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The word 'lash'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
lashOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus4.81613
ORK - Orkney 29.8 3 3
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 6.5 2 1
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 4.4 1 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 4.9 2 1
WCE - West Central 8.9 2 2
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 6.2 1 1
GLA - Glasgow 10.2 2 2
AYR - Ayrshire 10.7 1 1
LAL - General Central 2.6 2 2
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway)
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 lash in Corpus

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Orkney

Grieve, Ingrid Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
And noo am got a dose o The Lash on page 12

1 matches

Johnston, Barbara Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
Vow Randie, Howan Lickan, The Lash on page 11

1 matches

@peediepuss tweeted
@_Stewart_Bain Lash hid oot! Dinna be chimp. (2021) twitter link

Mid Northern A

Hutchison, Pat Bob the Dog fae the Bog, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
wi “I’ll gie the bugger a lash on the back o the heed wi a f
1 matches

Hutchison, Pat The Tabby Sooker, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
er hoose. Of course it teen a lash o cash intae her personal ban
1 matches

General Northern

Lawrie, Alistair Caal Cries, (Drunk Muse Press 2023 ISBN: 978-1399964678) Doric - Stonehaven, poetry
tae lash clean ower the pier's frail c on page 40

1 matches

(South) East Central

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
s off ffs lol - there at the lash imo - kin thae no fork the p (2020) twitter link
s fae the park - ormi at the lash defo lol (2020) twitter link

West Central

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
micht gie the taws whaur the lash is caa'd fir, on page 121

1 matches

Clark, Thomas Wha's Like Us?, (Bella Caledonia 2017) Central - Bellshill, blog
e oot for a railway track tae lash oorsels tae, an a pantomime v
1 matches

Edinburgh

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
h - weemen near deid fae the lash, blasphemers wi tongues cut o
1 matches

Glasgow

Sayers, Ross Daisy on the Outer Line, (Gob Stopper (Cranachan) 2020 ISBN: 978-1911279778) Central - Glasgow, prose
t... angrily to death. And to lash out with, maybe, some not so on page 12

1 matches

Johnstone, Shane The Gods of Frequency, (Arkbound 2020 ISBN: 978-1912092826) Central, prose
They "lash" intae another set, slowin do on page 3

1 matches

Ayrshire

Wilson, Rab Lallans 70 - Carnegie, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, poetry
their hauns as ye rax fir the lash,
1 matches

General Central

Strachan, Shane Dinnae Mak Me Laugh, (Scots Hoose 2021) Central, weans
wi gan oot on the lash on page 9

1 matches

Morton, Elaine Hamethocts, (Evertype 2010 ISBN: 978-1782012399) Central, poetry
them gin ye ding wi neive or lash. on page 66

1 matches

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