A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Occurrences of miles in Corpus

Central

Robertson, James Precious and the Puggies, (Itchy Coo 2011 ISBN: 978-1845023324) Central, weans
s a sneeze that wis heard fae miles awa, and wioot a doot it wis on page 18

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Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
e an end? "Ah wunner how mony miles ah've fell bi noo?" she said on page 9
"Near enough two miles high," addit the Queen. on page 116

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Love, Rowena M. Lallans 82 - Hamecomin, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, poetry
miles dinnae matter, nor time awa; on page 39

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Aitchison, Craig nobody remembers the birdman - Fishin the Mairch, (Association for Scottish Literature 2022) Central, poetry
North Sea miles ahint, aheid strics tae loup, on page 1

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Burnett, Mikey nobody remembers the birdman - It's Ladle, (Association for Scottish Literature 2022) Central, prose
m and his wife sat decisively miles aheid in the scorin. Aw his c on page 35

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Clark, Thomas Intae the Snaw, (Gatehouse Press 2015 ISBN: 978-0992857370) Central, poetry
rin Shangshan early, a hunder miles o clood, on page 17
A thoosand miles o birdsang. The watter, skyri on page 32

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Rennie, Susan The Wee Prince, (Edition Lintenfass 2017 ISBN: 978-3946190592) Central, prose
ang, on your lane, a thoosand miles frae hoose or hame? Ye were g on page 82

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Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
aw but we've ran at least two miles, clamberin around steep emban on page 47

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Begg, James A. Alison's Jants in Ferlieland, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010845) Central, prose
p tummlin? "I wunner hou mony miles I've tummlt by nou?" she wunn on page 9
officers: but the Hatter wis miles awa oot o sicht afore the off on page 44

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Harvey, Tracy Anne Lallans 90 - The Missus, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Central, poetry
Sindert by miles. on page 16

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Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
hauns. Howie an the Boot were miles awa, hudnae waitit. They coul on page 1

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Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
d, an tae save time an seiven miles, I thocht I'd juist b-bring i on page 24
r faither the three an a hauf miles doun Ponesk Glen tae Darnhunc on page 30
e tramp ten or fowerteen lang miles an foregether as a congregati on page 35

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Johnstone, Shane The Gods of Frequency, (Arkbound 2020 ISBN: 978-1912092826) Central, prose
tled through life at a hunner miles an 'oor, yer heid pumpin wi a on page 3

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Urquhart, Andrew Lallans 104 - Queen a Clatty Pats, (Lallans Magazine 2024) Central, poetry
Wi seed it comin miles aff, on page 99

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Donovan, Anne Gone are the Leaves, (ISIS 2014 ISBN: 978-1445099262) Central, prose
en the forests streetched for miles and you could loss yoursel in on page 3

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Aitchison, Craig Lallans 102 - Sea Room and Hunger Stanes, (Lallans Magazine 2023) Central, poetry
jungle, the haurd miles ahint - on page 44

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McPartlin, Moira Before Now : Memoir of a Toerag, (Trilleachan 2021 ISBN: 978-1838360702) Central - Fife, prose
Ah smelt the fry-up fae miles away coz Granny's door wis wi on page 7

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Douglas, David Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Galloway, poetry
When dogs stravaig miles oan stilts on page 35

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Hubbard, Tom The Flechitorium, (Grace Note 2017 ISBN: 9781907676932) Central - East Central, poetry
You look out and up: these miles, you still can do them, on page 57

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Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
f ah'm walkin the five hunner miles the twins wur sae eager tae s on page 178

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McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
irties, maistly bi fowk bidin miles fae whaur yer vote is bein ca on page 30
least as the quaistion o air miles isnae gonnae gang awa, nae ma on page 91

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Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
an bein five hundred miles on page 86

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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
up the river at Perth, twenty miles awa! on page 33
w, ye were stuck oot ona rig, miles fae oniewhaur an coopit up wi on page 46

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Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
ly pure hittin them a million miles away fae the net. Ah wis even on page 66
t seemed lik it wis a million miles away. on page 121

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McPartlin, John Lallans 81 - Fower Australian Poems, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Central - Dollar, poetry
ithin tae speir at sic dreich miles o margin. on page 16

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Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
Fir whit seemed interminable miles tae me, on page 133

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Fitt, Matthew Geordie's Mingin Medicine, (Itchy Coo 2007 ISBN: 978-1845021603) Central, weans
d the ferm they steyed on wis miles awa frae onywhere, sae there on page 1
ack wi her again noo. She wis miles awa in anither warld. on page 43

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Townsley, Jane Joe's Cloud an Ither Stuff, (lulu.com 2014 ISBN: 978-1326001612) Central - Perth, prose
Shuggie up a windin wee road, miles frae onywhaur lookin fer a fa on page 19
if I had tae walk the twelve miles hame, the fresh air wid clear on page 23

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Robertson, James The Hoose at Pooh's Neuk, (Itchy Coo 2010 ISBN: 978-1845022945) Central, weans
r insteid o me haein tae walk miles and miles, dae ye ken, Pooh?' on page 54
n, ull aw o a sudden a hunner miles ower his heid a laverock begu on page 71
en warslin intae the wund for miles, and ye suddenly gang intae s on page 120

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Robertson, James The Sleekit Mr Tod, (Itchy Coo 2008 ISBN: 978-1845021986) Central, weans
s the maist fantoosh tail for miles aroond,' she said atween lick on page 15

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Clark, Thomas The Boggin Beginnin, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303524) Central, weans
if they had jist rin a hunner miles. Sunny wis still greetin, and on page 50
alloued tae come within five miles o the place. If Violet had si on page 153

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Tollick, Margaret Tapsalteerie and Ither Tales, (Windfall Books 2008 ISBN: 978-0955726422) Central, weans
It seemed like miles, tho I suspect on page 39

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Purdie, David C. Lallans 59 - Terry Fae Brooklyn, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central - Aryshire, prose
ra to Noo Mexico, nothin' but miles, endless miles of open road, on page 136

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Hershaw, William Lallans 57 - Twa Auld Men, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, prose
d pathweys. They pace out the miles thegither in their twa's and on page 136

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McMillan, Hugh Whit If? Scotland's History as it Micht Hiv Bin, (Luath 2021 ISBN: 9781910022900) Central, poetry
thon seveenty miles... on page 24

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Macafee, Caroline Lallans 57 - Lea the leid alane, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, prose
irds in Central Scots, wad be miles oot for fowk at says gweed, e on page 56

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Horsbroch, Dauvit A gang-roond oor Sun Grid, (Scots Language Centre 2020) Central, blog
streitches oot for billions o miles an haes intil't millions o je
rials in atween. At 4 billion miles oot it is ane o the furdest c
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Bolland, John A Chocolate Cowboy, (From Glasgow To Saturn 2008) Central, prose
hat wiz ten-tae-nine an three miles doon tae Linwood on Chainey a
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Wilson, Rab Lallans 76 - Napoleon’s Gairden, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Central, poetry
twelve hunner miles frae naewhaur,
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Corbett, John Lallans 70 - Owersettins o Modren Drama intae Scots, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
bides ablow sterrs. The lang miles and centuries frae 17th centu
toun, no a million lang Scots miles frae Paisely. Like Lochhead,
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Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
The miles fae schule, they wirnae lang
An three miles back - sae stiff A got, A ha
Ye're miles beyond yer stop!
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Hawkins, Rudi None Shall Rest Easy, (Scottish Book Trust 2023) Central - Stirling, prose
hin was a’ tae be heard for miles. Sure enough the rifle smoke
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Donovan, Anne Not Scotland, (Edinburgh International Book Festival 2010) Central - Glasgow, prose
ur-coded. All you can see for miles is
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Logan, Kirsty Lego, (Scots Hoose 2017) Central, weans
he hale hunner-an-siventy-odd miles in silence, except for once o
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Heather, Alistair The porage revolution: Hou porage cam tae mak Scotland habitable, (Mak Forrit 2017) Central - Angus, blog
nd haed been scaured by three miles o hyper-cranreuch in the Ice
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Thoumire, Elizabeth Three days in October, (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Edinburgh, blog
aboot fowk jynin the tailend miles back doun the road.
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Bennett, Peter The Party ay the Year (Part Two), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
cle an that but he’s fuckin miles oot man. He took a fuckin swi
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Bennett, Peter McShane's Reprieve, (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
ma heid an drove the van fur miles. Ah wis as rough as a badgerâ
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Bennett, Peter Rude Awakenings (Part two of two), (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
‘Sorry Ange, ah wis miles away there.’
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Wilson, Lucy Lock Doon, (Greenock Telegraph 2021) Central - Greenock, poetry
We walk fur miles hail, rain, or shine.
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Fleemin, Sandy Lallans 59 - Bellin the Cat, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Central - Ormiston, prose
he nixt ye kent he wis rinnin miles a day, pittin in for a promot
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Muir, Glenn Ozsome, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Linlithgow, prose
r ahint, Dorothy traipsed for miles alang the Yella Brick Highroa
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McKillop, Roger Uprisin' an' Doonfa', (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Edinburgh, poetry
s! We didnae get within fower miles o’ the Government camp afor
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McKillop, Roger Ma Heroes o' Sport, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
the 4th week a total o’ 134 miles then taper aff in the 5th and
6th week. Ye canni’ kid 26 miles an’ 385 bluidy yards, ye ha
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Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
rigs, the blockit passes, the miles o fences - an for aa the tot
re never intendit for trampin miles ower roch grun. Maist fowk he
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Alston, Connor THE BLACK-EYED CHILDREN OF SCOTLAND, (Scots Hoose 2021) Central, weans
s the only source of heat fir miles ‘n’ miles. As they were o
‘n’ miles. As they were oan their way h
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Monahan Brown, Ricky Dùn Èideann, (The Scores 2020) Central, prose
ed throu space at six hunnert miles an hoor, his back pressed int
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Facebook link (Changed Times Historical Novel By Ethyl Smith 2022) Central
60 armed men galloped the 10 miles tae the toun o Lanark.

Facebook link ( 2019) Central
tae dae that folk tramped fur miles across rough terrain then sat

McDonald, Hamish The Girnin Gates - Chapter 12, (Itchy Coo 2003) Central, prose
a heather brae that rose fur miles an miles, an when we gote tae
an miles, an when we gote tae the tap
raipsed aff again, walkin fur miles an
miles ower a muir. Mairead goes:
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@g_hibby tweeted
ut it's nae guid tae ye being miles away fae us.. ??... Sorry.. (2023) twitter link

@Chazzbat tweeted
ma follaers ur local, thur aa miles awa.(2020) search twitter

@rattlecans tweeted
hit he thought which puts him miles ahead afore he'd even sorted (2022) twitter link

@ThonJacobite tweeted
day. Managed nine and a hauf miles roond the Kelpies and ootlyin (2021) twitter link
o' the day ah walked the twa miles tae the train station, got th(2021) search twitter
to leave home" . Is cycling 7 miles fae yer front door tae bike a(2021) search twitter

Doric

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 85 - The Clash o the Titans, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Doric, prose
h thocht, ' ye're gaan aa yer miles.) on page 57

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Morrison Murray, Harold Doric, Historic and Humorous, (Peters and Sons 2024) Doric, poetry
Bit is better kent for miles aroon on page 14
A' the loons fae miles aroon' on page 29

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Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 81 - Pyntin the Been, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Doric - Aberdeen, newspaper
ir hooses lumped thegither an miles o pavement that gied ye corns on page 8

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Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
e knicker elastic snappin fir miles aroon." on page 14
bike the piece. Wi'd bike fir miles, an aul broon message bug wi on page 21
ell aat wis Disneyland Paris: miles an miles o carnivals; brichtl on page 38
Alec smirkit. "Ye've a lotta miles on yer clock; yer pintwirk's on page 69

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Uri, Antonia Bidin awa: City Breaks, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Doric - Aberdeen, newspaper
ap, ye can see for up tae sax miles roon aboot. But, it is actual on page 18

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Benzie, Lesley Fessen Reared, (Seahorse 2020 ISBN: 978-1916214538) Doric, poetry
There's nae a soul aroon for miles on page 4

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Leslie, Deborah Doric: Alive an Kickin 2, (Argo Publishing 2006 ISBN: 978-0954615321) Doric - Inverurie, prose
Yes. I live about five miles away - on a farm. Ronnie rec on page 40

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Whyte, Brian The Bottles, (Independently published 2020 ISBN: 979-8612647218) Doric, poetry
Dinna spile ma day at aa, I'm miles awa on page 116
a hunert miles awa fae me on page 161
mannie smiles, I kin see fir miles on page 186

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Byrne, Catherine Alice's Mishanters in e Land o Farlies, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010609) Doric - Caithness, prose
ll an end? "A winder how many miles A've fallen by iss time?" she on page 9
"Near two miles high," added e Queen. on page 114

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Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 73 - The Bigger Hoose, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Doric - Aberdeen, prose
it wis the biggest hoose for miles aroon, ye see. At least, it w on page 104

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Goodall, Phyllis J. Berryhill, (timberford.demon 2000) Doric, poetry
For miles roon Bennachie.
For miles roon Bennachie."
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Blackhall, Sheena Lallans 63 - Shelts, (Lallans Magazine 2002) Doric, prose
ig loon, ye’ll hae tae wauk miles an miles tae anither schule h
an miles tae anither schule hyne awa,
sn’t, the other schools are miles away. And the town’s so bus
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Smith, Alex A Fer Chauve, (self-published 2005) Doric, prose
time tae New Deer, the seven miles hid teen twa oors. It
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Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
Ilkie biggin an steadin fur miles wis thackit wi snaa, an the t
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Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
Aiberdeen plantation jist twa miles doon the road…they'd tae lo
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Strachan, Shane Beyond the Sea, (Scottish Book Trust 2023) Doric, prose
use in the Broch, thoosands o miles awa.
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Vettese, Raymond Lallans 59 - Raymond Vettese : nineteen poems, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Doric - Montrose, poetry
the miles atween hardly maitter.
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Hutchison, Pat The Three Cannels, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
ast tae Fitehills aboot fower miles distant. She wiz makkin for B
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Hutchison, Pat The Tabby Sooker, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
ched the landfill aboot aicht miles awa that he realised I wiz st
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Hutchison, Pat The Seven Coins o Kineddart, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Doric - Banffshire, prose
half day as she wiz only five miles fae hame and could easily mak
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Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
d, he wis the wycest body fur miles aroon. It wis tae Hailleracki
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Wilkie, Dave , (Facebook 2022) Doric, poetry
We tak’ life’s miles the gither, as ye aye wis pla
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@Doric_Bananaman tweeted
......best Fest by a thoosand miles, goat e' rest licked!(2016) search twitter

@FaeFoggie tweeted
@JohnSmi0077 @kaypee00 C64 is miles better aye.(2020) search twitter

@72redz1903 tweeted
say he got it wrong. We were miles ahead and looking good bar ge (2021) twitter link

@cligeey tweeted
r nae listening to 500 hunner miles ye wid be oot for days(2020) search twitter
nghaven on Saturday two three miles but what a place(2020) search twitter

@fittiecrooners tweeted
oon bit canna get a drink fer miles as pub shut doon fer the seas(2017) search twitter

@JoanHenry7 tweeted
unday School Picnics about 15 miles away. We would wave scarves o (2024) twitter link

@McGoo1888 tweeted
hear how he speaks...then 15 miles away ye have the Buckie lads. (2021) twitter link
.ah live in the Highlands...6 miles away its a different dialect. (2021) twitter link

Orkney

Hall, Simon W. Lamborghini: Cult o the Bull, (Brisk Northerly 2015) Orkney, blog
a neighbouring factory a few miles awey that maks the famous rei
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@peediepuss tweeted
Yin is a lock o bruck! Three miles tae be buggert, hid's at leas (2020) twitter link

Shetland

Greig, Charles A Shetland Bible, (Saint Andrew Press 2009 ISBN: 978-0715209158) Shetland - Lerwick, prose
caad Emmaus dat wis twartree miles fae Jerusalem. Dey wir aafil on page 153

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Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
return journey of fifty five miles. That will make it three mont on page 77
didna see his ain son, fifty miles awa, fur six weeks, an dat fo on page 78

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Laurenson, Hannah Lisa Da Maa's Eggs, (Hands Up For Trad 2019) Shetland, prose
ose, we nobody aroond wis for miles and da nearest shop at da bri
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Watt, Valerie Trowie time flees an aa, (Shetland Times 2009) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
m growen wi nixt tae nae food miles an nae packaging tae bal awa.
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@helenmoncrieff tweeted
it they need to be released 3 miles away? It's a wet n windy nigh(2020) search twitter
Patricia is now less than 400 miles away fae home ???(2020) search twitter

@RedValkyrie84 tweeted
ardy My nearest wans aboot 13 miles away ?? (2018) twitter link

Southern

@officialAliRed tweeted
rbox this evening (weÂ’re 116 miles frae #Hawick!) ?? https://t.c(2019) search twitter

Ulster

Ulster-Scots Language Society Tha Fower Gospels, (Ullans Press 2016 ISBN: 978-1-905281-25-1) Ulster, prose
i noo tha bdéat wus aareadie miles awa frae tha lan; ït wus tak on page 9

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Burgess, Wilson Dae Ye See: Ulster-Scots Poems, (Scots Language Centre 2007 ISBN: 978-0955791604) Ulster - L'Derry, poetry
A wheen o' miles from where on page 15
Screengin thru' the air fir miles on page 39

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Campbell, Robert Lock Doon Poyams, (Independently 2021 ISBN: 979-8742155812) Ulster, poetry
A walked fae miles in tae tha hill on page 46

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Alexander, Brian Yarns 3 - Pilgrimage tae Passchendaele, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2024) Ulster - Dufferin, prose
100 days. 5 miles were wan by the Allies for th
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Stewart, Kenny The Proota Field, (Facebook 2021) Ulster, poetry
Was three miles up frae Bushmills toon, there
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@fairfaaye tweeted
of Ulster means nothing a few miles up the road. Take ‘lurred’ (2020) search twitter

@TheFarrierPhil tweeted
hoose here. People would walk miles to play lol. Then they'd have (2021) twitter link