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Use in varieties of Scots

dash Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words11.1 9.6 13.5 39.7 0 10.3 13.3
Number of occurrences3619 9 4 0 1 3
Number of authors25 12 6 4 1 2

Occurrences of dash in Corpus

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Central

McQueer, Chris HWFG, (404 Ink 2012 ISBN: 978-1912489107) Central, prose
ith gallusness an mibbe a wee dash ae the brains. Dolly, oan the on page 16

1 matches

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
faw. A see ma opportunity. A dash like Indiana Jones fur his ha on page 15

1 matches

Moodie, Gordon D. Lallans 90 - Snoke Iz A Pithie Warlock, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Central, prose
'marzipan' an 'vanilla' wi a dash o 'sherbit dabs'. Ah gang owe on page 80
e o marzipan and vanilla wi a dash o sherbet dabs. on page 81

2 matches

Pennie, Len Poyums, (Canongate Books 2024 ISBN: 978-1805301387) Central - Aberdeen, poetry
A dash of impropriety in the guise a on page 26

1 matches

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
Ah soon make a dash tae git dressed and go tae ns on page 83
ed aboot a pint. The bastards dash tae the bog wae their big bag on page 104

2 matches

McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
driven, fanatical anti-union dash tae profitisation. Tae their on page 23

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Kate O Shanter's Tale: And Other Poems, (Luath 2003 ISBN: 978-1842820285) Central, poetry
'Dundee Man Bound Over (dash) Failure To Pay Fines' on page 33

1 matches

Tindal, Betty Lallans 73 - Mither, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, poetry
Swirl, dash, dash on page 58

4 matches

Bolland, John A Chocolate Cowboy, (From Glasgow To Saturn 2008) Central, prose
rid the writin on the pebble dash (Young Young Cumbie ya bas) a
1 matches

Bennett, Peter The Sacrificial Doo, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
an here? . . there’s just a dash next tae the name.’
1 matches

Shoor Caan, Angus Coont Thum: A hunner an' oad McLimericks, (self-published 2012 ISBN: 978-1480242425) Central - Ardrossan, poetry
e deoch ‘n’ Doris An’ a dash tae the Interflorist Thur’s
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Arabian Monkfish (Part One), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central, prose
‘Guinness wiv a dash of blackcurrant mate, and wha
1 matches

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 4, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
imper and turns awey. Makin a dash fur the spare room. Leavin me
1 matches

@raiphsays tweeted
@MsCCollins1 Wis a mad dash tae dae it!(2020) search twitter

Doric

Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
l Bit yer time's nae come an, dash't ye won awa on page 15

2 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
ivil?" Isobel glowered it the dash es the aul Fiesta dirdit oot on page 30

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric: Alive an Kickin 2, (Argo Publishing 2006 ISBN: 978-0954615321) Doric - Inverurie, prose
e noddit it the clock oan the dash. "It's bin goin hauf-an-oor." on page 38

1 matches

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 75 - The Petrol Tanker, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Doric, prose
f his knee an tried tae mak a dash for the door, Ah thocht Aitke
1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
doon tae pick up a stick bit dash it aa, did Teenie nae faa oot
1 matches

Uri, Antonia Flooery achievement for the Scots Government, (The National 2019) Doric, newspaper
nae in it jist tae dae a slap-dash job. A great deal o thocht an
1 matches

@JamieFairbairn1 tweeted
s Knock Dan Ginger, ding dong dash. (2020) twitter link
s Knock Dan Ginger, ding dong dash (2020) twitter link

Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
on roads and byways - ploos dash oot tae clear the highways. i on page 75

1 matches

Bruce, Lorraine Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
Climmeran up the pebble dash on page 148

1 matches

Garson, Sheila Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
Hillman Minx wae hids walnut dash, gears crunch, on page 47

1 matches

Hall, Simon W. Haggis tasting notes, and whisky pairings, (Brisk Northerly 2019) Orkney, blog
eeter flavour) and a generous dash o white pepper that’s vergi
1 matches

Southern

Wilson, Rab Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Southern - Dumfries, poetry
Juist watch the politeecians dash, Tae the 'clink' o thon auld on page 214

1 matches

Ulster

Robinson, Philip Oul Licht, (Ullans Press 2017 ISBN: 978-1905281305) Ulster - Larne, poetry
Thon shoart dash betwixt tha twa on page 32

2 matches

King, Angeline Weans o Latharna, (angelineking.com 2021) Ulster - Larne, weans
again the rows o white peeble-dash. Ah leuked ower tae ma hoose
1 matches

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