whole | Corpus occurrences | Central | Doric / Northern | Orkney | Shetland | Southern | Ulster | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Occurences normalised per million words | 54.9 | 54.8 | 28.8 | 298.1 | 75.6 | 21.9 | 17.7 | |
Number of occurrences | 170 | 103 | 18 | 30 | 13 | 2 | 4 | |
Number of authors | 59 | 28 | 5 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 4 |
McQueer, Chris HWFG, (404 Ink 2003 ISBN: 978-1912489107) Central, prose
mah heartthrob's package. The whole package that 1s, ya swines, n on page 2
sting after this Huey guy the whole time we've been here. What's on page 4
2 matches
Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
t fur the weans. It, like the whole place, is . forgotten. on page 24
t most, inconvenienced by the whole affair. Ma maw looks at hur w on page 52
2 matches
Hubbard, Tom The Flechitorium, (Grace Note 2017 ISBN: 9781907676932) Central - East Central, poetry
To topiary, this whole domain was leased on page 31
1 matches
Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
ed this boay who realises his whole life hus been scripted. Dinna on page 24
1 matches
Niven, Liz Lallans 59 - Painting the Forth Bridge: A Search for Scottish Identity, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, newspaper
angs. Yin section entitled 'A Whole Language' refers tae Muir's s on page 84
3 matches
McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
accent since the war. I had a whole platoon of those chaps under on page 76
1 matches
Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
aboot they shoes, cause fur a whole week after she bought them, m on page 12
o step wi him in front ae the whole class. Ah wis dead nervous in on page 26
school dance an she gied us a whole box ae marshmallas tae wursel on page 34
ment in an empty hoose an the whole family avoidet him when he wi on page 41
Ah know oor whole register aff by heart noo, it on page 46
Also on pages 48, 60, 61, 69, 75, 89, 90, 91, 115, 118, 123, 126, 134, 138, 149, 156, 157, 164, 169
34 matches
Grae, Emma The Tongue She Speaks, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, poetry
roond tae open and swallow me whole. on page 48
that only a dozen folk in the whole year, bearing in mind that th on page 51
2 matches
Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
a girls too. Maw condoned the whole hing. Ah've no spoken tae hur on page 47
se illnesses huv blighted hur whole life. on page 88
tae go tae California fur the whole summer,' ah say, before addin on page 89
e ootside. Ma hoose is gien a whole new meanin tae midden bin. Ah on page 118
4 matches
Matheson, Ann Lallans 67 - Reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
id, 'Suddenly it's there, the whole thing, all of it.' Temptit as on page 90
2 matches
Docherty, John F. Lallans 82 - Lang Summer Days Pairt 2, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, prose
st thing Ah'd ever seen in ma whole life. No long before we aw gi on page 44
1 matches
Higgs, Jo The tale of how Evan Evans scrapped wi Evan Nichols, (berfrois 2022) Central - Edinburgh, prose
oramus’, giggled Evans, his whole body rippling in joyous unity
neutral ah disengaged fae the whole barney, try to no let yin Eva
the shenanigans, chucked the whole thing out wi haste.
3 matches
Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2020) Central, prose
aboot they shoes, cause fur a whole week after she bought them, m
1 matches
Nicol, Alissa Poor Wee Livvy, (Scots Hoose 2022) Central - North Lanarkshire, weans
she felt responsible for the whole ordeal.
1 matches
McKinlay, Kieran Walk Way to Fame, (Scots Hoose 2020) Central - Dunfermline, prose
day ah huv been waitin oan ma whole life. Ever since ah wis a wai
1 matches
Bennett, Peter The Bothy (Part Two), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
life brings a warmth tae the whole room afore the temperature ev
1 matches
Bennett, Peter Rude Awakenings (Part one of two), (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
eady! You take laziness tae a whole new level, so ye dae.’ she
dised trainee in an start the whole scam oer again. The Buroo? Th
2 matches
Grae, Emma Jimmy and his wee darlin Alexa, (unbound.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
tear up. They both hud their whole lives aheid o them.
1 matches
Grae, Emma Dancin wi the Rhona, (unbound.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
This whole hing feels like a big game. A
1 matches
Stewart, Anna An Alien Feeling, (Scots Hoose 2019) Central, prose
ally yi get one, but it's yir whole body – yir whole self. And
body – yir whole self. And tae see Lugs – I
2 matches
Geraghty, Martin 378, (TheCommonBreath.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
e warty hands in front of the whole school. ‘That’ll be right
1 matches
Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
o much to ask, you'll make my whole family criminals along with m
d Bill, “or more likely the whole story was a leg pull.”
ived in Delhi practically her whole life, and Dada has brought he
t take responsibility for the whole family. You do enough for the
you’ve found somewhere the whole process is just starting,”
6 matches
Bennett, Peter Time, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
start his apprenticeship, his whole life aheid ay him — illustr
1 matches
Alston, Connor THE BLACK-EYED CHILDREN OF SCOTLAND, (Scots Hoose 2021) Central, weans
h five. Jim sceptical ae this whole thing didnae dae it. This chi
1 matches
Wallace, Lorna An Ode Tae Tinder, (lornalouwriting.wordpress.com 2020) Central - Ayrshire, poetry
Swipe till yiv hud the whole toon roon’
1 matches
Gillespie, Alan Mon the Rovers, (Scottish Book Trust 2021) Central, prose
all even touches the net. The whole stadium, the whole ay Edinbur
stadium, the whole ay Edinburra, silent. Then so
2 matches
@ionafyfe tweeted
@Tae_the_north Like a whole almond?(2019) search twitter
@RickHJohnston tweeted
e oor lassies! GOLD standard. Whole country proud. https://t.co/h (2022) twitter link
@bigandymccoll tweeted
he connections tae NS and the whole thing will eventually be kent (2022) twitter link
lose pals who sat through the whole trial that could've reported (2022) twitter link
Alpine i searched through the whole "paper" we received yistreen (2022) twitter link
ecifically for this pish. The whole lot o them ken it's "end of c (2022) twitter link
@rattlecans tweeted
ae reject democracy, mibbes a whole load of other things as well. (2022) twitter link
@weenell3 tweeted
I've sat and listened to the whole thing and your tweet is mair (2022) twitter link
@annieones tweeted
e, he was asleep and maskless whole time tae boot! https://t.co/x (2021) twitter link
@kennethbryce184 tweeted
it gonna hae tae b dry for a whole week afore the pitch is playa (2020) twitter link
5 never looked interested the whole game m8 - basically a waste (2021) twitter link
joe linton did nothin in the whole game n tbh a thought 2 nite n (2021) twitter link
ople who have worked thru the whole pandemic - they r bound to b (2020) twitter link
@Brian_Pacey ps check out the whole scottish amateur set up in sc (2020) twitter link
and 4 other occurrences.
Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 79 - The Tattiebogle, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Doric - Aberdeen, prose
ne rotten apple can spoil the whole barrel. You don't imagine I'l on page 17
1 matches
Byrne, Catherine Alice's Mishanters in e Land o Farlies, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010609) Doric - Caithness, prose
raters. Alice led e way, an e whole party swam till e shore. on page 22
ill Alice wi wan finger; an e whole party at wance crowded roond on page 25
Alice thoucht e whole thing awful absurd, but they on page 26
whole on page 28
wan at size? Why, id fills e whole window!" on page 35
Also on pages 81, 84, 90, 101, 104, 111, 118, 120
13 matches
Strachan, Shane Standing Stone, (northwordsnow.co.uk 2016) Doric, prose
he sea rise up and swallow it whole. There’s nothing up here no
1 matches
Hutchison, Pat Tarrarra boomby ae, This is my dying day, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
s he’d tae gyang throwe the whole sequence again o getting a po
1 matches
@72redz1903 tweeted
point where farce brings the whole question of democracy intae f (2022) twitter link
Grieve, Ingrid Gallows Ha - A Spell o Good Wather, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
A whole summer if possible, on page 31
1 matches
Baikie, R. M. Mair Fairming Tales, (Baikie 2000 ISBN: 978-0953156412) Orkney - Hackland, prose
that I wir aboot tae git the whole episode along wi me cup o cof on page 13
is thoo ken whut I did wi the whole thing? I teuk the silage fork on page 17
A WHOLE LOT O' BULL on page 19
3 matches
Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
And I got a whole pound tae spend. on page 1
And scrubban the whole thing clean again cheust wisn on page 16
The whole wey doon tae Inverness, I hid on page 21
The whole hoosehold on her depends. on page 23
Then he hid a panic when the whole white wash turned green. on page 25
Also on pages 29, 39, 44, 63, 70, 79, 84
13 matches
Cormack, Kevin Toonie Void, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
a whole ither world o Man-buther hert on page 25
e the back o the scooter. The whole thing on page 30
2 matches
Miller, Alison Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, prose
ss tae hid, but that wid be a whole new Orkney alphabet tae mak u on page 8
1 matches
Grieve, Ingrid Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
A whole summer if possible on page 157
1 matches
Johnston, Barbara Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
He'll swallo you whole on page 88
1 matches
Butler, Vera Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
, they took turns at me an me whole world turned black. They telt on page 76
1 matches
Orkney Voices Group Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
vvan bairns is a new start, a whole on page 123
1 matches
Hall, Simon W. The Boy That Lived - Chapter Wan, (Brisk Northerly 2015) Orkney, prose
l the only lights left in the whole street were twa peedie pinpri
1 matches
Hall, Simon W. No the Six o Clock News, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Orkney, blog
I don’t ken if the whole country is ready tae hear the
1 matches
Giles, Harry Josephine The future of Scots, (https://www.opendemocracy.net/ 2015) Orkney, prose
Scots, the gee gars makkan a whole nyow register tae write wi
1 matches
Facebook link (Orkney Reevlers 2017) Orkney
700 members no tae mention a whole haep of words, phrases and an
@peediepuss tweeted
the Ring of Brodgar, and the whole footpath there is great. Yesn (2020) twitter link
Johnson, Laureen Saands o Maywick, (Shetland For Wirds 2004) Shetland, prose
d. An be dis time, we kent da whole place wis waitin an winderin
1 matches
Peterson, George P.S. Nannie Georgedaughter, (Shetland For Wirds 2002) Shetland, prose
An dan da whole world blew up a wir faces.
Da whole place turned aroond aboot me.
2 matches
Sinclair, James Murmansk, (Scottish Poetry Library 2019) Shetland, poetry
set ta swally you whole an da snaa an frost bitin itl
1 matches
@Julie_Dennison tweeted
een whit wir spikkan aboot da whole time but noo its pickin up (2020) twitter link
@tattooedselkie tweeted
e able tae competently read a whole book in it sadly ?? workin on(2021) search twitter
ear I got through half yun da whole time.(2021) search twitter
@helenmoncrieff tweeted
in creepin willows. It's dir whole world.(2020) search twitter
Birlin and swirlin across da whole sky. My neck is sore :) #auro(2014) search twitter
rning walkies with Casino. Da whole beach to ourselves and two sh(2019) search twitter
@RedValkyrie84 tweeted
a dentist wis really good. da whole right side o my mouth is numb (2019) twitter link
@jamie_ginger tweeted
I at your hotel ti tit,no the whole island.(2019) search twitter
Thompson, Mark The Lost Ness Monster, (clydesburn.blogspot.com 2009) Ulster - Ards Peninsula, poetry
An gulped the whole thing doon its throat
1 matches
Stewart, Kenny The Proota Field, (Facebook 2021) Ulster, poetry
e got aff frae school for two whole weeks spud hokin for tae go
1 matches
@Angelinekking tweeted
s and next thing ye know, the whole country knows aboot thon(2020) search twitter