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height Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words14.5 12.2 6.4 29.8 23.2 54.7 26.5
Number of occurrences4523 4 3 4 5 6
Number of authors24 13 4 1 3 1 2

Occurrences of height in Corpus

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Central

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
they're no even hauf the nght height yitOch! they'll hiv tae dae. on page 38
rowin near her, boot the same height as hersel; an, when she looke on page 42
inches isnae exactly ma ideal height." on page 50
oat hersel doon tae her usual height. on page 53
ause she wis exactly the nght height tae rest her chin oan Alice's on page 88

5 matches

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
ny boy walks oot, no even the height ae the plants which stand in on page 52

1 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
ee Chrissie but he's the same height as her. Ah said, Whit yi talk on page 72
Club said ah should pe fur ma height, she said, Ah could go anothe on page 137
wis massive: it wis the same height as me when it stood up on its on page 169

3 matches

Rennie, Susan Kat an Doug on Planet Perjink, (Itchy Coo 2002 ISBN: 978-1902927565) Central, weans
d buildins, aw the exact same height, wi waws made o sperklin mirr on page 8

1 matches

Townsley, Jane Joe's Cloud an Ither Stuff, (lulu.com 2014 ISBN: 978-1326001612) Central - Perth, prose
oon so we were aboot the same height an I put yin airm aroond Apri on page 75

1 matches

Clark, Thomas The Boggin Beginnin, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303524) Central, weans
in gettin drapped fae a great height. The maist frichtsome thing a on page 108
ff Judge Strauss. "That's the height o nonsense, that." on page 147

3 matches

Niven, Liz Stravaigin, (Luath 2001 ISBN: 978-1905222704) Central, poetry
in back up tae its full magic height. It's made o strang smeddum A on page 44

1 matches

Higgs, Jo The tale of how Evan Evans scrapped wi Evan Nichols, (berfrois 2022) Central - Edinburgh, prose
ar demeaned by being the cock-height of another man, Evans announc
1 matches

Haddow, Kris Haud the Bus - The Stert ae World War III?, (The Wee Paper 2022) Central, prose
ty fae neeburrin toons et the height ae the fightin. We go doon it
1 matches

Forrest, Liam Hittin the Toon, (Scots Hoose 2020) Central - Dunfermline, prose
air which added 4ft on to his height. It was laggered in gel, it l
1 matches

Geraghty, Martin The Pusher, (TheCommonBreath.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
Height
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Bennett, Peter Coyle Loyal, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
sais, ‘ . . . ye need mare height. Watch oot the waiy, let us i
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Time, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
ss huvin grown again tae knee height fae the last time ah cut it.
1 matches

@ThonJacobite tweeted
lamed the fags for ma lack o' height; she aye maintained it wis do (2021) twitter link

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
ction m8 - certainly got the height fir basketbaw though (2021) twitter link

Doric

Uri, Antonia Bidin awa: City Breaks, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Doric - Aberdeen, newspaper
e urinatin, nae mair than the height o twa rulers. Naebody really on page 13

1 matches

Hutchison, Pat The Seven Coins o Kineddart, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Doric - Banffshire, prose
his. Maybe her coat wisna the height of fashion, nor wiz it in the
1 matches

Devlin, Edwin The School Dentist 1969, (Facebook 2020) Doric, prose
clock and the fear was at its height ah wisna likin this one bit a
1 matches

@FaeFoggie tweeted
@Shanny_Watson1 Height o fashin me ken! ??(2019) search twitter

Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
If that's true, the height o me body on page 18
wan wi remote control - the height o luxury on page 33
ody wis the same size as hids height. on page 50

3 matches

Shetland

I Hear Dee Shaetlan A primer - v. 1.1, (I Hear Dee 2022) Shetland, prose
dle o da 1970s an bein at its height idda middle o da 1980s. Hoosu on page 10

1 matches

Sutherland, Hazel Biggin Da Dess, (Shetland For Wirds 2004) Shetland, prose
t comes da ladder to get mair height apun him.
ashin him doon tae a workable height. I lie in da middle an Dad co
2 matches

Johnson, Laureen Saands o Maywick, (Shetland For Wirds 2004) Shetland, prose
at. An he drew him up tae his height, an he says, wi da very wye o
1 matches

Southern

Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
rowin near hur, aboot th same height as hersel; an, when she hed l on page 41
hrei inches is sic a horrible height tae b'." on page 49
gin hersel doon tae hur usual height. on page 52
ause she was exactly th richt height tae rest hur chin oan Ahlice' on page 88

5 matches

Ulster

Morrison-Smyth, Anne Alice's Carrants in Wunnerlan, (Evertype 2013 ISBN: 978-1-78201-011-1) Ulster - Ballymoney, prose
n nearhan hir. Aboot the same height es hirsel; an whin shae lukt on page 42
e: "three inches isnae a guid height tae bae." on page 50
ng hirsel doon tae hir normal height. on page 53
ecaas shae wus jest the richt height tae rest hir chin on Alice's on page 89

5 matches

Ullans Speakers Association Nursery Rhymes for Weans, (Ulster-Scots Agency 2008 ISBN: 978-0955791697) Ulster, weans
Up abain tha clouds that height on page 10

1 matches

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