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Use in varieties of Scots

machinery Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words5.2 3.2 6.4 19.9 17.4 10.9 0
Number of occurrences166 4 2 3 1 0
Number of authors12 4 2 2 3 1

Occurrences of machinery in Corpus

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Central

Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
dinna drehve or operate machinery. on page 18
so thi machinery on page 23
Kin yi hear ah thi machinery on page 24

3 matches

Thoumire, Elizabeth In defence o SNHS, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central - Edinburgh, blog
y years o their life tied tae machinery.
1 matches

Grae, Emma Dancin wi the Rhona, (unbound.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
ll and intae a room filled wi machinery. Another nurse is in at hur b
1 matches

McClurg, Fernando Tae see oorsels as we see ithers, (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
ivists vulnerable tae a state machinery fast entrenchin itsel i posit
1 matches

Doric

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
Wi tractirs an machinery, on page 24
d doon it the eeseless lump o machinery. on page 81
k finally stoppit, the soun o machinery wis replaced bi lachter, clai on page 93

3 matches

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 73 - TROUBLE WI WITTGENSTEIN, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Doric - Aberdeen, prose
front o a muckle great bit o machinery. on page 87

1 matches

Orkney

Cormack, Kevin Toonie Void, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
o the machinery, oot at sea - on page 35

1 matches

Norquoy, Greer Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
Rhythm o the machinery on page 36

1 matches

Shetland

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
airried. Even dan dey wir nae machinery on da crofts, da voar wis aa on page 7

1 matches

Sutherland, Hazel Biggin Da Dess, (Shetland For Wirds 2004) Shetland, prose
Daa's labour wi nae help fae machinery. But dir kept da same size an
1 matches

Watt, Valerie Da secret wirld o Santie’s elves, (Shetland Times 2008) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
er Minstix. Ahint da door wis machinery dat I wis seen naethin da lae
1 matches

Southern

Rodger, Matt The Borth’ick Waitter, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Roxburgh, prose
gaun gear (machinery), i the Borthouch Ferm thresh
1 matches

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