| queer | Corpus occurrences | Central | Doric / Northern | Orkney | Shetland | Southern | Ulster | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Occurences normalised per million words | 49 | 37 | 102.5 | 59.6 | 34.9 | 31 | 8.9 | |
| Number of occurrences | 157 | 72 | 68 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 2 | |
| Number of authors | 55 | 32 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 |
Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
tae stairt." Cause that mony queer hings hid happened lately, ye on page 12
Fir sure, they wir an awfy queer-lookin pairty that gaithert o on page 25
efter that, you'll feel a bit queer aboot it then, win't ye?" on page 44
he caught it. It wis sich and queer-shaped wee hing, an haudin oo on page 61
4 matches
Haddow, Kris nobody remembers the birdman - The Incomer, (Association for Scottish Literature 2022) Central, prose
filled yer belly unexpectit. Queer that, sic a gap syne the firs on page 78
1 matches
Donati, Colin The Student and the Pawnwife , (Itchy Coo 2003 ISBN: 978-1902927817) Central, prose
young man maun hae gien her a queer look, for the glent o misdoot on page 137
1 matches
Marenich, Margaret Lallans 84 - Awa wi’t, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
aye ti the fore. Kate fand it queer at her mither made mane for A on page 18
wis warslin. She fand it gey queer, for she kent he wis ne'er in on page 20
2 matches
Rennie, Susan The Wee Prince, (Edition Lintenfass 2017 ISBN: 978-3946190592) Central, prose
"Hech! That is unco queer!' on page 15
said the wee prince. "Whitna queer hat ye are wearin. on page 42
'It is gey queer, thocht the wee prince. 'It i on page 49
'Yon is awfu queer! Your days last jist the ae m on page 52
"Whit a queer planet!' he thocht. 'It is fe on page 64
Also on pages 89
7 matches
Begg, James A. Alison's Jants in Ferlieland, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010845) Central, prose
ou the world! That wad be gey queer, tae come oot amang folk that on page 9
"Whit a queer feelin!" said Alison; "I must on page 13
n tears! That will be a richt queer tae-dae, tae be shuir! But aa on page 20
It wis an unco queer-luikin pairty that foregether on page 24
think ye'll fin it a wee bit queer yersel, dae ye no think?" on page 43
Also on pages 44
16 matches
Harvey, Tracy Anne Lallans 90 - The Missus, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Central, poetry
Queer fir time o day, on page 24
1 matches
Montador, Eileen Shriek of the Maws, (Goblinshead 2003 ISBN: 978-1899874439) Central - Fife, prose
at the time. She'd some geiy queer thouchts aboot whit we did in on page 29
incidence. Mark ye, it's geiy queer aw the same. The auld ains wa on page 34
2 matches
McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
rt o it we cin see there is a queer an mirky attachment tae the n on page 77
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Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
or queer. on page 75
hey ootsiders that think it's queer. on page 115
2 matches
McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
they got mair nor a puckle o queer looks as they made their way on page 26
1 matches
Grae, Emma The Tongue She Speaks, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, poetry
There's gey queer things aboot the toon, on page 31
1 matches
Robertson, James The Hoose at Pooh's Neuk, (Itchy Coo 2010 ISBN: 978-1845022945) Central, weans
'That's queer,' thocht Pooh. 'I said "Ow!" on page 39
anin wis the same. It's awfie queer.' on page 73
'Yon's queer,' said Teeger. on page 109
3 matches
Clark, Thomas The Boggin Beginnin, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303524) Central, weans
atch at somethin awfie, awfie queer." on page 104
1 matches
Tollick, Margaret Tapsalteerie and Ither Tales, (Windfall Books 2008 ISBN: 978-0955726422) Central, weans
But, is thon no a queer-like thing on page 25
1 matches
Scott, Hamish Eemis Stane 1 - Fields o Stanes, (Eemis Stane 2022) Central, prose
e, wis aa fremmit, he wis the queer bodie that wey. on page 21
1 matches
McMillan, Hugh Whit If? Scotland's History as it Micht Hiv Bin, (Luath 2021 ISBN: 9781910022900) Central, poetry
h telt it an even if he wis a queer man I trou him still. Spikkin on page 19
Kings wi queer names on page 20
2 matches
Wilson, Rab Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, prose
eir: 'sair, sair wark'. A gey queer paradox, Ah'm thinkin, that t on page 133
1 matches
Hodgson, Brent Lallans 67 - Reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
aracter, finnds something gey queer unner the flair ... on page 91
1 matches
Bolland, John A Chocolate Cowboy, (From Glasgow To Saturn 2008) Central, prose
r an the arrangement ay lookt queer. Ablo the swing - mebbe fift
1 matches
Holton, Brian Lallans 71 - O Niver ti Dree Corruption Mair, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
ae’s we cud lift it doun. A queer licht thing it wis tae, ti be
1 matches
Corbett, John Lallans 70 - Owersettins o Modren Drama intae Scots, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
We’ve come intil a gey queer time Whan scrievin Scots is n
1 matches
Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
name is Eve... A think! It's queer -
1 matches
Heather, Alistair The ghaist lichts, (Mak Forrit 2017) Central - Angus, blog
Queer tho they maun seem, thae lich
1 matches
Heather, Alistair Lat the auld witch burn, (Mak Forrit 2017) Central - Angus, blog
nloskin. There’s summit gey queer an eldritch tae it tae this d
1 matches
Chalmers, Aimee Lallans 59 - Joukene Poukerie, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Central - Fife, prose
p his haund, fingers held yon queer wey ...
The front wheel was at a gey queer slant. Ye screivit yer knees,
2 matches
Muir, Glenn Ozsome, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Linlithgow, prose
s heid) had jist landit in a queer colourfu’ land. It tuik the
1 matches
Smith, Jamie Animal Ferm: Chapters I to III, (Mak Forrit 2021) Central, prose
aviour o the cat wis a bittie queer. The bease suin noticed that
1 matches
Bennett, Peter Time, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
Time is a queer thing, right enough. Wan minu
n seventy-nine. Aye, it’s a queer thing, time, right enough.
2 matches
Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 101, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
"It's an unco queer thing that ye dinna ken hou a
1 matches
Douglas, Ashley The Maitland Quarto and Poem 49, (wee-windaes.nls.uk 2021) Central, prose
s wimmen – no tae mention queer wimmen – tholes the same dr
1 matches
Haddow, Kris Ronnie's Story, (words.krishaddow.com 2011) Central, prose
quiet. Ma faither said a wis queer fae the age o’ seven onward
e the age o’ seven onwards; queer as in strange, a mean – a w
2 matches
@jamieonkeys tweeted
nd chord', which I've given a queer twist in my tune #jazz #piano(2019) search twitter
sh TV over the past ~20 year. Queer as Folk, Cucumber/Banana and (2021) search twitter
@mcfarlane_irene tweeted
ermid "For I ken mysel by the queer-like smell / That the next st(2018) search twitter
@rosa_alba_macd tweeted
ste in terms o antrin, oorie, queer (!), fremd or curious tae bes(2020) search twitter
ane fanquine (thon soons gey queer, hoowinever...) https://t.co/(2020) search twitter
Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 68 - Gordon’s Gairden, (Lallans Magazine 2006) Doric, prose
the wye it cam aboot that wis queer.They say he took a stroke an on page 35
1 matches
Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
n wis speerin Ye can keep yer queer concoctions laddie Jist gie m on page 15
2 matches
Lawrie, Alistair Caal Cries, (Drunk Muse Press 2023 ISBN: 978-1399964678) Doric - Stonehaven, poetry
aa slickit wi the moon's queer licht, thae shuffelt shadows on page 10
1 matches
Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
war truly hame agai, bi that queer, fine feelin o excttermi= the on page 9
sna bin imsel. He's bin actin queer kine es file." on page 16
o carrot soup afore tacklin a queer-leukin fishy thing at wis flo on page 18
ny fin the joke's oan you." A queer kinna calm cam ower er es she on page 20
Ronnie sniffit. Ere wis a queer kinna stink an aa - somethin on page 56
Also on pages 74, 76, 86
8 matches
Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
Ah thocht aat wis a queer thing te say cause even thoug on page 64
soundit inside ma heid - the queer wye they rhymed. An syne Ah d on page 66
Ah open ma moo te spik an a queer kinna soun comes oot - hauf- on page 80
wi's heid in his hans an the queer thing he'd said - the thing on page 91
bin forced upon him, it wis a queer thing...he felt free an unfet on page 96
5 matches
Leslie, Deborah Doric: Alive an Kickin 2, (Argo Publishing 2006 ISBN: 978-0954615321) Doric - Inverurie, prose
Harry Mintie made a queer kinna chokin soun, an the ith on page 10
an aa. An Ah did think it wis queer kine fin she insistit oan tak on page 35
2 matches
Byrne, Catherine Alice's Mishanters in e Land o Farlies, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010609) Doric - Caithness, prose
layan against hersel, for iss queer bairn lecked pretendan till b on page 14
t on talkan. "Dear, dear! How queer everything is eday! An yister on page 17
n ma oun tears ! At will be a queer thing, A'm sure! However, eve on page 20
They were indeed a queer-lookan party at assembled on on page 23
"How queer id seems," Alice sade till he on page 32
Also on pages 42, 62, 79, 100, 120
13 matches
Johnston, Mary Lallans 83 - Chief wi Een Anither, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Doric, prose
'Aat's an affa queer name, is't a faimily name?' on page 83
Half-Awa!' said moose. 'Affa queer names, I'm stertin ti wunner on page 84
2 matches
McClure, Derrick J. Throwe the Keekin-Gless an Fit Ailice Funn There, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012559) Doric, prose
"They maan be aafa queer-lyeukin craiturs." on page 84
1 matches
Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 82 - Beyond The Pale , (Lallans Magazine 2013) Doric - Aberdeen, prose
an idea inti their heid. Gey queer ideas, tee. An nae maitter fo on page 72
a fine chiel but wi some affa queer ideas. An his wife's ideas we on page 74
5 matches
Harper, Norman Stronach: A Weekly Look at Life in the Fictional North-East Village, (The Press and Journal 2000) Doric, newspaper
kent him his he been actin as queer-like as he's actin the nicht.
1 matches
Smith, Alex A Sair Fecht, (self-published 2003) Doric, prose
a" Jonsar replies. "Weel at's queer it's aboot here
1 matches
Smith, Alex A Fer Chauve, (self-published 2005) Doric, prose
Creamola an thocht fit a queer taste. Fin he took a look at
"Aye there is naething mair queer than fowk". Grudgin fuel for
aves an, fowk jist gaed him a queer look.
3 matches
Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
's o Migvree, nae the Bruces. Queer that, tae luik sae like her m
cocoa, bit it didna shift the queer feelin, nur the duntin heidac
It guffed o musk, a queer strang smell that Minnie's ne
Flooers... a queer wird fur bluid, bit fittin, s
the oo inno a baa. The anely queer kinna stories I iver heard wa
11 matches
Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
Queer that she'd suddenly myndit on
1 matches
Mitchell, Ian R. Lallans 63 - Walkin Woundit, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Doric, prose
learn us baseball. So he wis queer tae me, the communist, fa bed
1 matches
Gray, Kath Lallans 63 - Aikey Brae Fair – 1962, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Doric, prose
aboot in front o them an mak queer faces so that e person reflec
inna wint it tae be. Ye get a queer feelin at the bottom o yer be
2 matches
Johnston, Mary Lallans 81 - A Day at Edinbro Feestival, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Doric, prose
ey cam frae Glesca wye; affa queer spikkers. Sae doon I gid ti E
1 matches
Storrie Lewis, Jean Lallans 71 - Snuffy, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Doric, prose
ame efter that, went a little queer – nae the same man avaa. We
1 matches
Vettese, Raymond Lallans 59 - Raymond Vettese : nineteen poems, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Doric - Montrose, poetry
ess he wis somehoo perverted, queer?
The queer thing is, I nearly believe
2 matches
Johnson, Mary Lallans 59 - Kieran an Aidan, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Doric - Aberdeenshire, prose
ist o aa fin I’m nyaakit. A queer like lowe comes ower his fizo
1 matches
Johnson, Mary Lallans 59 - Furst Time, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Doric - Aberdeenshire, prose
rawers. “Folk hide money in queer places,” said Key. We looke
1 matches
Lawrie, Alistair Caw, (northwordsnow.co.uk 2020) Doric - Stonehaven, prose
s claes. There’s wan o thae queer silences grips the wids, ye k
1 matches
Hall, Simon W. The Boy That Lived - Chapter Wan, (Brisk Northerly 2015) Orkney, prose
tae dae wae anything unkan or queer, bekis they cheust didna haad
sky ootside tae suggest that queer and unkan things wid soon ste
aean wae folk that dressed in queer claes. The get-ups ye saa on
3 matches
@peediepuss tweeted
@jm_stout It's a gie queer perspective, most o the sooth (2020) twitter link
Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
respectable as bein a poof, a queer." on page 18
3 matches
De Luca, Christine Lallans 58 - seiven poems bi Christine de Luca, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Shetland, poetry
waakrife till I hear dy key. Queer on page 19
2 matches
Wilson, Rab Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Southern - Dumfries, poetry
Hus taen a queer an unco turn, on page 213
1 matches
Rodger, Matt The Borth’ick Waitter, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Roxburgh, prose
is mei, an ye’ll bei ae gey queer leukin Bu---r.” Ay, at wis
1 matches