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Use in varieties of Scots

guest Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words14 16.4 15.1 9.9 0 20.7 0
Number of occurrences4532 10 1 0 2 0
Number of authors30 20 7 1 2

Occurrences of guest in Corpus

In order to avoid violating copyright law and abide by 'fair use', only up to the first five occurrences of the search term are displayed for each article.

Central

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
d tae fin oot" He ushered his guest ben the kitchen, whaut, set o on page 25

1 matches

Stevenson, Gerda Quines: Poems in tribute to women of Scotland, (Luath 2020 ISBN: 978-1913025502) Central, poetry
wi hinnie braith - a walcome guest - on page 90

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Douglas, Sheila Lallans 59 - Rants and Foys, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, newspaper
and twa langer spots fae the guest artists. Tae keep up the club on page 56

3 matches

Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
cam tae ma factory and be ma guest for wan haill day ~ you and a on page 59

1 matches

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
ea's the warld lik the dinner guest wha's cantily etten his fair on page 109

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Calder, Bob Lallans 58 - Allmairshall, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
m nae peace justifyin haein a guest, suir enough, and tho he'd na on page 72

2 matches

Tait, John M Lallans 73 - Guest, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, poetry
Guest on page 61

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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 168, (self-published 2007) Central, newspaper
Alasdair Allan MSP wi special guest speaker Liz Niven, owthor. Th
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Douglas, Sheila Lallans 62 - The Cairryin Stream o Tradeetion, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
an mettlesome. This year the guest artists tak in Sangsters an B
1 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
emen tane her intae yin o the guest rooms. “There’s a message
ed doon a stair an entert the guest quarters. This, it seemed, wi
kitchie stores. The haa o the guest quarters echoed wi the raised
l, bit doon the stairs in the guest quarters there wis an air o e
4 matches

Matthews, Lily A SPARK O INSPIRATION, (Scots Hoose 2021) Central, weans
day as we haed a fresh hoose guest arrivin. Cook tellt me she ne
in at the cakes fur oor hoose guest wis due efter. Ah well, eh ev
library tae collect oor hoose guest an bring hur back tae oor ham
e wha must hae been oor hoose guest. Ah explained tae them whit h
4 matches

Puchowski, James Frae Norrowa ower the faem, (The Sair Fecht 2016) Central, blog
The day we hae a guest post aboot the election frae
1 matches

Durie, Nick The Best o the Baith o Thaim, (The Sair Fecht 2016) Central, blog
A guest post the day, frae Nick Durie
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Clark, Thomas Till Houletgless an the Soond o Money, (The Scores 2018) Central, prose
d niver got awa wi treatin a guest yon wey, an the variorum o it
“Ye’re no the anely guest, Mister Houletgless,” the h
2 matches

MacMinto, Gregor Apartheid in Ohio, (wordpress 2021) Central, blog
cuil in Columbus, Ohio hostit guest speaker Mrs Amelia Sharp. She
1 matches

Facebook link ( 2021) Central
The special guest at this occasion, Jeannie Str

@jax6754 tweeted
@loosewomen @DiabetesUK Fabby guest you were today on loose women(2015) search twitter

@OliphantWullie tweeted
eer at wan o the 'ALMS' ( wee guest hooses) thoosands o feet up!! (2022) twitter link

@bigandymccoll tweeted
Sun ye say? - she'll be Zoom guest speaker at Alba International (2022) twitter link

@LairnScots tweeted
deePoet - a belter o a first guest! He raises the pynt o the pre (2020) twitter link

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
a kin get in as an anonymous guest but a cannae post ffs - who (2020) twitter link

Doric

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 90 - Mrs Cadwallader’s Conversion, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Doric, prose
news is she'll hae ti be wir guest for a fylie: ay, an tell her on page 44

1 matches

Kynoch, Douglas Lallans 87 - Andy, (Lallans Magazine 2015) Doric, prose
ant maitter o the oonexpeckit guest. Andy nott nae persuaadin tae on page 30

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Maitland, Andrew Tales Fae The Doric Side - The Auld Mannie, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
ass ower the face o his young guest an cleared his throat, embarr on page 77

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Morrison, Gordon Thi Lyfe An Tyme's O An Enshoar Loon, (Authorhouse 2006 ISBN: 978-1425955397) Doric - Boddam, prose
nicht en Glaisgae, an bee thi guest 'o' onner eit a Caberray nich on page 38
beray, aifter aw, we weis thi guest's 'o' onner. Oneywuly, wer ta on page 39
's, Manson and Danson, as our guest's of Honour." So we aat me an on page 40

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Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
"Everything's through in the guest room. My mother recently pass on page 72

1 matches

Shepherd, Robbie Harknin tae the braw souns, (John Benjamin 2000) Doric, newspaper
, maun start wi the calibre o guest artists.
1 matches

Uri, Antonia Widney’s Fuil, (Mak Forrit 2017) Doric - Aberdeen, blog
n Bram Stoker’s Dracula’s Guest and Other Weird Stories.
1 matches

Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
The Uninvited Guest on page 57

1 matches

Southern

Neill, Willie Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Southern, poetry
an gin ye were their guest wad shaw ye kists on page 142

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@StuartPoet tweeted
ets chosen by @ByLeavesWeLive guest curator @ClashCityClarky in h(2020) search twitter

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