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Use in varieties of Scots

heel Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words11.6 10.1 14.4 29.8 23.2 0 4.4
Number of occurrences3619 9 3 4 0 1
Number of authors28 14 7 2 4 1

Occurrences of heel in Corpus

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Central

Clark, Sara Echo and Narcissus, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012702) Central, poetry
Bi the lea-field an heel oorsels in! on page 12

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Harvey, Tracy Anne Lallans 90 - The Missus, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Central, poetry
Wi that dug at his heel.' on page 11

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Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
ee nod o thenks, turnt on his heel an left quately athoot anithe on page 41

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Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
ovince o Apulia, nearhaun the heel o Italy. It wis an arid rocky on page 100

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Morton, Elaine Hamethocts, (Evertype 2010 ISBN: 978-1782012399) Central, poetry
White-wamed, a heel-tramped staund o puddock-stui on page 74

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Purdie, David C. Lallans 58 - The Dumb Jyner, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
though, he juist turnt on his heel an went awa back til his ain on page 65

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Morton, Elaine Lallans 61 - Twa poems, (Lallans Magazine 2002) Central - Lothian, poetry
White-wamed, a heel-tramped staund o puddock-stui on page 58

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McClure, Derrick J. Lallans 73 - The Pynes o Luve, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, poetry
some byreman, laicher nor her heel - on page 42

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Purdie, David C. Lallans 73 - The Glesgy Screwdriver, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central - Midlothian, prose
e murmelt afore tirnin on his heel an walkin oot. Syne Clancy ca on page 98

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Clark, Thomas Wha's Like Us?, (Bella Caledonia 2017) Central - Bellshill, blog
ent an oor permanent Achilles heel; sae culturally distinct are
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Heather, Alistair Bravehert: The truth anent William Wallace (pairt 1), (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Angus, blog
llace brocht the nobility tae heel through violence an intimidat
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Bennett, Peter Park trife, (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
attlin away, afore McDade’s heel intervenes an crushes it flat
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Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
d hollaeed oot a space in the heel for his Muse. He tane it oot
skliff the haurd skin fae the heel. “Ye’ve got muckle feet f
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Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 2, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
t they words are his Achilles heel cos he’ll no pass up an opp
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@billykayscot tweeted
@d_anderson878 @joao_kay Aye heel/heel/ootsider/ootside bit!(2020) search twitter

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
uenosetaylor1 av got a leed n heel b aff it if the polis arrive (2020) twitter link
onna turn up fir a podcast - heel no turn up fir the bloobell (2020) twitter link

Doric

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 90 - Mrs Cadwallader’s Conversion, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Doric, prose
' An wi that she turnt on her heel an disappeared up a close. on page 40

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Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
in wi's faithfu freen it his heel. on page 70

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Leslie, Deborah Doric: Alive an Kickin 2, (Argo Publishing 2006 ISBN: 978-0954615321) Doric - Inverurie, prose
beet wi Instructions oan the heel. Div ye myn fin Ah bocht ma f on page 51

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Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 73 - TROUBLE WI WITTGENSTEIN, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Doric - Aberdeen, prose
g party." An he turned on his heel an gaed hame tae his bed. on page 90

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Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
ess, peer vratch, aa roon the heel o Norway an Sweden inno the B
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McDonald, Charlie , (Facebook 2022) Doric, poetry
kin' forward tae toastin' the heel wis a must
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@d_anderson878 tweeted
Heel, or a doorstep. Bit thon's na(2020) search twitter

@cligeey tweeted
r @AlisonsDiary @katelallyx A heel for me nae a Dock slice gads(2020) search twitter

@JamieFairbairn1 tweeted
@KEMP_88 The heel, but our son once called it t (2020) twitter link

Orkney

Butler, Vera Gallows Ha - Maggie o Quoys and Bessie o Gyre , (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
Tam and Lee and turned on me heel, me heid held high. And I fel on page 22

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Bruce, Lorraine Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
s Cook o the Ha turns oan hur heel an takan the ootside line tae on page 86

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Butler, Vera Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
e Tam and Lee an turned on me heel, me heid held high. An I felt on page 76

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Shetland

Jamieson, Robert Alan Archipelagos : Poems from Writing the North, (University of Edinburgh 2014 ISBN: 978-0-7486-9755-7) Shetland, poetry
kit doon ablo da hard laird's heel, on page 13

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Sinclair, James Makkin Hame, (Shetland For Wirds 2018) Shetland, poetry
Charlotte Anne as shu cam tae heel.
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Tait, John M Shaetlan is Daed - Lang live Dialect, (Shetland Dialect Conference 2004 2004) Shetland, prose
r ‘hale’, ‘hel’ or ‘heel’. Hit wid juist tak ee gene
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Watt, Valerie Da secret wirld o Santie’s elves, (Shetland Times 2008) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
s wi a wave den turned on her heel tae flite on an elf dat wis w
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Ulster

@TheFarrierPhil tweeted
th @bread4theworld *Phil says heel.... gits a quear clip roun th (2021) twitter link