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Use in varieties of Scots

curve Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words6.9 6 4.4 49.7 5.8 0 7.7
Number of occurrences2312 3 5 1 0 2
Number of authors15 7 3 3 1 1

Occurrences of curve in Corpus

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Central

Begg, James A. Alison's Jants in Ferlieland, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010845) Central, prose
ke. She had juist managed tae curve it doun in a bonny zigzag, an on page 44

1 matches

McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
r upward technological growth curve makkin awthin better fer awbu on page 87

1 matches

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
e sparklin een an bonnie roun curve had lang been noticed by bait on page 68

1 matches

Bolland, John A Chocolate Cowboy, (From Glasgow To Saturn 2008) Central, prose
a left, Lexwell curved up tae curve back doon again, towards thon
1 matches

White, George Juist a wee while back, (Facebook 2024) Central, poetry
at the tender curve o a young lassie’s neck?
1 matches

McKillop, Roger The Staff, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
y keeled ower in a gracefu’ curve intae the water. She resurrec
1 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
mly haads thegither ayont the curve o the horizon! You’ve trans
- aroon her waist, abuin the curve o her hurdies, an lift her up
un begoud tae sweep aroon the curve o her erm. She recognised the
n’s beuk. Unner the shallae curve o the ruif, the space became
ion o her limbs, an the bonny curve o her rigbane ... excep that
5 matches

Hubbard, Tom Scottish Faust: Poems and Ballads of Eldritch Lore, (Kettillonia 2004) Central, poetry
Twa o the spikes curve upwart ti ilk ither,
1 matches

Doric

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
han an laid it on the gentle curve o ma belly. "Ye winna leave m on page 44

1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
flakin aff an reistin in the curve o her snoot, garrin her sneez
1 matches

Hutchison, Pat The Seven Coins o Kineddart, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Doric - Banffshire, prose
ar side o the room bit on the curve o the tower there wiz the bon
1 matches

Orkney

Giles, Harry Josephine Deep Wheel Orcadia: A Novel, (Picador 2021 ISBN: 978-1529066609) Orkney, poetry
a finger ower her slaet i'the curve on page 17
, the skyran dancers ower the curve o a roilan warld, the dillan, on page 53
anither body coman on anither curve tae mak a fankelt problem, an on page 133

3 matches

Cormack, Kevin Toonie Void, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
a hert-line curve, his mither gaan mental. on page 14

1 matches

Hall, Simon W. Lands o Twatt, (Brisk Northerly 2018) Orkney, blog
it’s been a steep learning curve. The grund is heavy, acidic,
1 matches

Shetland

De Luca, Christine Swiet Haar, (Abersee Press 2017) Shetland, poetry
curve, hits blydeness. on page 31

1 matches

Ulster

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
the siller dust o mornin, the curve o her belly roonded on the sh on page 19
coat was disguisin a slender curve. Sally's confirmation come wi on page 27

2 matches

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