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bone Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words11.4 11.9 3 39.7 5.8 10.3 29
Number of occurrences3824 2 4 1 1 6
Number of authors30 18 1 4 1 1 5

Occurrences of bone in Corpus

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Central

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
d his voice. "Same zif he'd a bone in his throat," said the Gryp on page 97

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Haddow, Kris nobody remembers the birdman - The Incomer, (Association for Scottish Literature 2022) Central, prose
ck's wage, him worked tae the bone. Less spring in the big fella on page 78

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Johnstone, Shane The Gods of Frequency, (Arkbound 2020 ISBN: 978-1912092826) Central, prose
wi existentially threatenin, bone crunchin hangovers on wir wee on page 3

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Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
ma mooth hus suddenly become bone dry. Ah'm a terrible liar, ya on page 130
throw you and yur dug a juicy bone." on page 134

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Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
Eh like ti cut ti thi bone an flesh things oot. on page 95

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Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
In the bone-joints o skeletal unreconstru on page 29
In yer mammy's bone cheenae. on page 131

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Tollick, Margaret Tapsalteerie and Ither Tales, (Windfall Books 2008 ISBN: 978-0955726422) Central, weans
Auld John choked on a bone on page 14

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Hershaw, William Eemis Stane 1 - The Laverock’s Nest, (Eemis Stane 2022) Central, prose
and sauf as if presented in a bone china tea tassie or a warked on page 18

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McMillan, Hugh Whit If? Scotland's History as it Micht Hiv Bin, (Luath 2021 ISBN: 9781910022900) Central, poetry
bone-pickers. on page 37

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Hodgson, Brent Lallans 67 - Reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
were bone hard under foot. on page 91

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Wilson, Rab Lallans 70 - Carnegie, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, poetry
As ye cut their rates tae the bone,
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Bolland, John A Chocolate Cowboy, (From Glasgow To Saturn 2008) Central, prose
e ca’d the Canyon. Past the bone works an the Armitage Shanks
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Robinson, Christine Lallans 70 - The Language o the Glasgow Unity Plays, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
-rags A tuik tae mean rag and bone men but A wid be gled o confi
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Smith, Jamie Soonds o the kirk an court: early airt muisic in Scotland, (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Edinburgh, blog
Robert Carver’s motet, ‘O bone Jesu’
o Robert Carver’s motet, O bone Jesu. Image taen frae Musick
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Shoor Caan, Angus Tasteless, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Central - Saltcoats, prose
kin' shoor 'e's name's oan ri bone. As if A wid dare tae oafur i
A lerrum oot ri door wi' 'e's bone an' 'e turn't roon an' luct u
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Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
ised colour tae enhance thair bone structure. Obviously they win
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Connor, Bailey A SCOTS HORROR STORY, (Scots Hoose 2021) Central, weans
ae and she wis soaked tae the bone. Hazel hadnae noticed just ho
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Facebook link ( 2019) Central
hn Spreul's wife wis his back bone ... Ivvery bit as important a

Burnett, Colin Cardboard Gangster - Part 1, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central, prose
pectedly hus tickled ma funny bone and ah cannae wipe the smile
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Burnett, Colin Cardboard Gangster - Part 2, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central, prose
Ah jump up and gee him a bone crunchin boady blow. The boay
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Doric

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
uneral tay on the table: best bone china; funcies an ham sandwic on page 78

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Leslie, Deborah Doric: Alive an Kickin 2, (Argo Publishing 2006 ISBN: 978-0954615321) Doric - Inverurie, prose
the bedroom door. "'Aathin's bone dry. It's as het Ah'v heard f on page 37

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Orkney

Miller, Alison Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, prose
hit yir heid wae a pig's shin bone. on page 89

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Johnston, Barbara Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
ae a scrap o maet on a marrow bone. on page 117

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Bruce, Lorraine Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
is playan wae a muckle snorry bone on page 90

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@peediepuss tweeted
cavenged efter. Dinna see ony bone damage so likly no Otter, and(2020) search twitter

Shetland

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
ind the merest suspicion of a bone in their haddock fillet." on page 9

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Southern

Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
voice. "Jist as if hei hed a bone in eis throat," said th Gryph on page 97

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Ulster

McDonald, Fiona Frae Cowie's Cragg, (Ulster-Scots Academy Press 2021 ISBN: B0949GXX7K) Ulster, poetry
aunin him a bag. "Thars a wee bone, an tha leavins o tha dinner, on page 19

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Ullans Speakers Association Nursery Rhymes for Weans, (Ulster-Scots Agency 2008 ISBN: 978-0955791697) Ulster, weans
Tha bone they picked it clean on page 12
Tae get her poor doag a bone on page 24

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BardOfMilebush To A Merican Food, (Reddit 2017) Ulster, poetry
shed eggs, Yer bacon's dry as bone
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Hume, David The Aldfreck Coalmining Disaster, (Ullans Magazine 2012) Ulster - Ballycarry, poetry
aitin aa ree like a dug fur a bone.
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@fairfaaye tweeted
red): meaning 'chilled to the bone'; as in ‘thon day would foun(2020) search twitter

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