A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

Concordance

The word 'wheels'

Use in varieties of Scots

Occurrences of wheels in Corpus

Orkney

Giles, Harry Josephine Deep Wheel Orcadia: A Novel, (Picador 2021 ISBN: 978-1529066609) Orkney, poetry
o wheels an airms an bolas gaithered r on page 18
e space tae big more bolas an wheels whan the staetion wis growan. on page 107
ievistic speed, haalan bits o Wheels an Light atween Mars an the i on page 122
ys, grabbid. Darling's een is wheels. "How often ~ are you allowed on page 129

4 matches

Giles, Harry Josephine The future of Scots, (https://www.opendemocracy.net/ 2015) Orkney, prose
t Scots'll mebbe yet fool the wheels o govrenment.
1 matches

Shetland

North Northern B (Caithness)

Mid Northern A

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
s notion. "Fit wi ma meals an wheels duty eence a month an aa ma b on page 36

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
Wi'd a cairtie made fae pram wheels aat gid like the verra_ divve on page 21
gettin malagruized aneth the wheels o a bendy bus. on page 61

2 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
on the wye tae the kirk, the wheels o the governess car leavin sh
e wis the heich skreich o the wheels as they skyted across the roa
2 matches

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
he bare skite o tarmac settin wheels a-birlin, slidderin aff as if
1 matches

Hutchison, Pat Catty, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
een o yon wee trolleys wi twa wheels that ye pulled ahin ye. Affa
1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
out levers frae wheels an biggin them thegither till
The Catherine Wheels war best. Mr Soutar hid preen
2 matches

General Northern

Smith, Alex A Fer Chauve, (self-published 2005) Doric, prose
x, we wid hae a timmer hut on wheels tae bide in an, we
1 matches

Coutts, Pete Belhelvie, (bandcamp 2016) Doric, poetry
Wee belts and wheels and muckle graft, threshed ba
1 matches

@Doric_Bananaman tweeted
@johnnydee72 spinnin' thon wheels o' steel at #Aiberdeen's @shm(2015)

@Manuforti1968 tweeted
a be a Fendt. Disnae hae reed wheels!(2019)

North East Central

(South) East Central

Chalmers, Aimee Lallans 59 - Joukene Poukerie, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Central - Fife, prose
it up the terrace. Gees, thae wheels went fest! Ye was fleein.
1 matches

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
@l_ronaldson lets get the wheels in motion n bankrupt them - (2020) twitter link

West Central

Wilson, Rab Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Southern - Dumfries, poetry
An sends the offeeshul limo wheels, Tae fetch his 'Rogan Josh' on page 212

1 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
an hauf the chairs've got nae wheels. Aye. Well ah wis first in th on page 29
s she wanted tae pit roon the wheels. on page 42

2 matches

Dundee

Edinburgh

McKillop, Roger Challengin' Times, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, poetry
ake sure that they kept their wheels straight, at right angles tar
1 matches

Glasgow

McCrory, Pat Lallans 57 - Jimsie’s Maw’s Soup, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central - Cowcaddens, poetry
e feels aboot tryin Meals oan Wheels." on page 29

2 matches

Ayrshire

General Central

Stevenson, Gerda Quines: Poems in tribute to women of Scotland, (Luath 2020 ISBN: 978-1913025502) Central, poetry
tae quate the pulley-wheels scraichin fur ile; on page 82

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
d rair o energy as though the wheels o some monstrous gigantic mac on page 71
The wheels gang slawly roond and roond, on page 91
re wis an undeemous camera on wheels, and a haill airmy o HeedrumH on page 142

3 matches

Rennie, Susan Kat an Doug on Planet Perjink, (Itchy Coo 2002 ISBN: 978-1902927565) Central, weans
s, a microscooter wi fantoosh wheels. He had a cyberdug an aw, tha on page 2

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Geordie's Mingin Medicine, (Itchy Coo 2007 ISBN: 978-1845021603) Central, weans
rived an oor later. It wis on wheels on page 70

1 matches

Morton, Elaine Hamethocts, (Evertype 2010 ISBN: 978-1782012399) Central, poetry
Eident wheels an gangin gear, on page 57

1 matches

Matheson, Ann Lallans 67 - Reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
o street turns intae Hell oan wheels whan a young scriever, Jess K on page 90

1 matches

Clark, Thomas The Itchy Coo Book o Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales in Scots - A Tale o Three Dugs, (Itchy Coo 2020) Central, weans
here has een as big as watter-wheels. But dinnae you mind him. Jis on page 30
really were as big as watter-wheels. It glowered at the sodger as on page 33
ht the dug wi een like watter-wheels, and three spairks brocht the on page 40

3 matches

Holton, Brian Lallans 67 - The Nine Sangs: Brian Holton, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, poetry
raigon cairt, ay, wi dunnerin wheels on page 23
baith wheels lairit in glaur, ay, and the on page 31

2 matches

Calder, Bob Lallans 56 - Greenfield the Name O The Pit, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, poetry
the waas biggit or dug, the wheels, cages on page 107

1 matches

Connor, Charles P. Lallans 74 - Flittin In, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
orrit in time wi the thrummin wheels. Keekin ower the twa fit hie
1 matches

Robson, Frances Lallans 74 - The Tartanic, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, poetry
A Tartanic oan wheels!
1 matches

Thoumire, Elizabeth Bairns ootside, (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Edinburgh, blog
crates whan we could find the wheels, hurtlin heid first doun the
1 matches

Rennie, Susan The Hoose o Haivers, (Itchy Coo 2002 ISBN: 978-1902927442) Central, weans
wings, an cheriots wi birlin wheels poued by wuiden horses. He te
1 matches

Rennie, Susan Kat an Doug on Planet Fankle, (Itchy Coo 2002 ISBN: 978-1902927459) Central, weans
shooglie tricycle wi buckelt wheels shauchled up. Its rider dismo
s an replacin them wi a set o wheels.
2 matches

Robertson, James Dr Wha, (Scottish Poetry Library 2018) Central, poetry
he yetts and rides the birlin wheels
1 matches

@DABArbuckle tweeted
just tae get a decent set of wheels.(2020)

@rattlecans tweeted
on buses (incubation tubes on wheels) tae get tae the hossie tae c (2022) twitter link

South East (Borders)

Purves, David Jade Lute, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Selkirk, poetry
Nae cairt wheels haes fylt it yit.
1 matches

Rodger, Matt The Borth’ick Waitter, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Roxburgh, prose
e Roberton is littill merkt o wheels
1 matches

Stevenson, Gerda Kilmeny, (Scottish Language Center 2021) Southern - Scottish Borders, prose
van, like a sewin machine on wheels, wad stotter doon the track b
1 matches

South West (Galloway)

McMillan, Hugh Whit If? Scotland's History as it Micht Hiv Bin, (Luath 2021 ISBN: 9781910022900) Central, poetry
oan wee wheels, on page 64
or the wheels cam aff. on page 65

2 matches

Paterson, Stuart A. Ootby, (twitter 2022) Central, poetry
the road cairryin feet never wheels,
1 matches

McDonald, Hamish The Girnin Gates - Chapter 12, (Itchy Coo 2003) Central, prose
t roon that coarner oan three wheels!"
1 matches

Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)

Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim)

Peninsular Ulster (Ards)