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The word 'sands'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
sandsOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus7.82619
ORK - Orkney 19.9 2 1
SHD - Shetland 5.8 1 1
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness) 35.2 1 1
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A
MNB - Mid Northern B 111.9 1 1
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen 31.5 3 2
DOR - General Northern 4.4 1 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 10.3 4 3
WCE - West Central 4.4 1 1
DUN - Dundee 10.6 1 1
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 5 1 1
AYR - Ayrshire 10.7 1 1
LAL - General Central 2.6 2 2
SEA - South East (Borders) 12.1 1 1
SWE - South West (Galloway) 55.8 4 1
DUL - Donegal (East Donegal)
WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry) 163.5 1 1
CUL - Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim) 31.4 1 1
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 sands in Corpus

In order to avoid violating copyright law and abide by 'fair use', only up to the first five occurrences of the search term are displayed for each article.

Orkney

Garson, Sheila Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
Till aa the sands run oot. on page 121

2 matches

Shetland

Nicholson, Hannah Eemis Stane 1 - Dance o da Selkies, (Eemis Stane 2022) Shetland, poetry
der tagidder idda middle o da sands on page 14

1 matches

North Northern B (Caithness)

Byrne, Catherine Alice's Mishanters in e Land o Farlies, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010609) Doric - Caithness, prose
When e sands are all dry, he is gay as a l on page 100

1 matches

Mid Northern B

Stewart, David Catch-Up Chapter 163 - Planning the Mystery Tour., (Facebook 2024) Doric, prose
uction and the singing o' The Sands of Time are Sinking" , Bella
1 matches

Aberdeen

Uri, Antonia Bidin awa: City Breaks, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Doric - Aberdeen, newspaper
an oor or sae tae stroll the sands but ye micht want tae pack a on page 10

1 matches

Strachan, Shane Standing Stone, (northwordsnow.co.uk 2016) Doric, prose
the bare dying trees, and the sands o the Broch beach, as ghostly
he wye o the land up here – sands have ay shifted, burying aban
2 matches

General Northern

@fittiecrooners tweeted
nned, were only gan to Silver Sands Caravan Park at Lossiemouth! (2016)

(South) East Central

Hubbard, Tom The Flechitorium, (Grace Note 2017 ISBN: 9781907676932) Central - East Central, poetry
Reach inland from the East Sands to The Scores.' on page 30

1 matches

Fleemin, Sandy Lallans 59 - A Day Weel Spent, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central - East Lothian, prose
he touers an the links an the sands, but Airchie's nostalgia didn on page 125

1 matches

Morton, Elaine Lallans 61 - Twa poems, (Lallans Magazine 2002) Central - Lothian, poetry
The sands, whaur waves curmur an smaa w on page 58

1 matches

Fleemin, Sandy A Day Weel Spent, (sandyfleming.org 2003) Central - East Lothian, prose
he touers an the links an the sands, but Airchie's nostalgia didn
1 matches

West Central

Aitken, Jim Lallans 104 - A Pauchle o Thochts oan the Middle Aist, (Lallans Magazine 2024) Central, prose
they straight lines doon the sands o the plaice. Whae d'ye think on page 26

1 matches

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart Lallans 82 - The Banes o Alba, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, poetry
on the white sands o Jervis Bay on page 32

1 matches

Glasgow

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
When the sands ir aw dry, he's as gay as a l on page 103

1 matches

Ayrshire

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
take o twa puir weemin on the sands at Wigtown), puir Bess wis dr on page 62

1 matches

General Central

Morton, Elaine Hamethocts, (Evertype 2010 ISBN: 978-1782012399) Central, poetry
The sands, whaur waves curmur an smaa w on page 75

1 matches

Sprott, Gavin Lallans 73 - Monument, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, poetry
land at the shore by Burgh on Sands, on page 101

1 matches

South East (Borders)

Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
When th sands are aw dry, hei is guid as a on page 103

1 matches

South West (Galloway)

Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
ae his Monument oan the White Sands, Dumfries) on page 28
n people, Kingholm, Dockhead, Sands an steeple, granary, customs, on page 77

4 matches

West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry)

Burgess, Wilson Dae Ye See: Ulster-Scots Poems, (Scots Language Centre 2007 ISBN: 978-0955791604) Ulster - L'Derry, poetry
He nivir the sands o' the desert trod, on page 41

1 matches

Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)

Morrison-Smyth, Anne Alice's Carrants in Wunnerlan, (Evertype 2013 ISBN: 978-1-78201-011-1) Ulster - Ballymoney, prose
Whin the sands ir aal dry, hae's es gay es a on page 104

1 matches

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