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The word 'sod'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
sodOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus6.92314
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland 5.8 1 1
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 9.8 3 1
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 17.1 7 3
WCE - West Central 4.4 1 1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 6.2 1 1
GLA - Glasgow 5.1 1 1
AYR - Ayrshire 42.7 4 2
LAL - General Central
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway) 41.8 3 3
DUL - Donegal (East Donegal)
WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry)
CUL - Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)
BUL - Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim) 65.6 1 1
SUL - South Antrim (Between Sixmilewater and Belfast)
BEL - Eastern Ulster (Belfast)
PUL - Peninsular Ulster (Ards)
EUL - East Antrim (Larne)
GUL - General Ulster 10 1 1
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of sod in Corpus

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Shetland

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
first bit a freedom dat poor sod is hedd in yun mansion at he' on page 64

1 matches

Mid Northern A

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
"Aye oan the richt side o the sod," said faither, wi a bit lach on page 10
laid caal an stiff aneth the sod. on page 78

3 matches

(South) East Central

Purdie, David C. Lallans 61 - The Mass Jack, (Lallans Magazine 2002) Central, prose
ome bugger tae banjo the auld sod, but naebody did, he wis ower on page 86

1 matches

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
e the dentist before the poor sod even hud a chance tae explain on page 34
din tae what ah read the poor sod took the wrong turn and made on page 69
The poor sod hus maist likely been pit oan on page 124
take a piss oan it. The poor sod seems a bit shaken and stand on page 150

4 matches

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
again - stoap it - ya jammy sod lol (2020) twitter link
shwilsonauthor where ya jammy sod lol (2021) twitter link

West Central

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
s mind as his crook stabs the sod, on page 15

1 matches

Edinburgh

Higgs, Jo The tale of how Evan Evans scrapped wi Evan Nichols, (berfrois 2022) Central - Edinburgh, prose
w wiz committed when the poor sod wiz just twelve and it’s so
1 matches

Glasgow

Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
bittie damp, disturbin a wee sod's muddy dub on page 55

1 matches

Ayrshire

Begg, James A. Alison's Jants in Ferlieland, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010845) Central, prose
"Weel, sod aff then!" said the Cushie Do on page 44

1 matches

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
ha is nou lyin deep ablow the sod on Airs Moss, has declared an on page 41
e grun, smoorin his face in a sod wi a daft-like fear that they on page 59

2 matches

Wilson, Rab Lallans 62 - Cormilligan, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, poetry
s mind as his crook stabs the sod,
1 matches

South West (Galloway)

Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
skites an sprachles owre the sod, on page 69

1 matches

Drosten, John Lallans 67 - Fower Poems bi John Drosten, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, poetry
frae the green sod o the runnin track. on page 135

1 matches

Haddow, Kris Ronnie's Story, (words.krishaddow.com 2011) Central, prose
in ‘eighty four, and we had sod all coming in. We were starvi
1 matches

Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim)

Fenton, James On Slaimish, (Ullans Press 2009 ISBN: 9781905281299) Ulster, poetry
O thon green sod. on page 47

1 matches

General Ulster

Ferguson, Roy Rhymes frae Rathfrilan: A Wheen o Poames, (self-published 2022 ISBN: 979-8796193099) Ulster, poetry
Am ain the richt side o the sod, on page 55

1 matches

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