 978-1326001612) Central - Perth, prose
hassle, so she sat in the wee cell an gret an gret an gret. on page 85

1 matches

Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
. If fngs wur different, ah'd cell hur, lightin them up. But ah on page 35

1 matches

Morton, Elaine Hamethocts, (Evertype 2010 ISBN: 978-1782012399) Central, poetry
ly grew, ages wi her ain erst cell - on page 34
Wha chittle on ilk cell, gilravagin on page 35
No lang its lane, ilk cell itsel wull seed, on page 47

3 matches

McPartlin, John Lallans 68 - Black Staff , (Lallans Magazine 2006) Central, poetry
lay waukened in the Tolbooth cell. on page 112

1 matches

Clark, Thomas The Itchy Coo Book o Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales in Scots - A Tale o Three Dugs, (Itchy Coo 2020) Central, weans
irn ran past the windae o his cell, and the sodger had an idea. on page 46

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Connor, Charles P. Lallans 82 - Nae Guid Ettle, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, prose
cawin me back oot the naerrae cell as Ah chairged inbye. on page 17
ng green-faced screws oot the cell sae thai cuid see tae the bla on page 18

3 matches

Fleemin, Sandy Economic Theory, (sandyfleming.org 2003) Central - East Lothian, prose
e winter tae git intae a warm cell. But better bide oot the road
1 matches

Logan, Kirsty Lego, (Scots Hoose 2017) Central, weans
sink. It looked like a prison cell.
he boxes, made her wee prison cell look mare like hame. Ma dad n
2 matches

Fleemin, Sandy Lallans 59 - Bellin the Cat, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Central - Ormiston, prose
r Mack in the pòliss station cell, “What wey div ye want tae
1 matches

Geraghty, Martin The Pusher, (TheCommonBreath.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
. The main artery. The holdin cell.
1 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
atrice e’en got the ilk wee cell o a room that she had had afo
1 matches

Facebook link ( 2019) Central
arrison captain tae leave the cell door open an hope he'd eventu

Doric

Christie, Hilary Lallans 78 - Ma Freens in Chains, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Doric, poetry
while ma freen growes in his cell on page 74

2 matches

Hamilton, Roddy Lallans 58 - Cyaard, the Tattie Doodle, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Doric, prose
deserve tae be lockit up in a cell!' on page 118

1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
an Brian's hame wad be a life-cell inno yon hinneycaimb. He'd ha
oot his faither; nae the life-cell he'd thocht he'd be bidin in,
2 matches

Orkney

Giles, Harry Josephine Deep Wheel Orcadia: A Novel, (Picador 2021 ISBN: 978-1529066609) Orkney, poetry
r diastimeter on the deck o a cell. Sheu'd sneck the laser an di on page 30
s her peedie pod, happan hids cell in a sark, hids screen in ani on page 74
is oot by the Hofn, a peedie cell by hidsel, aneath the hulks s on page 100

3 matches

Cormack, Kevin Toonie Void, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
ensnared jizzen, the cell's mute face. on page 29

1 matches

Shetland

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
caas your bathroom da police cell," I laached, "I aye windered. on page 75

1 matches

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