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The word 'rods'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
rodsOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus6.52114
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland 5.8 1 1
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness) 35.2 1 1
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 6.5 2 2
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 39.9 9 3
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 5.1 2 1
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 6.3 1 1
GLA - Glasgow 4.6 1 1
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 4 3 3
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway) 13.9 1 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)
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of rods in Corpus

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Shetland

Facebook link (Wir Midder Tongue 2016) Shetland
le grids dey wir grinds on da rods tae keep da hill sheep in, an

North Northern B (Caithness)

Manson, John Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Doric - Dumfries, poetry
The laneliness, the rain, the rods ... on page 125

1 matches

Mid Northern A

Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
ort o a man Tae help's wi the rods - it wid mak a richt odds on page 15

1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
feart tae luik in the braisse rods haudin the carpet flat tae th
1 matches

General Northern

McDonald, John Mou Her Name, (Evertype 2018 ISBN: 978-1782012054) Doric, poetry
we stravaig the rods thegither i the wast o Irelan on page 3

1 matches

Smith, Alex A Fer Chauve, (self-published 2005) Doric, prose
ed. I winner fa wid hae drain rods so I can
"I'll gie you rods tae pit doon the lum. Pit the
t rod you pit doon, an if the rods stick you'll be able tae
twa went awa tae get the rods. Efter his denner Ronald thoc
on a tow, he jist shoved the rods
7 matches

@fittiecrooners tweeted
e docks wee o'er auld fishing rods & baith caught twa cod, an ee(2017)

(South) East Central

Muir, Glenn Al Fresco, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Linlithgow, prose
e fishing. Faither set up the rods, fibre-glass affairs wi spinn
ecided tae call it a day. The rods were dismantled and the reels
2 matches

Edinburgh

Pyper, Hugh S. The Five Scrolls, (Handsel Press 2023 ISBN: 978-1912052790) Central, poetry
His hauns are rods o gowd on page 12

1 matches

Glasgow

Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
The Kaiser's helmet, fishin rods for sale in the toilet on page 43

1 matches

General Central

Sprott, Gavin Lallans 73 - In Liverpool Cathedral, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, poetry
Out o the Lictors' rods. on page 102

1 matches

Hodgson, Brent Lallans 67 - Reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
the menfowk, the red stoorie rods, the bare-fit people an masks on page 91

1 matches

Robson, Frances Lallans 74 - Gentlemen of the road, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, poetry
The rain cam doon in rods
1 matches

South West (Galloway)

McDonald, Hamish The Girnin Gates - Chapter 12, (Itchy Coo 2003) Central, prose
a brew. Mr Gobbs set up some rods an we hud a spin wae a Toby,
1 matches

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