| muscles | Occurrences normalised per million words | Occurrences | Authors |
|---|---|---|---|
| Total Corpus | 10.8 | 35 | 24 |
| 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 | 3.3 | 1 | 1 |
| MNB - Mid Northern B | |||
| SNO - South Northern | |||
| ABN - Aberdeen | 43.8 | 4 | 2 |
| DOR - General Northern | |||
| NEC - North East Central | |||
| SEC - (South) East Central | 10.1 | 4 | 3 |
| WCE - West Central | 18.4 | 4 | 3 |
| DUN - Dundee | 10.6 | 1 | 1 |
| EDN - Edinburgh | 56.3 | 9 | 3 |
| GLA - Glasgow | 13.7 | 3 | 3 |
| AYR - Ayrshire | |||
| LAL - General Central | 9.3 | 7 | 6 |
| SEA - South East (Borders) | |||
| SWE - South West (Galloway) | |||
| DUL - Donegal (East Donegal) | |||
| WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry) | |||
| CUL - Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim) | |||
| BUL - Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim) | 88.3 | 1 | 1 |
| 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) |
Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 83 - Dunnottar, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Doric, prose
ae had ‘nerves of steel and muscles of iron’. Rubislaw wis the
... Oh, Angus ... Oh, Angus, muscles of iron ... Oh, Angus.’
t the quines, added ... ‘an muscles o iron as weel’. The quines
3 matches
Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 175, (self-published 2008) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
ae flow back intae his wabbit muscles an he stertit feelin better a
1 matches
Burnett, Colin Cardboard Gangster - Part 1, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central, prose
ae hittn the weights. And the muscles bulgin oot his simple blue ve
1 matches
Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
odies so that yi can see thir muscles better, cause see if they did on page 95
1 matches
@annieones tweeted
but because ov ma EDS ma jaw muscles became too lax an it wis diff (2021) twitter link
McKillop, Roger The Builders, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
the time. This can cause yer muscles tae seize an’ you can hae a
1 matches
Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
s the contractions o the smaa muscles o her face. He saw her pleisu
cesses that supportit the jaw muscles. She felt somethin else as we
ontae her shoother, ower the muscles o her erm, doon, a thoom’s
ae reply, bit Raggle felt his muscles tense.
4 matches
Johnstone, Shane The Gods of Frequency, (Arkbound 2020 ISBN: 978-1912092826) Central, prose
med at anyone wi money, vocal muscles haitin in the middle ay a wor on page 3
1 matches
Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
Aw bones and muscles raxin, on page 138
1 matches
Cohen, Susan Wee Scottish Book o' Pure Stoatin' Joy, (The Wee Book Company 2019 ISBN: 978-1916491588) Central, prose
w minutes. Movin' thae facial muscles intae a big wide toothy smile on page
2 matches
Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
Her chawin muscles grew sae strang on page 114
1 matches
Robertson, James The Hoose at Pooh's Neuk, (Itchy Coo 2010 ISBN: 978-1845022945) Central, weans
boot the Fushion o the Dorsal Muscles. He had explained this tae Po on page 131
1 matches
Stewart, Anna An Alien Feeling, (Scots Hoose 2019) Central, prose
ke yir suspended, like aw yir muscles are relaxed and there’s liq
1 matches
@Chazzbat tweeted
uirly the day. Achin jynts an muscles, intense fatigue an feelin ca(2020)