| telling | Corpus occurrences | Central | Doric / Northern | Orkney | Shetland | Southern | Ulster | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Occurences normalised per million words | 24 | 23.7 | 30 | 0 | 17.4 | 72.4 | 4.4 | |
| Number of occurrences | 78 | 47 | 20 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 1 | |
| Number of authors | 45 | 25 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 1 |
Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
"Bit ah keep telling ye, ah'm no a Serpent!" said on page 52
use denyin it. Next ye'll be telling me ye've never sae much as ta on page 53
2 matches
Muir, Glenn The McFables: Selected Aesop's Fables in Scots, (self-published 2015 ISBN: 978-1519739216) Central, poetry
nding up tae his accusers and telling a story that showed the irony on page 3
1 matches
Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
e time has come for the grand telling... on page 77
1 matches
Cunningham, Lucy nothing but a set of eyes for stars - Swedish Fish, (Association for Scottish Literature 2023 ISBN: 978-1906841546) Central, prose
like adults always dae wioot telling me wit the joke wis. on page 36
1 matches
Sayers, Ross Daisy on the Outer Line, (Gob Stopper (Cranachan) 2020 ISBN: 978-1911279778) Central - Glasgow, prose
ng to work out whether you're telling me the truth here. You didn't on page 10
1 matches
Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
e gasped. "I thought you were telling me something good about him. on page 71
1 matches
Docherty, John F. Lallans 81 - Lang Summer Days, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Central, prose
eet. Ah heard ma Grampa Lalor telling ma mammy, 'Ah widnae take a c on page 76
1 matches
Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
Telling the unions whaur tae go, Tae on page 45
"Ah'm telling ye, it's the god's honest tru on page 125
2 matches
Milne, W. S. Lallans 78 - Mary, Queen o Scotland, Pairt I, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, script
I'm telling ye - on page 35
4 matches
Connor, Charles P. Lallans 73 - Waashin Day Weirriors, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, prose
"Ah'm no argyin wi ye. Ah'm telling ye." Ella reestit her muckle on page 65
"Lissen ah'm no telling ye agane." Ella glowert up a on page 66
2 matches
Docherty, John F. Lallans 82 - Lang Summer Days Pairt 2, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, prose
'Ye're telling lies! Ye wir fightin!' on page 45
1 matches
Bates, Gregor The Death Dance, (Scots Hoose 2022) Central - East Dunbartonshire, weans
didnae respond tae whit I wis telling it tae dae. I wis a prisoner
1 matches
Macdonald, Amy Evelynn and Peter, (Scots Hoose 2020) Central - Ayr, prose
ein the right thing," Ah keep telling masel, but it doesnae make me
1 matches
Bennett, Peter The Party ay the Year (Part One), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
Ah’d decided against telling ma maw, knowin she’d huv we
1 matches
Muir, Glenn The Truth Will Out, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Linlithgow, prose
“Ye were telling me aboot yer wife’s family
se o aa the lees she’d been telling. Worst thing wis that Doris f
2 matches
Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
t the ashram. I got a message telling me to go there.” She guidit
” sayed his son, “are you telling me you’ve already done this
ve already done this? Without telling me or her mother? Is that why
ere’d be no point at all in telling them it’s a...” She henki
4 matches
Coyne, Hilary The giant’s wife – or Ailsa the irked, (hilarycoyne.com/ 2021) Central, prose
was a teensy bit smug in the telling. Still the faeries gied her t
1 matches
@Seperatist_No1 tweeted
e be real? I'm shocked a tory telling the truth for once ??(2020) search twitter
f1969 @Tara61711 Ye cannae go telling me to be myself without dain (2020) search twitter
@alistairdunn tweeted
d, so ye better message her telling her yer fine??(2019) search twitter
les fae years ago on facebook telling us it's going tae be the wors(2014) search twitter
@DavidJWood2 tweeted
doon a bottle of IrnBru. Then telling us that were too fucking st(2020) search twitter
ven her some encouragement by telling her she can come on oor walk (2020) search twitter
@RickHJohnston tweeted
Millionaire Tory Rishi Sunak telling the country we can't do more (2022) twitter link
Blackford shown the door for telling the truth about him. Time to (2022) twitter link
@DABArbuckle tweeted
that Ashley. Jings, ye'll be telling me next that ye didnae ken 'g(2020) search twitter
years teaching RE. Never done telling weans that humans (when they (2020) search twitter
@weenell3 tweeted
@kirstywellcoat She was telling folk who cannae afford heatin (2022) twitter link
@annieones tweeted
e, definitely naw,, um no, am telling ye a'm urny competitive, ach (2021) twitter link
ate change problem! Last week telling weans we should feed people t (2021) twitter link
@MizLiot tweeted
rboab123 @lokiscottishrap ... telling us the ainly wey tae stay in (2021) twitter link
an o women wont wheesht telling me tae wheesht? See the hing (2021) twitter link
Glesga when last year she wis telling fowk she wis Irish https://t. (2021) twitter link
@kennethbryce184 tweeted
@SaltSportsLive telling people its no an essential jo (2020) twitter link
by saltire sports live after telling the truth - its an awfy job (2020) twitter link
thinks - n thanx for the pms telling me who it was guys but i alre (2020) twitter link
Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 79 - The Tattiebogle, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Doric - Aberdeen, prose
you care about, I don't need telling. We've all lost friends in th on page 17
1 matches
McGregor, Iain Lallans 78 - Scots Teegars, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Doric, prose
"Naw! A'm telling ye! A muckle ginge Teegar low on page 80
2 matches
Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
ic. There's nae an easy wye o telling ye this. Yer Da's nae yer rae
s in the Annals o Cuahtitlan, telling foo yon cheil burned hissel a
2 matches
McGregor, Iain Lallans 76 - Loch Skeen, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Doric, prose
“A’m telling you……..DINNAE!”
1 matches
Wilson, Katie Becus a hae a sister a hae a friend, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric - Buckie, prose
ets that a wid niver think in telling mam cus a kane yi can keep a
1 matches
Hutchison, Pat The Seven Coins o Kineddart, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Doric - Banffshire, prose
panic, the Laird spoke softly telling her she wisna in ony trouble.
1 matches
The Flying Pigs There’s nae reassurance over national insurance, (Press and Journal 2022) Doric, newspaper
cash in my spare room withoot telling me why. It wiz something tae
I’m telling my twa that they better get u
2 matches
@72redz1903 tweeted
hat though? I could see Broon telling a bloke tae get tae fuck and (2021) twitter link
@_DawnLeslie tweeted
sh Twitter is very busy today telling everyone ab(2020) search twitter
@Franwella tweeted
@aimeeannenaylor am telling ye, it's a tae cock :((2011) search twitter
@fittiecrooners tweeted
Wife keeps telling me she's aff tae bingo but 1 (2016) search twitter
tie Bar menu! The lassie kept telling me that yon Polish & Asian la(2018) search twitter
find the wife blooming fuming telling me tae sleep in the shed! Tre(2020) search twitter
@Manuforti1968 tweeted
@CBCAlerts Try telling that to the poor sods that ha(2018) search twitter
@JoanHenry7 tweeted
ut I'm nae haeing that muppet telling us fit tae dee. He can forget (2022) twitter link
ust think of that wee Chancer telling the City of Aiberdeen fit tae (2020) twitter link
Facebook link (Wir Midder Tongue 2016) Shetland
She was telling me dat dey would bait da fish
@helenmoncrieff tweeted
Peerie whaup aka whimbrel telling me it really actually is da v(2020) search twitter
@jamie_ginger tweeted
ill get a txt frae the mother telling is to bloody behave myself in(2018) search twitter
@StuartPoet tweeted
the old pit site as a boy and telling me about that day. Jeezo.(2020) search twitter