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Use in varieties of Scots

caravan Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words21.8 27.2 21.1 0 11.6 0 4.4
Number of occurrences7053 14 0 2 0 1
Number of authors16 10 4 1 1

Occurrences of caravan 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

McQueer, Chris HWFG, (404 Ink 2012 ISBN: 978-1912489107) Central, prose
Really Angie? Craig Tara? The caravan park? That place is a shiteho on page 1
'd say. "Take me back tae yer caravan an fuckin pummel me.' An he w on page 2
me, ah see. Sorry, pal, this caravan park is only big enough fur w on page 5
n else, winkin at us from his caravan windae. 'And it's a perfect s on page 8
od night an head back tae oor caravan. We've only goat a couple ae on page 9
Also on pages 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 18, 19, 20, 21, 23, 24, 28, 29, 30, 31, 31, 33
38 matches

Rennie, Susan The Wee Prince, (Edition Lintenfass 2017 ISBN: 978-3946190592) Central, prose
The flooer had aince seen a caravan gang by. on page 62

1 matches

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
Weekends at the caravan o it, on page 3758

1 matches

Travers, Martin A Nappie Lassie Blethers tae a Fritter, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, script
wumman 'at uised tae rin the Caravan Pairk. Naw. Wad ye appen yer on page 3

1 matches

Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
ce caravans in Blackpool. The caravan hud three bedrooms, and Mum i on page 30

1 matches

Tollick, Margaret Tapsalteerie and Ither Tales, (Windfall Books 2008 ISBN: 978-0955726422) Central, weans
fore they moved their caravan. on page 51

1 matches

Purdie, David C. Lallans 73 - The Gowden Gate Til Samarkan, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central - Midlothian, poetry
Wyce on, O Maister o the Caravan: on page 31
The Maister o the Caravan on page 32
The Maister o the Caravan on page 34

5 matches

@DavidJWood2 tweeted
s no been the same since that caravan holiday in Arbroath. He’s st(2020) search twitter

@ThonJacobite tweeted
uthor We yased yae gang tae a caravan on Eyemooth every year for wi (2021) twitter link

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
m8 - after his trips to the caravan of luv - ma fav choon btw lo (2020) twitter link
o stay brother - stayed in a caravan for 4 years before being offe (2021) twitter link
st noticed this - the static caravan was my permanent home fir 4 y (2021) twitter link

Doric

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
e Cullen or Pitlochory in the caravan fir es lang es Ah can myn." on page 38
iv hid neen o at wirry in the caravan." on page 42
h'll bi mair then happy wi ma caravan fae noo oan. In fack, ane o t on page 46

3 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
canna hae a cairry-on in the caravan...jist you an me, like, aa fi on page 6
1S nae muckle bigger than the caravan. An look it aat settee." Morr on page 9

2 matches

Hamilton, Roddy Lallans 58 - Cyaard, the Tattie Doodle, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Doric, prose
Sidney Mieras wha, pullin his caravan fu o shoes an beets o a Singu on page 118

1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
rae Waggitie’s hame stude a caravan. Its reid peint wis beilin, a
the veesitors fa bedd in the caravan,
e wee faimily bedd in the wee caravan. There wis a
likit the fowk fa bedd in the caravan, tho
an his ma bedd close tae the caravan. They likit the wee loon, Ang
5 matches

@fittiecrooners tweeted
were only gan to Silver Sands Caravan Park at Lossiemouth! Fit she (2016) search twitter
wee drive up tae Lossiemouth caravan park the day #silversands was(2017) search twitter

Shetland

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
aald hoose. Dir bidin atil a caravan eenoo, till dey get da hoose on page 8
ally he left, an got a peerie caravan doon at Hay's dock, whaar he on page 20

2 matches

Ulster

@OrangRuth tweeted
s for the plebs. I'm aff to a caravan in Millisle. #class #IveStill(2016) search twitter