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Use in varieties of Scots

arm Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words16.2 20 7.5 29.8 11.6 10.3 8.9
Number of occurrences5239 5 3 2 1 2
Number of authors31 20 5 2 1 1 2

Occurrences of arm in Corpus

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Central

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
ma ear n hoddin me up wae his arm. A'm strugglin tae stay awake on page 43

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Begg, James A. Alison's Jants in Ferlieland, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010845) Central, prose
"Sure, it's an arm, yer honour!" (He said it lik on page 36

1 matches

Cohen, Susan Wee Scottish Book o' Pure Stoatin' Joy, (The Wee Book Company 2019 ISBN: 978-1916491588) Central, prose
a dozen lavvy rolls unner yer arm, watchin' the lassie oan the on page

1 matches

Sayers, Ross Daisy on the Outer Line, (Gob Stopper (Cranachan) 2020 ISBN: 978-1911279778) Central - Glasgow, prose
The driver reaches an arm tae the meter. His forearm is on page 1

2 matches

McQueer, Chris Hings - Short Stories 'n That, (404 Ink 2017 ISBN: 978-0995623866) Central - Glesga, prose
Ah pull mah arm back. Decent wee weight in th on page 175

1 matches

Grae, Emma The Tongue She Speaks, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, poetry
ars. Dante puts a haun oan ma arm. Ah jolt. on page 45
metimes ye huv tae chance yer arm. If ah end up back in the mid on page 54

2 matches

Townsley, Jane Joe's Cloud an Ither Stuff, (lulu.com 2014 ISBN: 978-1326001612) Central - Perth, prose
ag, he scrunched it under his arm as if it really wis his holda on page 38

1 matches

Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
h haun. He puts one under his arm so he can shake David's haun. on page 7
. It's Leanne. She extends an arm across the table fur a hug be on page 11
ircase that once broke Kate's arm. on page 14
p this chermometer under your arm then Un going to cut off your on page 85
athy fur hur. Ah grab Cathy's arm, draggin hur doon tae the fro on page 113
Also on pages 116
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Steele, Gregor Dinnae Mak Me Laugh, (Scots Hoose 2021) Central, weans
"A child may break an arm or leg!" on page 20

1 matches

Hershaw, William Lallans 56 - In The Classroom, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, prose
? Morna, stop writing on your arm. Now... pay attention! We'll on page 37

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Macdonald, Amy Evelynn and Peter, (Scots Hoose 2020) Central - Ayr, prose
nurse, who takes Evelynn’s arm and is keen tae show us aboot
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Grae, Emma Jimmy and his wee darlin Alexa, (unbound.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
Ah put an arm roond hur back. “Ma wee spa
1 matches

Grae, Emma Dancin wi the Rhona, (unbound.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
se, and ah want tae chance ma arm and see if ah can get some ha
ma finger and a cuff roond ma arm. Ma heart’s beatin oot ma c
“Can you hold out your arm so I can take some blood?”
Ah dinnae dare look at ma arm. Then that ‘Bananas in Pyja
4 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 115, (self-published 2003) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
amang us the night. Keep Thy arm o power about him, an O, I wi
1 matches

Geraghty, Martin A Bad Sport, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
newspaper an pokes mi oan the arm wi it. ‘Here’s yir dirty
1 matches

grandeicedcoffees Do You Wanna Touch, (archiveofourown.org 2021) Central, prose
long the sofa towards us, yin arm along the back of the sofa.
fingers. Wit’ Sick Boy’s arm aroond me along the back of t
s forcing us back intae the arm of the sofa, pinned against i
3 matches

Haddow, Kris Ronnie's Story, (words.krishaddow.com 2011) Central, prose
ete grabbed me and twisted ma arm and said if Aunty Marion kick
1 matches

@Seperatist_No1 tweeted
ge... now how do I twist your arm into it ? ??(2020) search twitter

@DavidJWood2 tweeted
ileenFindlay3 I could gnaw my arm aff??(2020) search twitter
Heels04178190 I could gnaw my arm aff. ????(2020) search twitter

@jack_capener tweeted
e interviewer the cuts on her arm.(2018) search twitter

@jax6754 tweeted
gettin injections in ma left arm! xxx(2014) search twitter
doin a makeover wi person wi arm disabilities etc! As we like (2015) search twitter
wrist 2 yrs ago and nerves in arm got damaged. Love doin aqua c(2015) search twitter

@DABArbuckle tweeted
Johnson insist oan raising an arm tae wave in jocular fashion w(2020) search twitter

@bigandymccoll tweeted
tae announce that, after some arm-wrestling he claims (??), Dan (2022) twitter link

Doric

Leslie, Deborah Doric: Alive an Kickin 2, (Argo Publishing 2006 ISBN: 978-0954615321) Doric - Inverurie, prose
""This arm first, Lily,"' says a carer i on page 44

1 matches

Hutchison, Pat Catty, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
to her credit longer than my arm! The best of the best!”
1 matches

@72redz1903 tweeted
ntality. But, 7 mins? Goldson arm ball? (2022) twitter link

@Franwella tweeted
bloke seems to have jist his arm.(2012) search twitter

@fittiecrooners tweeted
cksuit, co-op bug under their arm and fag in their moo! #torry(2016) search twitter

Orkney

Garson, Sheila Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
suffering from gunshot wounds arm and hand and right leg severe on page 38

2 matches

Butler, Vera Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
list. Aggie smiles, links her arm in mine, and off we go out in on page 30

1 matches

Shetland

Johnson, Laureen Alice's Adventirs in Wonderlaand, (Evertype 2012 ISBN: 978-1782010081) Shetland - Voe, prose
"Sure, it's an arm, yer Honour!" (He pronunced i on page 37
does, yer Honour, but it's an arm for all that." on page 38

2 matches

Southern

@StuartPoet tweeted
G chancing what's left of his arm to try a run for the ScotGov.(2020) search twitter

Ulster

Burgess, Wilson Dae Ye See: Ulster-Scots Poems, (Scots Language Centre 2007 ISBN: 978-0955791604) Ulster - L'Derry, poetry
Dinnae lay ony chinks in yir arm'er; on page 17

1 matches

Campbell, Robert Lock Doon Poyams, (Independently 2021 ISBN: 979-8742155812) Ulster, poetry
Wrap tha arm aroon yer shoolder on page 34

1 matches

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