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The word 'ground'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
groundOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus18.76137
ORK - Orkney 19.9 2 2
SHD - Shetland 5.8 1 1
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 13.1 4 3
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 13.3 3 2
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 22.8 9 5
WCE - West Central 18.4 4 1
DUN - Dundee 10.6 1 1
EDN - Edinburgh 31.3 5 2
GLA - Glasgow 45.5 10 3
AYR - Ayrshire 13.1 1 1
LAL - General Central 22.6 17 12
SEA - South East (Borders) 25 2 2
SWE - South West (Galloway) 13.9 1 1
DUL - Donegal (East Donegal)
WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry)
CUL - Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)
BUL - Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim) 88.3 1 1
SUL - South Antrim (Between Sixmilewater and Belfast)
BEL - Eastern Ulster (Belfast)
PUL - Peninsular Ulster (Ards)
EUL - East Antrim (Larne)
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of ground in Corpus

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Orkney

Giles, Harry Josephine Deep Wheel Orcadia: A Novel, (Picador 2021 ISBN: 978-1529066609) Orkney, poetry
dn't see! And I stayed on the ground." on page 107

1 matches

Garson, Sheila Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
her rainy again, and made the ground rather mucky, but is drying o on page 37

1 matches

Shetland

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
I just wanted to prepare the ground before I arrived." on page 24

1 matches

Mid Northern A

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
wi'll hiv te set doon a fyow ground rules," said the Maan o the H on page 62

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
bi ess far up. Ah asked fir a ground-fleer room." on page 8

1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
colic, wi ile o turpentine an ground ginger made inno baas o floor
1 matches

Hutchison, Pat Catty, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
inium, inside it wiz fulled o ground doon bike inner tubes tae abs
1 matches

General Northern

Smith, Alex A Sair Fecht, (self-published 2003) Doric, prose
On the wye doon tae the ground fleer, she telt Jonsar a'a ab
lift button for the lower ground fleer, thinkin she widnae hae
2 matches

@glenlivetloon tweeted
ewrote their constitution was ground breaking..pulling together pe(2013)

(South) East Central

Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
Scratchy ground his teeth thegither, buried t on page 1

1 matches

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
cided tae take the moral high ground "Douglas" he said apologetica on page 194

1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 103, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
nary - "a piece of low-lying ground, usually by a river". Sauchie
1 matches

MacDonald, Bo CAULD NIGHT, (Scots Hoose 2021) Central, weans
As soon as mah foot left th' ground ah felt it. Th' lang boney fi
1 matches

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
t fighting back - stand your ground n look after the people of ma (2020) twitter link
sy34766993 @Bobbler11 private ground i agree yes but not public pa (2021) twitter link
@jimwaterson no am standin ma ground on this one - just like the (2020) twitter link
plus the improvements at the ground make it a perfect place to wa (2021) twitter link
b n the lily is a crackin wee ground to go n watch football guys (2021) twitter link

West Central

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
ster Anderson. Ah thought the ground wis gaunnae open up an swally on page 25
ooth when she wis doon on the ground an knocked her two front teet on page 81
ed and sixty degrees from the ground up. Wan han-dred accent, an t on page 162

4 matches

Dundee

Matthews, Lily A SPARK O INSPIRATION, (Scots Hoose 2021) Central, weans
ah felt th’ cauld, drookit ground smack mah face as ah fell. Ah
1 matches

Edinburgh

McKillop, Roger The Flemings o’ Dalnoid, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Edinburgh, poetry
An' tears stain the ground,
1 matches

McKillop, Roger Uprisin' an' Doonfa', (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Edinburgh, poetry
r’s shouts tae “Hold your ground!” Oor fear, frustration an
1 matches

McKillop, Roger The Builders, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
stoattin’ up a fit aff the ground. ‘Naw Barney we’re no’
1 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
saw a crowd of people on his ground magnification view, butcherin
ped by some kind of primitive ground-to-air missile. This is affec
2 matches

Glasgow

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
really. Crash mats cover the ground round the swings n they're li on page 24
ch ae footsteps on the frozen ground. "It's the fuckin polis, nae on page 34
he sleet hus stopped, but the ground is soakin n shiny under the o on page 41
ir tryin tae drag me tae the ground. The plank comes flyin roon a on page 42
f a few cunts if yi stood yir ground n didnae run. Bottlin Si wis on page 44
Also on pages 45, 54
7 matches

Cunningham, Lucy nothing but a set of eyes for stars - Swedish Fish, (Association for Scottish Literature 2023 ISBN: 978-1906841546) Central, prose
ealised Clyde wis flat on the ground and panting even heavier than on page 39

2 matches

McQueer, Chris Hings - Short Stories 'n That, (404 Ink 2017 ISBN: 978-0995623866) Central - Glesga, prose
up an grabs the sword aff the ground. He disnae say anyhin. He jis on page 175

1 matches

Ayrshire

McClelland, Ben Chicagof Island, (Scots Hoose 2020) Central - Ayr, prose
ree, injuring his-sel oan th' ground below. Th' twa wee jimmies, y
1 matches

General Central

Donaldson, Gordon Lallans 90 - Echty-Echt, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Central, prose
'Major fire on the ground. Approximate location: Locker on page 37

1 matches

Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
e only free table is a dumpin ground fur empty glasses. Paper plat on page 8
. She wishes. The only common ground she his wi Granny is on page 34
o Hollywood? Ah wore a cross ground ma neck, and it felt like a c on page 53
, Jean, are they aw above the ground?" Gerry said. on page 79
gh Dad works himsel intae the ground, the closest he gets tae a tr on page 89

5 matches

Kay, Billy Lallans 78 - Thochts on the bonnie broukit bairn at hame an abroad, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, prose
he fights, an wrang hauds the ground, on page 9

1 matches

Calder, Bob Lallans 56 - Greenfield the Name O The Pit, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, poetry
throu cleyey thrawn ground wi a solid thrust; on page 107

1 matches

Robinson, Christine Lallans 74 - Burns an the Dictionar o the Scots Leid, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
las’s Aeneid (1513). ‘The ground begouth to rummys, croyn, and
1 matches

McNulty, Victoria Hame, (Scottish Poetry Library 2022) Central, poetry
On the carpet of oor ground floor flat
1 matches

Facebook link ( 2016) Central
rae a simple slab lyin in the ground Sandy progressed tae a marble

Facebook link ( 2017) Central
aboot fightin frae the higher ground, aboot the importance o usin

@MartinBroon tweeted
the????(left)nets in the New Ground (took weeks). Reminis(2020)

@billykayscot tweeted
day that e’er tae England’s ground/Scotland wis eikit by the Uni(2020)

@bigandymccoll tweeted
ack some of their confidence, ground-down over centuries. Starting (2022) twitter link

@PeoplesPoet77 tweeted
onnie wee fit nae touchin the ground ???? (2022) twitter link

@rattlecans tweeted
ing she touches burns tae the ground... the chapels are lovely ye (2022) twitter link

South East (Borders)

Thompson, James My Borderlands, (Richardson and Son Printers 2023) Southern - Hawick, poetry
Upon that muddy ground on page 12

1 matches

@MartyMacMurtrie tweeted
elPSenger Fake!! Hands on the ground! a dinnae believe that cos on(2020)

South West (Galloway)

Neill, Josie Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009) Central - Galloway, poetry
Wing, With Both Feet Off The Ground, Solway Stills, Mr Burns For
1 matches

Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim)

Campbell, Robert Lock Doon Poyams, (Independently 2021 ISBN: 979-8742155812) Ulster, poetry
Twinkle frost apon tha ground, on page 41

1 matches

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