lock | Occurrences normalised per million words | Occurrences | Authors |
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Total Corpus | 51.3 | 167 | 68 |
ORK - Orkney | 99.4 | 10 | 7 |
SHD - Shetland | 209.2 | 36 | 7 |
TON - Tonge | |||
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness) | 35.2 | 1 | 1 |
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle) | |||
MNA - Mid Northern A | 29.4 | 9 | 7 |
MNB - Mid Northern B | |||
SNO - South Northern | |||
ABN - Aberdeen | |||
DOR - General Northern | 8.9 | 2 | 2 |
NEC - North East Central | 46.4 | 1 | 1 |
SEC - (South) East Central | 20.3 | 8 | 4 |
WCE - West Central | 32.2 | 7 | 4 |
DUN - Dundee | 31.9 | 3 | 2 |
EDN - Edinburgh | 18.8 | 3 | 2 |
GLA - Glasgow | 36.4 | 8 | 7 |
AYR - Ayrshire | 13.1 | 1 | 1 |
LAL - General Central | 17.3 | 13 | 11 |
SEA - South East (Borders) | 12.5 | 1 | 1 |
SWE - South West (Galloway) | 69.5 | 5 | 2 |
DUL - Donegal (East Donegal) | |||
WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry) | 327 | 2 | 1 |
CUL - Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim) | 659.1 | 21 | 3 |
BUL - Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim) | 176.7 | 2 | 2 |
SUL - South Antrim (Between Sixmilewater and Belfast) | |||
BEL - Eastern Ulster (Belfast) | |||
PUL - Peninsular Ulster (Ards) | 153.7 | 3 | 3 |
EUL - East Antrim (Larne) | |||
GUL - General Ulster | 14.1 | 1 | 1 |
SYN - Synthetic (no region) | 545.1 | 30 | 2 |
Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
h'm Libra and that's cheust a lock o bruck. on page 10
I lock the doors, pit oot the light on page 81
2 matches
Giles, Harry Josephine Deep Wheel Orcadia: A Novel, (Picador 2021 ISBN: 978-1529066609) Orkney, poetry
sheu's lockid in, so sheu can lock in whar the meaneen bides. on page 97
1 matches
Butler, Vera Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
Pull the curtains lock the doors on page 22
1 matches
Norquoy, Greer Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
ightly phonecalls, diary wi a lock, on page 42
1 matches
Hall, Simon W. The Boy That Lived - Chapter Wan, (Brisk Northerly 2015) Orkney, prose
ce that there seemed tae be a lock o folk gaan aboot wae unkan c
1 matches
@peediepuss tweeted
@helenmoncrieff Yin is a lock o bruck! Three miles tae be b (2020) twitter link
@jm_stout Fur sic a lock o Kaikos!(2020)
Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
e thing she always kept under lock and key, and wouldn't let me on page 24
1 matches
I Hear Dee Shaetlan A primer - v. 1.1, (I Hear Dee 2022) Shetland, prose
lock = 'close' in StE: Is du locki on page 106
2 matches
De Luca, Christine Dodie's Phenomenal Pheesic, (Shetland For Wirds 2008) Shetland, weans
THPAEST an birsed oot da hale lock o hit in wan lang wirm. ‘Ma
LICHTLY. He squirted da hale lock in ta da pan. He fairly enjoy
2 matches
Johnson, Laureen Saands o Maywick, (Shetland For Wirds 2004) Shetland, prose
a da onnly een, for dey wir a lock o weemen on da beach, midders
1 matches
Peterson, George P.S. Nannie Georgedaughter, (Shetland For Wirds 2002) Shetland, prose
es a cloot, set an draan, da lock a black hair doon ower his br
1 matches
Tait, John M Shaetlan is Daed - Lang live Dialect, (Shetland Dialect Conference 2004 2004) Shetland, prose
Dis staetment duis a lock ta shoard up da public concep
it duis - dan dat means at a lock o da things at we say aboot i
aesk at sings dis sang haes a lock o ‘aw’ soonds in wirds la
as a dialect - or, redder, a lock o different dialects - dat i
caase I doot hit lies ahint a lock o foo we tink aboot dis in Sh
6 matches
De Luca, Christine Smootie gengs ta Lerrick, (SCOTS corpus 2003) Shetland - Bressay, weans
Eftir a lock o persuadin an checkin wi da
'Smootie's an awfil lock tinner, mam. Tink you is da c
s dat tin. Mam, shö's lost a lock o weicht. Shö's surely bön
3 matches
@shaetlan_rose tweeted
@R_odanort Yeah dirs a lock o ways to pronounce him acros(2020)
Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
in a hornble lavvie wi'oot a lock oan the door." She sighed an on page 45
1 matches
Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
e scrape o Joyce's key in the lock. "Ah've wasted the himmest da on page 17
1 matches
Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
es doon the road…they'd tae lock the lassie up tae keep her fr
1 matches
Johnson, Mary Lallans 59 - Furst Time, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Doric - Aberdeenshire, prose
e lucky this time and see you lock all your windows next time yo
1 matches
Hutchison, Pat If I Catch Ye I'll Eat Ye, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Doric - Banffshire, prose
led back the airm o the flint lock and set it at half cock. Squa
1 matches
Irvine, Owen Eldritch Story, (The Gaudie 2018) Doric - Banff, weans
auld kirk. He kicked aff the lock an gid in. The kirk wiz in an
1 matches
@DoricPhrases tweeted
ations fur a fridge an doocot lock? Ma jeans waist has shrunk si(2020)
@fittiecrooners tweeted
iday tae Orkney on @NLFerries Lock up yer grunnies, Orkney be pr(2017)
Townsley, Jane Joe's Cloud an Ither Stuff, (lulu.com 2014 ISBN: 978-1326001612) Central - Perth, prose
d. The landlady had fixed the lock on his room yisterday, so he' on page 38
1 matches
Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 115, (self-published 2003) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
didna hae ony inclination tae lock horns wi thae men o bluid.
1 matches
Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 119, (self-published 2003) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
hip; sae ye maun gang tae the lock-up for a week."
1 matches
Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 175, (self-published 2008) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
der a lock o shops.
1 matches
@kennethbryce184 tweeted
ge at this - but its true - lock your selfs in ur closet guys (2020) twitter link
@TranentAFC aye the eos lock ins - no comment lol (2020) twitter link
ower the planet - forget the lock down it disnae exist - ps do (2021) twitter link
Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
e Yvonne Byres, Ah'd love tae lock the two ae them up in that ho on page 153
hris, Bette, watch they don't lock her up wi the monkeys. Soon a on page 162
ox. Folk lik that they should lock up an throw away the key, sai on page 169
3 matches
Calderwood, Lynsey Lallans 68 - Barlinnie Gradyooits, (Lallans Magazine 2006) Central, prose
box. Foak lik that they shood lock up an throw away thi key, sai on page 41
1 matches
Clark, Thomas Wha's Like Us?, (Bella Caledonia 2017) Central - Bellshill, blog
p', read 'Wastemonster'. For 'Lock her up', see 'Ruth the Mooth'
1 matches
McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
had nae intention o lettin a lock-in happen. He wis wantin awa on page 64
1 matches
Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
tae warsle oot a windae. The lock o the door had been pickit. T
1 matches
Sayers, Ross Daisy on the Outer Line, (Gob Stopper (Cranachan) 2020 ISBN: 978-1911279778) Central - Glasgow, prose
Ah lock ma phone, which hus a dodgy h on page 6
1 matches
Johnstone, Shane The Gods of Frequency, (Arkbound 2020 ISBN: 978-1912092826) Central, prose
fin an eek the keys intae the lock an squeeze through the door. on page 3
1 matches
Bolland, John A Chocolate Cowboy, (From Glasgow To Saturn 2008) Central, prose
hon cinder grun an intae some lock-up deckt wi chains an metal s
1 matches
Donovan, Anne Not Scotland, (Edinburgh International Book Festival 2010) Central - Glasgow, prose
mechanism of the lock. He left us tae get settled,
1 matches
Bennett, Peter The Bools, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
n aboot at oor age, ye cannae lock yersel away hauf the bloody t
1 matches
Bennett, Peter Park trife, (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
ugged!’ he rasps an pulls a lock-back knife oot his back bin,
1 matches
Geraghty, Martin 378, (TheCommonBreath.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
he boy’s hands rests on the lock and handle as he watches him
1 matches
Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
boat, and pit the key in the lock. on page 99
1 matches
Clark, Thomas The Boggin Beginnin, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303524) Central, weans
o the room. Violet heard the lock sneck ahint him, and then lis on page 126
1 matches
Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
and Kate. Without fail, she'd lock the car doors when we passed on page 92
1 matches
Milne, W. S. Lallans 78 - Mary, Queen o Scotland, Pairt I, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, script
a lock o Rizzio's hair, a locket - on page 29
1 matches
Clark, Thomas The Itchy Coo Book o Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales in Scots - A Tale o Three Dugs, (Itchy Coo 2020) Central, weans
e doors, each wi a key in its lock. Open up on page 29
1 matches
Macafee, Caroline Lallans 57 - Lea the leid alane, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, prose
heid-bangers i the ae room an lock the door! Or wirds tae that e on page 56
1 matches
Connor, Charles P. Lallans 82 - Nae Guid Ettle, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, prose
k haun muivment, Ah tirnt the lock an buited apen the wechty doo on page 17
1 matches
Robinson, Christine Lallans 74 - Burns an the Dictionar o the Scots Leid, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
l of Scotland (1451); and – lock up yer moggies: ‘Ane tod, a
1 matches
Douglas, Ashley Scotland’s linguistic launscape – Scottish Staunart English and Scots, (languagereach.com 2021) Central, prose
; English pronoonciation ‘lock’]
1 matches
@Chazzbat tweeted
be a criminal offence. Ah wid lock aa they fuckers in a room the(2020)
@DABArbuckle tweeted
Northern Ireland tae lock doon for a month and skuills (2020)
ins Its jist a pity we cannae lock up that fuckpig(2020)
Haddow, Kris Haud the Bus - No In-gleesh, (The Wee Paper 2022) Central, prose
y, swipe ma digital caird tae lock it, shuv ma bunnet on, and ge
1 matches
Haddow, Kris Haud the Bus - The Stert ae World War III?, (The Wee Paper 2022) Central, prose
he’s left the keys in a wee lock box outside, she’s sent me
1 matches
Paterson, Stuart A. Daft Days, (Lidl 2020) Central, poetry
Fae Lochans tae Langholm, Lock Ken tae Lincluden,
1 matches
Logan, Liam Thon Ulster Scots Book, (Galdanagh 2014 ISBN: 978-0992881405) Ulster - Dunloy, prose
ley missed, There hays been a lock o words writ an spoke aboot t on page 32
aboot years ago; there wus a lock less tak aboot TV and a lock on page 44
4 matches
Reynolds, Charlie Krisamas time is draa’in near, (Ullans Speakers Association 2011) Ulster - Coleraine, prose
tha globe, wae aa hae a hale lock mair than a brev wheen o ithe
1 matches
Ultach Midgates, (Reddit 2020) Ulster, poetry
But kemp wi the puzhin a lock o yins dae
1 matches
Spence, Laura Tha Thoarn Tree, (Ullans Magazine 2013) Ulster, prose
t tha wundae, it wud let in a lock mair licht”.
1 matches
Dornan, Stephen Ode Tae 2021 , (twitter 2022) Ulster - Comber, poetry
Sae they'll hae tae lock us doon mair, I'm toul
1 matches
Ulster Scots Agency Ulster Scots Census, (census.gov.uk 2021) Ulster, government
Aye, restrickit a lock
1 matches