silly | Corpus occurrences | Central | Doric / Northern | Orkney | Shetland | Southern | Ulster | |
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Occurences normalised per million words | 19.7 | 15.6 | 16.4 | 59.6 | 69.7 | 10.3 | 13.3 | |
Number of occurrences | 64 | 31 | 11 | 6 | 12 | 1 | 3 | |
Number of authors | 43 | 24 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 3 |
Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
eith is daft enough tae dae a silly hing like phone the polis oan on page 35
hiss at me. Cool as you like "Silly me, Douglas" she said "I forg on page 59
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Bryden, Hugh Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Dumfries, poetry
they bocht a thae silly fags on page 95
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Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
furniture tae polish or they silly dabbities lyin aroond that hu on page 187
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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
'll hae run intae Martin, the silly wee besom,' he thocht tae him on page 78
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Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
oses! Ye can hae boak yersels silly on them! I'll even pey ye yer on page 81
1 matches
Townsley, Jane Joe's Cloud an Ither Stuff, (lulu.com 2014 ISBN: 978-1326001612) Central - Perth, prose
"Awa ye go, ye silly man," on page 8
roos liftin an droppin as his silly wee brain tried tae figure oo on page 74
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Robertson, James The Hoose at Pooh's Neuk, (Itchy Coo 2010 ISBN: 978-1845022945) Central, weans
er, and had become doited and silly ower them, and had had tae be on page 64
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Tollick, Margaret Tapsalteerie and Ither Tales, (Windfall Books 2008 ISBN: 978-0955726422) Central, weans
whit a silly galoot on page 20
1 matches
Sprott, Gavin Lallans 73 - Cain, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, poetry
On aa that silly backwart fowk on page 73
1 matches
Purdie, David C. Lallans 73 - The Glesgy Screwdriver, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central - Midlothian, prose
at! That wis for amateurs and silly wee laddies. Ian wis a jyner on page 99
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Sprott, Gavin Lallans 73 - Monument, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, poetry
es the little burghs wi their silly trade on page 100
1 matches
Robinson, Christine Lallans 74 - Burns an the Dictionar o the Scots Leid, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
firms this scathinly: ‘Some silly superstition is connected wit
1 matches
Higgs, Jo The tale of how Evan Evans scrapped wi Evan Nichols, (berfrois 2022) Central - Edinburgh, prose
‘Ach. C’mon ye silly bastard. Yer slinky wee heart
them), were broken apart by a silly wurd: in thi end wiz thi wurd
2 matches
Haddow, Kris Haud the Bus - Where Dae Ye Catch the Bus Tae Sarajevo?, (The Wee Paper 2022) Central, prose
And A’ve still got that silly bloomin choon gaun roon and r
1 matches
Bennett, Peter Clyde Built, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
That’s enough ay the bloody silly buggers fur wan day.’ ah sa
1 matches
Bennett, Peter Sharks, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
convince him tae stoap playin silly buggers an let me in.
1 matches
Muir, Glenn Pet-gilante, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Linlithgow, prose
jist whit they needit. The “Silly Season” had been slower tha
1 matches
Geraghty, Martin 378, (TheCommonBreath.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
lesga wi a slug gun? Yir bein silly.’
1 matches
McKillop, Roger The Flemings o’ Dalnoid, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Edinburgh, poetry
coins frae aff their noses, (silly buggers - serves them right
1 matches
Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 75, (self-published 2000) Central, newspaper
You really are a silly billy.
1 matches
Wallace, Lorna Tae A Selfie, (lornalouwriting.wordpress.com 2014) Central - Ayrshire, poetry
’s mare oanline, a look sae silly;
1 matches
Haddow, Kris Ronnie's Story, (words.krishaddow.com 2011) Central, prose
e o’clock in the morning. A silly thing, really. Pete grabbed m
1 matches
@gordimhor1 tweeted
@stewartbremner Silly Wizard they Cunningham boys k(2019) search twitter
@jax6754 tweeted
back hame in East Lothian at silly o clock! X(2015) search twitter
@iainnicol tweeted
@AngryScotland Silly. Podcasts canna vote.(2020) search twitter
@SusiBriggs1 tweeted
ally needle tae dae that? Sew silly. ??(2019) search twitter
Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 81 - Pyntin the Been, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Doric - Aberdeen, newspaper
a shoppin mall; or some damn silly one-wey system brocht in - m on page 8
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Storrie Lewis, Jean Lallans 71 - Snuffy, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Doric, prose
parition – or wis I juist a silly auld wife imaginin things? On
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Wilson, Katie Becus a hae a sister a hae a friend, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric - Buckie, prose
racked up it us cus at's just silly! Mind we iways left ih dollie
1 matches
Johnson, Mary Lallans 59 - Furst Time, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Doric - Aberdeenshire, prose
get inside the hoose whin the silly cunts are oot. Should be easy
re in! We’re in!” an the silly fucker grabs me an diz a wee
2 matches
Hutchison, Pat The Three Cannels, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
fa weel. At first it wiz jist silly wee things like lossin keys o
1 matches
Hutchison, Pat The Tabby Sooker, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
irk wi her latest extravagant silly hattie on her neep. She opene
1 matches
@DoricPhrases tweeted
ya gype fit means Go away you silly person! " http://t.co/J1EZ64P(2014) search twitter
Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
Such pride and utter silly pleasure. on page 27
an bit, I doot, he's been gey silly. on page 60
eir crackers and pit on their silly hats. on page 81
3 matches
Greig, Charles A Shetland Bible, (Saint Andrew Press 2009 ISBN: 978-0715209158) Shetland - Lerwick, prose
els an da weemin no ta be sae silly An he telt Ruth dat shö wis on page 19
nidder bit der wir naen o dem silly anyoch ta hae a go. on page 23
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Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
get her oar in - "What's yun silly aald bugger gowlin fur at his on page 14
tearaway wi his mind on some silly lass. Shü wis nivver gotten on page 28
"Dunna be silly, du canna do dat," pipit up h on page 31
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I Hear Dee Shaetlan A primer - v. 1.1, (I Hear Dee 2022) Shetland, prose
silly = 'feeble, sickly' in StE: A' on page 107
2 matches
Tait, John M Shaetlan is Daed - Lang live Dialect, (Shetland Dialect Conference 2004 2004) Shetland, prose
t me, at dat wid obviously be silly. Whit we accept ithoot tinkin
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@helenmoncrieff tweeted
Silly me to read aboot a plummeting(2015) search twitter
Fenton, James On Slaimish, (Ullans Press 2009 ISBN: 9781905281299) Ulster, poetry
Naewhur, lang legs hingin silly, or aiblins glammin on page 24
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Burgess, Wilson Dae Ye See: Ulster-Scots Poems, (Scots Language Centre 2007 ISBN: 978-0955791604) Ulster - L'Derry, poetry
Livin' in this silly worl'; on page 35
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