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The word 'pulse'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
pulseOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus7.22420
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 6.5 2 1
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen 10.5 1 1
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 5.2 2 2
WCE - West Central 13.3 3 2
DUN - Dundee 10.6 1 1
EDN - Edinburgh 18.6 3 3
GLA - Glasgow 20.1 4 3
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 7.9 6 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)

Occurrences of pulse in Corpus

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Orkney

Giles, Harry Josephine Deep Wheel Orcadia: A Novel, (Picador 2021 ISBN: 978-1529066609) Orkney, poetry
h gaen flinterkin. The hurlan pulse o thir reid alairm. But-the y on page 25

1 matches

Shetland

Watt, Roseanne Moder Dy, (Polygon 2019 ISBN: 978-1846974878) Shetland, poetry
a pulse on page 14

1 matches

Mid Northern A

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
GP hid leent forrit te tak is pulse. on page 8
"Onythin wi a pulse!" joked Ronnie. on page 48

2 matches

Aberdeen

Lawrie, Alistair Northwords Now 45 - The Win, (Northwords Now 2024) Doric - Peterhead, prose
ither like a kind o rhythm, a pulse. Efter a whilie the coat star
1 matches

(South) East Central

Townsley, Jane Joe's Cloud an Ither Stuff, (lulu.com 2014 ISBN: 978-1326001612) Central - Perth, prose
lliams appeared an felt fer a pulse. "She's no deid yet," he excl on page 36

1 matches

Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
He took my pulse and smelled my breath
1 matches

West Central

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
naw he went back in an bought Pulse cause they wur sellin it aff on page 169

2 matches

Bates, Gregor The Death Dance, (Scots Hoose 2022) Central - East Dunbartonshire, weans
Staring. Never blinking. The pulse o the music got stronger. Lou
1 matches

Dundee

Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
As yi gee meh pulse a clatter an a wallop on page 5

1 matches

Edinburgh

McPartlin, John Lallans 76 - The Gied Ower Gairden, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Central, poetry
he acers, taks the watter’s pulse
1 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
t an feel the quickenin o her pulse as he pu’ed her towart him;
1 matches

Monahan Brown, Ricky Dùn Èideann, (The Scores 2020) Central, prose
FIRST NEUROMAGNETIC PULSE DEVICE
1 matches

Glasgow

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
DJ Pulse, 'Poison, is playin oot wan a on page 26
e our elder wans. A'm a sonar pulse on aw their radar. Me, Azzy W on page 33

2 matches

Johnstone, Shane The Gods of Frequency, (Arkbound 2020 ISBN: 978-1912092826) Central, prose
at shakes the air, seemin 'ae pulse a thin white strand through t on page 3

1 matches

Bennett, Peter Rude Awakenings (Part two of two), (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
t tae keep yer finger oan the pulse.’ ah lie.
1 matches

General Central

Clark, Thomas The Boggin Beginnin, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303524) Central, weans
stoond o her ain fair-fleggit pulse. She decidit tae try again. on page 120

1 matches

Milne, W. S. Lallans 78 - Mary, Queen o Scotland, Pairt I, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, script
Balfour - ma pulse beats again. on page 35

1 matches

Robertson, James The Deil, (Scottish Book Trust 2018) Central, prose
deein wumman. She took her pulse, pit her fingirs tae
1 matches

@MartinBroon tweeted
ichaelomeara67 Finger oan the pulse there Micky ??. Ye’ve sussed(2020)
t up tae date! Finger oan the pulse ??? and awe that! Soooo, yeez(2020)

@Chazzbat tweeted
wi regards tae patient care. #Pulse(2020)

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