sharp | Occurrences normalised per million words | Occurrences | Authors |
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Total Corpus | 28.6 | 93 | 45 |
ORK - Orkney | 79.5 | 8 | 6 |
SHD - Shetland | 69.7 | 12 | 4 |
TON - Tonge | |||
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness) | 246.1 | 7 | 1 |
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle) | |||
MNA - Mid Northern A | 36 | 11 | 4 |
MNB - Mid Northern B | 131 | 1 | 1 |
SNO - South Northern | |||
ABN - Aberdeen | 32.8 | 3 | 3 |
DOR - General Northern | 70.9 | 16 | 8 |
NEC - North East Central | |||
SEC - (South) East Central | 10.1 | 4 | 3 |
WCE - West Central | 4.6 | 1 | 1 |
DUN - Dundee | 21.2 | 2 | 1 |
EDN - Edinburgh | 18.8 | 3 | 2 |
GLA - Glasgow | 77.4 | 17 | 6 |
AYR - Ayrshire | 13.1 | 1 | 1 |
LAL - General Central | 9.3 | 7 | 5 |
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) | |||
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) |
Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
And then he sank his long sharp teeth in poor owld Pepsi's ru on page 13
1 matches
Miller, Alison Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, prose
Gouster = a sharp breeze o wind or an ootburst on page 9
1 matches
Grieve, Ingrid Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
I like sharp frosts on page 112
1 matches
Garson, Sheila Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
Me eyes no so sharp, bit me brains aaright. on page 135
1 matches
Grieve, Issy Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
Thay land on sharp stubble, gripped by the callo on page 95
1 matches
Hall, Simon W. The Boy That Lived - Chapter Wan, (Brisk Northerly 2015) Orkney, prose
Sheu threw a sharp, sideways luk at Dumbledore h
Professor McGonagall shot a sharp luk at Dumbledore an said, â€
2 matches
Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
aethin an naebody escapit her sharp tongue. Wir fiddlers - "I do on page 13
1 matches
De Luca, Christine Parallel Worlds: Poems in Shetlandic and English, (Luath 2005 ISBN: 978-1905222131) Shetland, poetry
wi sharp calaphine, me wi blunt wirds on page 86
fae da new, a sharp guff o acorn, on page 111
2 matches
Tait, Christian Da Hegri, (Shetland For Wirds 2001) Shetland, poetry
Whittled oot bi da wadder’s sharp knife.
1 matches
Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
thin wireoa wifie, wi a razir-sharp wit an keen broon een. She's on page 65
o the pink nosed coos and the sharp stink o sharn. An efter Ah'd on page 88
2 matches
Goodall, Phyllis J. Lallans 59 - Last May a Braw Wooer, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Doric, newspaper
cattle-dealin hid made him as sharp as a poker player. "Ye're nee on page 94
1 matches
Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
on wir bellies, savourin the sharp tang o the sea, an gazin up i on page 21
Ah shudder it the wifie's sharp-edged wirds - a painfu echo on page 43
it Tamara needit wis a short, sharp shock - Ruth Less style. on page 77
"No!" He heard his ain voice, sharp an unfamiliar like, an sag th on page 90
e. He follaed her inside, the sharp stink o sharn an strang an th on page 91
5 matches
@JamieFairbairn1 tweeted
er speed, dice wi knife, then sharp ice cream scoop, an watch the (2020) twitter link
Morrison Murray, Harold Doric, Historic and Humorous, (Peters and Sons 2024) Doric, poetry
An' Strathbogie tak' a sharp nosedive. on page 29
1 matches
Benzie, Lesley Fessen Reared, (Seahorse 2020 ISBN: 978-1916214538) Doric, poetry
tae mak sure it's as sharp on page 54
1 matches
Diansangu, Mae Tales Fae The Doric Side - Efter the war memorial at Cowdry Hall, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
tak tent. canny an silverin. sharp enough tae mak the stars gree on page 61
1 matches
Smith, Alex A Sair Fecht, (self-published 2003) Doric, prose
Richt sharp day, forecast wid be sna
Sharp in the mornin bit clears up f
. I'll be ere at echt o clock sharp." Stanley
fast at seven an set awa real sharp that Setterday
braw sharp in the mornin, tae catch the
5 matches
Smith, Alex A Fer Chauve, (self-published 2005) Doric, prose
Richt fine mornin sae sharp an cauld,
Frosty mornin bides sharp bit dry,
Sharp is the win bit it dis bide fa
3 matches
Devlin, Edwin The School Dentist 1969, (Facebook 2020) Doric, prose
of cruelty, shiny silver and sharp , ma hert was batterin ma rib
1 matches
@Doric_Bananaman tweeted
isSoutar at's awfa rare min! (Sharp intake of breath)(2015)
@72redz1903 tweeted
Mrs D, but, having suggested Sharp Objects on Sky Atlantic which (2020) twitter link
@cligeey tweeted
@djk57 @Ali_Leith Sharp I nicht min(2020)
@Manuforti1968 tweeted
em loaded wi 3/4" chuckies or sharp sand for a back load. Fit a w(2020)
Crawford, Ross Awa in a Dwam, (Medium 2021) Central - Stirling, prose
he woke wae a clear heid, the sharp pain focusin her thoughts, an
1 matches
@DavidJWood2 tweeted
@TheGunnersPub Wee sharp teeth too ??. Poor Ted ????(2020)
isVulva @IndustrialVid Yir to sharp for me ????(2020)
Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 4, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
it feels as if the strong and sharp flavours huv awoken ma taste
1 matches
Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
e bother, he says and makes a sharp exit. on page 30
The meetin is ten o'clock sharp. This gees the usual rabble t on page 51
2 matches
Johnstone, Shane The Gods of Frequency, (Arkbound 2020 ISBN: 978-1912092826) Central, prose
en a note comes oot a wee bit sharp. Every time I hit that E stri on page 3
3 matches
Grae, Emma The Tongue She Speaks, (Luath 2022 ISBN: 978-1804250242) Central, prose
There's a sharp cramp in ma side. Ah ignore i on page 7
1 matches
Bolland, John A Chocolate Cowboy, (From Glasgow To Saturn 2008) Central, prose
illiance aat skinkled aff the sharp conchoidal-fracture o the fli
1 matches
Bennett, Peter The Bools, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
Coyle’ he answers a bit too sharp, like he’s tryin tae avoid
‘Aye’ ah sais, takin a sharp intake ay breath ‘ye didnae
2 matches
Bennett, Peter Carpe Diem, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
nly louder this time, afore a sharp whistle fae up the close summ
1 matches
Bennett, Peter Park trife, (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
he sais. Nothin gets by him. Sharp as a fuckin circle, the cunt.
1 matches
Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
aw didnae huv it. Bettie's as sharp as a razor and a great pal. S on page 46
'She's as sharp as a razor. Bettie's worked o on page 80
2 matches
Morton, Elaine Hamethocts, (Evertype 2010 ISBN: 978-1782012399) Central, poetry
An cauld as snaw, sharp-hertit as the rime on page 76
1 matches
Stewart, Anna An Alien Feeling, (Scots Hoose 2019) Central, prose
t tae smell the stench o him, sharp and wet. I move mounds o eart
1 matches
MacMinto, Gregor Apartheid in Ohio, (wordpress 2021) Central, blog
stit guest speaker Mrs Amelia Sharp. She ‘lectert scholars upo
1 matches
@Seperatist_No1 tweeted
esponsibility and he isn't as sharp or on the ball as he should b(2020)