A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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The word 'handle'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
handleOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus10.83622
ORK - Orkney 39.7 4 4
SHD - Shetland 23.2 4 4
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 8.9 2 2
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 24.4 10 4
WCE - West Central 4.4 1 1
DUN - Dundee 42.5 4 1
EDN - Edinburgh 6.2 1 1
GLA - Glasgow 30.7 6 3
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 3.9 3 2
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway)
DUL - Donegal (East Donegal)
WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry) 163.5 1 1
CUL - Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)
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 handle in Corpus

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Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
big, roond brass knob on the handle gaed crackan across me broo. on page 61

1 matches

Cormack, Kevin Toonie Void, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
handle-less, gutted, flappan on page 36

1 matches

Grieve, Issy Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
Handle smooth fae his grandfithers g on page 60

1 matches

@peediepuss tweeted
you're trying. If you need to handle it for any reason make sure t (2020) twitter link

Shetland

Sutherland, Hazel Biggin Da Dess, (Shetland For Wirds 2004) Shetland, prose
splinter. My een haes a short handle, cis I'm no very tall. Auld D
1 matches

Watt, Valerie Meenie’s Viking spoon, (Shetland Times 2010) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
wir ladel hed a design on da handle. Sometimes Viking weemin even
1 matches

@Julie_Dennison tweeted
bouncin ower tae me ?? canna handle it (2019) twitter link

@tattooedselkie tweeted
@ukulemae Yeah, I couldna handle school nooadays I think!(2021)

General Northern

@72redz1903 tweeted
the manager. Wid Glass’ ego handle being moved aff the training (2022) twitter link

@fittiecrooners tweeted
the last thing ma stumuch can handle is curry! Fish cakes are good(2018)

(South) East Central

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
"Ah'll handle Justine. Jist go along wae wh on page 83
ck tae yur coffin, hen. Ah'Il handle this." on page 145

2 matches

Townsley, Jane Joe's Cloud an Ither Stuff, (lulu.com 2014 ISBN: 978-1326001612) Central - Perth, prose
r cheek. She rattled the door handle. on page 29

1 matches

Muir, Glenn Sport!, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Linlithgow, prose
alked aff the pitch, couldnae handle the further humiliation aboot
1 matches

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
he players noo a days coodnae handle that - except in the amateur (2020) twitter link
ey thanx pal - isobel cannae handle it eether lol (2020) twitter link
ng that day as oor jake canna handle the wet stuff-laddies awy del (2020) twitter link
ntae the big leegue - kin he handle it lol (2020) twitter link
what a saw - laddie coodnae handle the verbals - av never been (2020) twitter link
and 1 other occurrences.

West Central

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
din her up an she pure cannae handle them. Aye but whit if she's n on page 83

1 matches

Dundee

Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
Put a handle on it, aluminum, brass or chr on page 36
enough ti confidently handle, an on page 44
an handle yir god. on page 96

4 matches

Edinburgh

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 4, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
wee man. Ah kent he couldnae handle the truth and he husnae disap
1 matches

Glasgow

McQueer, Chris HWFG, (404 Ink 2012 ISBN: 978-1912489107) Central, prose
The world disnae know how tae handle wummin like me so until cunts on page 2
o you think? Reckon you could handle cleaning up blood and all sor on page 104

3 matches

Sayers, Ross Daisy on the Outer Line, (Gob Stopper (Cranachan) 2020 ISBN: 978-1911279778) Central - Glasgow, prose
oner tree hingin fae the door handle. It jiggles up and doon and s on page 18

1 matches

McQueer, Chris Hings - Short Stories 'n That, (404 Ink 2017 ISBN: 978-0995623866) Central - Glesga, prose
see his grip tighten roon the handle. on page 175

1 matches

Geraghty, Martin 378, (TheCommonBreath.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
s hands rests on the lock and handle as he watches him heading dow
1 matches

General Central

Pennie, Len Poyums, (Canongate Books 2024 ISBN: 978-1805301387) Central - Aberdeen, poetry
door shut on hings A couldnae handle. Cause a lie is a lie even wh on page 6

1 matches

Robinson, Christine Lallans 70 - The Language o the Glasgow Unity Plays, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
Yer hat! A fryin pan wioot a handle! I never seen sich a Pairris
Yer hat! A fryin pan wioot a handle! I never seen sich a Pairris
2 matches

West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry)

@fairfaaye tweeted
.e. one which is difficult to handle or operate. Sometimes also he(2020)