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Use in varieties of Scots

roller Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words8.7 3.5 22.2 0 0 10.3 29
Number of occurrences297 15 0 0 1 6
Number of authors12 6 4 1 1

Occurrences of roller in Corpus

In order to avoid violating copyright law and abide by 'fair use', only up to the first five occurrences of the search term are displayed for each article.

Central

Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
a fag packet flat wi a steam-roller.' on page 1

1 matches

Kay, Billy Born In Kyle, (Burnawn Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-9993309-4-1) Central - Kyle, prose
hen I see the auld green Team Roller, and the driver kens me an wa on page 23

2 matches

MacGregor, Rose Lallans 102 - The Big C Roller Coaster, (Lallans Magazine 2023) Central, poetry
The Big C Roller Coaster on page 69

1 matches

Docherty, John F. Lallans 81 - Lang Summer Days, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Central, prose
they wid bring the steam road roller! It had big wheels an a wee p on page 76

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
it. It's jist like bein on a roller coaster!' And through the gle on page 139

1 matches

@ThonJacobite tweeted
an here. Mind ye, it kin be a roller coaster o' guid moods and rag(2020) search twitter

Doric

Morrison, Gordon Thi Lyfe An Tyme's O An Enshoar Loon, (Authorhouse 2006 ISBN: 978-1425955397) Doric - Boddam, prose
's Fower Mile Wreck. He hid a roller et his Ripper Line wid run th on page 3

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
t oot like the Wild West wi a roller coaster aat lookit like a tra on page 39

1 matches

Benzie, Lesley Fessen Reared, (Seahorse 2020 ISBN: 978-1916214538) Doric, poetry
an roller bladin an ice-skatin. on page 50

1 matches

Whyte, Brian The Bottles, (Independently published 2020 ISBN: 979-8612647218) Doric, poetry
She loves i' roller coaster. She loves i' dogems on page 111
ROLLER COASTER on page 168

12 matches

Southern

@cammyrudkin tweeted
@iona_gibb roller in yin hand, phone in the oth(2012) search twitter

Ulster

King, Angeline Weans o Latharna, (angelineking.com 2021) Ulster - Larne, weans
oon wi the stappers o twa red roller boots.
on the reflectors o Jenny’s roller boots. It wud be quare an gui
heir bikes, Jenny chucked her roller boots ower her shouders an I
Jenny stapped tae attach her roller boots tae her feet. ‘Ah hea
dae? Ah’d seen Jenny on her roller boots. She was guid on the fl
6 matches

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