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rooms Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words19.7 26.1 14.4 9.9 5.8 10.9 0
Number of occurrences6149 9 1 1 1 0
Number of authors38 26 9 1 1 1

Occurrences of rooms in Corpus

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Central

Curran, Doug Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Galloway, poetry
The empty rooms are silent, cauld an bare, on page 28

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Donati, Colin The Student and the Pawnwife , (Itchy Coo 2003 ISBN: 978-1902927817) Central, prose
iver yet keeked ben. Thae twa rooms wis her haill land. on page 138

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Brown, Ian Lallans 70 - The Scots leid in modren Scots drama, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
English, aw set in the livin rooms o respectable flats, aw emoti on page 40

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Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
k at her fae across the empty rooms. A man's face. on page 1

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Hubbard, Tom The Flechitorium, (Grace Note 2017 ISBN: 9781907676932) Central - East Central, poetry
Rooms o sad men and even sadder wom on page 34

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McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
ungs. Bi thon time the drawin rooms o the professional classes in on page 64
stories A've pickit up in bar-rooms are jist the same as stories on page 66

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McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
s a wee bit widden hut wi twa rooms, a big ane whaur the actual k on page 61
on in ane o the big Function Rooms that hotels hae, an sic as th on page 71

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Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
when ah come oot the changin rooms. Ah said, Whit you daein here on page 15
took that long in the changin rooms that ah actually shoutet thro on page 53
g hoose that's got millions a rooms. It reminds me ae the residen on page 151
e it wis in the boys' changin rooms; yi could hear Smellerman scr on page 169

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Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
there. There were ainly twa rooms in the haill place, and there on page 5
alace it wis! It had a hunner rooms, and awthin wis made o either on page 15
roond! Aw the maist important rooms in the chocolate works are do on page 72
sae bonme! I jist that aw ma rooms are bonnie! I cannae thole ha on page 73
airry it awa tae aw the ither rooms in the factory whaur it's nee on page 75
Also on pages 119, 139
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Rennie, Susan Kat an Doug on Planet Perjink, (Itchy Coo 2002 ISBN: 978-1902927565) Central, weans
vice o yours. Does it work on rooms tae?' on page 25

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Fitt, Matthew Geordie's Mingin Medicine, (Itchy Coo 2007 ISBN: 978-1845021603) Central, weans
wid work his wey roond aw the rooms in the hoose and see whit he on page 18

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Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
tae pauchle guid Sunday best rooms on page 25
Lurkin in ither rooms beside yer maw's kitchenette, on page 31
Frae ither people in ither rooms. on page 134

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Purdie, David C. Lallans 59 - Terry Fae Brooklyn, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central - Aryshire, prose
Wullie Maclaughlan's snooker rooms an the boozers doun the Walk, on page 136

1 matches

Milne, W. S. Lallans 78 - Mary, Queen o Scotland, Pairt I, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, script
sharin ma bed, an aa ma rooms, on page 22
They dragged him throuch ma rooms screamin, on page 32

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Fitt, Matthew Hercules: Bampots and Heroes, (Itchy Coo 2005) Central - Dundee, weans
des replied. "They left their rooms in a richt midden and drank a on page 35

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Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 74 - Editorial, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
s o fowk skailt intil seminar rooms for ferrer-ben an mair tentie
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Fleemin, Sandy Report on Inquiry intil the role Submission, (Education, Culture an Sport Comatee 2003) Central - East Lothian, government
An painted rooms is bonny,
An painted rooms are bonny,
2 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2020) Central, prose
when ah come oot the changin rooms. Ah said, Whit you daein here
1 matches

Calderwood, Lynsey Cantsmell, (From Glasgow To Saturn 2020) Central, prose
os it wis in the boys changin rooms; yi could hear Cantsmell scre
1 matches

Haddow, Kris Haud the Bus - Where Dae Ye Catch the Bus Tae Sarajevo?, (The Wee Paper 2022) Central, prose
e morn? Whit if there’s nae rooms?
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Bates, Gregor The Death Dance, (Scots Hoose 2022) Central - East Dunbartonshire, weans
musicians, searching through rooms, lookin for something, or som
1 matches

Clark, Thomas A Scots Pairlament?, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Central - Bellshill, blog
ridors an cafes an conference rooms. They've even been seen tae s
1 matches

McKinlay, Kieran Walk Way to Fame, (Scots Hoose 2020) Central - Dunfermline, prose
oan the bench in the changing rooms as part eh the team ah used t
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Heather, Alistair The Body Snatchers, (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Angus, blog
ra tae dissect in the Anatomy Rooms nae faur fae the Meadows. The
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Thoumire, Elizabeth Halloween, (Mak Forrit 2019) Central - Edinburgh, blog
ose, but tae scuils, function rooms, offices, discos, TV adverts,
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McKillop, Roger The Staff, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
™ ony better! A inspected yer rooms when ye were at breakfast! Th
1 matches

McKillop, Roger Ma Heroes o' Sport, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
ssageway, frae the dressin’ rooms at Philiphaugh, jist efter th
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Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
ane her intae yin o the guest rooms. “There’s a message for y
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 106, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
s richtfu staunin athin cless-rooms aroon the country.
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@Chazzbat tweeted
banned fae the female chyngin rooms o a store acause the staff di(2020) search twitter

@rattlecans tweeted
She'd staun aboot the geology rooms, refusing tae get bored while (2022) twitter link

Doric

Kynoch, Douglas Lallans 84 - The Ferlie, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Doric, prose
ose, rypin an rakin in aa the rooms an presses. on page 80

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Robertson, W. F. Tales Fae The Doric Side - Fit Een's Ken?, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, poetry
twa rooms wis aa it hid, ken? . on page 47

1 matches

Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
An he wasted enough for twa rooms on page 15

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Smith, Alex A Sair Fecht, (self-published 2003) Doric, prose
dressin rooms, banned fae the field o play
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Mitchell, Ian R. Lallans 63 - Walkin Woundit, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Doric, prose
polish and geraniums, wi tiny rooms, and a lavvie on the stair if
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Wilson, Katie Becus a hae a sister a hae a friend, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric - Buckie, prose
cus we’re getting separate rooms but am sure we can kip in one
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Vettese, Raymond Lallans 59 - Raymond Vettese : nineteen poems, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Doric - Montrose, poetry
were shut, the rooms dairk. I saw that,
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Johnson, Mary Lallans 59 - Furst Time, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Doric - Aberdeenshire, prose
kely go intae wan o the front rooms an A’ll sneak oot the back
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McDonald, Charlie , (Facebook 2022) Doric - Aberdeen, poetry
It looked huge, an lots o' rooms nearly a hunder
1 matches

Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
u wandered through the gilded rooms, her tom cat bi her side. on page 36

1 matches

Shetland

Williamson, Christie Continuous at sea defence, (damagnifyingless.wordpress.com 2015) Shetland, poetry
fae da lobbies an committee rooms
1 matches

Southern

Rodger, Matt The Borth’ick Waitter, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Roxburgh, prose
on i the Scottis schuil cless-rooms, doun throwe the generations;
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