A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

palm Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words11.2 9.8 9 49.7 29.1 10.3 0
Number of occurrences3619 6 5 5 1 0
Number of authors21 11 4 2 3 1

Occurrences of palm in Corpus

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Central

Bennett, Peter nobody remembers the birdman - Stovies, (Association for Scottish Literature 2022) Central, prose
his bony knuckles against ma palm. He looks at me, his face rud on page 11

1 matches

McQueer, Chris HWFG, (404 Ink 2012 ISBN: 978-1912489107) Central, prose
a fist an smash it intae mah palm. Disco clocks this an whisper on page 26

1 matches

Pyper, Hugh S. The Five Scrolls, (Handsel Press 2023 ISBN: 978-1912052790) Central, poetry
statur o yours is like tae a palm tree, on page 16

2 matches

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
n hud ma dad eating ootae the palm ae his hand, Laughin at ma fa on page 198

1 matches

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
ke paint. Matilda dichted her palm agin it and a white pooder ca on page 184

1 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
mdy'd drew ae a wee island wi palm trees an stuff. Who did that, on page 150

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Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
d in 1973 are the oot-o-place palm trees in its lobby. on page 4
his haun, and ah shook it. Ma palm wis sweatin mair than a junki on page 57

2 matches

Calder, Bob Lallans 58 - Allmairshall, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
ce faas til the bar, his free palm slams down across it to retai on page 72

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Purdie, David C. Lallans 73 - The Gowden Gate Til Samarkan, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central - Midlothian, poetry
ak nae mair easement frae the palm-reinged wells; on page 31

1 matches

Crawford, Ross At Stake, (Medium 2021) Central - Stirling, prose
day. It went right intae his palm and oot the ither side. It wi
hed through the centre ae his palm. There wis a look ae wonder o
2 matches

grandeicedcoffees Do You Wanna Touch, (archiveofourown.org 2021) Central, prose
hand has dropped to ma thigh, palm hot against the top, and fing
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Stovies, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central, prose
his bony knuckles against ma palm. He looks at me, his face rud
1 matches

Crawford, Ross At Stake, (productmagazine.co.uk 2022) Central - Stirling, prose
eday. It went right intae his palm and oot the ither side. It wi
ggit hole punched through his palm, a look ae wonder oan his fac
2 matches

Donovan, Anne Hieroglyphics and Other Stories - All that Glistens, (Canongate 2004 ISBN: 1841955191) Central, prose
ines and turnt it roon so his palm faced upward.
old, then pressed doon on his palm. The imprint of ma finger lef
2 matches

Doric

Leslie, Deborah Tales Fae The Doric Side - Mabel, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
th the blunket. Ah tickle her palm an her fingirs curl roon mine on page 97

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Uri, Antonia Bidin awa: City Breaks, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Doric - Aberdeen, newspaper
ibs licht up the sky ower the palm trees. on page 4
es o plants. Twa hooses, the 'Palm House' an the 'Victoria House on page 16

2 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric: Alive an Kickin 2, (Argo Publishing 2006 ISBN: 978-0954615321) Doric - Inverurie, prose
aa the bonny-coloured birds, palm trees an tropical fruit. He b on page 38

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Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
e'd be pirates an treasure an palm trees an skinklin linns.
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Murdoch, Steve Lallans 63 - Poacher, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Doric, prose
t oot tae the side an lay the palm firmly flat on the grun tae r
1 matches

Orkney

Norquoy, Greer Gallows Ha - The Weather Dance, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
Cross me palm wi silver an yir in wae a cha on page 28
cross me palm an Say, on page 29

2 matches

Garson, Sheila Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
Silver pressed intae hir palm on page 151

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Norquoy, Greer Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
Cross me palm wi silver an yir in wae a cha on page 154
cross me palm an say on page 155

2 matches

Shetland

Sutherland, Hazel Biggin Da Dess, (Shetland For Wirds 2004) Shetland, prose
da garden, bendin doon wi his palm on da grund ta check how da d
e place every year; een on my palm under my middle finger an een
2 matches

Walterson, Barbara Da Trow o’ Fogla Skerry, (Young Shetland Writer 2010) Shetland, prose
k maa made oot o’ wid in da palm o my hand an pressed my hand
1 matches

Tait, John M Shaetlan is Daed - Lang live Dialect, (Shetland Dialect Conference 2004 2004) Shetland, prose
‘I’ve got a blister on my palm’ is English; bit ‘I’m g
‘I’m got a blister on mi palm’ is nae doot dialect. If I
2 matches

Southern

@StuartPoet tweeted
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