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Use in varieties of Scots

log Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words12.4 10.6 10.5 69.6 0 31 8.9
Number of occurrences4021 7 7 0 3 2
Number of authors26 15 4 3 2 2

Occurrences of log in Corpus

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Central

Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
ks tae no write poems, tae no log oan while no held hostage bi on page 77

1 matches

Smith, Donald Saut and Bluid: A Scotsaga, (Luath 2022 ISBN: 978-1804250341) Central, prose
Snappit bow, burnin log, on page 14

1 matches

Montador, Eileen Shriek of the Maws, (Goblinshead 2003 ISBN: 978-1899874439) Central - Fife, prose
Mind, it's grand tae hae a log on the fire noo an" again. Ye on page 5

1 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
homework log book an then jist traced ower on page 17

1 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit Scots Warks - Uphaud an guidance for screivars, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Central, government
ck tae be gien tae ye whan ye log ontae the wabsteid, an if ye' on page 48

1 matches

Clark, Thomas The Boggin Beginnin, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303524) Central, weans
us brung the axe doon on each log, brekkin it intae tottier and on page 58
wung the axe doon and split a log neatly in twa. "Aw hoachin wi on page 59

2 matches

Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
s, and as much as ah want tae log oantae ma ghost account, ah r on page 85
oan a laptop. Ah ask hur tae log intae Facebook. on page 90

2 matches

Harrison, Jean Lallans 59 - BARRY SCHUIL 1928 - 1934, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central - East Lothian, prose
en Santa came. Y wis for Yule Log, that got burned at Christmas on page 120

1 matches

Smith, Elaine C. The Glasgow Gruffalo, (Itchy Coo 2017 ISBN: 978-1785300592) Central - Glasgow, weans
ee tate tae eat in ma stoatin log cabin?" on page 11
he slithered dead fast tae iz log cabin hoose. on page 18

2 matches

Smith, Elaine C. The Glasgow Gruffalo's Wean, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303425) Central - Glasgow, weans
A big tail poked oot ae a wee log cabin. on page 10

1 matches

Eagle, Andy Lallans 74 - Stravaigin the Wab, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
ed, langage settins an e’en log-in uiser names. Awbody that u
1 matches

Calderwood, Lynsey Mumbo Jumbo, (Litro magazine 2006) Central, prose
t till she signed ma homework log book an then jist traced ower
1 matches

Bennett, Peter The Bothy (Part Two), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
Pearcey stokes it wae coal an log cuttins. Me an McDade huddle
1 matches

Grae, Emma Dancin wi the Rhona, (unbound.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
She always did sleep like a log, but maybe ah’ll wake hur m
1 matches

Muir, Glenn Al Fresco, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Linlithgow, prose
lly faither turned a sizeable log owre and fund twa enormous wo
1 matches

McKillop, Roger The Staff, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
Read, now, from his log,
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Wan Goal tae the Good, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
him. He probably slept like a log that night efter the Rangers
1 matches

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
@Brian_Pacey @HiHi1957 as log as its no 3 foot al b awrite (2020) twitter link

Doric

Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
Log on on page 15

2 matches

McDonald, John Mou Her Name, (Evertype 2018 ISBN: 978-1782012054) Doric, poetry
y A hyst Ye wi ma tusks lik a log faur i the wuid aw ma byganes on page 3

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
he bookin office said aat wir log cabin can easy haud some'dy e on page 34
ootburst. "An ye shid see the log cabins - they look great in on page 36

2 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric: Alive an Kickin 2, (Argo Publishing 2006 ISBN: 978-0954615321) Doric - Inverurie, prose
kit up it im. "I can myn fin 'log on' meent haivin anither stic on page 50

1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
Natalie wis entered inno the log buik, anither statistic o an
1 matches

Orkney

Hall, Simon W. The Orkney Gruffalo, (Itchy Coo 2015 ISBN: 978-1785300066) Orkney, weans
en for some maet in me rickly log hoose." on page 9
awey he gaed tae his ricklie log hoose. on page 16

2 matches

Towrie, David Wirkin' the Tang - a dialect tale, (Orkneyjar 2010) Orkney, prose
the banks, they fand a muckle log o' wid an windered if the pai
weel plaised, for the muckle log wid keep them in firin for ma
gathered taegether forby. The log wid hae tae be braken ap at t
3 matches

Giles, Harry Josephine Slipan, Sweechan, (harryjosephine.com 2017) Orkney, prose
s ir rekordid in fonetik daiälog. Bit haer an thir thei kach t
n viseetirs, is tae rait daiälog mostlee in Engleesh, onlee ye
2 matches

Southern

Thompson, James My Borderlands, (Richardson and Son Printers 2023) Southern - Hawick, poetry
THE LOG FIRE on page 39

2 matches

@StuartPoet tweeted
raw heize fir OV. Jist dinnae log in an read the (predictably w(2020) search twitter

Ulster

Morrison-Smyth, Anne Alice's Carrants in Wunnerlan, (Evertype 2013 ISBN: 978-1-78201-011-1) Ulster - Ballymoney, prose
he air: it puzzelt hir a wile log at furst, but efter waatchin on page 84

1 matches

Spence, Laura Tha Thoarn Tree, (Ullans Magazine 2013) Ulster, prose
Tha wumman sut doon oan a log an pushed bak tha cowl o her
1 matches

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