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The word 'oar'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
oarOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus11.53717
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland 23.2 4 4
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 3.3 1 1
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen 11.9 1 1
DOR - General Northern 62 14 2
NEC - North East Central 46.4 1 1
SEC - (South) East Central
WCE - West Central 4.6 1 1
DUN - Dundee 10.6 1 1
EDN - Edinburgh 6.3 1 1
GLA - Glasgow 5.4 1 1
AYR - Ayrshire 13.1 1 1
LAL - General Central 12 9 4
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway) 27.8 2 1
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 oar in Corpus

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Shetland

Johnson, Laureen Alice's Adventirs in Wonderlaand, (Evertype 2012 ISBN: 978-1782010081) Shetland - Voe, prose
ryin ta rowe Basslin wi every oar. on page 5

1 matches

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
ide a da room hedd ta get her oar in - "What's yun silly aald on page 14

1 matches

De Luca, Christine Parallel Worlds: Poems in Shetlandic and English, (Luath 2005 ISBN: 978-1905222131) Shetland, poetry
Eence uncans cam bi oar or sail: on page 26

1 matches

Jamieson, Robert Alan Sang Oda Post War Exiles, (Shetland For Wirds 2003) Shetland, poetry
faent glisk as I pulled on da oar,
1 matches

Mid Northern A

Morrison, Gordon Thi Lyfe An Tyme's O An Enshoar Loon, (Authorhouse 2006 ISBN: 978-1425955397) Doric - Boddam, prose
eea tae try fur draucht we an oar, an "Boy's a deer,' he weis s on page 57

1 matches

Aberdeen

Benzie, Lesley Fessen Reared, (Seahorse 2020 ISBN: 978-1916214538) Doric, poetry
stuck his oar in on page 27

1 matches

General Northern

@72redz1903 tweeted
gie there was plinty tae pick oar, but, end o the day, jist win (2022) twitter link
e are getting the wool pulled oar oor eyes, but, c’mon, it’s (2022) twitter link
I jist ken, the basics, heid oar the ba, keep it doon. As Harp (2022) twitter link
have a number of suspensions oar the season. (2021) twitter link
ew weeks tae get the signings oar the line? (2021) twitter link
and 6 other occurrences.

@daleser23 tweeted
o go for. Van gaal widna take oar till efter the world cup. Nee(2014)
lt aye hopefully. Il maybe go oar n see aboot joining next mont(2013)
ing gifts in the hoose il pop oar we them this week sumtime(2013)

North East Central

Fitt, Matthew Hercules: Bampots and Heroes, (Itchy Coo 2005) Central - Dundee, weans
noo or ah'm gonnae stick that oar right up yir... " on page 53

1 matches

West Central

Neill, Willie Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Southern, poetry
e be smokin the same brand as oar Wullie there on page 141

1 matches

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
had managed tae grab ontae an oar tae keep himsel afloat but on page 92

1 matches

Edinburgh

grandeicedcoffees Do You Wanna Touch, (archiveofourown.org 2021) Central, prose
y. Si hardly ever calls us by oar first name an ah gulp a bit h
1 matches

Glasgow

Bennett, Peter Sharks, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
promise no tae go stickin yer oar in. Ah kin deal wae this ma a
1 matches

Ayrshire

Neill, Willie Lallans 59 - Christian Henry Divertimento, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central - Ayrshire, poetry
Athoot an oar rowin on the stream, on page 10

1 matches

General Central

Crichton, Tam Lallans 84 - Ower the Faem Pairt Twa: Doon the Watter, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
ind, an pit aw ma mind tae ma oar as we glidit doon the watter on page 56
nd - he skraiched an lat his oar slip intae the watter. We got on page 58

3 matches

Smith, Donald Saut and Bluid: A Scotsaga, (Luath 2022 ISBN: 978-1804250341) Central, prose
The neist dey Ah wis ahint an oar oan Skaldie's ferrie ~ a Fair on page 11
steirit the tillie. Frae the oar bench we laddies culd rax the on page 14

4 matches

Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
east ten o them cawin on ilka oar. on page 92

1 matches

Clark, Thomas The Boggin Beginnin, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303524) Central, weans
, I'm gonnae hiv tae stick ma oar in and gie ye wan last warnin on page 156

1 matches

South West (Galloway)

McMillan, Hugh Whit If? Scotland's History as it Micht Hiv Bin, (Luath 2021 ISBN: 9781910022900) Central, poetry
weir a toga oar strip aff, on page 20

2 matches

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