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Use in varieties of Scots

joints Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words6.9 8.2 1.5 0 0 0 22.1
Number of occurrences2216 1 0 0 0 5
Number of authors14 10 1 3

Occurrences of joints in Corpus

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Central

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
ed doon n busted cunts rollin joints, the fat wan called Muldoon n on page 3
z taught him up n he kin roll joints n hus mad stories fae other s on page 8
y went wae. There's two solid joints gittin passed aboot between u on page 16
Hands ir shook n bottles and joints ir passed between them n us. on page 22
ernoon after the drama, a few joints tae take the edge aff. Chill on page 49

5 matches

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
hum and ah kin see that a few joints and cheap boattles ae Buckie on page 69

1 matches

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
or twa aches an pains in his joints at the end o a shift, an he s on page 59

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
t roond it, pittin ile in its joints and adjustin its knobs and po on page 142

1 matches

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
Whaur we skinned up oor joints oan album sleeves; on page 61

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Geordie's Mingin Medicine, (Itchy Coo 2007 ISBN: 978-1845021603) Central, weans
ESH - tae creesh her creakin joints. on page 31

1 matches

Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
In the bone-joints o skeletal unreconstructit on page 29

1 matches

Bennett, Peter Liberties (Part Two), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
Ah spark the last ay the joints ah’d brought, takin a few d
1 matches

Bennett, Peter The Bothy (Part Two), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
in rebel songs efter multiple joints an the best part ay two bottl
1 matches

McKillop, Roger The Staff, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
Wi’ achin’ joints an’ shoogled banes,
1 matches

@annieones tweeted
tit tae say... luck efter yer joints.... its nae fun when they get (2021) twitter link

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
that for the cyclists n r the joints weather protected lol (2020) twitter link

Doric

Lawrie, Alistair Caal Cries, (Drunk Muse Press 2023 ISBN: 978-1399964678) Doric - Stonehaven, poetry
ingers at are grippin at your joints; files een the sea is blithe on page 10

1 matches

Ulster

Ferguson, Roy Rhymes frae Rathfrilan: A Wheen o Poames, (self-published 2022 ISBN: 979-8796193099) Ulster, poetry
Ma joints are creakin mair an mair, on page 52
O me joints is jaist a pain. on page 53

3 matches

Cartmill, Claire Three score years an ten, (Ballymoney and Moyle Times 2014) Ulster, newspaper
egs ir no’ as soople for mi joints ir stiff an’ dry
1 matches

Gillen, Charles Oot Here Mae Lane, (Words without Borders Magazine 2004) Ulster, prose
an her oul joints be's startin tae go,
1 matches

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