west | Occurrences normalised per million words | Occurrences | Authors |
---|---|---|---|
Total Corpus | 74 | 241 | 100 |
ORK - Orkney | 258.3 | 26 | 11 |
SHD - Shetland | 17.4 | 3 | 2 |
TON - Tonge | |||
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness) | |||
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle) | |||
MNA - Mid Northern A | 16.3 | 5 | 4 |
MNB - Mid Northern B | |||
SNO - South Northern | |||
ABN - Aberdeen | 21.9 | 2 | 2 |
DOR - General Northern | 79.8 | 18 | 12 |
NEC - North East Central | 92.7 | 2 | 1 |
SEC - (South) East Central | 83.7 | 33 | 9 |
WCE - West Central | 46 | 10 | 8 |
DUN - Dundee | 95.6 | 9 | 1 |
EDN - Edinburgh | 43.8 | 7 | 3 |
GLA - Glasgow | 72.8 | 16 | 8 |
AYR - Ayrshire | 249 | 19 | 1 |
LAL - General Central | 90.2 | 68 | 32 |
SEA - South East (Borders) | 25 | 2 | 1 |
SWE - South West (Galloway) | 83.4 | 6 | 4 |
DUL - Donegal (East Donegal) | |||
WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry) | 163.5 | 1 | 1 |
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) | 153.7 | 3 | 2 |
EUL - East Antrim (Larne) | 98.5 | 3 | 1 |
GUL - General Ulster | 112.4 | 8 | 2 |
SYN - Synthetic (no region) |
Grieve, Issy Gallows Ha - Birlan wae the wather, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
and the West wind in yir right han. on page 32
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Baikie, R. M. Mair Fairming Tales, (Baikie 2000 ISBN: 978-0953156412) Orkney - Hackland, prose
servant man on a ferm in the west, on page 69
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Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
ed in me motor and heided oot West. on page 71
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Cormack, Kevin Swiet Haar, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
Akimbo in the West Mainland winter, An disappear on page 6
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Grieve, Ingrid Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
Arun up west efter a North Westerly Skreev on page 112
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Johnston, Barbara Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
Canada West, Yeldadee! Farewell. on page 11
Cumd roond tae the west. on page 88
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Bruce, Lorraine Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
Drivan Up West on page 18
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Butler, Vera Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
gainst the dying light in the west on page 27
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Norquoy, Greer Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
a summer storm blawn fae the west on page 155
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Grieve, Issy Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
The end faces West, to buffer the worst and shie on page 61
Mares tails string across the west, a warning o screeds o weet, on page 95
And the West wind in yir right han. on page 153
4 matches
Hall, Simon W. Tae thee, or no tae thee?, (Brisk Northerly 2020) Orkney, blog
frequently these days, in the West Mainland, present me wae a di
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Hall, Simon W. Lands o Twatt, (Brisk Northerly 2018) Orkney, blog
ute joy o country life in the West Mainland. A merlin crosses a
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Hall, Simon W. Tame Hogmanay, (Brisk Northerly 2017) Orkney, blog
it intae his new hoose in the West Mainland in the late eighties
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Hall, Simon W. Lamborghini: Cult o the Bull, (Brisk Northerly 2015) Orkney, blog
peaks o the Apennines tae the west, an the tullimentan Adriatic
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Hall, Simon W. No the Six o Clock News, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Orkney, blog
student cult sensation in the West End o Edinburgh.
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@peediepuss tweeted
@MacaskillSara Best o' the West, eh? Well I'd start wae a sun (2020) twitter link
is een is the only wan on the west side. Whit ails it wae you?(2020)
urn aff trow the morneen. Oot West here wur no seen a cloud fae (2020)
@helenmoncrieff tweeted
untry when I went camping oot west. So lovely to see different v(2020)
2 collie dogs joined me on my West Voe wander #Shetland(2013)
Thain, Gianna Far Shaddas Lurk, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric - Buckie, prose
Smilin’ fae east tae west, singin’. On her ain. Chant
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Hutchison, Pat The Stones That Turned, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Doric - Banffshire, prose
hid been killed on the North West frontier in November 1845. He
an ended up dyin on the North West frontier. Mary sobbed as she
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@JamieFairbairn1 tweeted
ring why a local road oot the west o Fitehills is cried The Fulc (2021) twitter link
Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 73 - The Bigger Hoose, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Doric - Aberdeen, prose
the sooth, an Braemar in the west an the Broch in the east. An on page 104
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Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 81 - Pyntin the Been, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Doric - Aberdeen, newspaper
it the road a wee bit tae the west an left Airchie aleen? Wad it on page 8
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Whyte, Brian The Bottles, (Independently published 2020 ISBN: 979-8612647218) Doric, poetry
tman's feenished gan get Adam West on page 183
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Hamilton, Roddy Lallans 58 - Cyaard, the Tattie Doodle, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Doric, prose
ane, come spillin oot fae the west, clamberin wi force ower the on page 118
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Smith, Alex A Sair Fecht, (self-published 2003) Doric, prose
decided tae gang ower tae the west coast somewye. The auld lad
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@72redz1903 tweeted
o True, but it is generally a West/Central Scotland problem. The (2021) twitter link
t hitching fae London tae the West Country rocked up tae his hoo (2020) twitter link
is tae condemn this familiar west central Scotland behaviour. O (2020) twitter link
@beast_afc tweeted
on @Stato_Grant , name drops west coast bias @opengoalsport on (2020)
@cligeey tweeted
@73Bain Ats at West Side o the hoose(2020)
@Ballingrybat 3 mile west ti Gight(2020)
@daleser23 tweeted
West ham fans singing at stupid fu(2014)
september. Man u at home tae west brom at day.(2013)
member mourinho moaning aboot west ham parking the bus. Fuckin h(2014)
@_DawnLeslie tweeted
I’d associate “weans” with West of Scotland. In the North Eas(2020)
@fittiecrooners tweeted
annoying whistling! New John West No Drain Ad 2019 Confidence 3(2019)
@JoanHenry7 tweeted
ying 'Thank You Aberdeenshire West' ?. Once again Aiberdeen Aibe (2021) twitter link
ane onything aboot fishing in West Lothian, Silvio, the bunch of (2020) twitter link
Heather, Alistair Tartan Tourism nae mair, (The Herald 2018) Central, newspaper
enshee that lours awa tae the west.
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Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
Long rid streaks aw ower the west. Smokey purple clouds. The mo on page 1
3 matches
Hubbard, Tom The Flechitorium, (Grace Note 2017 ISBN: 9781907676932) Central - East Central, poetry
Oot West was his millennium: Here, the on page 21
When I first came fae the West, She wis a mother ti me. on page 56
Expanse of Fife - West Lomond and Benarty, on page 57
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Calder, Bob Lallans 67 - Reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
t's aa topical: Islam and the West, tourism and real kennin, and on page 97
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 167, (self-published 2007) Central, newspaper
m Primary Schuil, Livingston, West Lothian. This wis duin wi the
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 108, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
n the Broadly Scots Society o West Lothian, didna git repones aw
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Douglas, Sheila Lallans 63 - The Smithsonian Folklife Festival 2003, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
wart, Stanley Robertson, Gary West an mony ithers were gien the
1 matches
Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
the sun set fire tae aw the west.
Wi the East an the West
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 147, (self-published 2006) Central, newspaper
rile 2006 in pairts o Glesca, West Dumbartonshire, Stirling, Per
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 149, (self-published 2006) Central, newspaper
oth East Scots anither, Sooth West anither an sic like. It seems
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 175, (self-published 2008) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
ynge quick fire banter in the West o Scotland urban vyces an rhy
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Muir, Glenn Ozsome, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Linlithgow, prose
tap o The Wicked Witch o the West (a Maggie Thatcher lookalike)
se oan the Wicked Witch o the West. Here, ye better pit oan her
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 101, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
et as a pairt o Skye's weekly West Highland Free Press. Tho they
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 105, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
larities can be gotten frae:- West Lothian Cooncil Museums Servi
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 86, (self-published 2001) Central, newspaper
aed shawn that, parteeclar in west-central Scotland, a wheen o f
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@DavidJWood2 tweeted
@19Mcculley West of Cumbernauld, yir aw weegie(2020)
@kennethbryce184 tweeted
BelmontEdinbur1 when east met west in the fauldhoose miners at p (2020) twitter link
n - its madness lol a ken ma west lothian bruthers will no b ha (2020) twitter link
lk in the queue fae glesgae n west lothian got theres first lol (2020) twitter link
rgh for our brothers from the west anytime - b oan and enjoy my (2020) twitter link
e work - ma brothers fae the west will still pile in regardless (2020) twitter link
and 6 other occurrences.
Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
student flat in Paisley Road West, on page 61
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Clark, Thomas Wha's Like Us?, (Bella Caledonia 2017) Central - Bellshill, blog
ingin yahoos playin Wild Wild West on their doorstane, syne deni
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Philips, Cally Jings, crivens, help ma Boab, it’s independence!, (McStorytellers.com 2013) Central - Turriff, prose
s we wis frae the East no the West. Think on it, we Scots huv go
™ tae get ma knapper roon the West Lothian Question. Ah mean, wa
2 matches
Shoor Caan, Angus Coont Thum: A hunner an' oad McLimericks, (self-published 2012 ISBN: 978-1480242425) Central - Ardrossan, poetry
The west coast a’ Scotland is ma ham
1 matches
Sands, Finn THE GHAISTLY FITBAW MATCH, (Scots Hoose 2021) Central, weans
He sneakily crept up tae the West Staun.
1 matches
Lochhead, Liz Ashet, (Dictionaries of the Scots Language 2021) Central, poetry
no here in Glesca, no in the West.)
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@MizLiot tweeted
Yestreen she wisnae frae the west as she uses words a west coas (2021) twitter link
McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
r ain - tho some fowk in the West End tell me that it's really on page 10
osition on a wee hill tae the west o Dundee in an auld fortified on page 14
ean island o Elba aff Italy's west coast. Nou this plaised Cossa on page 91
this pub, Bett's Bar, in the West End o the toun, an it wis run on page 100
aries in the big houses o the West End, an a week or thereaboots on page 104
Also on pages 105
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McPartlin, John Lallans 68 - Black Staff , (Lallans Magazine 2006) Central, poetry
or taen aff o ither West Bow pleesures. on page 112
2 matches
McKillop, Roger The Appin Murderer, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Edinburgh, prose
tae ken. They headed up an’ west, an’ tae ma shock Alan Brea
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McKillop, Roger Wee Roge Boobs, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
still hasni’ moved a yaird west o’ Corstorphine!) wis nixt
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McKillop, Roger Ma Heroes o' Sport, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
€™ we’d be left wi’ Peter West! Bill wis loved by the player
ce weel ken't, baith east an' west,
2 matches
Clark, Thomas Intae the Snaw, (Gatehouse Press 2015 ISBN: 978-0992857370) Central, poetry
West o the Yang, thare will be nae on page 23
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Johnstone, Shane The Gods of Frequency, (Arkbound 2020 ISBN: 978-1912092826) Central, prose
he empty motorwiy towards the west coast, pass Dumbarton, an rea on page 3
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Grae, Emma The Tongue She Speaks, (Luath 2022 ISBN: 978-1804250242) Central, prose
boot ma Granny's hame oan the West Coast,' ah say. 'In Scots,' on page 7
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Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
ike strands o clood abuin the west. Still dreams. That's aw. Tha on page ix
Ready for warp drive in the West Bow. on page 91
And aw points west whaur we uised tae hiv the fa on page 116
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Bennett, Peter Sharks, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
heid Forge an the bloody wild west ay the Yarrow’s shipyard in
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Bennett, Peter The Bothy (Part One), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
antic winds blawin in fae the West.
am ah tae chainge things? The West ay Scotland rules ay workin c
2 matches
Bennett, Peter McShane's Reprieve, (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
their swanky townhoose in the West End efter the clubs an want t
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Donovan, Anne Buddha Da - Chapter 1 Anne Marie, (Canongate 2009 ISBN: 978-1847673459) Central - Glasgow, prose
rmunnock wis the Mecca of the west a Scotland. You can get there
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Geraghty, Martin The Pusher, (TheCommonBreath.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
scapin. North, south, east an west…a kin pinpoint wer they res
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Bennett, Peter Time, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
an Gleniffer, further tae the West, as the last ay the daylight
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Stevenson, Gerda Quines: Poems in tribute to women of Scotland, (Luath 2020 ISBN: 978-1913025502) Central, poetry
he day tae Auschwitz frae the West; on page 90
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Smith, Donald Saut and Bluid: A Scotsaga, (Luath 2022 ISBN: 978-1804250341) Central, prose
'Faur oot west, ayont Iceland.' on page 14
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Rennie, Susan Kat an Doug on Planet Perjink, (Itchy Coo 2002 ISBN: 978-1902927565) Central, weans
, the heid windae-dichter for west Fantooshopolis. An you are..? on page 11
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Grae, Emma The Tongue She Speaks, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, poetry
boot ma Granny's hame oan the West Coast,' ah say. 'In Scots.' on page 24
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Morning, Carey Neeps and Tatties, (self-published 2020) Central, weans
steyed east and neeps steyed west, on page 16
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Fitt, Matthew Kate O Shanter's Tale: And Other Poems, (Luath 2003 ISBN: 978-1842820285) Central, poetry
forgotten airfields o west central bohemia on page 9
abinn the jeel-cauld west czech forests on page 10
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Morton, Elaine Hamethocts, (Evertype 2010 ISBN: 978-1782012399) Central, poetry
In the West Port they killt me, sweet in on page 7
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Macafee, Caroline Lallans 61 - Glesca dialeck i the modren warld, (Lallans Magazine 2002) Central, prose
hae identified theirsels as 'west of Scotland', for instance, s on page 9
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Horsbroch, Dauvit Lallans 67 - Reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
ls of the Highlands and Irish west carried over the rest of Scot on page 110
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Watt, George T. Lallans 73 - Buffalo Bill, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, poetry
Fan thi Wild West Show cam tae toun. on page 62
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Hershaw, William Lallans 56 - In The Classroom, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, prose
birled taeward his bed in the West but it still made nae differe on page 37
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Horsbroch, Dauvit Are The Onybody Ither?, (Scots Language Centre 2022) Central, blog
itants of the villages to the west.
reat fiery light in the south-west, after the setting of the sun
asunder towards the east and west, above our heads, and there s
3 matches
Robinson, Christine Lallans 70 - The Language o the Glasgow Unity Plays, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
thergates. It een got tae the West End o London and the film o t
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Corbett, John Lallans 70 - Owersettins o Modren Drama intae Scots, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
rse owersettins frae the auld West-Saxon leid by Tom and Alexand
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Ewen, Allan Pairt twa: Janus leuks aheid, (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
year are Scots Chorus wi Mick West, Scots Sang wi Christine Kydd
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Douglas, Ashley Scotland’s linguistic launscape – Scottish Staunart English and Scots, (languagereach.com 2021) Central, prose
gey closely relatit tae ither West Germanic languages, sic as En
d English, as closely relatit West Germanic languages, share a d
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Douglas, Ashley The Smeddum o Scots, (languagereach.com 2021) Central, prose
leid – as weel as tae ither West Germanic leids, sic as German
The west-coast o Scotland wird fur ‘
(Tak tent that, ootwi the west coast, the Scots wird fur ‘
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Facebook link ( 2016) Central
an travelled aboot the south-west o Scotland for a while afore
le an makin his way tae south-west Scotland whaur he did a bit o
Facebook link ( 2021) Central
r, an travelled aw ower sooth-west Scotland afore goin ower tae
Smirnov, Kuzma , (Facebook 2015) Central, prose
an thair leid, especially in West Ukraine, whaur thare's muckle
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Douglas, Ashley Scotland’s Linguistic Landscape - Scots and Gaelic, (Translation Services 24 2022) Central, prose
Scots is a West Germanic leid. It is kin wi E
is kin wi English forby ither West Germanic leids sic as German
been the western Hielans and west-coast islands o Scotland. Hoo
g been steidit faur ayont the west-coast islands and western Hie
ly in the western Hielans and west-coast islands - the larach o
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Begg, James A. Lallans 74 - The Killie Fleshers - 1786, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
uves were slauchtert. Tae the west, the street ran richt throu t
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@Seperatist_No1 tweeted
d a new major city preferably west Scotland then(2020)
@IshbelMcF tweeted
th, Hill o Beath, Kelty - aw West Fife. A hink itÂ’s a minin hi(2019)
@mcfarlane_irene tweeted
@sarasheridan "Out West" is the Best!(2020)
@rosa_alba_macd tweeted
nd can blaw, I dearly loe the west For there the bonnie bevy lie(2020)
@OliphantWullie tweeted
@billykayscot In the west Fife village o Oakley the Car (2022) twitter link
me at the front in the south west stand!!! (2022) twitter link
a stravaig alang the path tae West Weymss or up intae Ravenscrai (2022) twitter link
@billykayscot tweeted
lic an Irish - jist like the West o Scotland tradeitional music(2020)
le Tommy drove a breid van in west Fife in the 1950s an he sellt(2020)
@sadie_d_ryan ye get that in West Fife as weel... but itÂ’s din(2020)
Ae side o ma faimily were fae west Fife, whaur baffies are pairt(2020)
eeni2014 Am urnae wis aw ower west central Scots.(2020)
@Chazzbat tweeted
he 1970s, afore onywan in the West hud heard o Bantu knots. Ma m(2020)
@DABArbuckle tweeted
e wis brocht up in Blackrigg (West Lothian). She taught me tae s(2020)
@fairpechtoot tweeted
'hoolet' is a loose wummin in West Lothian btw!(2018)
In West Lothian we huv shale bings - (2016)
@pmcm1355 tweeted
cam an developit fae the same West Germanic source at the same t (2022) twitter link
d. They've baith got the same West Germanic roots. https://t.co/ (2022) twitter link
Baith leids cam fae the same West Germanic source broucht ower (2022) twitter link
n UNESCO. It cam fae the same West Germanic source as English, b (2022) twitter link
n UNESCO. It cam fae the same West Germanic source as English br (2022) twitter link
@LairnScots tweeted
Scotland' shop in Livingston, West Lothian. Dae ye ken o ony ith (2021) twitter link
med, an throughoot the rest o West Lothian, they yaise 'hoolet' (2020) twitter link
West Lothian Early Years Practitio (2020) twitter link
o Buchanan St at Christmas an West Coast grammar...the word 'but (2018) twitter link
okit...' An what would be the West Coast equivalent? https://t.c (2018) twitter link
@LowEndJardo tweeted
eOtter Wishae invasion ae the west end, canny beat it (2021) twitter link
@ThonJacobite tweeted
hief Prosecuter for the North West is on the news saying 'things(2021)
y. . . . the Manchester Unt v West Ham gemme is oan BBC SCOTLAND(2021)
Watt, George T. Lallans 74 - Januar 19th, 2009, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, poetry
gaed doon last nicht awa oer west
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Haddow, Kris Haud the Bus - The Stert ae World War III?, (The Wee Paper 2022) Central, prose
treet nicknamed ‘East Meets West’ in the toon centre (and it
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@StuartPoet tweeted
s is is gey sib tae the Sooth-west Scots we yaise in Ayrshire, G(2020)
@Angelinekking A west o Scotland classic!(2020)
Spence, Laura Tha Thoarn Tree, (Ullans Magazine 2013) Ulster, prose
ntae a cuddy-cairt an flittit west tae thair new hame, wi tha co
reetchin awa tae tha sooth an west. Tha mair it was far frae ith
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King, Angeline Weans o Latharna, (angelineking.com 2021) Ulster - Larne, weans
the swans haed tae move back west where they spent anither thre
o Latharna, an when they flew west, their lang, white feathers f
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@MarkThompStuff tweeted
photos Off the land, from the west. Dinnae go swimmin!(2020)