bars | Occurrences normalised per million words | Occurrences | Authors |
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Total Corpus | 28.6 | 93 | 44 |
ORK - Orkney | 39.7 | 4 | 3 |
SHD - Shetland | |||
TON - Tonge | |||
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness) | |||
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle) | |||
MNA - Mid Northern A | 22.9 | 7 | 5 |
MNB - Mid Northern B | |||
SNO - South Northern | |||
ABN - Aberdeen | 54.7 | 5 | 4 |
DOR - General Northern | 26.6 | 6 | 5 |
NEC - North East Central | |||
SEC - (South) East Central | 22.8 | 9 | 6 |
WCE - West Central | 9.2 | 2 | 2 |
DUN - Dundee | 21.2 | 2 | 1 |
EDN - Edinburgh | 12.5 | 2 | 2 |
GLA - Glasgow | 100.2 | 22 | 6 |
AYR - Ayrshire | 26.2 | 2 | 1 |
LAL - General Central | 38.5 | 29 | 9 |
SEA - South East (Borders) | 12.5 | 1 | 1 |
SWE - South West (Galloway) | |||
DUL - Donegal (East Donegal) | |||
WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry) | |||
CUL - Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim) | |||
BUL - Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim) | |||
SUL - South Antrim (Between Sixmilewater and Belfast) | |||
BEL - Eastern Ulster (Belfast) | |||
PUL - Peninsular Ulster (Ards) | |||
EUL - East Antrim (Larne) | 65.7 | 2 | 1 |
GUL - General Ulster | |||
SYN - Synthetic (no region) |
Giles, Harry Josephine Deep Wheel Orcadia: A Novel, (Picador 2021 ISBN: 978-1529066609) Orkney, poetry
ecrew an Olaf stellt tae thir bars, the waa atween the crew an d on page 25
1 matches
Cormack, Kevin Swiet Haar, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
surfiece under harbour-front bars, on page 3
bars, swept him back on page 9
2 matches
Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
in oot siller; restaurants an bars wi music blarin oota loodspik on page 38
1 matches
Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
o Coke. Kieran set doon three bars o chuddy. The Sangsters hid c
tle else bit scrat oot a fyew bars on his fiddle or skreich a pu
2 matches
Johnson, Mary Lallans 59 - Furst Time, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Doric - Aberdeenshire, prose
n if we could shift some Mars Bars an Bounties, whit wiz the her
1 matches
Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
e the Gerbil glowered ben the bars o his roosty cage, an grat. T
1 matches
@JamieFairbairn1 tweeted
@d_anderson878 A bet Mars bars were bigger an aa! (2020) twitter link
Benzie, Lesley Fessen Reared, (Seahorse 2020 ISBN: 978-1916214538) Doric, poetry
like the prison bars on page 26
1 matches
Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 73 - TROUBLE WI WITTGENSTEIN, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Doric - Aberdeen, prose
otes. He played a puckle mair bars; sae did faaivver it wis doon on page 88
1 matches
McDonald, Charlie , (Facebook 2022) Doric, poetry
Fan the bars chucked oot at 10.30 or elivi
1 matches
Blackhall, Sheena Lallans 58 - Dour, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Doric, prose
ther cam oot wi a twa, three, bars o poetry. Whyles he fussled, on page 51
1 matches
@Doric_Bananaman tweeted
es, dae ye deep fry thon mars bars? Fit aboot a banana? I'm fair(2015)
@72redz1903 tweeted
they chose to go specifically bars that have nae been rigorous i (2020) twitter link
@fittiecrooners tweeted
will be open again. Pity the bars didnae open earlier. Bring ba(2016)
is, my drinking partner Bert. Bars open soon https://t.co/m9ohxH(2016)
Townsley, Jane Joe's Cloud an Ither Stuff, (lulu.com 2014 ISBN: 978-1326001612) Central - Perth, prose
he shower an went through twa bars o lavender soap an wore oot t on page 26
1 matches
Douglas, Sheila Lallans 63 - The Smithsonian Folklife Festival 2003, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
s-burgers and deep-fried Mars Bars, that the reporter threapit
1 matches
Gilmour, Rosie Haimster Pairty, (Scots Hoose 2016) Central, weans
Clingin tae the bars like crash bandicoot
1 matches
Crawford, Ross At Stake, (Medium 2021) Central - Stirling, prose
t that meant. Wae these metal bars aw aroon us, we sometimes kid
1 matches
@kennethbryce184 tweeted
oung34 @EastScotlandFA if the bars open in ur garage al pop alon (2020) twitter link
Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
nana tae a monkey through the bars ae its cage before he got pul on page 164
1 matches
Monahan Brown, Ricky Dùn Èideann, (The Scores 2020) Central, prose
oan him fae ootside the green bars. Each time he tried tae formu
1 matches
Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
y's a big dealer n sells nine-bars n swedgers' on page 5
1 matches
Johnstone, Shane The Gods of Frequency, (Arkbound 2020 ISBN: 978-1912092826) Central, prose
iper shouts "Hup!" A few mair bars, stretchin, stretchin, finall on page 3
1 matches
Bolland, John A Chocolate Cowboy, (From Glasgow To Saturn 2008) Central, prose
ples, a tangerine an twa Mars bars fur oor troubles (bit Derek k
bles (bit Derek kept the Mars bars fur hissel’). Ah dresst mas
- an oot comes the twa Mars bars which Derek
an Derek’s got the Mar’s bars an Ah could beat the baith o
“The Milky Bars are on me!”
9 matches
Atkins, Elise Billy Barr ’n’ Jonny Jimison’s Day Oot!, (Scottish Book Trust 2023) Central, prose
sherbet wi liquorish sticks, bars ae tablet sittin’ stacked u
d, a big macaw landed oan the bars ae the aviary wi a bang. Bill
ng. Billy jolted back fae the bars.
hers.” Billy approached the bars. The back ae the enclosure wi
ir. As he goat closer tae the bars, Jonny noticed that wan ae hi
5 matches
Donovan, Anne Not Scotland, (Edinburgh International Book Festival 2010) Central - Glasgow, prose
n but, no just decoratin. The bars and shops are clean and tidy,
tidy, beautiful wee cafes and bars all round the front,
2 matches
Bennett, Peter The Party ay the Year (Part One), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
ah’m greeted by the openin bars ay Build me up Buttercup by T
1 matches
Bennett, Peter McShane's Reprieve, (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
fae the van. A couple ay iron bars.
1 matches
Bennett, Peter Stovies, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central, prose
niter, turnin it up tae three bars.
1 matches
Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
e wid see ither bairns takkin bars o creamy chocolate oot o thei on page 6
chin the ither weans scrannin bars o creamy chocolate richt in f on page 7
hunner new kinds o chocolate bars, ilk ane wi a different centr on page 12
ar wrappin paper five ordinar bars o chocolate. Thir five chocol on page 24
e anes wha can afford tae buy bars o chocolate ilka day. Oor Cha on page 25
Also on pages 26, 28, 30, 46, 52, 53, 56, 65, 137
20 matches
Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
that way, we'd all be behind bars.' on page 28
r tryin tae put Sandra behind bars." on page 82
2 matches
Steele, Gregor Dinnae Mak Me Laugh, (Scots Hoose 2021) Central, weans
on each pedal and ane on the bars, on page 5
1 matches
Douglas, Ashley The Itchy Coo Book o Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales in Scots - Sweet Sang o the Widd, (Itchy Coo 2020) Central, weans
it in a brawsome cage made wi bars o gowd. Twa times a day, she on page 101
1 matches
McNulty, Victoria Hame, (Scottish Poetry Library 2022) Central, poetry
Three bars up
1 matches
@WhenDidADidny tweeted
are dishing oot peanut cereal bars to aw 200 people on the plane (2018) twitter link
@Chazzbat tweeted
sked oot by various blokes in bars. When Ah declined they'd stai(2020)
@DABArbuckle tweeted
e flag while tossin chocolate bars and fags at it. Kin the virus(2020)
King, Angeline Weans o Latharna, (angelineking.com 2021) Ulster - Larne, weans
et, grapplin alang the monkey bars wi their hans an sleekin unne
1 matches