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Use in varieties of Scots

circles Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words10.9 12.9 7.5 0 17.4 10.3 4.4
Number of occurrences3525 5 0 3 1 1
Number of authors24 17 3 2 1 1

Occurrences of circles in Corpus

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Central

Rennie, Susan The Wee Prince, (Edition Lintenfass 2017 ISBN: 978-3946190592) Central, prose
eekin. Sae they gang roond in circles, up tae high doh.' An he adde on page 80

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Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
lookin at me. The two emerald circles ir sayin, 'Wit ir yi waitin f on page 40

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Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
wee circles fur een, twa dots fur nostril on page 1

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Anderson, Elizabeth Lallans 59 - OBITUARY : ALISTAIR TAYLOR 1928 - 2001, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, newspaper
taen up wi the study o Stane Circles, Symbol Stanes, Pictish Stane on page 4

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Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
walkin aboot wi these wee red circles stuck tae thir heids an singi on page 18

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Rennie, Susan Kat an Doug on Planet Perjink, (Itchy Coo 2002 ISBN: 978-1902927565) Central, weans
ts arranged in exact squares, circles an triangles. on page 12
wis pentit wi multi-coloured circles inside each o which wis a muc on page 18

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Grae, Emma The Tongue She Speaks, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, poetry
uare. Jist keep goin roond in circles, and ye'll find yer classes e on page 4

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Robertson, James The Hoose at Pooh's Neuk, (Itchy Coo 2010 ISBN: 978-1845022945) Central, weans
, wha wis noo rinnin roond in circles wi his tongue hingin oot. on page 27
and Teeger tan roond them in circles, and syne, when the path on page 107

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Robertson, James The Sleekit Mr Tod, (Itchy Coo 2008 ISBN: 978-1845021986) Central, weans
st. 've been howkin aroond in circles for three days and nichts and on page 46

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Fitt, Matthew Kate O Shanter's Tale: And Other Poems, (Luath 2003 ISBN: 978-1842820285) Central, poetry
tae the circles o siller and gowd on page 6

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Hershaw, William Lallans 67 - In Search o Robert Henrysoun, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, poetry
was trailin roond in heevinly circles efter Robert Henrysoun . . . on page 123

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Niven, Liz Stravaigin, (Luath 2001 ISBN: 978-1905222704) Central, poetry
ries, kennin her depths. Pine circles watter's edge thraws back thi on page 51

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Sneddon, Duncan Lallans 83 - Biggin Brigs – Nummer 3: Cornish, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, prose
sh. Until it muives oot o the circles o activists an hobbyists an p on page 109

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Horsbroch, Dauvit A gang-roond oor Sun Grid, (Scots Language Centre 2020) Central, blog
ry oor forebears biggit stane circles an ither monumental warks tha
loused that the auldest stane circles is at Stenness in Orkney (cry
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Calderwood, Lynsey Mumbo Jumbo, (Litro magazine 2006) Central, prose
walkin aboot wi these wee red circles stuck tae thir heids an singi
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Heather, Alistair Bravehert: The truth anent William Wallace (pairt 2), (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Angus, blog
wer schiltrons, muckle jaggie circles o chiels haudin up spears, wi
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Heather, Alistair The porage revolution: Hou porage cam tae mak Scotland habitable, (Mak Forrit 2017) Central - Angus, blog
stanes thegither intae stane circles. They also ettled at unnersta
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Bennett, Peter Liberties (Part One), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
is a duck wae wan leg swim in circles?
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Grae, Emma Dancin wi the Rhona, (unbound.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
he clock slowly goin roond in circles. Ah look doon at ma hauns. Th
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Hodgart, John A Catalogue o Sair Neglect, (Bella Calledonia 2016) Central - North Ayrshire, blog
: often a case o gaun roon in circles an finnin yersel back whaur y
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Coyne, Hilary The giant’s wife – or Ailsa the irked, (hilarycoyne.com/ 2021) Central, prose
y them. I’d be turnin’ in circles aw day if I needed to keep th
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Doric

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
rget at wi meeve in differint circles nooadays." Billy poored oot t on page 37

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Leslie, Deborah Doric: Alive an Kickin 2, (Argo Publishing 2006 ISBN: 978-0954615321) Doric - Inverurie, prose
n iv ye wint te mix in polite circles." on page 19

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Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
euk aff tae veesit auld steen circles – tho they cudna min whit w
an skirl an hotter inbye the circles, heezin their roups tae the v
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@Franwella tweeted
kin o ma blck frock we th big circles bit I've nae idea fit I've de(2011) search twitter

Shetland

Sutherland, Hazel Biggin Da Dess, (Shetland For Wirds 2004) Shetland, prose
p. Dan Dad taks ower; but Mam circles ahint him, watchin an pooin a
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Tait, John M Shaetlan is Daed - Lang live Dialect, (Shetland Dialect Conference 2004 2004) Shetland, prose
ected outside narrow activist circles as educationally damaging and
ial figgurs in Scots Language circles eenoo is James Roberston, an
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Southern

Purves, David Lallans 73 - Ten Owersettins frae the Chinese, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Southern - Selkirk, poetry
an burds flie roun in circles. on page 38

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Ulster

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
th eebroos plucked intae semi-circles, lips as stark as the red tie on page 1

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