distract | Corpus occurrences | Central | Doric / Northern | Orkney | Shetland | Southern | Ulster | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Occurences normalised per million words | 5.2 | 6.6 | 3 | 0 | 5.8 | 0 | 4.4 | |
Number of occurrences | 17 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
Number of authors | 11 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
Cathy, in order tae distract on page 32
1 matches
Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
tae the next gala. Anyhin tae distract me fae that prison o a buildi on page 37
Ah look around tae distract masel. Everyhin aboot the hos on page 83
2 matches
Bennett, Peter Just Another Minute, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
ise the despair. Somethin tae distract him fae his, or anybody’s i
1 matches
Grae, Emma Jimmy and his wee darlin Alexa, (unbound.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
Ah look oot the windae tae distract masel, and ma mind drifts bac
1 matches
Rennie, Susan The Hoose o Haivers, (Itchy Coo 2002 ISBN: 978-1902927442) Central, weans
alanta as she rins an it will distract her.”
1 matches
McClure, Alan A poem, (Twitter 2022) Central - Galloway, poetry
Tae me, or ocht that micht distract them
1 matches
@rattlecans tweeted
their pet men tae pop up and distract wi pish (2022) twitter link
@Manuforti1968 tweeted
by in shorts is struggling to distract me fae Twitter the night. COY(2018) search twitter