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Use in varieties of Scots

monks Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words7.5 9.8 3 0 0 10.3 8.9
Number of occurrences2419 2 0 0 1 2
Number of authors10 6 2 1 1

Occurrences of monks in Corpus

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Central

Smith, Donald Saut and Bluid: A Scotsaga, (Luath 2022 ISBN: 978-1804250341) Central, prose
n a cave, the weem aneath the monks' fine ludgins. Thon wis a hal on page 11
hment an buiks. Aside him twa monks prepairit thir quills tae scr on page 12

3 matches

Cohen, Susan Wee Scottish Book o' Pure Stoatin' Joy, (The Wee Book Company 2019 ISBN: 978-1916491588) Central, prose
ute aboot wan o' thae Tibetan monks quietly sittin' cross legged, on page

2 matches

McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
omes fae the pens o Christian monks wha likely hated them as muck on page 31

1 matches

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
ayer fer ye, tho they werenae monks theirsels. on page 16

1 matches

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
Tae bell the Benedictine monks, on page 29
Frae the monks o Buckfast Abbey, on page 31

2 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit A gang-roond oor Sun Grid, (Scots Language Centre 2020) Central, blog
The Christian monks that wrate the gospels whiles
1 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
e a haa, passin a puckle mair monks, bit nane o thaim spake nor s
oused hersel. Purridge wi the monks at the
uckle kitchie. The last o the monks wis bein served purridge fae
uckle kitchie. The last o the monks wis bein served purridge fae
in dinin haa - evidently the monks an thair guests maintaint a s
9 matches

Doric

McDonald, John Mou Her Name, (Evertype 2018 ISBN: 978-1782012054) Doric, poetry
bairded monks Methusalahs haudin ilk ither on page 3

1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
At nicht, twa brosie chiels o monks sat either side o't, wi a str
1 matches

Southern

Purves, David Jade Lute, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Selkirk, poetry
Lauchin monks ir getherin
1 matches

Ulster

Thompson, Mark The Lost Ness Monster, (clydesburn.blogspot.com 2009) Ulster - Ards Peninsula, poetry
The monks that yinst leeved in the Abbe
An drunk aa the monks’ wine an shandy
2 matches

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