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Use in varieties of Scots

mortgage Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words3.9 3.7 4.8 0 11.6 0 0
Number of occurrences127 3 0 2 0 0
Number of authors10 6 3 1

Occurrences of mortgage in Corpus

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Central

Burnett, Mikey nobody remembers the birdman - It's Ladle, (Association for Scottish Literature 2022) Central, prose
A time when you'd huv hud yur mortgage oan the pair ae us yin day se on page 34

1 matches

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
jist as quick an wi a massive mortgage on his bit ranch in Arkansas on page 48

1 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
said he'd need tae take oot a mortgage tae afford them. on page 111
said, Yi'd need tae take oota mortgage tae buy a can a coke ower the on page 161

2 matches

@g_hibby tweeted
7 ??... I'm gonna have tae re-mortgage the hoose tae fill they tanks (2022) twitter link

@Chazzbat tweeted
e, an Ah dinnae hae rent or a mortgage tae pey.(2020) search twitter

@LowEndJardo tweeted
ner meat, ye can get it for a mortgage fae pure vegan places but I w (2021) twitter link

Doric

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
twa teenage bairns; a muckle mortgage an a lang stannin pension pla on page 28

1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
or the tcyauve o a lang-term mortgage – he cud gae richt tae the
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The Flying Pigs Use of the common good fund for slap-up feed merely follows in grand old tradition, (Press and Journal 2018) Doric, newspaper
erfect venue withoot a second mortgage or selling een o’ yer kidne
1 matches

Shetland

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
e, bit every penny goes on da mortgage, an Sarah haes ta be educated on page 22
i charms at wid a paid aff my mortgage. Dan dey wir da peacock brotc on page 42

2 matches

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