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flash Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words24 24.7 27.1 9.9 23.2 10.3 22.1
Number of occurrences7748 18 1 4 1 5
Number of authors52 32 10 1 4 1 4

Occurrences of flash in Corpus

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Central

McHardy, Stuart Lallans 82 - The Banes o Alba, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, poetry
wi flash o wing or loup o leg on page 32

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McQueer, Chris HWFG, (404 Ink 2012 ISBN: 978-1912489107) Central, prose
ss the room. Ah open it up an flash him the melted Double Decker on page 24

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Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
_ There's the red flash ae the Big Fat Janny's jumper on page 46

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Stevenson, Gerda Quines: Poems in tribute to women of Scotland, (Luath 2020 ISBN: 978-1913025502) Central, poetry
ur filletin a ton o fish in a flash - on page 106

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Sayers, Ross Daisy on the Outer Line, (Gob Stopper (Cranachan) 2020 ISBN: 978-1911279778) Central - Glasgow, prose
ght ah saw ye there. Ah saw a flash ae red hair in the cemetery, on page 1

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Fitt, Matthew Roald Dahl Reekin Rhymes, (Itchy Coo 2018 ISBN: 978-1785301834) Central, weans
And in a flash she wis awa. on page 23

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Douglas, David Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Galloway, poetry
the flash of her limbs as the body hits on page 42

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Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
se society tells us we need a flash motor, designer clothes, a ho on page 24
n 'Sicilia'. She wis wae some flash cunt cawed, Mario." on page 64

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Bryden, Hugh Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Dumfries, poetry
Yir flash technique, on page 103

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Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
or flash, it's purely on page 61

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McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
watters o the Tay. Quick as a flash she grabbit the wee cratur by on page 94
ponse; the mood cheenged in a flash an afore ye cuid say Jack Rob on page 126

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Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
ry tae compare us tae another flash in the pan on page 117
ry tae compare us tae another flash in the pan ' We're Stramash, on page 169

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Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
pper... there cam a brilliant flash o gowd. on page 52
movement in the room, like a flash o broon lichtnin, and ilka si on page 128
d suddently a commercial will flash on tae the screen and a voice on page 147

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Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
A flash, a spark, syne lowps frae the on page 56

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Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
h and told me he'd be back in flash before gaun . intae the kitch on page 41
a flash o ma cross in the mirror and on page 58

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Strachan, Shane Dinnae Mak Me Laugh, (Scots Hoose 2021) Central, weans
wi fit's fashionable and flash on page 9

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Fleemin, Sandy No on BBC, (sandyfleming.org 2003) Central - East Lothian, prose
tory. The ceenematic neebor o flash feection.
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Bolland, John A Chocolate Cowboy, (From Glasgow To Saturn 2008) Central, prose
it wiz upon me, on mi like a flash, an stript mi fae ma footprin
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Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 71 - Review - Auld Campaigner: A Life of Alexander Scott, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
unique vizzie ahint ‘A Gey Flash Gordon’ is weill brocht oot
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Haddow, Kris Haud the Bus - Nuhin is Certain, Except, (The Wee Paper 2022) Central, prose
rm wae hail lik gowf baws and flash floods in Kosovo. So far, Aâ€
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Handy, Robbie Forked Tongues, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Central - Dunfermline, blog
id when they saw the machetes flash in the sunlight. Can ye imagi
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Grae, Emma Dancin wi the Rhona, (unbound.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
un’ae leave this world in a flash.
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Stewart, Anna An Alien Feeling, (Scots Hoose 2019) Central, prose
s I hae tae do – signals: I flash a torch in the sky at night,
ee that light again. I better flash my torch, blink my eyes, and
I flash my torch, looking and looking
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 117, (self-published 2003) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
you bloom, blowze, flirt, and flash on for a day, an then aw down
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McKillop, Roger The Appin Murderer, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Edinburgh, prose
me, efter seein’ the muzzle flash frae ma piece. A didnae ken h
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Philips, Cally Gonnae No Dae That, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Central - Turriff, prose
x it wi’ the big buoys n’ flash wur cash n’ nae coont the c
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Crawford, Ross Awa in a Dwam, (Medium 2021) Central - Stirling, prose
ted really hard, an image wid flash in her mind ae cobwebs and cl
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Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
ing, repairin dykes efter the flash fluids had duin thair warst.
there wis a constant danger o flash fluids. Ony rain that did faa
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Shoor Caan, Angus Coont Thum: A hunner an' oad McLimericks, (self-published 2012 ISBN: 978-1480242425) Central - Ardrossan, poetry
This must be ma millionth Flash a’ sheer brilliance Naw, a'
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Matthews, Lily A SPARK O INSPIRATION, (Scots Hoose 2021) Central, weans
ed tae light a the hoose in a flash! Ah went intae his study; the
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McClurg, Fernando Thon Survation poll..., (The Sair Fecht 2014) Central, blog
twa month or sae. This is nae flash i the pan, or neive-shakkin d
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Monahan Brown, Ricky Dùn Èideann, (The Scores 2020) Central, prose
th. Bit thare hadnae bin onie flash o recognition when she hid ro
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@rosa_alba_macd tweeted
hauns, Can ye mynd an wi guid Flash dicht ilk haurd surface doon (2020) search twitter
icht doon a haurd surfaces wi flash 2/day Twa meters that is same(2020) search twitter
s, Can ye mynd and dicht with flash athing doon Twa meters a coo (2020) search twitter
hauns, Can ye mynd an wi guid Flash dicht ilk haurd surface doon (2020) search twitter
yer hauns Can ye mynd an uise Flash tae dicht athin aroon ye doon(2020) search twitter

@OliphantWullie tweeted
flair !!! Right UPSTAIRS in a flash tae drive like a bairn on a d (2022) twitter link

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
a guid steak roll brother - flash fry some o thae minute steaks (2021) twitter link

Doric

Gilbert, Jo Tales Fae The Doric Side - Introduction, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
panel selected an edited the flash fiction, on page 9

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Morrison, Gordon Thi Lyfe An Tyme's O An Enshoar Loon, (Authorhouse 2006 ISBN: 978-1425955397) Doric - Boddam, prose
indicater unit tae maak thim flash, bit aat didna sccm richt, so on page 34

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Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
Ronnie wis oot o'is seat in a flash. His hairt wis thumpin es he on page 53

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Hay, Gordon M. The Doric New Testament, (Gordon M Hay 2012 ISBN: 978-0957351516) Doric - Banff, prose
im aa e cuntras o e warl in a flash. An e deil says till him, "A' on page 85

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Thom, Bill The Quait Chiel, (Tapsalteerie 2013 ISBN: 9780992663100) Doric - Banff, poetry
An in a flash like thunners licht, on page 22

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Smith, Alex A Sair Fecht, (self-published 2003) Doric, prose
ch o delight, an wis awa in a flash.
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Smith, Alex A Fer Chauve, (self-published 2005) Doric, prose
tae his car in a flash an came back wi a auld pair o
it wis at me in a flash, jist in a split second. My b
s is her intent. Ere wis fire flash aye wi forked
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Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
her, hid bin ane o auld Joe's flash-in-the-pans. Some pan! Some f
-in-the-pans. Some pan! Some flash! A junkie an a drooth – a k
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Hutchison, Pat The Tabby Sooker, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
s did you take?’ Quick as a flash I said, ‘Ten!’ He jist sm
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Hutchison, Pat If I Catch Ye I'll Eat Ye, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Doric - Banffshire, prose
d in the pan, there wiz a big flash and the musket discharged and
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Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
There wis a blinterin flash, the knell o thunner an licht
an oot the door like flash o lichtnin.
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@DoricPhrases tweeted
Fit wye is aire nivver a Flash Gordon, Tarzan or Laurel and (2019) search twitter

@daleser23 tweeted
@sallieaxl geez a flash o yer gash(2013) search twitter

Orkney

Tait, Ruth Gallows Ha - Watchan Eyes, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
Qweek as a flash hur son wis oot intae the mir on page 10

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Shetland

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
ercer bi da meenit. Dey wir a flash a lightenin, an a rumble a th on page 34

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De Luca, Christine Parallel Worlds: Poems in Shetlandic and English, (Luath 2005 ISBN: 978-1905222131) Shetland, poetry
A flash o Eden, surely, on page 45

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Peterson, George P.S. Nannie Georgedaughter, (Shetland For Wirds 2002) Shetland, prose
t da cost is clear, in laek a flash, an oot agyen wi da fill o’
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Walterson, Barbara Da Trow o’ Fogla Skerry, (Young Shetland Writer 2010) Shetland, prose
haad dimsels doon. Shune in a flash o seconds, I felt mysel bein
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Southern

Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
ei!" said th Lory, quick as a flash. on page 25

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Ulster

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
rved fur brass instruments an flash motors. What had the Guid Lor on page 11

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Campbell, Robert Lock Doon Poyams, (Independently 2021 ISBN: 979-8742155812) Ulster, poetry
Crack oo thunder flash oo leicht on page 49

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Ferguson, Roy Rhymes frae Rathfrilan: A Wheen o Poames, (self-published 2022 ISBN: 979-8796193099) Ulster, poetry
A quick wee flash o licht. on page 26

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King, Angeline Weans o Latharna, (angelineking.com 2021) Ulster - Larne, weans
A flash o red rolled doon the drivewa
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Dee Har Tha Broon Troot, (Facebook 2020) Ulster, poetry
Wae a flash o gowd,
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