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The word 'fished'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
fishedOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus6.22012
ORK - Orkney 19.9 2 1
SHD - Shetland 11.6 2 1
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 19.6 6 3
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen 23.7 2 1
DOR - General Northern 4.4 1 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 2.6 1 1
WCE - West Central 4.6 1 1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 6.3 1 1
GLA - Glasgow 5.4 1 1
AYR - Ayrshire 13.1 1 1
LAL - General Central
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway) 27.8 2 2
DUL - Donegal (East Donegal)
WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry)
CUL - Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)
BUL - Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim)
SUL - South Antrim (Between Sixmilewater and Belfast)
BEL - Eastern Ulster (Belfast)
PUL - Peninsular Ulster (Ards)
EUL - East Antrim (Larne)
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of fished in Corpus

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Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
cape fae a naggan wife.) Ah'm fished fur cuithes wi the bamboo rod on page 71

2 matches

Shetland

De Luca, Christine Parallel Worlds: Poems in Shetlandic and English, (Luath 2005 ISBN: 978-1905222131) Shetland, poetry
da boats at wid a fished fae here. Noo on page 33

1 matches

De Luca, Christine Thule Revisited, (Shetland For Wirds 2007) Shetland, poetry
Tae men dat fished da Foula shaalds, a voe
1 matches

Mid Northern A

Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
She fished oot her tubie o salve in the on page 15

2 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
yer teeth." Ronnie grinned an fished is falsers oot o a cup at wis on page 54

1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
eddrach dam a five year back, fished oot like an auld buit wi the
1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
a dreich Scottish quarry. She fished oot frae her pooch a wee gree
nt a probe throwe the bree an fished up a wee green boxie. Back in
2 matches

Aberdeen

Blackhall, Sheena Lallans 63 - Shelts, (Lallans Magazine 2002) Doric, prose
neuk o the kitchie fleer. He fished aroon for a meenit afore wyli
n her leopardskin handbag and fished oot a blaik fountain pen. She
2 matches

General Northern

Blackhall, Sheena Lallans 58 - Dour, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Doric, prose
ast o the dwinin daylicht, an fished in ma pooch fur the back o an on page 51

1 matches

(South) East Central

Crawford, Ross Awa in a Dwam, (Medium 2021) Central - Stirling, prose
pressin against her side. She fished between her sheets and pulled
1 matches

West Central

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
He fished a bit o paper fae his pooch a on page 44

1 matches

Edinburgh

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
unner the edge o his quilt an fished oot his Muse fae the hole heâ
1 matches

Glasgow

Cunningham, Lucy nothing but a set of eyes for stars - Swedish Fish, (Association for Scottish Literature 2023 ISBN: 978-1906841546) Central, prose
a wee boy ifa fed you one?' A fished some of the sweeties oot of t on page 36

1 matches

Ayrshire

Gilliland, Sam Lallans 74 - MacCaig’s draucht oan the waa, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, poetry
ike the bowdin burns he aften fished:
1 matches

South West (Galloway)

Douglas, David Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Galloway, poetry
whaur we fished fer tadpoles and sticky-backs on page 47

1 matches

Niven, Liz Stravaigin, (Luath 2001 ISBN: 978-1905222704) Central, poetry
Oor forefaithers fished here, doon in the Cree. Fairm on page 22

1 matches

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