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Use in varieties of Scots

former Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words12 14.4 11.2 9.9 0 21.9 0
Number of occurrences3727 7 1 0 2 0
Number of authors26 18 5 1 2

Occurrences of former in Corpus

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Central

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 76 - Editorial, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Central, prose
Februar, John MacPhail Law, a former editor o Lallans, admeinistra on page 3

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Brown, Ian Lallans 70 - The Scots leid in modren Scots drama, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
ed bi Cummings an Masson: the former, Sebastian Flight, a tate cam on page 33

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Hubbard, Tom The Flechitorium, (Grace Note 2017 ISBN: 9781907676932) Central - East Central, poetry
The breeze upon former fields become fields again, on page 57

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Kay, Billy Lallans 78 - Thochts on the bonnie broukit bairn at hame an abroad, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, prose
n unemployment bleck spots in former minin communities in the like on page 7

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Hershaw, William Eemis Stane 1 - The Laverock’s Nest, (Eemis Stane 2022) Central, prose
e fermer saw whit the thing's former maitter had been afore it eik on page 18

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Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 73 - Editorial, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central - Prestwick, prose
ti ma likin wes the former, at luikit til Douglas's Scot on page 9

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Law, John Lallans 56 - Editorial, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, prose
The distinguished former Editor o this journal, Dr Dav on page 4

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Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 75 - Review - The Shorter fiction, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
ur an the fine airts). In the former, the narrator is Bernard Gilp
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Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 71 - Review - Auld Campaigner: A Life of Alexander Scott, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
gie o Scottish musardrie. The former, nou i the NLS, wes incorpora
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Morton, Elaine Lallans 71 - The Concreit Bouer, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
schuil an aye gaed wi birr to Former Pupils’ Meetings. A scholar
d abbey kirk - the phalanx o former pupils wha cairrit his kist
wi talk o ailments an a wheen former pupils
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Haddow, Kris Haud the Bus - Nuhin is Certain, Except, (The Wee Paper 2022) Central, prose
artist formerly known as the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedoni
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McKillop, Roger The Builders, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
owledge failed! A mind when a former student, now a Sports Studies
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McKillop, Roger Wee Roge Boobs, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
course Outdoor pursuits. As a former student yince pit it, “Ach,
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McKillop, Roger Ma Heroes o' Sport, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
Rugby, sayin’ that he as a former Player, Educator an’ Coach
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Philips, Cally Gonnae No Dae That, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Central - Turriff, prose
theym in the latter than the former, richt enough. The distance a
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McClurg, Fernando Weill, weill, weill, (The Sair Fecht 2016) Central, blog
l be delichtit that respeckit former SNP man John Finnie is on the
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McClurg, Fernando The Great Divide, (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
muckle leads, the decision o former Glesca Labour cooncilor Steph
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Ewen, Allan Murphy’s Law, (The Sair Fecht 2014) Central, blog
nsions sic as these that gart former Scottish Labour Leader Johann
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Douglas, Ashley The Smeddum o Scots, (languagereach.com 2021) Central, prose
ont context and register, the former wid maist likely owerset inta
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@billykayscot tweeted
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@MizLiot tweeted
nivver een or ae (except the former for eyes an the latter for st (2021) twitter link

@ricky_ballboy tweeted
ay it ocht tae be – but as a former lawyer, A’m gey aware o the (2020) twitter link

@ThonJacobite tweeted
Nazir Afzal the former Chief Prosecuter for the Nort(2021) search twitter

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
time and is now along wae the former dentist - a complete laughin (2020) twitter link

Doric

Vettese, Raymond Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Doric - Montrose, prose
read. Merriet til Fiona, the former laird's dochter, Chalmers is on page 124

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Vettese, Raymond Lallans 73 - Reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Doric, prose
read. Merriet til Fiona, the former laird’s dochter, Chalmers i
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Hamilton, Roddy Lallans 63 - The Bruntie Cat, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Doric, prose
poorly, shabbily even, by his former partner.
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@sovereigndaisy tweeted
ndon, thinks he’s an opinion former. Yawn, jog on ye radge, Scotl(2019) search twitter

@72redz1903 tweeted
ter. Personally favouring the former (2022) twitter link
slightly reluctant SNP voter, former Labour supporter, couldnae ag (2020) twitter link

@beast_afc tweeted
ime tae announce A goal fae a former player! Get this sorted @Aber(2020) search twitter

Orkney

Cormack, Kevin Toonie Void, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
sid: wan-time resident o the former bully on page 7

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Southern

@officialAliRed tweeted
meal at one of Robert Burns’ former haunts. ?? https://t.co/LFrMR(2019) search twitter

@projecthawick tweeted
t this was 18/19 Teviot Road, former mill house for the Rodono Mil(2020) search twitter