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Use in varieties of Scots

admire Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words10.3 11.8 9 9.9 5.8 0 8.9
Number of occurrences3323 6 1 1 0 2
Number of authors26 16 6 1 1 2

Occurrences of admire in Corpus

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Central

Rennie, Susan The Wee Prince, (Edition Lintenfass 2017 ISBN: 978-3946190592) Central, prose
"Troth dae ye admire me sae muckle?' he speired at on page 44

5 matches

Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
e says. Tellin ye, ye huv tae admire a wummin that unnerstauns the on page 1

1 matches

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
ma way there, ah stoaped tae admire aw the artwork splattered acr on page 24
er stoaps what their dain tae admire her beauty. Her long legs ala on page 79
osseum in Rome. Aw we git tae admire is the dreary lookin violated on page 90

3 matches

McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
Houanniver, een tho A like an admire Nicola Sturgeon, there is a d on page 33

1 matches

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
Wham ah admire, an praise is due, on page 92

1 matches

Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
e hairdressers every week. Ah admire Bettie's long, grey skirt and on page 45

1 matches

Armstrong, Kate Lallans 58 - Herman Und Dorothea, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
an the wyce wans wid ken and admire the on page 43

1 matches

Sprott, Gavin Lallans 68 - Gairdens, (Lallans Magazine 2006) Central - Edinburgh, poetry
wee stout fowk I dout ye maun admire them, on page 98

1 matches

Tindal, Betty Lallans 73 - Mither, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, poetry
pausin to admire the effect o her handiwork, on page 58

1 matches

Haddow, Kris Haud the Bus - No In-gleesh, (The Wee Paper 2022) Central, prose
on’t huv time tae staun and admire the view aa day though, braw
1 matches

Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
Admire the cheerfu cheepin
For aw the neebors tae admire,
2 matches

McKillop, Roger The Staff, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
mobile phone fir us aw’ tae admire. This wis in the days afore s
1 matches

Monahan Brown, Ricky Dùn Èideann, (The Scores 2020) Central, prose
eneuch o ideas tae dawdle an admire the paitren o steel rhododend
1 matches

@DavidJWood2 tweeted
s to short. Another thing tae admire about yir auld man ??(2020) search twitter

@billykayscot tweeted
from the jaws of victory!” I admire the contribution of Alex, Joa(2020) search twitter

@annieones tweeted
up oan twitter, as i greatly admire yeah baith. ????????????????? (2021) twitter link

Doric

Nicol, Paul Tales Fae The Doric Side - Her Hauns, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, poetry
e wakk doon the Loanins, folk admire on page 24

1 matches

Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
doon by the fire his work tae admire on page 15

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
m grain o the polished wid an admire the bonny brass hunnles. Ere' on page 22

1 matches

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 82 - Beyond The Pale , (Lallans Magazine 2013) Doric - Aberdeen, prose
na haud wi ony o't, Ah had ti admire them. Ah couldna deen it mase on page 75

1 matches

Smith, Alex A Sair Fecht, (self-published 2003) Doric, prose
nae in ony hurry, stoppin tae admire the
1 matches

Thain, Gianna Far Shaddas Lurk, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric - Buckie, prose
Some eesed tae admire.
1 matches

Orkney

Orkney Voices Group Gallows Ha, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
a wife tae admire, on page 11

1 matches

Shetland

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
nce. Bit aa her life shü wid admire da taesets idder weemin hedd on page 71

1 matches

Ulster

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
She stapt in the gairden tae admire Sally's datfodils, thair goul on page 49

1 matches

Dee Har Tha Broon Troot, (Facebook 2020) Ulster, poetry
An admire the spots,
1 matches

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