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Use in varieties of Scots

measures Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words5.2 5.8 4.8 19.9 0 0 0
Number of occurrences1611 3 2 0 0 0
Number of authors10 6 3 1

Occurrences of measures 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

Robertson, James Naebody'd Seen Him, (Scottish Book Trust 2018) Central, prose
seven-year measures: the first job after school, on page 18

1 matches

McQueer, Chris HWFG, (404 Ink 2003 ISBN: 978-1912489107) Central, prose
rastic times call fur drastic measures. on page 28

1 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, prose
ecretars o state an wechts an measures. on page 130

1 matches

Hodgart, John A Catalogue o Sair Neglect, (Bella Calledonia 2016) Central - North Ayrshire, blog
text wis apparently ane o the measures intendit tae reduce workload
text wis apparently ane o the measures intendit tae reduce workload
2 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit The Embra Greement, (Scots Language Centre 2012) Central, government
ts Government will comprehend measures for the
1 matches

McClurg, Fernando Tae see oorsels as we see ithers, (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
rtunity tae anoonce a range o measures designed tae supress dissent
1 matches

McClurg, Fernando Votin isna Democracy. But..., (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
pairliament that prevents sic measures bein passed maks it easier ta
1 matches

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
yesterday with your draconian measures - shame on you and the snp (2020) twitter link
hey adhere to the appropriate measures given out by the seryfa and b (2021) twitter link
s knees due to the ridiculous measures imposed by the snp - good lu (2021) twitter link

Doric

Benzie, Lesley Tales Fae The Doric Side - Vadim Shysimarin, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, poetry
I will accept all the measures of on page 65

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric: Alive an Kickin 2, (Argo Publishing 2006 ISBN: 978-0954615321) Doric - Inverurie, prose
rs. It's aa jist previntative measures raelly - jist te keep an ee on page 12

1 matches

Hutchison, Pat Bob the Dog fae the Bog, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
mind o man. Aifter a couple o measures o this the front door opened
1 matches

Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
This called fur desperate measures so I smairtly phoned me mithe on page 25
This called fur desperate measures if her favours he wid keep on page 57

2 matches

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