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lory Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words13.6 7.4 11.2 0 40.7 76.6 30.9
Number of occurrences4214 7 0 7 7 7
Number of authors6 2 1 1 1 1

Occurrences of lory in Corpus

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Central

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
there wis a Duck an a Dodo, a Lory an an Haglet, an a few ither on page 24
ae quite a wee hooley wae the Lory, wha eventually took the spur on page 25
"Ugh!" said the Lory, wae a shiver. on page 26
y it widnae stey!" sighed the Lory, soon as it wis quite oot ae on page 31

7 matches

Begg, James A. Alison's Jants in Ferlieland, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010845) Central, prose
here wis a Deuk, an a Dodo, a Lory an an Eaglet, an a wheen mair on page 23
ad a lang argie-bargie wi the Lory, wha tuik the dourles, an wad on page 24
"Yeuch!" grued the Lory. on page 25
y it widnae stey!" soucht the Lory, as shuin as it wis awa oot o on page 30

7 matches

Doric

Byrne, Catherine Alice's Mishanters in e Land o Farlies, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010609) Doric - Caithness, prose
air were a Duck an a Dodo, a Lory, an an Eaglet, an several ith on page 22
ed quite a long argument wi e Lory, who at last turned sulky, an on page 23
"Ugh!" sade e Lory, wi a shiver. on page 24
pity id widna stay!" sighed e Lory, as soon as id wis quite oot on page 29

7 matches

Shetland

Johnson, Laureen Alice's Adventirs in Wonderlaand, (Evertype 2012 ISBN: 978-1782010081) Shetland - Voe, prose
; dey wir a Deuk an a Dodo, a Lory an a peerie Ern, an twartree on page 24
raepit for a braa start wi da Lory, at took da dorts apon her at on page 25
"Gadge!" said da Lory, trimmlin as he spak. on page 26
peety he widna bide!" said da Lory wi a seich, as shön as he wi on page 31

7 matches

Southern

Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
there was a Duck an a Dodo, a Lory an an Eaglet, an seevral ithe on page 23
quite a lang argy-bargy wi th Lory, whae at last went in a huff, on page 24
"Ugh!" said th Lory, wi a shiver. on page 25
eet wouldnae stei!" sighed th Lory, as sin as eet was quite oot on page 30

7 matches

Ulster

Morrison-Smyth, Anne Alice's Carrants in Wunnerlan, (Evertype 2013 ISBN: 978-1-78201-011-1) Ulster - Ballymoney, prose
Thur wus a Duck an a Dodo, a Lory an an Eaglet, an a lock o ith on page 24
a brev lang argiement wi the Lory, wha went intae a twist, an a on page 25
"Agh!" said the Lory, tremlin. on page 26
y it wudnae stye!" sighed the Lory, is shane is it was oot o sic on page 31

7 matches

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