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Use in varieties of Scots

railway Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words12 13.1 7.5 0 0 51.7 13.3
Number of occurrences3926 5 0 0 5 3
Number of authors22 13 4 4 2

Occurrences of railway in Corpus

In order to avoid violating copyright law and abide by 'fair use', only up to the first five occurrences of the search term are displayed for each article.

Central

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
side n two breeze blocks n a railway sleeper makin a bench. 'The o on page 32
e hud ended his career in the railway polis. A right good man. Ma G on page 37

2 matches

Stevenson, Gerda Quines: Poems in tribute to women of Scotland, (Luath 2020 ISBN: 978-1913025502) Central, poetry
oot a wheen o them atween the railway line on page 100

1 matches

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
inerate sacrificial lambs oan railway sleepers, on page 40

1 matches

Morton, Elaine Hamethocts, (Evertype 2010 ISBN: 978-1782012399) Central, poetry
O railway bink or phone box or the warm on page 5

1 matches

Calder, Bob Lallans 58 - Allmairshall, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
huil. Mairshall's crossed the railway brig and is for the pub cried on page 72

4 matches

Hodgson, Brent Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, prose
horse-an-cairts, university, railway station, perks, river an herb on page 120

1 matches

Bolland, John A Chocolate Cowboy, (From Glasgow To Saturn 2008) Central, prose
inwood on Chainey an the auld railway track. Another written warnin
1 matches

Paisley, Janet Lallans 62 - The Numpty, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
reeched back the road tae the railway station. Fit a collection! Bi
1 matches

Clark, Thomas Wha's Like Us?, (Bella Caledonia 2017) Central - Bellshill, blog
e've ayeweys yin ee oot for a railway track tae lash oorsels tae, a
1 matches

Heather, Alistair Trains approachin?, (Mak Forrit 2017) Central - Angus, blog
ower the horizon: the Buchan railway line. There ance wis a line l
ion got sae faur as tae big a railway station at Braemar, a biggin
-case for rebiggin the Buchan railway line: the Borders Railway. Th
line: the Borders Railway. The Borders line rins fae Em
economic impact o the Border Railway haes been staggerin. Ower a m
8 matches

Bennett, Peter The Sacrificial Doo, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
d industrial area doon by the railway, gettin me tae pull up next t
n rubble reachin doon tae the railway track. The door’s closed oe
2 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
the ruif, the space became a railway station, an doos fluttert unn
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Time, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
Duke Street, passin under the railway bridge, the Parkheid Forge sh
1 matches

@bigandymccoll tweeted
reetocc1 I mind standing on a railway platform in SE England and af (2022) twitter link

Doric

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
the hoose, passin the rickety railway cairrages aat hid served as h on page 93

1 matches

Byrne, Catherine Alice's Mishanters in e Land o Farlies, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010609) Doric - Caithness, prose
n in at case A can go back by railway," she sade till hersel. (Alic on page 19
dgin houses, an behind them a railway station.) However, she soon m on page 20

2 matches

Hutchison, Pat Catty, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
t and hid left his job wi the railway. Mabel then mair or less beca
1 matches

@DoricPhrases tweeted
Love these auld railway posters: https://t.co/cmLzwxB(2017) search twitter

Southern

Wilson, Rab Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Southern - Dumfries, poetry
Or vandals at the railway station, Cowpin flooerpots ov on page 210

1 matches

Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
that case Ah can gaun back b' railway", she said tae hersel. on page 19
dgin hooses, an ahint thaim a railway station.) But, she sin worked on page 20

2 matches

Rodger, Matt The Borth’ick Waitter, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Roxburgh, prose
juist doun the railway line frae the Holm, yonder.
1 matches

@MartyMacMurtrie tweeted
sed between Robert Stephenson railway engineer hailed fae NE AND Ro (2020) twitter link

Ulster

Morrison-Smyth, Anne Alice's Carrants in Wunnerlan, (Evertype 2013 ISBN: 978-1-78201-011-1) Ulster - Ballymoney, prose
odgin-hooses, an ahint thim a railway station.) Hooiniver, shae sha on page 21

1 matches

McDonald, Fiona Frae Cowie's Cragg, (Ulster-Scots Academy Press 2021 ISBN: B0949GXX7K) Ulster, poetry
Eftér tha railway apent aroon Echteen an Fiftie on page 7

2 matches

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