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electric Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words12 12.2 19.2 0 0 21.9 0
Number of occurrences3723 12 0 0 2 0
Number of authors26 17 8 1

Occurrences of electric in Corpus

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Central

Underhill, James William Lallans 82 - Ominous, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, poetry
The chaffinches chirp in electric angst on page 23

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Connor, Charles P. Lallans 90 - Serendipity, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Central, prose
a sma table an he jabbit the electric bell oan the wa aside him. St on page 27

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McGregor, Iain Lallans 87 - The Neep Lantern, (Lallans Magazine 2015) Central, prose
eer like yon wad gie a muckle electric gliff, an haen yon befaw iz y on page 22

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Hubbard, Tom The Flechitorium, (Grace Note 2017 ISBN: 9781907676932) Central - East Central, poetry
nes an shoot it back inti ye, electric-like; the airches an vaults w on page 74

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Bryden, Hugh Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Dumfries, poetry
Yer pure electric, a glidin eclectic, on page 107

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Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
ah get yin o thae high-speed electric drills and ah couple that up on page 18
y turn the mileage back wi an electric drill?' young Michael asked. on page 19
the mileages o motors wi his electric drill So that he widnae look on page 26
awdust in the gear-boxes, the electric drill on the speedometer cabl on page 44

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Eagle, Andy Lallans 59 - Stravaigin the Wab, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, newspaper
Nane is in Scots but Electric Scotland is aye leukin for ne on page 54

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Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
he said, Has sumdy gave yi an electric shock. on page 77

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Fitt, Matthew Geordie's Mingin Medicine, (Itchy Coo 2007 ISBN: 978-1845021603) Central, weans
as if somebody had pushed an electric wire through the dowper o the on page 39
The effect wis electric. on page 53

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Townsley, Jane Joe's Cloud an Ither Stuff, (lulu.com 2014 ISBN: 978-1326001612) Central - Perth, prose
st it wisnae smelly an it had electric. When we were done, we stuck on page 25

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Morton, Elaine Hamethocts, (Evertype 2010 ISBN: 978-1782012399) Central, poetry
Electric Locomotive on page 56

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Eagle, Andy Lallans 59 - Stravaigin the Wab, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
Nane is in Scots but Electric Scotland is aye leukin for ne on page 54

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Adamson, Donald Bield, (Tapsalteerie 2021) Central - Dumfries, poetry
sittin afore the screen, the electric space on page 15

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Marenich, Margaret Lallans 76 - The Factory, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Central, prose
”, he wrate. “The air was electric. People were screaming, cars
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Clark, Thomas Scots an the smit: a language unner lockdoun, (Bella Caledonia 2020) Central - Bellshill, blog
whit's richt in front o us - electric límits, as Larkin said, tae
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Heather, Alistair Trains approachin?, (Mak Forrit 2017) Central - Angus, blog
ae haund there’s a braw new electric service breingin atween Embra
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@Seperatist_No1 tweeted
her utensils even got her an electric bin so she diidnt need tae li(2020) search twitter

@weenell3 tweeted
you cycle tae work and own an electric car! (2022) twitter link

Doric

Gilbert, Jo Tales Fae The Doric Side - A hame is a hame is a hame, is it nae?, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, poetry
electric seconds afore the moshin stai on page 35

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Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
The electric kettle isna gan? on page 15

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Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
ome'dy's firgotten te pey the electric." Muggie grinned, "Crack a sp on page 59
bber pipe an waarm watter; an electric thingie fir dirlin aa yer fat on page 82

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Leslie, Deborah Doric: Alive an Kickin 2, (Argo Publishing 2006 ISBN: 978-0954615321) Doric - Inverurie, prose
an aye myn foo te operate the electric blunket." on page 52

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Smith, Alex A Sair Fecht, (self-published 2003) Doric, prose
ee times she hid shut aff the electric, five times she shut aff the
1 matches

Smith, Alex A Fer Chauve, (self-published 2005) Doric, prose
hey wid say tae him. Phone an electric
r feet. Efter a day or so the electric wis back
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Hutchison, Pat Catty, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
the hoose apart fae a two bar electric heater in fit hid been her mi
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@DoricPhrases tweeted
lang the day - it's ma free electric day fae Scottish Gas so ah'm (2016) search twitter

@Franwella tweeted
Just got electric n gas prices thru. Woolly jum(2011) search twitter

@Manuforti1968 tweeted
oricPhrases Bit o a chav on e electric fire.(2020) search twitter

Southern

Stevenson, Gerda Kilmeny, (Scottish Language Center 2021) Southern - Scottish Borders, prose
time tae time, an antrin wee electric van, like a sewin machine on
its. They went awa in the wee electric van neist time it cam by.
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