| dizzen | Corpus occurrences | Central | Doric / Northern | Orkney | Shetland | Southern | Ulster | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Occurences normalised per million words | 29 | 27.9 | 36 | 69.6 | 34.9 | 10.3 | 4.4 | |
| Number of occurrences | 94 | 55 | 24 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 1 | |
| Number of authors | 40 | 20 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 |
Clark, Thomas Animal Fairm, (Luath 2023 ISBN: 978-1804250396) Central, prose
e fairm o oors could uphaud a dizzen horses, twinty coos, sheep in on page 6
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Mc, Keeks Contermacious Temerity, (Dreich 2023 ISBN: 978-1-873-412190) Central, poetry
but twa hoors an hauf a dizzen lairge wans later on page 6
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Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
ace abune the steadin. Here a dizzen men cuid hide in safety, alan on page 42
prospect o a guid hairst. The dizzen gimmers he'd brocht wi him ha on page 50
r the sichts they saw. Hauf-a-dizzen horses lay wi their bellies s on page 53
door; and come hame wi hauf-a-dizzen wee gowden rid-specklt burn t on page 55
imsel wunnerin whit wey haufa-dizzen men shuid be trottin doun the on page 57
Also on pages 59, 60, 74
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Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
Thir wiz twa dizzen o them mibey mare, on page 40
but it's six an half a dizzen on page 62
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McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
d an the ithers, aroun half a dizzen strang, cam at them again. At on page 17
When the crowd, aroun a dizzen or so, cam up tae him Jamie r on page 31
id o his big table wi aroun a dizzen o his faimlie wis the merchan on page 35
. There cuid be up tae hauf a dizzen o these boats, each ane o the on page 40
o rope fae as monie as hauf a dizzen harpoons ahent it. Bein a mam on page 41
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Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
. There must hae been aboot a dizzen o them, at least, and they we on page 75
the machines and turnt hauf a dizzen knobs this wey and the ither; on page 100
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Rennie, Susan Kat an Doug on Planet Perjink, (Itchy Coo 2002 ISBN: 978-1902927565) Central, weans
Kat watched Dina blooter a dizzen asterbaws intae ooter space. on page 19
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Fitt, Matthew Geordie's Mingin Medicine, (Itchy Coo 2007 ISBN: 978-1845021603) Central, weans
Then hauf a dizzen mar. on page 50
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Forde, Iain W D Traivells wi a Cuddie i the Cevennes (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2008 ISBN: 978-0-9574164-5-1) Central, prose
a mair solit yokin as hauf a dizzen hettit an perfervid gruims. A on page 6
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Clark, Thomas The Boggin Beginnin, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303524) Central, weans
plin hook, which efter hauf-a-dizzen tries had finally cleekit on on page 122
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Purdie, David C. Lallans 58 - The Dumb Jyner, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
m the ae tale owre an owre, a dizzen times or mair. on page 65
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Matheson, Ann Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, prose
adioed Lunnon tae flee in twa dizzen haggis an the samen in bottle on page 127
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Macafee, Caroline Lallans 57 - Lea the leid alane, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, prose
it. There was at least hauf a dizzen versions o a staundart spelli on page 56
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Forde, Iain W D Hale Ir Sindries - Buik Twa, (Fons Scotiae 2000) Central, prose
dizzen trout frae the burn an suin c
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Falconer, Gavin Lallans 63 - Richt Scots an Pithy Scots, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
want o verbs (the’r aboot a dizzen) lat’s us spend mair time g
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Heather, Alistair Bravehert: The truth anent William Wallace (pairt 2), (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Angus, blog
that Wallace wis anely a few dizzen mile north, near Fawkirk. Thi
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Heather, Alistair Whaur we cam fae: the Pechts, (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Angus, blog
ent sense, but they did big a dizzen or mair wee mairchin camps an
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Heather, Alistair The ghaist lichts, (Mak Forrit 2017) Central - Angus, blog
Ma faither, wi mair nor a dizzen ither chiels fae the district
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Heather, Alistair Lat the auld witch burn, (Mak Forrit 2017) Central - Angus, blog
Mair nor a dizzen brochs rise oot the earth tae
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Hershaw, William The Retour O The Grey Airmy, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Central - Fife, blog
boot biggin their dams by the dizzen. Bringing the wolves hames ha
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Rennie, Susan Kat an Doug on Planet Fankle, (Itchy Coo 2002 ISBN: 978-1902927459) Central, weans
later, efter they had taen a dizzen wrang turns an been back at w
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Muir, Glenn Lion Rampant, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Linlithgow, prose
ng. The stranger had routed a dizzen o them but they had returned
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Smith, Jamie Animal Ferm: Chapters I to III, (Mak Forrit 2021) Central, prose
ae ferm o oors wad dae for a dizzen horse, twinty nowt, hunders o
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Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
ower stanes. There wis hauf a dizzen men squaattin or sittin aroon
xpandit whan a group o hauf a dizzen, three men an three weemen, a
There wis hauf a dizzen Chinese men daein the same ca
ae pit up a fecht agin hauf a dizzen men determint tae keep him th
ad in corrugatit airn. Hauf a dizzen armed Chinese men cam oot an
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Neil, Gabriel The Green Pairty: Holyrood’s nixt opposition?, (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
the Greens could tak aboot a dizzen saets. But gin ilka SNP voter
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 76, (self-published 2000) Central, newspaper
e tae hae a keek intae a hauf dizzen airticles ilka sax month, thr
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Begg, James A. Lallans 74 - The Killie Fleshers - 1786, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
powney. ‘Ye deserve anither dizzen straiks frae this stick an, b
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Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
An swallat half a dizzen Feel gype - he swallat half on page 15
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Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
fir romunce: nae fir her the dizzen reed roses, or the caird wi t on page 29
His hairt wis gaun ten-te-the-dizzen es he chappit oan the open do on page 54
fae a wee lichtie fae aboot a dizzen cunnles splooterin awa oan a on page 59
bricht reed anorak an hauf-a-dizzen differint bonnets. on page 70
steed an waatched es the hauf-dizzen mourners wore awa fae the gra on page 77
Also on pages 83
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Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 79 - The Tattiebogle, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Doric - Aberdeen, prose
hairt wis gaan twinty tae the dizzen an a near weet masel. Syne Ah on page 14
"Ah hadna teen mair nor a dizzen steps fae the room, fan he ha on page 17
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Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 75 - The Petrol Tanker, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Doric, prose
e stingin wecht o that belt a dizzen times, till his faither wis p
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Blackhall, Sheena Lallans 63 - Shelts, (Lallans Magazine 2002) Doric, prose
“Fit aboot a dizzen fine dyeuk’s eggies fur yer
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Smith, Alex A Sair Fecht, (self-published 2003) Doric, prose
wee fyle, came back wi half a dizzen cans o lager, an a bottle o b
dizzen police cars, bobbies wi a kin
dishes hid been washed half a dizzen times. Jonsar
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Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
r war the favourites, mebbe a dizzen tunes at maist. The pye wis s
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Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
o a lassie packin ten tae the dizzen
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McGregor, Iain Lallans 76 - Loch Skeen, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Doric, prose
dizzen willyart gaits, blithlie chow
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McGregor, Iain Lallans 76 - Wullie’s Wife: The Hoaspital Veisit, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Doric, prose
aboot a dizzen fowk hemmed iz in. It wis the
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Hutchison, Pat The Tabby Sooker, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
Fisherman’s Friends. A half dizzen o them in yer gob and yer moo
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Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
the kitchie. She nocht hauf a dizzen cloots tae dicht up the soss.
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@Manuforti1968 tweeted
dae Pitmedden tae Tarves in a dizzen crunks on yon bikes.(2020) search twitter
Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
A dizzen fluffy chickens got an early on page 14
very forward step, we tak twa dizzen back. There's no enthusiasm l on page 65
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Giles, Harry Josephine Deep Wheel Orcadia: A Novel, (Picador 2021 ISBN: 978-1529066609) Orkney, poetry
oot time." Sheu's siccar wi a dizzen decades o haadan an spaekan h on page 58
n shinan, an on hids back twa dizzen rootan fock. Hids face is fro on page 59
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Hall, Simon W. The Boy That Lived - Chapter Wan, (Brisk Northerly 2015) Orkney, prose
lebratan? I must hiv passed a dizzen feasts an pairties on me wey
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Giles, Harry Josephine The future of Scots, (https://www.opendemocracy.net/ 2015) Orkney, prose
Thare's dictionars at offer a dizzen differ spelleens an pronuncia
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Tait, John M Lallans 58 - Sheltie Prattle an da Blue Lowe (a Pantomime) , (Lallans Magazine 2001) Shetland, prose
ried aa dir claise on aboot a dizzen times an led demsels by, Shel on page 35
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De Luca, Christine Parallel Worlds: Poems in Shetlandic and English, (Luath 2005 ISBN: 978-1905222131) Shetland, poetry
s eident, gyaain sixty tae da dizzen, on page 86
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De Luca, Christine Paes Eggs, (Shetland For Wirds 2002) Shetland, poetry
mair is da half dizzen
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Peterson, George P.S. Nannie Georgedaughter, (Shetland For Wirds 2002) Shetland, prose
y. Pleasant anoff men. Half a dizzen a dem. Der dey sat, conversin
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Johnson, Laureen Moarnin Ida Kames, (Shetland For Wirds 2007) Shetland, poetry
inta da sunrise a dizzen times ower
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