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Use in varieties of Scots

ankle Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words11.5 15.4 3 29.8 5.8 0 4.4
Number of occurrences3730 2 3 1 0 1
Number of authors22 15 2 3 1 1

Occurrences of ankle 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.

Central

Rennie, Susan The Wee Prince, (Edition Lintenfass 2017 ISBN: 978-3946190592) Central, prose
himsel roond the wee prince's ankle, like a gowden bracelet. on page 60
forby a glisk o yellae by his ankle. He stood richt still an inst on page 91

2 matches

Muir, Glenn The McFables: Selected Aesop's Fables in Scots, (self-published 2015 ISBN: 978-1519739216) Central, poetry
He displayed a weel turned ankle on page 11

1 matches

Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
you wid not believe. Roon his ankle. Like yin ae they things Page on page 1

1 matches

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
an ASBO attached tae his left ankle. Grinnin fae ear tae ear he a on page 131

1 matches

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
ye didnae want tae wramp yer ankle. There wis a puckle o wee bir on page 177
e flype she caucht him by his ankle and held him' hingin tapsalte on page 212

3 matches

Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
distressed look, low rise, ankle length, on page 66

1 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
ae dae it cause ah twistet ma ankle last night when ah wis daein on page 23
al Dancin again the day an ma ankle wis still sair so ah had tae on page 24

2 matches

Townsley, Jane Joe's Cloud an Ither Stuff, (lulu.com 2014 ISBN: 978-1326001612) Central - Perth, prose
Yin barely covers his ankle on page 18

1 matches

Clark, Thomas The Boggin Beginnin, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303524) Central, weans
ur O an ee tattooed ontae his ankle, exactly like the yin on the on page 25
like the wan on Coont Olaf's ankle and everywhaur else in the ho on page 29
rae the ee tattooed on Olaf's ankle. His glesses birled aff o his on page 54

3 matches

Monahan Brown, Ricky Eemis Stane 1 - The Mindin, (Eemis Stane 2022) Central, prose
t insteid o anither fit or an ankle or a leg or a bodie or a heid on page 8
unnerfit is anither fit or an ankle or a leg or a bodie or a heid on page 9

2 matches

Hershaw, William Lallans 56 - In The Classroom, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, prose
d metaphorical. If I break my ankle, it's literal, if my heart ge on page 37

1 matches

Bates, Gregor The Death Dance, (Scots Hoose 2022) Central - East Dunbartonshire, weans
ipped ower a rock and hurt ma ankle, no a braw start tae the even
ae dance in the ceilidh wi ma ankle being so sair. I hirpled inta
nae join in because o ma sair ankle, as you were tae mak groups o
redibly painful though, as ma ankle wis still so sair. I wis so d
4 matches

Rennie, Susan The Hoose o Haivers, (Itchy Coo 2002 ISBN: 978-1902927442) Central, weans
l there, an suin it growed an ankle, syne a haill leg an body. Hi
1 matches

Chalmers, Aimee Lallans 59 - Joukene Poukerie, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Central - Fife, prose
reivit yer knees, twistit yer ankle. Yer guid coat was manky. The
1 matches

MacDonald, Bo CAULD NIGHT, (Scots Hoose 2021) Central, weans
, keekin desperately ower mah ankle again 'n' again, findin th' i
' bruise sat directly oan mah ankle, ruining th' delicate honey t
themselves aroond mah purple ankle. Th' steel grip as thay locke
t mah pipes burn juist as mah ankle wis yanked.
nclosed themselves aroond mah ankle, slowly puhlin me. Whin ah fe
5 matches

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Doric

Gray, Kath Lallans 63 - Aikey Brae Fair – 1962, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Doric, prose
doon e sides. Ye hid on fite ankle socks an black sheen. Ye felt
1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
an Johnny Broon gaed ower his ankle an hid tae be taen tae the sc
1 matches

Orkney

Butler, Vera Gallows Ha - Maggie o Quoys and Bessie o Gyre , (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
I think me ankle's broken. Hid's hoo I landed on page 20

1 matches

Johnston, Barbara Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
a high necked, long sleeved, ankle length frock, slim an glamoro on page 99

1 matches

Grieve, Issy Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
Me ankle boots are ferly sad on page 102

1 matches

Shetland

I Hear Dee Shaetlan A primer - v. 1.1, (I Hear Dee 2022) Shetland, prose
peerier entities): cøttikin 'ankle-sock' (cøt + - kin) on page 42

1 matches

Ulster

Campbell, Robert Lock Doon Poyams, (Independently 2021 ISBN: 979-8742155812) Ulster, poetry
Fae ale ye have ais ankle deep on page 14

1 matches

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