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goals Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words15.9 19.5 16.6 0 5.8 0 4.4
Number of occurrences5138 11 0 1 0 1
Number of authors24 17 5 1 1

Occurrences of goals in Corpus

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Central

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
tood right behind Bonnyrigg's goals and their keeper looks maire on page 105
bald dafty, in the Bonnyrigg goals. on page 106

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Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
man. That's him scored eleven goals already this season an two ae on page
beat Celtic four nil. Aw the goals came in the second half: a ha on page 70

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Purdie, David C. Lallans 58 - The Dumb Jyner, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
ages. They reckon gin I score goals the wey I've duin up here, I' on page 65

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McMillan, Hugh Whit If? Scotland's History as it Micht Hiv Bin, (Luath 2021 ISBN: 9781910022900) Central, poetry
hey'd no hae alloeud they twa goals, on page 72

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Macafee, Caroline Lallans 57 - Lea the leid alane, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, prose
t. Aa efforts tae win heicher goals are futile if this binna won. on page 56

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Docherty, John F. Lallans 82 - Lang Summer Days Pairt 2, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, prose
at everybody wanted tae go in goals, bit Ah widnae let thim, Ah w on page 46

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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 167, (self-published 2007) Central, newspaper
side scores the first o three goals an Scotland's chances is oot
He scored twenty goals in the playgrun
2 matches

Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
an kept scorin goals,
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Bennett, Peter Liberties (Part Two), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
t an put tae the sword by two goals oan the break. Jonas Tern an
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McKillop, Roger Uprisin' an' Doonfa', (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Edinburgh, poetry
cht an’ die tae achieve his goals, then bugger off back tae oor
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McKillop, Roger Wee Roge Boobs, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
hey achieved their swimmin’ goals.
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Crawford, Ross At Stake, (Medium 2021) Central - Stirling, prose
k — and Declan Walsh wis in goals, while the rest ae us barrell
boot match the size ae junior goals. The rest ae the pitch is sur
s aboot tae blooter it toward goals. The baw takes a mad deflecti
it’s gonnae fash Declan in goals — but it is in serious dang
hout. He came rushing oot his goals, eyes locking ontae the traje
5 matches

McClurg, Fernando “Blood Upon the Grass” – merk twa?, (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
n or McGregor that stairts in goals. As awbodie kens, the questio
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McClurg, Fernando The USA: Whit happened tae the Guid Guys?, (The Sair Fecht 2014) Central, blog
s muckle aboot aspirations an goals as they are aboot the actual
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 125, (self-published 2004) Central, newspaper
gits in the wey o maist o the goals that upsteerers wants for the
erers wants for the language; goals like Scots signage in the pai
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Crawford, Ross At Stake, (productmagazine.co.uk 2022) Central - Stirling, prose
k — and Declan Walsh wis in goals, while the rest ae us barrell
ins and we’d marked oot his goals wae jaikets and bags. So, Rob
it’s gonnae fash Declan in goals — but it is in serious dang
s ma shout. He rushes oot his goals, een lockin oantae the baw, t
4 matches

Gillespie, Alan Mon the Rovers, (Scottish Book Trust 2021) Central, prose
team though. Scott Thomson in goals; the same Scott Thomson that
hanks to two Jurgen Klinsmann goals. And now, the weather.
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@jax6754 tweeted
Brazier @CloserOnline Keeping goals achievable and obtainable! Al(2015) search twitter
an......... onwards. One o ma goals is tae write book and show th(2015) search twitter

@MartinBroon tweeted
ez urny gettin yer points and goals back.And fur makin Us look li(2019) search twitter
@ClydeFC Ph aye and 5 goals in 4 days!(2020) search twitter

@WhenDidADidny tweeted
fortune? We scored 3 crackin goals. Boyata wis actively trying t (2018) twitter link

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
ey @robertmdaws could play in goals or centre forrit - and of co (2021) twitter link
r n al c u at the back of the goals lol (2020) twitter link
ee sum time at the back o the goals (2020) twitter link

Doric

Gilbert, Jo Tales Fae The Doric Side - Introduction, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
Oor project hid twa main goals - tae create paid opportunit on page 9

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Fowler, Ross Sunday Fitba wi ma Faither, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric - Forres, prose
He wint ower tae the goals and then stood there waitin f
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@72redz1903 tweeted
bzPodcast Aye, but the lack o goals is nae really doon tae system (2022) twitter link
’ve had scoring mair than 10 goals. (2021) twitter link
o the players tae losing the goals was bang on (2021) twitter link
ve 100%, stay composed, score goals and you’ll be a legend in no (2021) twitter link
ng any striker who is scoring goals? Strikers currently scoring g (2021) twitter link

@beast_afc tweeted
eer spat a lung up over the 6 goals for the dandies(2020) search twitter
@Aberdinho Scores goals ana. Future replacement for M(2020) search twitter

@daleser23 tweeted
sports news and see sum o the goals he scored(2013) search twitter

Shetland

Watt, Valerie Trowie time flees an aa, (Shetland Times 2009) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
d Fokk scored no wan, but twa goals in da hidmist meenits. I coul
1 matches

Ulster

Burgess, Wilson Dae Ye See: Ulster-Scots Poems, (Scots Language Centre 2007 ISBN: 978-0955791604) Ulster - L'Derry, poetry
Hae scored goals bae the dizin, wae'd al'seen on page 2

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