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The word 'machines'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
machinesOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus165229
ORK - Orkney 69.6 7 3
SHD - Shetland 11.6 2 2
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness) 35.2 1 1
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 13.1 4 4
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen 10.9 1 1
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 20.3 8 3
WCE - West Central 9.2 2 2
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 4.6 1 1
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 30.5 23 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) 62.8 2 2
BUL - Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim)
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 machines 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.

Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
The wirkeens o machines and things - a total mystery on page 44

1 matches

Giles, Harry Josephine Deep Wheel Orcadia: A Novel, (Picador 2021 ISBN: 978-1529066609) Orkney, poetry
machines lukkan eftir Lights, an than on page 15
an solder intae machines, missan the clashan, thinkan on page 16
n oors. Sheu lillilus tae her machines, her aald face in ivry gless on page 45

5 matches

Grieve, Issy Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
O men and machines trachle and fail on page 113

1 matches

Shetland

Johnson, Laureen Alice's Adventirs in Wonderlaand, (Evertype 2012 ISBN: 978-1782010081) Shetland - Voe, prose
ou fin a braa twartree dippin-machines ida sea, some bairns hockin i on page 21

1 matches

De Luca, Christine Dodie's Phenomenal Pheesic, (Shetland For Wirds 2008) Shetland, weans
PERWHITE FOR AUTOMATIC WISHIN-MACHINES. DIRT, hit said, ’LL DISAPP
1 matches

North Northern B (Caithness)

Byrne, Catherine Alice's Mishanters in e Land o Farlies, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010609) Doric - Caithness, prose
ee find a number o bathan-machines in e sea, some bairns diggan on page 20

1 matches

Mid Northern A

Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
In slot machines an phones on page 15

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric: Alive an Kickin 2, (Argo Publishing 2006 ISBN: 978-0954615321) Doric - Inverurie, prose
interestit. An, onywye, me an machines nivver agree - they'v myns o on page 51

1 matches

Hutchison, Pat The Tabby Sooker, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
d degaussed me in een o their machines tae reverse the magnetic fiel
1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
wirds aboot washin machines that broke doon. His da lay o
1 matches

Aberdeen

Benzie, Lesley Fessen Reared, (Seahorse 2020 ISBN: 978-1916214538) Doric, poetry
o the machines. on page 3

1 matches

(South) East Central

Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
eird. Mibbe somethin fae they machines. Johnny, back again, didnae k on page 1

1 matches

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
wo. Luckily fur me though the machines huv never appealed. Fuck that on page 28
h yae cannae quite blame thum machines or the drugs fur sendin him o on page 35
o looks tae see if any ae the machines are vacant. on page 38
m gontae jump oan yin ae they machines. Speak tae yae later, man." on page 39
e a figure wired up tae these machines. Withoot inspectin any furthe on page 179

5 matches

Forde, Iain W D Hale Ir Sindries - Buik Twa, (Fons Scotiae 2000) Central, prose
sie boits. The curmur o enorm machines an fanners
frae hiz captioun, he set the machines seistems ti tak
2 matches

West Central

Neill, Willie Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Southern, poetry
ik lairds oan their fancy new machines, on page 129

1 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
hat ah wis in that 'fas heart machines an monitors an big high beds on page 151

1 matches

Glasgow

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
ish coast, ye fun some bathin-machines in the sea, some weans diggin on page 21

1 matches

General Central

Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
The lums stapped warkin, the machines stapped birlin, and fae then on page 19
ted. "Listen! Ye can hear the machines! They're aw birlin again! And on page 20
s were sizzlin, and unco airn machines were clankin and splooterin, on page 100

5 matches

Rennie, Susan Kat an Doug on Planet Perjink, (Itchy Coo 2002 ISBN: 978-1902927565) Central, weans
he air wis fu o sheeny fleein machines shaped like doughnuts that fl on page 8

1 matches

Robertson, James The Sleekit Mr Tod, (Itchy Coo 2008 ISBN: 978-1845021986) Central, weans
in on this job,' he said, 'is machines... mechanical shools. We'll h on page 21
in, and Boonce the uther. The machines were baith bleck. They were c on page 22
is noo a ramstam race on, the machines agin the tods. At the stert, on page 24
Efter aboot an oor, as the machines chacked awa mair and mair ear on page 25
But by dennertime the machines were aye at it and sae were t on page 26
Also on pages 27, 28
9 matches

Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
kyline, but the flashin games machines wur sommat else. The only int on page 31

2 matches

Fitt, Matthew Kate O Shanter's Tale: And Other Poems, (Luath 2003 ISBN: 978-1842820285) Central, poetry
for the lord o machines on page 76

1 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit Are The Onybody Ither?, (Scots Language Centre 2022) Central, blog
ome fae a forrit time in time machines, as some haes suggestit? Or i
1 matches

Robertson, Colin Lallans 81 - Wildlaw, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Central, prose
nse, kis we nou hae sae monie machines an devices an mukkil kennin a
1 matches

Marenich, Margaret Lallans 76 - The Factory, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Central, prose
dunt-dunt-duntin o the ither machines in the
1 matches

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 59 - Editorial, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Central, newspaper
e better organised. Speakin o machines, lat’s drap the Editorial p
1 matches

@raiphsays tweeted
icol Naw! They dinnae use any machines, just a scrapy hing an pittin(2020)

South East (Borders)

@jamie_ginger tweeted
owing oot the top o yin o the machines.chemicals involved so sitting(2012)

Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)

Morrison-Smyth, Anne Alice's Carrants in Wunnerlan, (Evertype 2013 ISBN: 978-1-78201-011-1) Ulster - Ballymoney, prose
ast, yae fin a wheen o bathin machines in the sea, some weeyins digg on page 21

1 matches

Gillen, Charles Whun A’ The Kye Had Names, (Ullans Press 2005) Ulster, poetry
All coorse machines dae al’ that noo, an’ can
1 matches

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