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mountain Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words18.1 22.6 13.6 9.9 5.8 0 13.3
Number of occurrences5844 9 1 1 0 3
Number of authors34 24 6 1 1 2

Occurrences of mountain in Corpus

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Central

Rennie, Susan The Wee Prince, (Edition Lintenfass 2017 ISBN: 978-3946190592) Central, prose
'Frae a mountain as muckle as this,' he said t on page 63

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Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
it squished under his massive mountain-building paws. Both Kenzie br on page 49

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Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
ingin oan fur dear life. An a mountain tae sclumb afore ye strap oan on page 1

1 matches

Cohen, Susan Wee Scottish Book o' Pure Stoatin' Joy, (The Wee Book Company 2019 ISBN: 978-1916491588) Central, prose
knees! Ye'd niwer climb thon mountain an' whit's mair, ye'd end up on page

2 matches

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
wo, coked up, steroid induced mountain. Then understandably, eh? tha on page 96

1 matches

Wilson, Rab Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Dumfries, poetry
dreamin o the mountain on page 181
the heichest mountain. on page 182

2 matches

Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
that fell doon thi mountain side on page 120

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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
s o hard graft had made him a mountain o muscle an nou it wis aw tur on page 60
lion, Scotland's holiest auld mountain. on page 83

2 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
lfords an she picked oot this mountain bike that wis silver an ceris on page 40

1 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit Scots Warks - Uphaud an guidance for screivars, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Central, government
ke A'v enjoyed Callum and The Mountain bi Alan MacClure, whaur the S on page 57

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Townsley, Jane Joe's Cloud an Ither Stuff, (lulu.com 2014 ISBN: 978-1326001612) Central - Perth, prose
She sang the chorus o' "Wild Mountain Thyme" on page 31

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Morton, Elaine Hamethocts, (Evertype 2010 ISBN: 978-1782012399) Central, poetry
Mair stark than mountain-thrawin faith. on page 12

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McMillan, Hugh Whit If? Scotland's History as it Micht Hiv Bin, (Luath 2021 ISBN: 9781910022900) Central, poetry
spit o mountain fillt wi alkies on page 12

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Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 67 - Reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central - Prestwick, prose
like you. I'm the king o' the mountain and fairy school a far higher on page 116

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Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central - Prestwick, prose
The Mountain Bard, James Hogg, ed. Suzanne on page 137
enns the first sectioun o The Mountain Bard. Brithers gangs oot ti s on page 140
sums up this edeitioun o The Mountain Bard. The'r nae dout that thi on page 142
hrou. But the'r eneuch in The Mountain Bard ti entertain an delicht, on page 143

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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS nummer 109, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
Mountain Days and Bothy Nights - Dave
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Horsbroch, Dauvit Are The Onybody Ither?, (Scots Language Centre 2022) Central, blog
lang wi the SETI Institute at Mountain View, California, USA. In 202
1 matches

Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
Whaur mountain goats are feart tae try -
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Sharks, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
han usual. He’s tae shift a mountain ay auld plates an pots oot ay
1 matches

Bennett, Peter The Bothy (Part Two), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
in oan the lower reaches ay a mountain at hauf six in the mornin wae
1 matches

Bennett, Peter The Bothy (Part One), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
.’ he sais, pointin tae the mountain that towers oer us.
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Park trife, (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
cost. Tap ay the line fuckin mountain bike.’ he sais, gettin aw f
1 matches

McKillop, Roger The Staff, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
A sit on throne - like mountain,
ent oot fir a Staff jolly tae mountain bike at Brig o’ Turk. A, se
She wis the least experienced Mountain biker an’ fund the descent
Sae ye can keep yer Mountain bikes,
4 matches

McKillop, Roger Educational (Mis)Communication, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
ort ca’d Bovets. Kanin, the mountain, sits exactly whaur the warm,
1 matches

McKillop, Roger Wee Roge Boobs, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
lkin’, Orienteerin’ an’ Mountain Bikin’, A hae tae admit, sh
1 matches

Lehane, Matt La Le La Le La Iron Mountain, (bandcamp 2006) Central - Ayrshire, poetry
the iron mountain
1 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
a lot of inert substances in mountain dew.”
1 matches

Wallace, Lorna Jock Tamson Goes tae the Doactir, (lornalouwriting.wordpress.com 2019) Central - Ayrshire, poetry
d gently guide him when the mountain
1 matches

McDonald, Hamish The Girnin Gates - Chapter 12, (Itchy Coo 2003) Central, prose
bit an we could see Dumgoyne mountain oan the
1 matches

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 4, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
d while ah’m face doon in a mountain ae shite.
1 matches

@rattlecans tweeted
e I've been daydreaming about mountain gorillas all day. Hmmm whit s (2022) twitter link

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
lol and efter awe a do hae a mountain oh knowledge aboot the grassr (2021) twitter link

Doric

Gray, Kathleen Tales Fae The Doric Side - Oor Grun, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, poetry
The mountain hare, skytin ower the moor hi on page 88

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
wull ye come onte Big Thunder Mountain? Please! please!" pleaded Sam on page 39

3 matches

Uri, Antonia Bidin awa: City Breaks, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Doric - Aberdeen, newspaper
ir reccomendit. Tae reach the mountain ye hiv tae cross ower the bor on page 5

1 matches

Smith, Alex A Sair Fecht, (self-published 2003) Doric, prose
mountain Jonsar?" asks the Wee wifie.
wis his mountain bike wi sixteen gears, ("A'a
2 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
a mountain bike tae play wi an forgotten
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@Manuforti1968 tweeted
l quine. Did ye nae waak up a mountain ess wik?(2020) search twitter

Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
On me brither's mountain bike. on page 53

1 matches

Shetland

De Luca, Christine Dodie's Phenomenal Pheesic, (Shetland For Wirds 2008) Shetland, weans
wir naethin left. A winderfil mountain o white froad biggit up i da
1 matches

Ulster

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
om glen to glen, and down the mountain side." His airms silhooetted on page 11
ar the sang in hir heid. Oz @ mountain, stands a lady, who she ts I on page 47

2 matches

Logan, Liam Thon Ulster Scots Book, (Galdanagh 2014 ISBN: 978-0992881405) Ulster - Dunloy, prose
was a self proclaimed M.D. (a mountain doctor) with a knowledge and on page 46

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