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mars Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words19.1 12.8 14.4 198.7 5.8 0 22.1
Number of occurrences5924 9 20 1 0 5
Number of authors25 13 7 1 1 3

Occurrences of mars in Corpus

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Central

Rennie, Susan The Wee Prince, (Edition Lintenfass 2017 ISBN: 978-3946190592) Central, prose
es, like o the Yird, Jupiter, Mars, an Venus, there are hunders on page 18

1 matches

Mc, Keeks Contermacious Temerity, (Dreich 2023 ISBN: 978-1-873-412190) Central, poetry
like Ah'm an ootlin fae Mars? on page 34

1 matches

McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
thin but a bunch o deep-fried Mars-bar eatin, kilt-wearin, subsi on page 127

1 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
sick cause ah saw yi eatin a Mars Bar this mornin. FUCK OFF. Ah on page 19
Aye well ah've yet tae see a Mars Bar wi legs. on page 86

2 matches

Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
Venus, Mars - and wistful fields abuin t on page 7

1 matches

Hershaw, William Lallans 67 - In Search o Robert Henrysoun, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, poetry
Cramson-faced like Mars in ane o his ox bluid rages, on page 123

1 matches

Calderwood, Lynsey Mumbo Jumbo, (Litro magazine 2006) Central, prose
no tell ma ah saw yi eatin a Mars Bar this mornin. FUCK OFF. Ah
1 matches

Bolland, John A Chocolate Cowboy, (From Glasgow To Saturn 2008) Central, prose
n aipples, a tangerine an twa Mars bars fur oor troubles (bit De
troubles (bit Derek kept the Mars bars fur hissel’). Ah dress
y,” - an oot comes the twa Mars bars which Derek
It wisnae the Mars bars. Ah tellt masel later an
later an fur years it wiz the Mars bars, the source o aa ma undo
9 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 111, (self-published 2003) Central, newspaper
i it, follaed bi a deep-fried Mars bar. We are telt that we are
1 matches

Forde, Iain W D Hale Ir Sindries - Buik Twa, (Fons Scotiae 2000) Central, prose
ti pit mars i Tammas’s gate.
1 matches

Eagle, Andy Lallans 62 - Stravaigin the Wab, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
asa.gov an http://www.fas.org/mars/marslife.htm. Organisations l
aurs. For tae dae this the ‘Mars Odyssey Satellite’ (http://
Odyssey Satellite’ (http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/odyssey) that ca
3 matches

Douglas, Sheila Lallans 63 - The Smithsonian Folklife Festival 2003, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
haggis-burgers and deep-fried Mars Bars, that the reporter threa
1 matches

Ewen, Allan Review: Saltire: Invasioun, (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
the Roman gode o war hissel, Mars.saltirecomic
1 matches

Doric

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 82 - Beyond The Pale , (Lallans Magazine 2013) Doric - Aberdeen, prose
ce ships an wis there fowk on Mars an wad we ivver get ti the me on page 74

1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
s fur proveesions. Nava hid a Mars Bar. Bappy tuik oot a pyoke o
t, anchored the tither side o Mars, efter pucklies o tests, they
2 matches

Johnson, Mary Lallans 59 - Furst Time, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Doric - Aberdeenshire, prose
me, an if we could shift some Mars Bars an Bounties, whit wiz th
1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
wa, neist door tae the planet Mars in fact. An the warld o
1 matches

The Flying Pigs Multiple choice voting leaves city cooncil facing, (Press and Journal 2022) Doric, newspaper
te control spaceships oot tae Mars nae bother, but this is Meikl
1 matches

@Doric_Bananaman tweeted
quines, dae ye deep fry thon mars bars? Fit aboot a banana? I'm(2015) search twitter

@DoricPhrases tweeted
14g o sugar. Ah’ll be haen a Mars Bar the morn, it’ll hiv less(2020) search twitter

@JamieFairbairn1 tweeted
@d_anderson878 A bet Mars bars were bigger an aa! (2020) twitter link

Orkney

Giles, Harry Josephine Deep Wheel Orcadia: A Novel, (Picador 2021 ISBN: 978-1529066609) Orkney, poetry
fer Mars, but here i'the ramse poly on page 4
on the Mars-Orcadia shippeen reute on page 7
aboot whit her pals in Mars is deuan. on page 11
price o a ticket tae Ross or Mars on page 14
Mars simmers is ower lang. on page 19
Also on pages 49, 63, 65, 71, 74, 81, 93, 107, 122, 123, 150, 155, 162
18 matches

Giles, Harry Josephine An Excerpt From Deep Wheel Orcadia: A Future Fantasy, (The Bottle Imp 2019) Orkney, poetry
va fae sheu teuk the ship tae Mars.
Thay spaek aboot Mars
2 matches

Shetland

@RedValkyrie84 tweeted
t could @IngenuityNasa FLY ON MARS!!! What an amazing time to be (2021) twitter link

Ulster

Robinson, Philip Oul Licht, (Ullans Press 2017 ISBN: 978-1905281305) Ulster - Larne, poetry
New freats o Mars tae weans we telt on page 10

1 matches

Dornan, Stephen Tha Jaa Banes, (Ulster-Scots Academy 2020 ISBN: 978-1-9163758-1-9) Ulster - Comber, poetry
inaboot Mars, on page 46

1 matches

Burgess, Wilson Dae Ye See: Ulster-Scots Poems, (Scots Language Centre 2007 ISBN: 978-0955791604) Ulster - L'Derry, poetry
Ga''en tae Mars on page 39

3 matches

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