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Use in varieties of Scots

goldfish Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words5.3 4.1 4.5 29.8 11.6 0 4.4
Number of occurrences178 3 3 2 0 1
Number of authors13 6 3 2 1 1

Occurrences of goldfish in Corpus

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Central

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
wee guy yi wouldnae leave yir goldfish wae. The wee cunt wouldnae ev on page 7

1 matches

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
e than a loast and frightened goldfish. It's been a long time since on page 185

1 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
aw big an wet an rubbery lik goldfish lips an ah could taste the Wr on page 73
oose ~ no unless yi count the goldfish Karen got fur her twelfth bir on page 169

2 matches

Grae, Emma The Tongue She Speaks, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, poetry
sister Skye transformed intae goldfish. on page 29

1 matches

Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
She gard me dig a goldfish pond,
A goldfish in the gairden pond
2 matches

@DABArbuckle tweeted
somebody trying tae win a wee goldfish at the shows?(2020) search twitter

Doric

Innes, Brian P. Tales Fae The Doric Side - Thochts o a Teacher, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
An so we got a fish pond, wi goldfish. We bocht three pea hen eggs on page 50

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric: Alive an Kickin 2, (Argo Publishing 2006 ISBN: 978-0954615321) Doric - Inverurie, prose
enin an shuttin er moo like a goldfish in a bowel. on page 25

1 matches

@fittiecrooners tweeted
pet shop the day "Can I buy a goldfish"? Guy said, 'Do u want an aqu(2017) search twitter

Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
I won a goldfish fur the wife bi throwan ping- on page 29
Wis the goldfish in his plastic poke, aal shri on page 30

2 matches

@peediepuss tweeted
@Orkwoodturner Goldfish creels? ????(2020) search twitter

Shetland

Johnson, Laureen Alice's Adventirs in Wonderlaand, (Evertype 2012 ISBN: 978-1782010081) Shetland - Voe, prose
an pat her 1 mind o a bowl o goldfish at shö wis cummled ower bi a on page 117

2 matches

Ulster

Morrison-Smyth, Anne Alice's Carrants in Wunnerlan, (Evertype 2013 ISBN: 978-1-78201-011-1) Ulster - Ballymoney, prose
ndin hir gye much o a globe o goldfish shae had accidentally cowpt t on page 116

1 matches

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