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gary Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words34.2 33 9.6 9.9 0 0 163.6
Number of occurrences10662 6 1 0 0 37
Number of authors23 18 3 1 1

Occurrences of gary in Corpus

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Central

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
"Aw, that's great, Gary" ah sais. on page 116

1 matches

Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
e thi Hilltoon, Kevin McCabe, Gary Robertson an thi fleh Fifer P on page i

1 matches

Grae, Emma The Tongue She Speaks, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, poetry
omin fae the dinner hall. Mrs Gary must be makin tablet again. M on page 15

1 matches

Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
Cathy's children, Gary and Leanne, hur grandson Lewi on page 7
en wis Pokémon oan ma cousin Gary's Gameboy - and he'd snatche on page 31
ah pull intae the cemetery?' Gary says. 'It's Granda's annivers on page 49
Gary's drivin as slow as a day in on page 51
'Granny,' Gary says. 'Are you alright?' on page 59
Also on pages 60, 62, 63, 64
26 matches

McAlpine, Joan Meeting of the Parliament, (The Scottish Parliament 2019) Central, government
he Scottish Government. Actor Gary Lewis, who is a great support
1 matches

Douglas, Sheila Lallans 63 - The Smithsonian Folklife Festival 2003, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
e Polwart, Stanley Robertson, Gary West an mony ithers were gien
1 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit Are The Onybody Ither?, (Scots Language Centre 2022) Central, blog
n this date twa freens, cryed Gary Wood an Colin Wright, wis dri
1 matches

Morton, Elaine Lallans 71 - The Concreit Bouer, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
eculation o twenty year syne. Gary Beaton. She had kent him frae
ily wumman, faain pregnant wi Gary in the fag-en o her ferteelit
-eed, braithless for a gliff. Gary Beaton cam closer, seein naet
is words intil the bouer, but Gary didnae luik ben, rinnin on in
n nae step ootside for fear o Gary: there had been nae yowl, but
13 matches

Ewen, Allan Review: Saltire: Invasioun, (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
ohn Ferguson, Tone Julskjaer, Gary Welsh. Owerset intae Scots by
effort frae Tone Julskjaer an Gary Welsh tae bring the cairacter
2 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 86, (self-published 2001) Central, newspaper
hose scone munchers James and Gary will be drooling over your at
1 matches

@g_hibby tweeted
e have tae walk the hard road Gary... ??.. Enjoy mate... ?? (2023) twitter link

@jack_capener tweeted
onnie! Hope ye're steyin weel Gary(2020) search twitter

@RickHJohnston tweeted
Stick tae the fitba Gary, if ye think it's all ticket- (2022) twitter link

@billykayscot tweeted
@DundeePoet Gary, i never thocht I wad hae you(2020) search twitter

@Chazzbat tweeted
Wha's bin cutting Gary's hair durin lockdoon? Or, re(2020) search twitter
Ah'd heard a rumour that Gary wis gonnae kill Sarah. Ah thi(2020) search twitter
Oohhh. Mebbe Gary's the wan wha deis? #Corrie(2020) search twitter

@DABArbuckle tweeted
ish @BBCRadioScot Hae tae say Gary, yer daein a brilliant job oa(2020) search twitter
ther great show oan Setterday Gary. Fair enjoyed the banter and (2020) search twitter
rgot tae add "tae save lives" Gary.(2020) search twitter

@weenell3 tweeted
@hannah_gary Thanks Gary... a loadda dafties oot there (2022) twitter link

@ThonJacobite tweeted
led 'stars' like Zoe Ball and Gary Lineker millions o' feckin po(2021) search twitter

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
mmevo @JackGilchrist__ who is gary barlow anyway lol (2020) twitter link

Doric

Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
MERRY CHRISTMAS Gary Christie wakened up on page 15

4 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
. Ah'v hid a richt dose o the Gary Glitters - like caffies' sco on page 53

1 matches

@Franwella tweeted
Oo Gary's brutal. He's nae takin ony (2011) search twitter

Orkney

Cormack, Kevin Toonie Void, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
Gary Mirrland, whose subsequent on page 7

1 matches

Ulster

King, Angeline Weans o Latharna, (angelineking.com 2021) Ulster - Larne, weans
red o the games that Harry an Gary played. Ah was sick, sore an
wasnae sick, sore an tired o Gary’s sister, Jenny.
‘Harry an Gary dinnae like my games.’
ymair an ye winnae see much o Gary yince ye al go tae different
‘Harry an Gary say that ah'm a right Jinny i
37 matches

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