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The word 'rod'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
rodOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus16.65531
ORK - Orkney 59.6 6 4
SHD - Shetland 23.2 4 2
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness) 70.3 2 1
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 22.9 7 4
MNB - Mid Northern B 223.7 2 1
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen 31.5 3 1
DOR - General Northern 22.2 5 4
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 5.2 2 1
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 21 16 8
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway) 55.8 4 1
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) 32.8 1 1
GUL - General Ulster 85.3 3 3
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of rod in Corpus

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Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
hed fur cuithes wi the bamboo rod, Caught many a ling and reedw on page 71

3 matches

Grieve, Ingrid Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
He looked up fae the fisheen rod he wis gittan ready. A shaft on page 128

1 matches

Garson, Sheila Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
eedie China man wae a fishing rod, green fish tae on page 47

1 matches

Peace, Courtney The 'Guid' Life, (Orkney Heritage Society 2010) Orkney, poetry
An oan the rod tae school is whaur ah'm maak
1 matches

Shetland

De Luca, Christine Parallel Worlds: Poems in Shetlandic and English, (Luath 2005 ISBN: 978-1905222131) Shetland, poetry
dd left ahint wis. Wan day da rod is blaan ta smiddereens. At h on page 96

1 matches

Facebook link (Wir Midder Tongue 2016) Shetland
an dir wis a charge (mebbe da rod wis a toll rod). Is dat famil
wis a toll rod). Is dat familiar tae onybody

De Luca, Christine Smootie gengs ta Lerrick, (SCOTS corpus 2003) Shetland - Bressay, weans
der watched her gyaan doon da rod, head prunk, tail up. Shö fe
1 matches

North Northern B (Caithness)

Manson, John Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Doric - Dumfries, poetry
Naebodie on the rod outby. on page 124
And niver bifore, in aa ma rod, on page 125

2 matches

Mid Northern A

Morrison, Gordon Thi Lyfe An Tyme's O An Enshoar Loon, (Authorhouse 2006 ISBN: 978-1425955397) Doric - Boddam, prose
ma, eis hee's petten feishen rod's an stuff entae thi sidecar. on page 61

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
i stannin somewye wi a fishin rod in yer han - up te yer erse on page 34

1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
'He that spareth the rod, hateth the son. Proverbs, tw
1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
, until ae day he drappit his rod
n hae likit the fisherman’s rod, fur it niver raisse up frae
fisherman’s rod. Ye maun bring his mither tae
3 matches

@JamieFairbairn1 tweeted
ther, birl it roon wi a gless rod, then lob in a PUCKLIE crysta (2020) twitter link

Mid Northern B

Ritchie, John Fishin in the Findhorn, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric - Forres, prose
pit on ma waders and setup ma rod and put a cascade cone tube c
e it. I held ticht on tae the rod and reeled it in. I was sweat
2 matches

Aberdeen

Kynoch, Douglas Lallans 84 - The Ferlie, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Doric, prose
was tae rowle aa nations wi a rod o iron."' on page 81
ey're tae rowle the warl wi a rod o iron. Sae ye'd better waatc on page 83

3 matches

General Northern

McDonald, John Mou Her Name, (Evertype 2018 ISBN: 978-1782012054) Doric, poetry
the rod this while's been lang on page 3

2 matches

Smith, Alex A Fer Chauve, (self-published 2005) Doric, prose
tow tae the first rod you pit doon, an if the rods
1 matches

@daleser23 tweeted
. Still get to playoffs. In a-rod we trust(2013)

@fittiecrooners tweeted
ot wee ma bandy net & fishing rod the day roond the corner fae (2016)

(South) East Central

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 102, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
atherby, that played alang wi Rod Paterson singin a walin o Sou
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 125, (self-published 2004) Central, newspaper
celebrations, the Grand Bard Rod Lyon o the Cornish Gorsedh, a
1 matches

General Central

Smith, Donald Saut and Bluid: A Scotsaga, (Luath 2022 ISBN: 978-1804250341) Central, prose
ny fowk culdna abide Harald's rod, and thae pit tae sea fir rhe on page 14

5 matches

Clark, Thomas The Boggin Beginnin, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303524) Central, weans
orie curtains fae the curtain rod that hung ower the bedroom's on page 29
ice. There wis a sturdy metal rod ower the windae that the curt on page 115
corner, she broke the curtain rod intae twa haufs. Then she twi on page 116

5 matches

Douglas, Sheila Lallans 58 - The Sang o the Fowk, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
amlet an Yellow on the Broom. Rod Paterson o Jock Tamson's Bair on page 77

1 matches

Watt, George T. Lallans 73 - Wir we that young!, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, poetry
whan followin thi Black Rod? on page 48

1 matches

Hodgson, Brent Lallans 67 - Reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
ill she-bang is said tae be a rod pictur (at's a road movie tae on page 91

1 matches

Douglas, Ashley Whae Were the Pechts, (Dig It Scotland 2023) Central, prose
the mirror and crescent and v-rod.
1 matches

@Seperatist_No1 tweeted
omasM08749768 Btw ye rock the rod stewart look so fk them ?(2020)

@billykayscot tweeted
’s Auld Reikie album sung bi Rod Paterson. https://t.co/1Euuka(2020)

South West (Galloway)

McDonald, Hamish The Girnin Gates - Chapter 12, (Itchy Coo 2003) Central, prose
an ye could see the end o the rod dippin ower, but ee didnae ho
e a skelp oan the worm - the rod hud jurked an the line went s
hunkered ower it, haudin the rod an the reel, waitit fur aboot
tit runnin oot an ee gied the rod a
4 matches

East Antrim (Larne)

Robinson, Philip Oul Licht, (Ullans Press 2017 ISBN: 978-1905281305) Ulster - Larne, poetry
An blame it on tha rod. on page 45

1 matches

General Ulster

Mc Donnell, John Joogins, (no publisher recorded 2020) Ulster, prose
again...an back wae tha Sally rod...ye wee blirt ye...Mae guid
1 matches

Dee Har Tha Broon Troot, (Facebook 2020) Ulster, poetry
Big dunt oan tha rod tip,
1 matches

@TheFarrierPhil tweeted
othanGeal *Phil hokes oot his rod! https://t.co/NqJCbXbUHn (2021) twitter link

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