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Use in varieties of Scots

rail Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words9.4 7.7 18.1 9.9 0 10.3 4.4
Number of occurrences3015 12 1 0 1 1
Number of authors22 12 7 1 1 1

Occurrences of rail in Corpus

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Central

Clark, Sara Echo and Narcissus, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012702) Central, poetry
the rail, pautin the seams an on page 62

1 matches

Hubbard, Tom The Flechitorium, (Grace Note 2017 ISBN: 9781907676932) Central - East Central, poetry
Sidlaws raxin ti the north, a rail brig like a caterpillar swimm on page 78

1 matches

Ross, Derek Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Dumfries, poetry
Ah wid lean oan the rail o the auld pier, on page 201

1 matches

McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
the Pension, the Gpo, British Rail, British Steel an ithers - h on page 96
ower - includin profits - o rail franchise companies isnae coo on page 134

2 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
ime, We used tae get a family rail card an we'd go tae Ayr an Ir on page 163

1 matches

Calder, Bob Lallans 58 - Allmairshall, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
t up the incline and owre the rail brig at the station. The pub on page 72

1 matches

Bolland, John A Chocolate Cowboy, (From Glasgow To Saturn 2008) Central, prose
w there wiz a gap beneath the rail. Ah lost ma pistol there. The
1 matches

Forde, Iain W D Hale Ir Sindries - Buik Twa, (Fons Scotiae 2000) Central, prose
o the Forth rail brig an mak amaist ane eyland
owff an liggit hiz lug on the rail. Inglis an Junipere
Rail Brig, the wes a fawmous auld
3 matches

Eagle, Andy Lallans 63 - Stravaigin The Wab, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
eaworld.com) aneath the Forth Rail Brig at North Queensferry in
1 matches

Heather, Alistair Trains approachin?, (Mak Forrit 2017) Central - Angus, blog
h o the Forth, by car, sea or rail, it’ll be slaw an it’ll b
1 matches

McKenzie, Roddy Cataracts, (northwordsnow.co.uk 2018) Central - Dundee, prose
yir feet catch oan thi brass rail and thi wine glass in yir han
1 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
hocht. He wis hingin ower the rail o the puil in the central coo
1 matches

Doric

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 90 - Mrs Cadwallader’s Conversion, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Doric, prose
ed ye?' Leanin ower the stern rail, the skipper pynted ti the wu on page 41

1 matches

Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
cardie Widna - on the movin rail O the escalator hookit It wis on page 15

1 matches

Morrison, Gordon Thi Lyfe An Tyme's O An Enshoar Loon, (Authorhouse 2006 ISBN: 978-1425955397) Doric - Boddam, prose
ezen cal, an kreepee, cus thi rail's on thi brig weis makken a h on page 4

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
r ere," she said, pyntin it a rail o claes aside the winda, "is on page 69
on curtin hingin fae a roosty rail. "An it's a waste o siller iv on page 70

3 matches

Whyte, Brian The Bottles, (Independently published 2020 ISBN: 979-8612647218) Doric, poetry
Ooh, I got a curtain rail in Crail on page 123
ist nae lettin go this safety rail on page 168

4 matches

Blackhall, Sheena The Itchy Coo Book o Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales in Scots - Dother o the Sea, (Itchy Coo 2020) Doric, weans
a quine stood bi the boatie's rail. Voices cried tae her, sweet on page 126

1 matches

@DoricPhrases tweeted
Minute's silence to remember rail crash victims https://t.co/zd(2020) search twitter

Orkney

Baikie, R. M. Mair Fairming Tales, (Baikie 2000 ISBN: 978-0953156412) Orkney - Hackland, prose
to lean against the rail, he spat reflectively across on page 20

1 matches

Southern

@officialAliRed tweeted
the stone was transported by rail. Also saw some deer and an au(2020) search twitter

Ulster

Fenton, James The Lade, (Ullans Magazine 2001) Ulster, prose
gless, snigs maistly, for the rail troots wur ower in the big wa
1 matches

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