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The word 'pads'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
padsOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus11.83923
ORK - Orkney 29.8 3 3
SHD - Shetland
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 5.2 2 2
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 6.2 1 1
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire 21.4 2 2
LAL - General Central 7.9 6 4
SEA - South East (Borders) 12.1 1 1
SWE - South West (Galloway) 153.4 11 2
DUL - Donegal (East Donegal) 605.7 1 1
WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry)
CUL - Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)
BUL - Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim) 174.4 3 1
SUL - South Antrim (Between Sixmilewater and Belfast)
BEL - Eastern Ulster (Belfast)
PUL - Peninsular Ulster (Ards) 35.7 1 1
EUL - East Antrim (Larne) 32.8 1 1
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region) 36.3 2 1

Occurrences of pads in Corpus

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Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
The brake pads were doon tae the metal and t on page 41

1 matches

Giles, Harry Josephine Deep Wheel Orcadia: A Novel, (Picador 2021 ISBN: 978-1529066609) Orkney, poetry
pernickety, dights wi sterile pads tae stairt again. The maet Sm on page 79

1 matches

Norquoy, Greer Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
He pads back and fore on the roof o on page 149

1 matches

General Northern

McGregor, Iain Lallans 76 - Wullie’s Wife: The Hoaspital Veisit, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Doric, prose
r paralytic stack wee steekie pads
1 matches

@cligeey tweeted
anuforti1968 On Their aye aye pads(2020)

(South) East Central

Muir, Glenn The McFables: Selected Aesop's Fables in Scots, (self-published 2015 ISBN: 978-1519739216) Central, poetry
"She pads aboot oan silent feet on page 8

1 matches

Hubbard, Tom The Flechitorium, (Grace Note 2017 ISBN: 9781907676932) Central - East Central, poetry
O pit-mirk pads whaur I wis feart ti hyter on page 41

1 matches

Edinburgh

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
e begoud tae empty oot beuks, pads o paper, an
1 matches

Ayrshire

Gilliland, Sam Lallans 82 - Tecumseh, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, poetry
Thair ain! Swythe the braid pads sal gae abune the graffs on page 87

1 matches

Lehane, Matt Tuim Tattie, (bandcamp 2006) Central - Ayrshire, poetry
linear pads
1 matches

General Central

Rennie, Susan Kat an Doug on Planet Perjink, (Itchy Coo 2002 ISBN: 978-1902927565) Central, weans
blades wi matchin heidgear an pads, a microscooter wi fantoosh w on page 2

1 matches

Eagle, Andy Lallans 67 - Stravaigin the Wab, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
urvey (OS) cairt. Maist o the pads an loans that's eith tae foll on page 65

3 matches

Falconer, Gavin Lallans 63 - Richt Scots an Pithy Scots, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
The pads roon thir problems – mebbe
1 matches

Stewart, Anna An Alien Feeling, (Scots Hoose 2019) Central, prose
nd soft tae touch between the pads o my fingers. It’s a lovely
1 matches

South East (Borders)

Purves, David Jade Lute, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Selkirk, poetry
essess in raws deskrive braid pads.
1 matches

South West (Galloway)

Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
an braes an cleuchs an pads we maun gie names tae, on page 11
PADS on page 15
an doon thir owregrowne pads abuin the glen. on page 42
pped, the lobby's mopped, the pads are swept, the grass is cut, on page 77

10 matches

@StuartPoet tweeted
sh Ane day at a time ser. Wee pads afore hallockit hurls ??(2020)

Donegal (East Donegal)

Millar, Alan Yarns 3 - Sammy Thomson's, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2024) Ulster - East Donegal, prose
follaed doon alang weel kent pads bak
1 matches

Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim)

Fenton, James On Slaimish, (Ullans Press 2009 ISBN: 9781905281299) Ulster, poetry
He'd niver tak the pads we taen, on page 12
An thon dark pads they sweeted wat tae tak, on page 26
Fin pads wae nether slunk nor qua: on page 40

3 matches

Peninsular Ulster (Ards)

McDonald, Fiona Frae Cowie's Cragg, (Ulster-Scots Academy Press 2021 ISBN: B0949GXX7K) Ulster, poetry
Pads, breeks clabbert wi glar tha on page 2

1 matches

East Antrim (Larne)

Robinson, Philip Oul Licht, (Ullans Press 2017 ISBN: 978-1905281305) Ulster - Larne, poetry
Tha wye he cum on safter pads on page 35

1 matches

Synthetic (no region)

Ulster-Scots Language Society Tha Fower Gospels, (Ullans Press 2016 ISBN: 978-1-905281-25-1) Ulster, prose
eadie fer tha Loard, mak hïs pads strecht fer hïm!' "Jhone's c on page 3
mak hïs pads strecht! on page 73

2 matches

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