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Use in varieties of Scots

derby Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words4.4 6.2 0 0 5.8 0 4.4
Number of occurrences1412 0 0 1 0 1
Number of authors9 7 1 1

Occurrences of derby in Corpus

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Central

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
od thirsty fitbaw casual come derby day at Easter Road. Him and a on page 87

1 matches

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
ers he wis gien money by Lord Derby tae get a pair o widden legs on page 43
he time. It wis the day o the Derby an in thae times, the early 1 on page 71
at the Queen has just won the Derby.' on page 72

3 matches

Calder, Bob Lallans 67 - Reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
r and MacDiarmid suggest the 'Derby winner and cairthorse compari on page 95

1 matches

McMillan, Hugh Whit If? Scotland's History as it Micht Hiv Bin, (Luath 2021 ISBN: 9781910022900) Central, poetry
tirnin back at Derby on page 24

1 matches

McKillop, Roger Uprisin' an' Doonfa', (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Edinburgh, poetry
h an’ forced a retreat frae Derby, he treated us aw’ as betra
frae Derby, made oor lang retreat,
2 matches

@alistairdunn tweeted
madrid derby the night, so much potential (2014) search twitter

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
be 2 much but a crackin local derby m8 (2020) twitter link
c @LEAFA_Official a wee local derby wae pencaitland - there yous (2021) twitter link
a wee auld firm derby for me 2 night - celtic v ra (2021) twitter link

Shetland

Williamson, Christie Slainte Bard, (damagnifyingless.wordpress.com 2014) Shetland, poetry
dry as Derby
1 matches

Ulster

@the_gellick tweeted
rjo Wheeker! We'll hae aa the Derby folk yarnin in the aul Ulster (2014) twitter link