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Use in varieties of Scots

decker Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words5 6.2 4.5 0 5.8 0 0
Number of occurrences1612 3 0 1 0 0
Number of authors11 7 3 1

Occurrences of decker in Corpus

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Central

McQueer, Chris HWFG, (404 Ink 2012 ISBN: 978-1912489107) Central, prose
ee bar ae chocolate, a Double Decker, oan the picnic table next to on page 24
ur the knickers an the Double Decker, on page 26

4 matches

Wilson, Rab Lallans 76 - The Sycamore at Calton, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Central, poetry
Atop rid dooble-decker Western buses,
1 matches

Haddow, Kris Haud the Bus - Where Dae Ye Catch the Bus Tae Sarajevo?, (The Wee Paper 2022) Central, prose
, A see a big luminous double decker come swervin roon the corner
1 matches

Bennett, Peter The Guru an Zander, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
ain road, stoappin the double decker bus that’s comin, an waves
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 174, (self-published 2008) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
oan the dooble-decker.
oan the dooble-decker bus.
2 matches

@OliphantWullie tweeted
ain pu'ed in.........a double decker !!! Ma jaw hit the flair !!! (2022) twitter link

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
ordon1875 better wae a double decker jonny - dinnae lissen tae th (2020) twitter link

Doric

Morrison, Gordon Thi Lyfe An Tyme's O An Enshoar Loon, (Authorhouse 2006 ISBN: 978-1425955397) Doric - Boddam, prose
r pylt richt up lyke a dubble decker bus, Ther wis ass muckle weic on page 20

1 matches

Goodall, Phyllis J. Lallans 59 - Last May a Braw Wooer, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Doric, newspaper
nce fleer looks like a double-decker bus oot o control? Bit are ye on page 94

1 matches

Strachan, Shane Hoast, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric, prose
ns tae shove her aff a double decker at high speed.
1 matches

Shetland

@helenmoncrieff tweeted
onies, plinky boat and double decker Belmont cafe #unstagram(2013) search twitter