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Use in varieties of Scots

miller Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words22 27.1 8 39.7 29.1 0 13.3
Number of occurrences6851 5 4 5 0 3
Number of authors26 16 5 3 1 1

Occurrences of miller 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

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
o fur a few more pint-cans ae Miller n a bottle ae the orange or r on page 16

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Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
Miln. For auld Tam Rowan the miller there tuik an aichth pairt as on page 57
e a crack wi Rab Johnston the miller. His yowes had aa lambed an w on page 69
peats for his auld freen the miller. on page 72
er, an gey keen on bonny Mary Miller frae Newhouse o Crossflats on on page 78

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McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
obertson, that warkit fer the miller at Knapp an wis takkin a cair on page 106

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Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
r an get Sellatape aff Mister Miller the Maths teacher. Ah'd forgo on page 34
gubbed. Nah nah, said Mister Miller, Wan all wis the final scores on page 35
Kirsty, said Mister Miller when the class wis finished, on page 48
the lassies fancy him. Mister Miller startet slaggin him when we w on page 77
in tae Laura Kyle when Mister Miller went an explaint it tag us. C on page 80
Also on pages 112, 118, 136, 161
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Neill, Willie Lallans 61 - Three Tales frae the Brithers Grimm, (Lallans Magazine 2002) Central - Ayrshire, prose
Thare wes a miller at had three suins, his mill, on page 42

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Drosten, John Lallans 67 - Fower Poems bi John Drosten, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, poetry
proceedit tae droon the miller on page 135

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Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central - Prestwick, prose
an a bane is brocht afore the miller, it sypes bluid (a quaet but on page 138

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Peffers, Bob A Aboot Mid-Camps, Kirnitten, Bi East Cawther, (peffers50.freeserve 2002) Central - Fife, prose
Grandfaither cam o fermer an miller fowk but he mairrit ma granni
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Robinson, Christine Lallans 74 - Burns an the Dictionar o the Scots Leid, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
rts of Scotland at least. The miller is offended, if it be called
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 142, (self-published 2005) Central, newspaper
in Baillie. But it wis Ronnie Miller that wis maist convincin as
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Bennett, Peter Liberties (Part One), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
ouple ay beers wae his teeth, Miller Genuine Draught this time. He
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Bennett, Peter Carpe Diem, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
the room an hauns me a can ay Miller Pilsner - fuckin piss watter
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Scots Language Center Crackin aboot politics, (Scots Language Centre 2020) Central, blog
u makkin it intae drink nor a miller can throu makkin meal o’t.
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 100, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
e-leidit anes.Cooncillor Drew Miller eikit that, for the siller sp
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astrothsknot The Auld Man O Jerah, (archiveofourown.org 2018) Central, prose
y, Davie Rae’s wife and the Miller at Menstrie, thay gangt awa w
“An the Miller o Menstrie’s wummin sang su
ot her loast man, we telt the Miller oorselves how he might break
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Facebook link ( 2019) Central
The miller hud invitit the auld man tae

@alistairdunn tweeted
Whit does Miller need tae dae tae get dropped?(2017) search twitter

@MizLiot tweeted
I dinnae stand wi Marion Miller. I dinnae stand wi thae ‘wom (2021) twitter link

Doric

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 73 - The Bigger Hoose, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Doric - Aberdeen, prose
vet, an Tam Webster, an Stan Miller, an Abbie Greig, an onybody e on page 107

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@DoricPhrases tweeted
e the tap an didnae see Windy Miller! https://t.co/v0jldTsKcK(2018) search twitter

@72redz1903 tweeted
y @AFCHereWeGo Does that mean Miller et al shouldn’t count appear (2020) twitter link

@beast_afc tweeted
Go Never bud iwise tenants or Miller(2020) search twitter

@Manuforti1968 tweeted
@FootballForAlI Willie Miller(2019) search twitter

Orkney

Hall, Simon W. Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, prose
group, which is led by Alison Miller. Orkney Voices is wan aspect on page 1

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Norquoy, Greer Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
The Miller an the Mill on page 36

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Giles, Harry Josephine WHIT TAE WRITE NOU?, (https://harryjosephine.com/ 2015) Orkney, blog
nised wi Simon Hall an Alison Miller an event caad Rashy Bulder’
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Shetland

Tait, John M Shaetlan is Daed - Lang live Dialect, (Shetland Dialect Conference 2004 2004) Shetland, prose
t Scots sociolinguistics, Jim Miller contrasts da Public an da lin
Miller gaes on ta disagree wi dis pu
Miller points oot at da contrast atw
Miller parteecularly disagrees wi da
a public concept o dialect at Miller duis agree wi. He writes:
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Ulster

Robinson, Philip Oul Licht, (Ullans Press 2017 ISBN: 978-1905281305) Ulster - Larne, poetry
Whuskin's roaks slate-grey An Miller's Isle. on page 22
Miller's Isle on page 23
Tha Miller's dauchter, at a while - on page 27

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