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Use in varieties of Scots

gruffalo Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words30.4 23.4 28.8 318 0 0 0
Number of occurrences9444 18 32 0 0 0
Number of authors6 3 2 1

Occurrences of gruffalo in Corpus

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Central

Smith, Elaine C. The Glasgow Gruffalo, (Itchy Coo 2017 ISBN: 978-1785300592) Central - Glasgow, weans
Ah'm havin a piece wi a gruffalo." on page 3
Ersnae sich hing as a gruffalo!" on page 5
Ah'm havin ma tea wi a gruffalo the noo." on page 7
Ersnae sich hing as a gruffalo!" on page 9
A gruffalo asked furst, so Ah'm oan ma w on page 11
Also on pages 15, 16, 17, 18, 20, 23
21 matches

Smith, Elaine C. The Glasgow Gruffalo's Wean, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303425) Central - Glasgow, weans
The Gruffalo said that nae gruffalo should on page 4
"Eez doon by the Clyde, eatin Gruffalo cake." on page 12
He's probly nicked oot fur a gruffalo tea." on page 16
"Awright, fair do's," sez the Gruffalo's Wean, on page 17
He'll be under a tree wi a gruffalo pie." on page 20
Also on pages 21, 25, 28, 31, 33
12 matches

@OliphantWullie tweeted
the same hoolet that met the Gruffalo A hope ??? (2022) twitter link

@LairnScots tweeted
Reading The Gruffalo In Scots | Authors Live | BBC (2021) twitter link
The Orkney Gruffalo https://t.co/wCdkB743GG via @ (2020) twitter link
Did ye ken ye can get The Gruffalo translatit intae different di (2020) twitter link
ne C Smith readin the Glasgow Gruffalo :-) https://t.co/5tm5x9J11I (2020) twitter link
Years Practitioner reads The Gruffalo in Scots fir weans lairnin at (2020) twitter link
and 3 other occurrences.

Doric

Blackhall, Sheena The Doric Gruffalo's Bairn, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1785300691) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
The Gruffalo quo, "Ye'll dae as I bid - on page 1
Ae nicht fin the Gruffalo sleepit, foonert, on page 5
The Gruffalo's Bairn wis feelin bauld: on page 6
e's doon bi the loch - ettin gruffalo cake." on page 9
But he's haein a gruffalo tea the nicht." on page 13
Also on pages 14, 17, 18, 22, 27, 28, 30
17 matches

@Manuforti1968 tweeted
ses Could be waar. Could be a Gruffalo's fart!(2019) search twitter

Orkney

Hall, Simon W. The Orkney Gruffalo, (Itchy Coo 2015 ISBN: 978-1785300066) Orkney, weans
ttie-face, a snek an a hungry gruffalo... on page I
Ah'm gaan fur me dinner wae a gruffalo." on page 1
There's no such thing as a gruffalo!" on page 3
Ah'm gaan fur me tea wae a gruffalo." on page 5
There's no such thing as a gruffalo!" on page 7
Also on pages 9, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21
30 matches

Hall, Simon W. No the Six o Clock News, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Orkney, blog
version o the hugely popular Gruffalo in Scots for bairns? A voice
bairns? A voice ower for The Gruffalo animation widna cost the yird
2 matches

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