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The word 'bikes'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
bikesOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus9.33122
ORK - Orkney 9.9 1 1
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 16.3 5 4
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen 10.5 1 1
DOR - General Northern 17.7 4 4
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 7.7 3 1
WCE - West Central 4.4 1 1
DUN - Dundee 10.6 1 1
EDN - Edinburgh 12.4 2 1
GLA - Glasgow 15.1 3 3
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 2.6 2 2
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway) 13.9 1 1
DUL - Donegal (East Donegal)
WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry)
CUL - Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)
BUL - Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim) 58.1 1 1
SUL - South Antrim (Between Sixmilewater and Belfast)
BEL - Eastern Ulster (Belfast)
PUL - Peninsular Ulster (Ards)
EUL - East Antrim (Larne) 197 6 1
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of bikes in Corpus

In order to avoid violating copyright law and abide by 'fair use', only up to the first five occurrences of the search term are displayed for each article.

Orkney

Cormack, Kevin Swiet Haar, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
above a rookle o abandoned bikes, on page 5

1 matches

Mid Northern A

Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
back an shook his heid We've bikes an dogs o ilka breed It's mar on page 15

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
posts an palin wire, barras, bikes, saaws... He smiled te think on page 93

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric: Alive an Kickin 2, (Argo Publishing 2006 ISBN: 978-0954615321) Doric - Inverurie, prose
wis twa langhaired loons oan bikes; a shargered, ginger moggy an on page 38

1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
tae the toon an its wyes, an bikes an shelts an even the antrin
1 matches

Johnston, Mary Lallans 81 - A Day at Edinbro Feestival, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Doric, prose
til em, syne back on eir wee bikes an haivt e bleezin sticks til
1 matches

Aberdeen

Uri, Antonia Bidin awa: City Breaks, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Doric - Aberdeen, newspaper
r taptoo, ye can aye rent oot bikes fae ony o the 275 Valenbisi s on page 3

1 matches

General Northern

Hamilton, Roddy Lallans 63 - Beggerey’s Greenhoose, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Doric, prose
came doon on the tap o them. Bikes, signs, windaes, thon side wa
1 matches

@fittiecrooners tweeted
each bit nae doobt be full of bikes n prams. Maybe the Fittie Bar(2017)

@glenlivetloon tweeted
f #Sprouts. Take care on yer #bikes. #Storm5(2015)

@Manuforti1968 tweeted
ves in a dizzen crunks on yon bikes.(2020)

(South) East Central

Chalmers, Aimee Lallans 59 - Joukene Poukerie, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Central - Fife, prose
affa guid yet. Ye had the twa bikes i yer cellar. They was the ba
hey was the baith o them auld bikes, but juist the same ye thocht
But the maist o the time the bikes juist stood amangst the coal.
3 matches

West Central

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
aw went roon Millport on the bikes. Me an Karen got a tandem an on page 163

1 matches

Dundee

@d_anderson878 tweeted
Mon the bikes! https://t.co/ZHBh3oEMnU(2020)

Edinburgh

McKillop, Roger Challengin' Times, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, poetry
n’ lots’ o’ room atween bikes an’ tae make sure that they
1 matches

McKillop, Roger The Staff, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
Sae ye can keep yer Mountain bikes,
1 matches

Glasgow

McQueer, Chris Hings - Short Stories 'n That, (404 Ink 2017 ISBN: 978-0995623866) Central - Glesga, prose
ae wee guys oot oan their new bikes or wee lassies showin aff the on page 174

1 matches

McCrory, Pat Lallans 57 - Jimsie’s Maw’s Soup, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central - Cowcaddens, poetry
Jumpin ower dykes, peddlin bikes, on page 29

1 matches

Donovan, Anne Not Scotland, (Edinburgh International Book Festival 2010) Central - Glasgow, prose
zoomin and beepin, bikes and scooters everywhere, jouk
1 matches

General Central

Hodgson, Brent Lallans 59 - Eleiven Quad Bike Poems, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, poetry
Ar awfu braw ridin quad bikes; on page 114

1 matches

@ThonJacobite tweeted
n. We're tae gang oot oan wir bikes for the first time fae ah wis (2021) twitter link

South West (Galloway)

Neill, Josie Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009) Central - Galloway, poetry
On oor rickety big bikes.
1 matches

Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim)

Fenton, James On Slaimish, (Ullans Press 2009 ISBN: 9781905281299) Ulster, poetry
weethin o a puzzler. Squarin bikes an wirelesses amang hans, an on page 49

1 matches

East Antrim (Larne)

King, Angeline Weans o Latharna, (angelineking.com 2021) Ulster - Larne, weans
€˜They onlie want tae play on bikes an al. Ah'm bored o bikes an
an al. Ah'm bored o bikes an al.’
Gary oil the chains on their bikes.
ross a pretend Boyne River on bikes, he was leadin us roon Greenl
. Harry an Gary were on their bikes, Jenny chucked her roller boo
6 matches

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