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The word 'blades'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
bladesOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus6.82221
ORK - Orkney 9.9 1 1
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness) 35.2 1 1
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 6.5 2 2
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern 162.8 1 1
ABN - Aberdeen 10.9 1 1
DOR - General Northern 8.9 2 2
NEC - North East Central 46.4 1 1
SEC - (South) East Central 5.1 2 2
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 6.3 1 1
GLA - Glasgow 13.7 3 3
AYR - Ayrshire 26.2 2 1
LAL - General Central 4 3 3
SEA - South East (Borders) 12.5 1 1
SWE - South West (Galloway)
DUL - Donegal (East Donegal)
WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry)
CUL - Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim) 31.4 1 1
BUL - Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim)
SUL - South Antrim (Between Sixmilewater and Belfast)
BEL - Eastern Ulster (Belfast)
PUL - Peninsular Ulster (Ards)
EUL - East Antrim (Larne)
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of blades in Corpus

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Orkney

Grieve, Issy Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
The reapir blades slash throo dry golden stalks on page 95

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North Northern B (Caithness)

Byrne, Catherine Alice's Mishanters in e Land o Farlies, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010609) Doric - Caithness, prose
ll roond her at e floors an e blades o gress, but she couldna see on page 40

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Mid Northern A

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
's shot-gun atween is shooder blades. Ah cudna see ma feet at day, on page 13

1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
a skyte. (Fur he’d taen the blades aff an cudna pit them on agai
1 matches

South Northern

Diansangu, Mae Puddock Spittins, (Scots Hoose 2021) Doric, poetry
atween blades
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Aberdeen

Strachan, Shane Standing Stone, (northwordsnow.co.uk 2016) Doric, prose
ce wie the force o the rotary blades and the strong gale. He has a
1 matches

General Northern

Gilbert, Jo Tales Fae The Doric Side - The mornin o the waddin, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, poetry
ik aa hae a golf ba wae razor blades stickin oot o it lodged in ma on page 98

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@fittiecrooners tweeted
and throat feels like a razor blades being at it! Aye the flu bug (2016)

North East Central

Fitt, Matthew Hercules: Bampots and Heroes, (Itchy Coo 2005) Central - Dundee, weans
azon warriors had their cauld blades pressed against the sailors' on page 39

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(South) East Central

Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
gress look sherp as wee knife blades. A man comes oot alang wi the on page 1

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@kennethbryce184 tweeted
a chinook wae 2 big swirling blades - dae u still get spare pair (2021) twitter link

Edinburgh

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
ce it got doon tae fechtin wi blades, Hsien an Kamile had set oot
1 matches

Glasgow

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
oon her at the flooers an the blades ae grass, bit she ecouldnae s on page 42

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Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
On myriad blades o grass unfurled on page 121

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Bennett, Peter The Bothy (Part One), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
en up, lettin through several blades ay sunlight, illuminatin the
1 matches

Ayrshire

Begg, James A. Alison's Jants in Ferlieland, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010845) Central, prose
oot her at the flouers an the blades o gress, but she cuidnae see on page 41

1 matches

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
ome Mey, when the furst green blades o spring growth stertit at la on page 56

1 matches

General Central

Crichton, Tam Lallans 84 - Ower the Faem Pairt Twa: Doon the Watter, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
bluidy the blades o the Corbie's sons on page 57

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Pennie, Len Poyums, (Canongate Books 2024 ISBN: 978-1805301387) Central - Aberdeen, poetry
g ache ae ma flesh pierced by blades; on page 6

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Hershaw, William Eemis Stane 1 - The Laverock’s Nest, (Eemis Stane 2022) Central, prose
The whirlmagig o the cramson blades cawed up a gowden stour. Sudd on page 17

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South East (Borders)

Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
roond hur at th flooers an th blades o gress, but she could no say on page 41

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Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)

Morrison-Smyth, Anne Alice's Carrants in Wunnerlan, (Evertype 2013 ISBN: 978-1-78201-011-1) Ulster - Ballymoney, prose
roon hir at the flures an the blades o grass, but shae didnae see on page 42

1 matches

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