pound | Occurrences normalised per million words | Occurrences | Authors |
---|---|---|---|
Total Corpus | 40.5 | 132 | 38 |
ORK - Orkney | 69.6 | 7 | 2 |
SHD - Shetland | 11.6 | 2 | 2 |
TON - Tonge | |||
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness) | |||
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle) | |||
MNA - Mid Northern A | 9.8 | 3 | 2 |
MNB - Mid Northern B | |||
SNO - South Northern | |||
ABN - Aberdeen | 43.8 | 4 | 3 |
DOR - General Northern | 26.6 | 6 | 4 |
NEC - North East Central | |||
SEC - (South) East Central | 65.9 | 26 | 6 |
WCE - West Central | 193.1 | 42 | 5 |
DUN - Dundee | 42.5 | 4 | 3 |
EDN - Edinburgh | |||
GLA - Glasgow | 54.6 | 12 | 4 |
AYR - Ayrshire | 13.1 | 1 | 1 |
LAL - General Central | 26.5 | 20 | 6 |
SEA - South East (Borders) | 62.4 | 5 | 2 |
SWE - South West (Galloway) | |||
DUL - Donegal (East Donegal) | |||
WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry) | |||
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) |
Norquoy, Greer Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
A wadeen frock an an eight pound ring on page 43
1 matches
@Julie_Dennison tweeted
If I hed a pound fir every paet at couldna kee (2021) twitter link
Hutchison, Pat The Seven Coins o Kineddart, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Doric - Banffshire, prose
n tellt her she would get one pound twa shillings per month, her
1 matches
@DoricPhrases tweeted
tor i a pun a hingin mince- a pound of sausages.(2014)
Uri, Antonia Naewey tae bide, (Mak Forrit 2018) Doric - Aberdeen, blog
isin juist ower fower million pound tae help the hameless fowk o
tae yersel if ye can spare a pound or twa, or even a few míntie
2 matches
Strachan, Shane Hoast, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric, prose
year ago, she won twa thoosan pound at the bingo. The next day a
1 matches
Strachan, Shane Northwords Now 43 - Shane Strachan, (northwordsnow.co.uk 2022) Doric, poetry
Listen for pound coins rattlin doon on page 19
1 matches
Smith, Alex A Fer Chauve, (self-published 2005) Doric, prose
er. Noo if Muggie Spend hid a pound at nine o clock in
a hunner pound at nine o clock it wid be spe
first prize. (It wis fourteen pound)
3 matches
@fittiecrooners tweeted
a get muckle change oot o a pound coin nowadays. Canna even str(2017)
Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
"I wish. It was only a pound stake. I've doubled my money on page 44
1 matches
Townsley, Jane Joe's Cloud an Ither Stuff, (lulu.com 2014 ISBN: 978-1326001612) Central - Perth, prose
ntime, I'm handin ma last twa pound tae the bookie. Noo, that's d on page 35
t an a few coins. Less than a pound. A catch on the side opened t on page 40
onour. I nivver seen a twenty pound note that day. I wis so skint on page 45
4 matches
Fleemin, Sandy Economic Theory, (sandyfleming.org 2003) Central - East Lothian, prose
n the coonter an teuk ma five pound note richt tenty atween thoum
ould a in the shop, rowed the pound note aboot the coins, an pit
r a fermer peyed me wi a five pound note insteed o the uizual tea
oot ma pootch an lifts a hale pound coin fae athin. A’m wantin
them fae whan A gied her the pound coin.
15 matches
Fleemin, Sandy Lallans 59 - Bellin the Cat, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Central - Ormiston, prose
“Three hunder pound, tho,” signs Rhona, “gey
1 matches
Letford, William This Is It, (Scottish Poetry Library 2016) Central - Stirling, poetry
an jog on. If a hud a spare pound
1 matches
@kennethbryce184 tweeted
ut jersey - there doon tae a pound in tescos lol (2020) twitter link
Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
went on sale this mornin: two pound fifty each; that includes a h on page 33
o ah had tae get a len ae two pound aff Harpreet. Ah sneaked the on page 35
book that yi can buy fae the Pound Shop. When ah showed it tae m on page 39
mper an three hunner an fifty pound awthegether tae spend in the on page 42
ed him if ah could get thirty pound tae buy a Tregijo jumper an h on page 51
Also on pages 52, 53, 54, 78, 79, 97, 133, 135, 137, 155, 161, 162, 164, 169
27 matches
Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
Up tae its lugs, a billion pound in debt, on page 13
Twa pound fifty-seeven (an nae cash bac on page 59
Fined twa hunner pound fir a first offence on page 64
3 matches
Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 73 - Editorial, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central - Prestwick, prose
soundinlie pronouncit bi Ezra Pound on page 9
2 matches
Clark, Thomas Radge Against the Machine: Deid Wirds, Deid Warlds, an Why Scots Maitters, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central - Bellshill, blog
lossin value faster than the pound, an it's the language o oor p
1 matches
Clark, Thomas Yes Nae Mair, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Central - Bellshill, blog
dio sayin we couldnae use the pound an thinkin tae masel "Haud on
1 matches
Philips, Cally Gonnae No Dae That, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Central - Turriff, prose
Englishman went in. He saw a pound note (those were the days). H
e ghost of Auntie Mabel, this pound note stays on the table.’ H
Irishman went in. He saw the pound note, and picked it up. The g
e ghost of Auntie Mabel, this pound note stays on the table.’ T
man went in. He picked up the pound note and swiftly put it in hi
7 matches
McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
challenge, even fer a hunner pound. Fer Davie tho it wisnae the on page 87
Can sell at auchteen pound the boll on page 115
2 matches
@d_anderson878 tweeted
on pounds I will give out ten pound notes to everybody I see doin(2020)
Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
us, eld son, n we'll gee yi a pound each fur a few cans, eh?' A S on page 12
over. Six plastic bottles ae pound nasty rollin oot. Next tae th on page 15
es. Ma gran used tae gee me a pound fur a poke ae Spicy Bikers af on page 35
4 matches
Sayers, Ross Daisy on the Outer Line, (Gob Stopper (Cranachan) 2020 ISBN: 978-1911279778) Central - Glasgow, prose
t the puggy. He slips another pound coin in the slot. He's no on on page 23
1 matches
Grae, Emma The Tongue She Speaks, (Luath 2022 ISBN: 978-1804250242) Central, prose
Near twa pound ten? I rubbed my e'en, Whar's on page 7
1 matches
McQueer, Chris Hings - Short Stories 'n That, (404 Ink 2017 ISBN: 978-0995623866) Central - Glesga, prose
ah've goat in mah poakit - a pound - an ah rush oot the door an on page 1
4 matches
Grae, Emma Billy's Ghost Dug, (liarsleague.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
tae be three pence short o a pound tae believe any o this. Then
1 matches
Grae, Emma The Tongue She Speaks, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, poetry
Near twa pound ten? I rubbed my e'en, on page 31
1 matches
Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
kpool Tower. She pulled a two-pound coin oot o hur purse and said on page 31
1 matches
Fitt, Matthew Kate O Shanter's Tale: And Other Poems, (Luath 2003 ISBN: 978-1842820285) Central, poetry
a five pound note wi a moose on it on page 67
1 matches
Robinson, Christine Lallans 70 - The Language o the Glasgow Unity Plays, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
and brocht in fower thoosand pound in five weeks at the Queen’
1 matches
McNulty, Victoria Hame, (Scottish Poetry Library 2022) Central, poetry
Armadas out of Pound Shoap tractors
1 matches
@weenell3 tweeted
en they moved from the Cyprus pound. Wages then fell in real term (2022) twitter link
Rodger, Matt The Borth’ick Waitter, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Roxburgh, prose
mei oot tae the Girnwud Mill pound, tae sei the raft
himsell. The waiter frae the pound wis yaised tae
he waitter cumin frae ae mill-pound, up i the wud, ahint the onst
r. Nou than, the local Curlin Pound ligs up ahint the ferm cottag
4 matches