seconds | Occurrences normalised per million words | Occurrences | Authors |
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Total Corpus | 29.2 | 95 | 42 |
ORK - Orkney | 19.9 | 2 | 2 |
SHD - Shetland | 40.7 | 7 | 4 |
TON - Tonge | |||
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness) | |||
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle) | |||
MNA - Mid Northern A | 29.4 | 9 | 3 |
MNB - Mid Northern B | |||
SNO - South Northern | |||
ABN - Aberdeen | 10.9 | 1 | 1 |
DOR - General Northern | 26.6 | 6 | 6 |
NEC - North East Central | 92.7 | 2 | 1 |
SEC - (South) East Central | 33 | 13 | 5 |
WCE - West Central | 50.6 | 11 | 4 |
DUN - Dundee | 31.9 | 3 | 2 |
EDN - Edinburgh | 12.5 | 2 | 2 |
GLA - Glasgow | 63.7 | 14 | 5 |
AYR - Ayrshire | |||
LAL - General Central | 30.5 | 23 | 9 |
SEA - South East (Borders) | |||
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) | |||
SUL - South Antrim (Between Sixmilewater and Belfast) | |||
BEL - Eastern Ulster (Belfast) | |||
PUL - Peninsular Ulster (Ards) | |||
EUL - East Antrim (Larne) | 32.8 | 1 | 1 |
GUL - General Ulster | |||
SYN - Synthetic (no region) |
Hall, Simon W. The Boy That Lived - Chapter Wan, (Brisk Northerly 2015) Orkney, prose
eust aboot fell. It wis a few seconds afore Mr Dursley realised tha
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Walterson, Barbara Da Trow o’ Fogla Skerry, (Young Shetland Writer 2010) Shetland, prose
sels doon. Shune in a flash o seconds, I felt mysel bein lifted by
ss his fis. But in a metter o seconds, I could hear nothin appert f
2 matches
Watt, Valerie Froggy smoorikins, (Shetland Times 2010) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
An hit ony took her twartree seconds!
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@Julie_Dennison tweeted
hoop you gittin hom 0.0001638 seconds sooner helps u sleep at night (2019) twitter link
fir dramatic effect every two seconds when dir in a shop or da pub, (2021) twitter link
I wis in da door fir aboot 20 seconds on wark business an dat wis p (2021) twitter link
Leslie, Deborah Doric: Alive an Kickin 2, (Argo Publishing 2006 ISBN: 978-0954615321) Doric - Inverurie, prose
in Huntly - wytit twa, three seconds, syne pressed it again. on page 13
the keyboord o ma new laptop. Seconds later, the computer buff hid on page 50
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Hutchison, Pat Catty, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
e ee’d cat wiz there and in seconds hid clookit baith his legs ti
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Hutchison, Pat Bulletbroo, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
a mistak they’d made in the seconds afore Douglas’s broo connec
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Hutchison, Pat Bob the Dog fae the Bog, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
od there fair beamin. A fyowe seconds later though a black shape ca
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@DoricPhrases tweeted
ng On awards. It takes a curn seconds an means a lot tae me thanks!(2019)
Maitland, Andrew Tales Fae The Doric Side - The Auld Mannie, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
ht o the rain. In ainly a few seconds, he wis drookit fae heid tae on page 72
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Smith, Alex A Sair Fecht, (self-published 2003) Doric, prose
stue. Appearin some thirty seconds later, tellin a body. "At's n
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Murdoch, Steve Lallans 63 - Poacher, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Doric, prose
alloch the beast. But wi’in seconds he had experienced a reality
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The Mannie Fae Unco The Diary o a Feel at the Skweel, (unco.scot 2021) Doric, prose
ansported intae the plural an seconds later her een tracked roon th
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@daleser23 tweeted
molished a hotdog in aboot 10 seconds flat. #tube(2013)
Townsley, Jane Joe's Cloud an Ither Stuff, (lulu.com 2014 ISBN: 978-1326001612) Central - Perth, prose
is tae peg it in the next few seconds. on page 36
Hughie stepped back an within seconds, Isa wis stretchered an cairt on page 37
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Grubb, Adrian Bungee, (Scots Hoose 2020) Central - Kirkcaldy, prose
ain a free faw fir jist a few seconds and then a boonced back up. T
s jist danglin fir a couple o seconds. In the end, they drapped the
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Muir, Glenn Sport!, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Linlithgow, prose
had a muckle big case fu o “seconds” which he wis flogging roon
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@kennethbryce184 tweeted
ng big andy caroll oan wae 10 seconds tae go wis a joke - keep hop (2021) twitter link
@MusselburghAth @PenicuikAth seconds lol (2020) twitter link
Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
tae stop talkin fur aboot two seconds an she wis sittin paintin her on page 24
ut ah gave up after aboot ten seconds cause he wis aw pure slevvurs on page 73
hate him. Lyndon swans in two seconds after his name's been called on page 169
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Nicol, Alissa Poor Wee Livvy, (Scots Hoose 2022) Central - North Lanarkshire, weans
hed screechin sound. Ivry few seconds, a wee white animal hing wid
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Shoor Caan, Angus Tasteless, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Central - Saltcoats, prose
taste it masel'. Rey even hud seconds whin rey seen ha much wis lef
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@d_anderson878 tweeted
nnie askit fir a roll tae pit seconds o lasagne in. Hid tae ve seen(2020)
Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 5, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
Ah pause fur a few seconds ‘’Oh, aye. Well, whatever
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Johnstone, Shane The Gods of Frequency, (Arkbound 2020 ISBN: 978-1912092826) Central, prose
d ontae it fir mair than five seconds at a time, but ye cin tell it on page 3
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Bennett, Peter Liberties (Part One), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
eyeballs him fur a couple ay seconds afore drappin his heid an tur
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Bennett, Peter The Party ay the Year (Part Two), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
wed an silent fur a couple ay seconds. ‘Well?’ she sais ‘Huv
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Grae, Emma Dancin wi the Rhona, (unbound.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
and press call. It rings, and seconds later, the hold music’s pla
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Grae, Emma Billy's Ghost Dug, (liarsleague.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
efore openin hur mooth. A few seconds pass.
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Donovan, Anne Buddha Da - Chapter 1 Anne Marie, (Canongate 2009 ISBN: 978-1847673459) Central - Glasgow, prose
Five seconds later she opened the door, gr
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Bennett, Peter Coyle Loyal, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
A few mare seconds elapse an the sound ay the do
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Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
s that chynge colour ilka ten seconds when ye're sookin them, and w on page 13
In a wheen seconds, Chairlie foond himsel in the on page 53
For aboot ten seconds there wis absolute wheesht. N on page 56
gaed tae open it, and in twa seconds, hunners o newspapermen and p on page 62
big marshmallae in aboot five seconds!' on page 86
Also on pages 98, 164
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Clark, Thomas Diary o a Wimpy Wean, (Itchy Coo 2018 ISBN: 978-1785302145) Central, weans
y heidlocks I pit him in. Ten seconds efter, he's forgot again. on page 18
al best wis seiven and a hauf seconds, but I near eneuch rattled th on page 34
And that wis thirty seconds intae the first sang. That wi on page 36
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Fitt, Matthew Geordie's Mingin Medicine, (Itchy Coo 2007 ISBN: 978-1845021603) Central, weans
in ... aboot an inch ilka twa seconds ... and at the stert Geordie on page 44
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Grae, Emma The Tongue She Speaks, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, poetry
dinner. It takes me aw o five seconds tae realise that it reads lik on page 50
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Horsbroch, Dauvit Scots Warks - Uphaud an guidance for screivars, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Central, government
a spelling, aye tak a puckle seconds tae check it again. on page 16
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Clark, Thomas The Boggin Beginnin, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303524) Central, weans
were his last seconds in the library, and mebbe his on page 92
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Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
act wi us fur mair than a few seconds at a time. She should huv kno on page 12
d ma confidence fur aw o five seconds, until ah thocht, yer made o on page 55
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Horsbroch, Dauvit Are The Onybody Ither?, (Scots Language Centre 2022) Central, blog
gnal, that lastit the hail 72 seconds that the langscowp wis airtit
lackit oot for jist twa-three seconds but syne, unner hypnosis, tha
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Gillespie, Alan Mon the Rovers, (Scottish Book Trust 2021) Central, prose
linsmann scored in, like, six seconds. The ball bounced just outsid
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@Seperatist_No1 tweeted
ts... the packets gone in ten seconds and not once do ye think mhmh(2020)
@Chazzbat tweeted
ease. Ah'm shair they said 40 seconds that time.(2020)
@rattlecans tweeted
zy bastard, it'll take him 10 seconds tae figure oot the fastest, e (2022) twitter link