| pile | Corpus occurrences | Central | Doric / Northern | Orkney | Shetland | Southern | Ulster | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Occurences normalised per million words | 35 | 36.5 | 36.2 | 59.6 | 17.4 | 41.3 | 17.7 | |
| Number of occurrences | 112 | 71 | 24 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 4 | |
| Number of authors | 56 | 29 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 |
McQueer, Chris HWFG, (404 Ink 2012 ISBN: 978-1912489107) Central, prose
t the picnic table; there's a pile ae aboot mibbe five hunner qu on page 10
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Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
e, but landed in a big fuckin pile ae jaggies. He says a big fat on page 3
llow the light doonwards. The pile ae dead flies in the casing m on page 39
2 matches
Beekman, Tony Lallans 85 - The Belt, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
Mr. MacNeil produced a pile o test papers he had prepared on page 41
tual o placin the passes on a pile tae his richt an the failures on page 42
4 matches
Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
n?' he says. 'Yon wis an awfy pile ae dishes ye wur daen the ith on page 1
2 matches
Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
the muildert, ancestral auld pile we cry 'home. on page 77
1 matches
Hubbard, Tom The Flechitorium, (Grace Note 2017 ISBN: 9781907676932) Central - East Central, poetry
s thegither. As I extractit a pile o photies, the envelope disin on page 73
1 matches
Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
bility tae move yae fae a big pile ae shite tae an ocean ae stea on page 65
and maire boady's started tae pile in the boozer and the choruse on page 99
sank upon seein this symbolic pile ae shite. Ah jist kent ah wis on page 116
e asks, gesturin taewards the pile. on page 133
amma Mia soondtrack in his cd pile, tae." on page 137
Also on pages 138
6 matches
McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
the Tay an chuckst in a haill pile o documents that, if governme on page 124
1 matches
Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
ae me in Regi an haundet me a pile a leaflets on First Aid. on page
Campbell said, This is a pure pile a shite. Shhh, said Charlene. on page 107
e me, ah tolt her as a pult a pile a past papers oot ma bag an s on page 169
4 matches
Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
A pile o shapeless, formless clay, on page 94
i his mou tae add tae the bit pile that he's biggin, on page 105
the same amount frae oor wee pile, on page 106
ibbes even wan frae ma meagre pile! on page 144
4 matches
Townsley, Jane Joe's Cloud an Ither Stuff, (lulu.com 2014 ISBN: 978-1326001612) Central - Perth, prose
retel. Instead there wis this pile o rubble wi half a roof hangi on page 20
careful tae avoid Mary's wee pile o ash an doupies. Yince in hi on page 39
th's pension book wis a dirty pile o black ash. He carefully gat on page 43
Cinderella wis sittin under a pile o auld blankets, suppin at he on page 87
4 matches
Clark, Thomas The Boggin Beginnin, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303524) Central, weans
her wey richt doon intae the pile o curtains sae that she jist on page 94
still hiddled awa aneath the pile o curtains. Then he went tae on page 95
been made tae chop widd. The pile o logs they'd made wis still on page 104
the rocks Olaf had left in a pile in the corner, she broke the on page 116
4 matches
Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
n past hur prayer cards fur a pile o two pences. on page 31
4 matches
Fitt, Matthew Kate O Shanter's Tale: And Other Poems, (Luath 2003 ISBN: 978-1842820285) Central, poetry
tender pile carpit didn't ye on page 82
1 matches
Milne, W. S. Lallans 78 - Mary, Queen o Scotland, Pairt I, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, script
Dinna pile on the misery. on page 21
1 matches
Hubbard, Tom Minoritie Status, (Tapsalteerie 2017) Central - Kirkcaldy, poetry
No fleein unner a pile o manky claes on page 20
1 matches
Fitt, Matthew Hercules: Bampots and Heroes, (Itchy Coo 2005) Central - Dundee, weans
otside the mooth o the cave a pile o white banes - the banes o on page 8
un in a big crawlin unwaashed pile. Hercules covered his neb wi on page 22
ns everywhere, a muckle great pile o them, a big broon bowfin bi on page 23
3 matches
Robertson, James The Itchy Coo Book o Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales in Scots - The Lassie in the Snaw, (Itchy Coo 2020) Central, weans
r lips and nixt tae her wis a pile o burnt matches. on page 55
1 matches
Purdie, David C. Lallans 73 - The Glesgy Screwdriver, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central - Midlothian, prose
aygrund with thair tuils an a pile o timmer. on page 95
1 matches
Connor, Charles P. Lallans 74 - Flittin In, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
Wullie gestert tae the pile o hoosehaud gear. ‘Wull ye
1 matches
Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
The pile is sune diminished -
1 matches
Clark, Thomas Aw Aboard! The fecht for the Scots language stairts the day!, (Bella Caledonia 2019) Central - Bellshill, blog
tae the dowp-end o the policy pile, there tae malinger eternally
1 matches
Thoumire, Elizabeth Bairns ootside, (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Edinburgh, blog
palin stab wi a claes rope, a pile o wid stackit up roond him! H
1 matches
Bennett, Peter The Bothy (Part Two), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
tae the windae an there was a pile ay fire wid ready tae keep it
1 matches
Bennett, Peter Graftin, (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
eds, cast asunder oan tae the pile ay social security numbers, s
1 matches
Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 175, (self-published 2008) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
rk in Paisley, in an auncient pile somewhaurs in the NE o Scotla
r, she awns the said auncient pile tho Phil believes that nane o
s a modren addeition tae the 'pile' an is cried awthin frae "an
3 matches
Donovan, Anne Buddha Da - Chapter 1 Anne Marie, (Canongate 2009 ISBN: 978-1847673459) Central - Glasgow, prose
e back of the van sittin on a pile of auld blankets wi Hammy and
1 matches
McKillop, Roger The Staff, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
An' a great big pile o' chips.
1 matches
Bennett, Peter Coyle Loyal, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
There’s a wee pile ay gear oan the gless coffee
1 matches
Smith, Jamie Animal Ferm: Chapters I to III, (Mak Forrit 2021) Central, prose
haed ingaithert the very last pile. And nae craitur on the ferm
1 matches
Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
tit his pooches an made a wee pile o electronic gadgets, bitties
she tichtent her grip on the pile o plates she wis haudin, an a
d Derriakin tae the beild o a pile o boulders. They baith sut do
a pile o wuid juist in time for tae
4 matches
Bennett, Peter Time, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
. The doors open an five guys pile oot, runnin intae a close, bl
1 matches
Heather, Alistair Tak tent o the Cabrach, (The Herald 2018) Central, newspaper
the burn at a muckle Georgian pile that’s yaised fir holiday l
1 matches
Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 3, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
ks up while shiftin through a pile ae paperwork. She appears ann
1 matches
@rosa_alba_macd tweeted
uived it frae the bottle bank pile), dae I start on the port. I (2020) search twitter
@kennethbryce184 tweeted
mme_uk @MrMcEnaney top oh the pile there as well (2020) twitter link
thers fae the west will still pile in regardless - nxt question (2020) twitter link
oyal_PeniAFC @bluenosetaylor1 pile in the likes for the big man (2020) twitter link
Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
n the settee flickin throwe a pile o glossy holiday brochires. " on page 38
ed is jaicket an pulled oot a pile o holiday brochires. "It's my on page 47
s rails an rails o claes an a pile o bachled sheen biggit up aga on page 69
ocks," said Beldie, oxterin a pile o ootfits an makkin fir the c on page 70
4 matches
Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
Ah step ower a pile o junk mail fanned oot on the on page 78
1 matches
Blackhall, Sheena Lallans 58 - Dour, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Doric, prose
n frae the wids, biggit a wee pile o't under the hairy kyte o th on page 51
1 matches
Murdoch, Steve Lallans 63 - Poacher, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Doric, prose
As his haun sank intae a saft pile o sharny dubs he couldna help
1 matches
Strachan, Shane Hoast, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric, prose
the lobby press (a biyler, a pile o toowels and some face cloot
1 matches
The Mannie Fae Unco The Diary o a Feel at the Skweel, (unco.scot 2021) Doric, prose
uch lower. At ae corner wiz a pile o fit lookit tae me like timm
hen in deein at I uncovered a pile o British army soup plate tin
2 matches
Hutchison, Pat The Tabby Sooker, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
at until the mornin I saw the pile o tabbies lyin on the grun oo
1 matches
Hutchison, Pat The Seven Coins o Kineddart, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Doric - Banffshire, prose
near fell in amongst the coal pile. There wisna ony place tae ru
1 matches
Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
ke fur lang, it wad seen be a pile o scrap.
the whins at the boddom o the pile. He saw the whoosh as the fla
2 matches
The Flying Pigs The ‘Naked Cleaners’ idea is appalling. It’s sexist, demeaning, and at £80 an hour, steep, (Press and Journal 2018) Doric, newspaper
hiv heietered o’er a jagged pile of Lego in my lobby, or got t
1 matches
@DoricPhrases tweeted
Claus has corrie fister a big pile i' presents under yer tree to(2014) search twitter
@FaeFoggie tweeted
a loon. I wis rakin through a pile o aul photies and found iss e(2019) search twitter
@72redz1903 tweeted
ind, tae provoke a ridiculous pile on fae the likes o you. Embar (2020) twitter link
mSpenceSport Afore theres a pile on - Aiberdeen has its fair (2020) twitter link
@cligeey tweeted
@LeftPeggers Aye pile o stuff nae handy fitters l w(2020) search twitter
@Franwella tweeted
drowning in a pile o claes that should've been p(2011) search twitter
@fittiecrooners tweeted
abble on aboot is the biggest pile o'pish aff seen. I think ye s(2018) search twitter
Fit a pile orubbish is on the tele noo(2020) search twitter
Giles, Harry Josephine Deep Wheel Orcadia: A Novel, (Picador 2021 ISBN: 978-1529066609) Orkney, poetry
Oot thir, wi that pile o fock, that gret a lot tae d on page 67
1 matches
Johnston, Barbara Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
The claes pile in the corner tae on page 105
1 matches
Bruce, Lorraine Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
The slaetero's in the owld pile o wid on page 148
2 matches
Sutherland, Hazel Biggin Da Dess, (Shetland For Wirds 2004) Shetland, prose
n on. I hide him in da hay an pile him up intae a bundle. Wi da
1 matches
Williamson, Christie Bellows, (damagnifyingless.wordpress.com 2012) Shetland, poetry
o da pile
1 matches
Wilson, Rab Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Southern - Dumfries, poetry
Harriet Harman's hidden pile, Aiblins saved her neck! on page 214
1 matches
Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
mp! doon she tumblt oan tae a pile o sticks an dry leaves, an th on page 10
1 matches
@StuartPoet tweeted
face of constant bullying and pile-ons will be rightly pleased f(2020) search twitter
Fenton, James On Slaimish, (Ullans Press 2009 ISBN: 9781905281299) Ulster, poetry
lane, booed ower the kennlin pile, on page 9
1 matches
Morrison-Smyth, Anne Alice's Carrants in Wunnerlan, (Evertype 2013 ISBN: 978-1-78201-011-1) Ulster - Ballymoney, prose
ys tae play wi, an aw! a wile pile o lessons tae larn! Naw, that on page 20
1 matches