| float | Occurrences normalised per million words | Occurrences | Authors |
|---|---|---|---|
| Total Corpus | 9.3 | 31 | 19 |
| ORK - Orkney | 9.9 | 1 | 1 |
| SHD - Shetland | 5.8 | 1 | 1 |
| TON - Tonge | |||
| NNB - North Northern B (Caithness) | |||
| NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle) | |||
| MNA - Mid Northern A | 26.2 | 8 | 4 |
| MNB - Mid Northern B | |||
| SNO - South Northern | |||
| ABN - Aberdeen | |||
| DOR - General Northern | 26.6 | 6 | 3 |
| NEC - North East Central | |||
| SEC - (South) East Central | 2.6 | 1 | 1 |
| WCE - West Central | 13.3 | 3 | 2 |
| DUN - Dundee | |||
| EDN - Edinburgh | |||
| GLA - Glasgow | 15.1 | 3 | 1 |
| AYR - Ayrshire | |||
| LAL - General Central | 6.6 | 5 | 5 |
| SEA - South East (Borders) | 36.3 | 3 | 1 |
| 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) |
Morrison, Gordon Thi Lyfe An Tyme's O An Enshoar Loon, (Authorhouse 2006 ISBN: 978-1425955397) Doric - Boddam, prose
Thi slick's float on, Mile aifter mile, on page 35
aboot, grabben oneythein eit float's, jist en caise. Noo, eif on on page 48
h. Yea wid jist feel yer lyne float up a beit, thein yer feish wi on page 57
3 matches
Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
shafts o the twa wheeled milk float, an trot roon the streets nea
1 matches
Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
lee. Bit the wee quinie didna float; fur this wis nae story. The
1 matches
Irvine, Owen Eldritch Story, (The Gaudie 2018) Doric - Banff, weans
its heid. McDougal seemed tae float ower tae his dug. “Yev Kill
1 matches
Whyte, Brian The Bottles, (Independently published 2020 ISBN: 979-8612647218) Doric, poetry
Relax and float doon I'Don on page 124
Jeannie's in i'pageant on a float on page 156
Diz it f-f-f-float? (Bath day) on page 165
4 matches
Hamilton, Roddy Lallans 58 - Cyaard, the Tattie Doodle, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Doric, prose
rm passes, pieces o jewellery float intae the air then vanish niv on page 118
1 matches
Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
e in the water an noo she can float wi oot the rubber airm bands on page 14
1 matches
Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2020) Central, prose
e in the water an noo she can float wi oot the rubber airm bands
1 matches
Donovan, Anne Gone are the Leaves, (ISIS 2014 ISBN: 978-1445099262) Central, prose
seemed as if t'were about tae float doon upon our heids. Inatween on page 3
1 matches
Tollick, Margaret Tapsalteerie and Ither Tales, (Windfall Books 2008 ISBN: 978-0955726422) Central, weans
drivin no a float or van on page 38
1 matches
McNulty, Victoria Flit, (Scottish Poetry Library 2022) Central, poetry
to float or die
1 matches
@Seperatist_No1 tweeted
s a walking shite he wid just float, we need tae fire that rocket(2020)