| books | Occurrences normalised per million words | Occurrences | Authors |
|---|---|---|---|
| Total Corpus | 76.5 | 254 | 85 |
| ORK - Orkney | 59.6 | 6 | 5 |
| SHD - Shetland | 116.2 | 20 | 8 |
| TON - Tonge | |||
| NNB - North Northern B (Caithness) | 35.2 | 1 | 1 |
| NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle) | |||
| MNA - Mid Northern A | 39.2 | 12 | 4 |
| MNB - Mid Northern B | 111.9 | 1 | 1 |
| SNO - South Northern | 162.8 | 1 | 1 |
| ABN - Aberdeen | 31.5 | 3 | 2 |
| DOR - General Northern | 57.6 | 13 | 9 |
| NEC - North East Central | |||
| SEC - (South) East Central | 38.7 | 15 | 8 |
| WCE - West Central | 195.3 | 44 | 9 |
| DUN - Dundee | 95.6 | 9 | 1 |
| EDN - Edinburgh | 6.2 | 1 | 1 |
| GLA - Glasgow | 50.2 | 10 | 4 |
| AYR - Ayrshire | 53.4 | 5 | 1 |
| LAL - General Central | 113 | 86 | 21 |
| SEA - South East (Borders) | 60.6 | 5 | 3 |
| SWE - South West (Galloway) | 111.6 | 8 | 4 |
| DUL - Donegal (East Donegal) | |||
| WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry) | |||
| CUL - Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim) | 62.8 | 2 | 1 |
| BUL - Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim) | 116.3 | 2 | 2 |
| SUL - South Antrim (Between Sixmilewater and Belfast) | |||
| BEL - Eastern Ulster (Belfast) | |||
| PUL - Peninsular Ulster (Ards) | 35.7 | 1 | 1 |
| EUL - East Antrim (Larne) | |||
| GUL - General Ulster | 255.9 | 9 | 1 |
| SYN - Synthetic (no region) |
Grieve, Ingrid Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
Knitting, books a photo? on page 44
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Johnston, Barbara Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
Surrounded bae books on page 103
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Norquoy, Greer Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
Copy books, nib pens, big bottle o ink on page 42
Treasured books bi GMB on page 43
2 matches
@johnkmitchinson tweeted
needan tae mind on no tae buy books in languages I dinna spaek! (2021) twitter link
Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
I laekly got mysel in dir bad books fae da start, wi my big mooth on page 72
1 matches
De Luca, Christine Swiet Haar, (Abersee Press 2017) Shetland, poetry
O aa da books o poetry I hae, on page 35
1 matches
De Luca, Christine Parallel Worlds: Poems in Shetlandic and English, (Luath 2005 ISBN: 978-1905222131) Shetland, poetry
whit books wis wirt a read: on page 25
fur books o air, wi winged servitors on page 44
fur hats, da ivver-ready hymn-books, on page 115
3 matches
Mainland, Jim Love (After Miroslav Holub), (Shetland For Wirds 2001) Shetland, poetry
A hunder books we didna write.
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@tattooedselkie tweeted
eally is fine tae be in among books. https://t.co/0a36jNaRlP(2021)
I dinna need mair books but I also do, so do you see (2021)
I'm tryin tae stick wi buyin books frae Waterstones raedir as Am(2021)
etteRien Sam here, some o the books I hae here ir eens I bought w(2021)
e last night's observation re books: I noo hae nearly £50 worth (2021)
and 3 other occurrences.
@HazelTindall tweeted
itÂ’s in at laest twa makkin books.(2020)
@helenmoncrieff tweeted
assage fae one o my favourite books ever #connectionnature #spine(2016)
are hints of pilau rice, auld books, da sea and (so I'm told) new(2016)
@RedValkyrie84 tweeted
Dune is wan o my all time fav books. Pls give it a go. Its high s (2020) twitter link
Ireland, Mark Wi A Facey Like Yours, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric - Banff, prose
cket lunch, yer jacket an yer books?"
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Hutchison, Pat Angels Ten, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Doric - Banffshire, prose
™d a raik aboot lookin at the books but they were maistly Mills a
s boot an the aaler wifie hid books mair tae my likin, so I’d a
the shop. I got a fyowe mair books and saw some mair aneth the t
awa plus one fifty for aa the books. As I left I noticed this aal
y. I threw the jaicket an the books ontae the seat and left tae g
5 matches
Hutchison, Pat The Seven Coins o Kineddart, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Doric - Banffshire, prose
i wee sloped stands wi opened books on them. A lamp burned abeen
reflect the licht doon on the books. Jessie wiz tellt by Mistress
2 matches
@DoricPhrases tweeted
ew technology tae balance the books! https://t.co/WVAhdCpfsj(2016)
Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 73 - TROUBLE WI WITTGENSTEIN, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Doric - Aberdeen, prose
nae spent mair time ower his books? It's the Libree he shoulda b on page 85
1 matches
Wood, Evelyn Tales Fae The Doric Side - Carlo, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
r lang. Sign language, phrase books, bits o French an odd wirds o on page 29
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Gray, Kathleen Tales Fae The Doric Side - The Ootlin, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
folk an stickin chewin gum on books an in gym shoes. I wis sleeki on page 58
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Maitland, Andrew Tales Fae The Doric Side - The Auld Mannie, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
e distance, wi a cornucopia o books fillin its shelves. Fur aw it on page 76
1 matches
Whyte, Brian The Bottles, (Independently published 2020 ISBN: 979-8612647218) Doric, poetry
Aa i'books we've read on page 85
1 matches
Robertson, Sine Lallans 58 - .. an the SLRC, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Doric, prose
tak on the publishin o a the books at are on the go - some stil on page 111
1 matches
Smith, Alex A Sair Fecht, (self-published 2003) Doric, prose
s, as he looked back ower his books, he wis surprised tae see
1 matches
@Franwella tweeted
I just put five big bags oÂ’ books tae th charity shop!(2019)
@RhiannaParade aye the books better. Have you read 'we nee(2011)
@Manuforti1968 tweeted
explain awa, fin she's dein e books.(2020)
talieAHood Hiv a puckle a yon books. Some affa funny stories in o(2020)
Montador, Eileen Shriek of the Maws, (Goblinshead 2003 ISBN: 978-1899874439) Central - Fife, prose
tae keek sometimes at aw they books they hid up at the big hoose on page 10
2 matches
McPartlin, Moira Before Now : Memoir of a Toerag, (Trilleachan 2021 ISBN: 978-1838360702) Central - Fife, prose
ns everythin an reads tons eh books. Her bedside table is surroun on page 7
3 matches
Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
rary wae ma heid sutck inside books. And the maire ah wid read. T on page 91
1 matches
McAlpine, Joan Meeting of the Parliament, (The Scottish Parliament 2019) Central, government
g and support from Curly Tale Books and the Scottish Government.
1 matches
Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 175, (self-published 2008) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
Waverley Books brocht oot a Scots language g
1 matches
Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 174, (self-published 2008) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
407-59-3 publisht bi Waverley Books, David Dale House, New Lanark
1 matches
Chalmers, Aimee Lallans 59 - Joukene Poukerie, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Central - Fife, prose
onieweys, he wuidnae ken the books o the Bible. You’d learnt t
1 matches
@kennethbryce184 tweeted
much bit a wis still oan the books lol (2021) twitter link
- that would b me in the bad books again - aye its a sair fecht (2020) twitter link
aye but they kept me on there books despite ma frequent sickness (2020) twitter link
Neill, Willie Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Southern, poetry
ems wis publisht bi Canongate Books (1994). on page 127
1 matches
Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
school is cause we baith like books and we baith like art an we b on page 169
2 matches
Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
His cherished books, the meagre selection, on page 17
Ah've kept aa ma books an things fae the strike on page 65
2 matches
Calderwood, Lynsey Cantsmell, (From Glasgow To Saturn 2020) Central, prose
™s class wur in there choosin books.
1 matches
Clark, Thomas A Scots Pairlament?, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Central - Bellshill, blog
oot, whaur there's a pickle o books aside the stocks o rock an th
1 matches
Sutherland, Hope Twa sisters, een room, (Scots Hoose 2020) Central - Buckie, prose
assle bit at puts me in i bad books. Her wardrobe is neat fan she
1 matches
Hodgart, John Scots Language Act: Oor weans hae richt tae see mither tung respectit, (The National 2021) Central - North Ayrshire, newspaper
s, produce umpteen documents, books, reports an teachin notes on
1 matches
Philips, Cally Wha's feart o' the library?, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Turriff, prose
dnae daunder aboot choosin’ books bit jist went an’ got any a
e Little Hoose on the Prairie books – e’en better as the TV s
ah realised ah’d no got ony books at a’ an’ ma ma wid be wu
3 matches
Philips, Cally Jings, crivens, help ma Boab, it’s independence!, (McStorytellers.com 2013) Central - Turriff, prose
er than jist oor love o comic books an we took that dot com bubbl
1 matches
McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
o sources. Some are fae auld books an ithers are stories A've be on page 9
ae the hills, tho the history books tell it that monie o them wer on page 20
h aristocracy wuid fill monie books the size o this yin, an ma fr on page 116
Police Office wis turnt ower; books an furniture, uniforms, lante on page 127
4 matches
Bennett, Peter nobody remembers the birdman - Stovies, (Association for Scottish Literature 2022) Central, prose
in the boax an liftin the two books (Dubliners - James Joyce an on page 10
2 matches
Kennedy, Julie Ma Mum and William Wordsworth, (Howkin Words Press 2024 ISBN: 978-1399988971) Central, prose
owed me in wan ae his library books. on page 20
1 matches
Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
Comic books frae Stateside, ballast in th on page 23
1 matches
Bennett, Peter Rude Awakenings (Part one of two), (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
long as it gets ye aff their books so it looks like they’re ac
1 matches
Bennett, Peter Time, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
there, sittin oan tap ay the books where ah left it. Ah stick it
1 matches
Bennett, Peter Stovies, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central, prose
in the boax an liftin the two books (Dubliners – James Joyce an
oot in the boax an placin the books back oan tap. Stowin it away
2 matches
Donovan, Anne Gone are the Leaves, (ISIS 2014 ISBN: 978-1445099262) Central, prose
each day and pores ower holy books, Many a time as I sat stitchi on page 3
2 matches
Anderson, Elizabeth Lallans 59 - OBITUARY : ALISTAIR TAYLOR 1928 - 2001, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, newspaper
s, Alistair wis a collector o books, an they included a wide reen on page 4
2 matches
Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
Books were aw ower the nursery flai on page 158
Och, books, och books, they were sae fine on page 159
5 matches
Clark, Thomas Diary o a Wimpy Wean, (Itchy Coo 2018 ISBN: 978-1785302145) Central, weans
rk it oot fae the cover o the books they gie ye. on page 13
Says Boo" bairns haudin their books upside doon, and I dinnae thi on page 16
2 matches
Donati, Colin Scots A Statement o Principles, (Scots Parliament 2003 ISBN: 978-1-899920-02-1) Central, government
ns, its ain dialects, its ain books,its ain oral culture, an is u on page 7
identityis cairried is in its books an stories. Scots, in this re on page 9
early-learnin tapes, toys an books could be brocht oot for young on page 13
3 matches
Clark, Thomas The Boggin Beginnin, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303524) Central, weans
o books on jist aboot every subject y on page 4
Klaus thocht o aw the books in the library, gaun up in fl on page 9
ed he couldnae be bothered wi books. The gears in Violet's ingeni on page 12
a guddle. Insteid o toys, or books, or ither things tae keep the on page 29
olet said. "I hivnae seen ony books in this hoose since we got he on page 33
Also on pages 38, 39, 43, 68, 69, 79, 83, 84, 85, 88, 89, 108, 110, 129, 130
35 matches
Harrison, Jean Lallans 59 - BARRY SCHUIL 1928 - 1934, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central - East Lothian, prose
en picturs o her in oor story books. Och, she must huv goat awfu on page 120
1 matches
Douglas, Ashley The Itchy Coo Book o Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales in Scots - Sweet Sang o the Widd, (Itchy Coo 2020) Central, weans
t wisnae as if she'd read ony books aboot music. on page 103
1 matches
Douglas, Sheila Lallans 67 - William Motherwell (1797 - 1836), (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
ent and Kinloch's smaa ballad books that were prentit jist fir a on page 69
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Hodgson, Brent Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, prose
tr. James P. Spence, Waverley Books, New Lanark, 2008, 47pp., £6 on page 119
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Matheson, Ann Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, prose
is, Lorn Macintyre, Black Ace Books, Perth, 2008, 256pp., £16.95 on page 127
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Gillon, Karen Report on Inquiry intil the role o, (Education, Culture an Sport Comatee 2003) Central, government
hauds that there no eneuch books. An interestin point wis made
1 matches
astrothsknot The Auld Man O Jerah, (archiveofourown.org 2018) Central, prose
eep a bull as her faither’s books.
1 matches
Donovan, Anne Hieroglyphics and Other Stories - All that Glistens, (Canongate 2004 ISBN: 1841955191) Central, prose
xpert on it, read up aw these books tae try and unnerstaun it fur
1 matches
@jax6754 tweeted
Think Im gonna buy some books before goin tae see @watsonco(2014)
encourage all priceless in ma books! xxx(2015)
uid yin Jeff. Ma heids in the books this Saturday and module 1 re(2018)
@IshbelMcF tweeted
id a book haul at Category Is Books when bairn was a couple of mo(2020)
@SusiBriggs1 tweeted
in there amang some fantastic books! https://t.co/OnQ70qGCca(2020)
@OliphantWullie tweeted
or We hae hale libraries FU o books in Scots Fred and A teach the (2022) twitter link
@DABArbuckle tweeted
s material for ony his boring books.(2020)
ories will always balance the books' is complete bullocks(2020)
@rattlecans tweeted
ts, and then me and ma tons a books. And it looked damn good tae (2022) twitter link
@LairnScots tweeted
le make grammatical rules, no books, so ye might be right! https: (2020) twitter link
... as weel as her Nip Nebs books: https://t.co/BcZvsHiHvq (2020) twitter link
James Robertson, o Itchy Coo books, translatit these special dep (2020) twitter link
ranslatit hunners o weel-kent books fir bairns intae Scots, like (2020) twitter link
. @ChrisMcQueer_ has written books in Scots, published by @404In (2020) twitter link
and 10 other occurrences.
@ThonJacobite tweeted
. Jings, thats a fair wheen o books fae the man. Ah dinnae approv(2020)
Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
nae room at aw fur ony lesson-books!" on page 35
ut she hae read aboot thum in books, an she was gie pleased tae f on page 107
2 matches
Stevenson, Gerda Kilmeny, (Scottish Language Center 2021) Southern - Scottish Borders, prose
e telt me, lookin up frae her books. “Homo sapiens. The plagueâ
Whan she wisnae readin her books o an evenin, she’d be glout
2 matches
Niven, Liz Stravaigin, (Luath 2001 ISBN: 978-1905222704) Central, poetry
m years, Dae we need wimmen's books and anthologies here? Can we on page 41
ye jist hae seen the history books if Rabbie wis a lass? She'd o on page 43
2 matches
McMillan, Hugh Whit If? Scotland's History as it Micht Hiv Bin, (Luath 2021 ISBN: 9781910022900) Central, poetry
they sources got makkit intae books. As awbody kens whaw's bocht on page 23
1 matches
@StuartPoet tweeted
wheen o ma poems (twae entire books in fact) are set purely here.(2020)
eon weel kennt for loving her books. Watch the post Nicola, grand(2020)
braries Aye and Ah'm on their books an aw! Time Ah wis back up yo(2020)
Fenton, James On Slaimish, (Ullans Press 2009 ISBN: 9781905281299) Ulster, poetry
In wechty books, a despert power: on page 40
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