bend | Occurrences normalised per million words | Occurrences | Authors |
---|---|---|---|
Total Corpus | 32.6 | 106 | 51 |
ORK - Orkney | 49.7 | 5 | 3 |
SHD - Shetland | 23.2 | 4 | 2 |
TON - Tonge | |||
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness) | 70.3 | 2 | 1 |
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle) | |||
MNA - Mid Northern A | 9.8 | 3 | 2 |
MNB - Mid Northern B | |||
SNO - South Northern | |||
ABN - Aberdeen | 21.9 | 2 | 2 |
DOR - General Northern | 93.1 | 21 | 4 |
NEC - North East Central | 46.4 | 1 | 1 |
SEC - (South) East Central | 15.2 | 6 | 4 |
WCE - West Central | 23 | 5 | 3 |
DUN - Dundee | 21.2 | 2 | 1 |
EDN - Edinburgh | 50.1 | 8 | 3 |
GLA - Glasgow | 50.1 | 11 | 4 |
AYR - Ayrshire | 26.2 | 2 | 1 |
LAL - General Central | 25.2 | 19 | 14 |
SEA - South East (Borders) | 49.9 | 4 | 2 |
SWE - South West (Galloway) | 69.5 | 5 | 4 |
DUL - Donegal (East Donegal) | |||
WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry) | |||
CUL - Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim) | 94.2 | 3 | 1 |
BUL - Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim) | |||
SUL - South Antrim (Between Sixmilewater and Belfast) | |||
BEL - Eastern Ulster (Belfast) | |||
PUL - Peninsular Ulster (Ards) | 51.2 | 1 | 1 |
EUL - East Antrim (Larne) | 32.8 | 1 | 1 |
GUL - General Ulster | 14.1 | 1 | 1 |
SYN - Synthetic (no region) |
Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
ver and he's nearly roond the bend. on page 7
andad near half wey roond the bend. on page 14
"Cheust bend your legs and shut your mooth on page 21
3 matches
Butler, Vera Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
Forgive me I whisper as I bend doon on page 144
1 matches
Sutherland, Hazel Biggin Da Dess, (Shetland For Wirds 2004) Shetland, prose
d ta get a better leverage an bend doon ta push as much as I can
1 matches
Johnston, Mary Lallans 81 - A Day at Edinbro Feestival, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Doric, prose
drap e stick an he wid hae ti bend doon an pick it up. Fit a str
1 matches
Strachan, Shane Standing Stone, (northwordsnow.co.uk 2016) Doric, prose
. I strike on my treasure and bend doon to fummle in amongst the
1 matches
Whyte, Brian The Bottles, (Independently published 2020 ISBN: 979-8612647218) Doric, poetry
BEND AN YELP on page 69
it's twa wiks, I'm gan roon i'bend on page 160
18 matches
Blackhall, Sheena Lallans 58 - Dour, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Doric, prose
articular cuddy wadna boo nor bend. It wadna move wan fit. I lai on page 51
1 matches
@cligeey tweeted
nson @RishiSunak Roon a blind bend heid on into Brexit(2020)
Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
le that just sneaked roon the bend. That's whit ye git fur plant on page 1
3 matches
Hubbard, Tom The Flechitorium, (Grace Note 2017 ISBN: 9781907676932) Central - East Central, poetry
e ye mynd o me: My auld banes bend and crack, on page 4
1 matches
Townsley, Jane Joe's Cloud an Ither Stuff, (lulu.com 2014 ISBN: 978-1326001612) Central - Perth, prose
There's no enough time . Bend its legs ower. Tuck its heid on page 67
1 matches
Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
wi a felt tip pen. He cannae bend his toes right an he has tae on page 11
e yees are drivin me roon the bend, he said, but he gied in afte on page 142
2 matches
Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
Did his lens bend the truth a tad?, (Wha needs on page 46
1 matches
Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2020) Central, prose
wi a felt tip pen; he cannae bend his toes right an he has tae
1 matches
McKillop, Roger The Appin Murderer, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Edinburgh, prose
ttled doon tae wait jist by a bend that offered me some cover. N
as the riders came roond the bend an’ allow me tae escape, un
istance awa, no’ yet at the bend in the track. A could still e
3 matches
McKillop, Roger The Staff, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
Was jist aroond the bend!
1 matches
Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
ir, Ah’ll stop on a hairpin bend somequhaar an haan ower tae N
er the refusal o his haun tae bend that faur back. Bit he held i
2 matches
Bennett, Peter nobody remembers the birdman - Stovies, (Association for Scottish Literature 2022) Central, prose
ye tae be fearful ay him; tae bend tae his will - dae so or fee on page 10
1 matches
Bennett, Peter The Guru an Zander, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
he’s only too keen tae help bend them intae numerous contortio
1 matches
Bennett, Peter The Bothy (Part One), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
who’s disappearin roon the bend ay the road, far in the dista
1 matches
Grae, Emma Jimmy and his wee darlin Alexa, (unbound.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
shirt. Ah drove hur roond the bend, even then, but she couldnae
1 matches
Grae, Emma Dancin wi the Rhona, (unbound.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
ah’ve driven hur roond the bend ower the years.
old music drives me roond the bend. Ah open Instagram and start
.. Hen, ah’m goin roond the bend here. So ah cannae get tested
3 matches
Donovan, Anne Buddha Da - Chapter 1 Anne Marie, (Canongate 2009 ISBN: 978-1847673459) Central - Glasgow, prose
ish. It drives ma ma roon the bend.
1 matches
Bennett, Peter Stovies, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central, prose
ye tae be fearful ay him; tae bend tae his will – dae so or fe
1 matches
Philip, Andrew Lallans 70 - Fower Poems, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, poetry
un waitin at the path's neist bend, on page 55
1 matches
Pennie, Len Poyums, (Canongate Books 2024 ISBN: 978-1805301387) Central - Aberdeen, poetry
ts barkin drives me roond the bend, on page 33
1 matches
Clark, Thomas The Boggin Beginnin, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303524) Central, weans
their freends will sometimes bend ower backwards tae keep awa on page 34
1 matches
Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
a click then open a cupboard, bend doon and take oot the biscuit on page 38
s ah slowly get oot o bed and bend doon tae pick up ma falsers. on page 119
2 matches
Morton, Elaine Hamethocts, (Evertype 2010 ISBN: 978-1782012399) Central, poetry
lithe ma limbs nae mair shall bend on page 78
1 matches
Kay, Billy Lallans 78 - Thochts on the bonnie broukit bairn at hame an abroad, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, prose
flogged my auld backbane tae bend it. on page 9
1 matches
Begg, James A. Lallans 68 - 1841 – The Plouman, (Lallans Magazine 2006) Central, prose
s hemmer tae strauchten oot a bend. Then he backit Samson tae th on page 17
1 matches
Calder, Bob Lallans 58 - Allmairshall, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
twa hauns rummage, his knees bend peerin efter a thing that's m on page 72
1 matches
Thoumire, Elizabeth Three days in October, (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Edinburgh, blog
raithtakkin sichts roond ilka bend. In pairts, muckle trees, the
1 matches
Stewart, Anna An Alien Feeling, (Scots Hoose 2019) Central, prose
he last time – how its arms bend in a way that means it cannae
1 matches
Duncan, Robert The Oor-Wulliefication o Scots?, (autumnvoices.co.uk 2022) Central, blog
this notion that ye need tae bend ower backwarts tae differenti
1 matches
@ionafyfe tweeted
@WardDEC IM GAN ROON I BEND(2020)
@weenell3 tweeted
plumber oot tae unblock his u-bend ?? (2022) twitter link
@MartyMacMurtrie tweeted
tae yer birthplace, Coventry! Bend over and kiss yer arsehole gu(2020)
Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
the basket, streetch an bend on page 77
2 matches
Tindal, Betty Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Southern - Dumfries, poetry
slae bushes bend frae the blast. on page 153
1 matches
McDonald, Hamish The Girnin Gates - Chapter 12, (Itchy Coo 2003) Central, prose
a Robin Reliant roondit the bend comin taewards us an Da went:
1 matches