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nummers Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words33.4 43.7 10.6 69.6 0 0 35.4
Number of occurrences10785 7 7 0 0 8
Number of authors39 28 5 1 5

Occurrences of nummers in Corpus

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Central

Rennie, Susan The Wee Prince, (Edition Lintenfass 2017 ISBN: 978-3946190592) Central, prose
ups. Growen-ups are fu fain o nummers. Whan ye tell them ye hae a n on page 19
them that kens muckle o life, nummers dinna maitter a whittie-whatt on page 20
ne ocht in his life forby add nummers thegither. The haill day lang on page 29
hemsels. They are thirled tae nummers, sae that will please them. B on page 59

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Beekman, Tony Lallans 85 - The Belt, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
ed maths. Words were braw but nummers were a nichtmare. Words were on page 40

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Begg, James A. Alison's Jants in Ferlieland, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010845) Central, prose
the Duchess; "I cannae staun nummers!" An wi that, she stertit tae on page 44

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Connor, Charles P. Lallans 90 - Serendipity, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Central, prose
it hid mair adae wi saufty in nummers. Whit, judgin bi the leerin, on page 27

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Moodie, Gordon D. Lallans 90 - Snoke Iz A Pithie Warlock, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Central, prose
airm owernicht. They stickit nummers oan the streeps an letturs oa on page 80

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Mc, Keeks Contermacious Temerity, (Dreich 2023 ISBN: 978-1-873-412190) Central, poetry
tae drag the nummers oer on page 34

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Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
he wis blessed wi strength o nummers as weel as the strength o the on page 36

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McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
on public siller an, like the nummers o projectit jobs, that the pr on page 36
fowk are daein fine, but the nummers o puir fowk on page 87
ru phone-trees, leets o phone nummers o sympathisers o differin cam on page 103

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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
isnae lang afore the superior nummers o the Picts began tae tell. A on page 15

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Horsbroch, Dauvit Scots Warks - Uphaud an guidance for screivars, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Central, government
pedia, gars us think that the nummers o Scots speakers that feels t on page 6
shuid be wrutten in full but nummers efter 10 shuid be wrutten as on page 13
the same time as the heichest nummers for Scots speaking ever recor on page 37

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Macafee, Caroline Lallans 61 - Glesca dialeck i the modren warld, (Lallans Magazine 2002) Central, prose
an politics. His figures for nummers o Scots spickers can be analy on page 9

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Horsbroch, Dauvit Lallans 67 - Reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
. An he weishes for faur mair nummers o flichts tae important comme on page 110

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Law, John Lallans 56 - Editorial, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, prose
ief! - sen it maun be at oor nummers haes growen oot o haun frae 1 on page 4

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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 103, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
l or in pairt athoot leemit o nummers an this hauds guid an aw for
mit thaim tae Scots Tung. The nummers wis a wee bit up on last year
a gey strang entry, baith in nummers an in quality.
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 178, (self-published 2008) Central, newspaper
ch an yaise thair ain wecht o nummers tae force thirsels oot the jy
n gie thaim copies o STW back nummers tae yaise as templates. A can
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Durie, Nick Votin Seestems, (peffers50.freeserve 2003) Central - Glasgow, prose
e rin. It also taks a dwam in nummers o votars fir the saicont vote
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Eagle, Andy Lallans 74 - Stravaigin the Wab, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
is linkit tae an IP address, nummers gien computers for tae identi
y speceefic details sic as IP nummers, the kin o brouser uised, lan
threaps that it anonymises IP nummers efter nine month or sae, but
it tae be ane o 64 or 127 IP nummers; efter anither elieven month
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Gillon, Karen Report on Inquiry intil the role o, (Education, Culture an Sport Comatee 2003) Central, government
that maks a group smawer in nummers nor the lave o that State’s
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 108, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
l or in pairt athoot leemit o nummers an this hauds guid an aw for
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS nummer 109, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
l or in pairt athoot leemit o nummers an this hauds guid an aw for
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 111, (self-published 2003) Central, newspaper
able tae be thare. For aw the nummers wis doon a bit tho, it wis a
l or in pairt athoot leemit o nummers an this hauds guid an aw for
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Forde, Iain W D Hale Ir Sindries - Buik Twa, (Fons Scotiae 2000) Central, prose
wes a sair baur, bot gryte nummers o fowk cam ower i howp. The e
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Somerville, Shirley-Anne Scots Government Commitments tae Gaelic an Scots an Scots Langages Bill: consultation, (gov.scot 2022 ISBN: 978-1804358313) Central - Holyrood, government
Scotland throu increasin the nummers o thaim thit's lairnin, spikk
the oweraw ettle o heezin the nummers o fowk thit are spikkin, uisi
airts whaur there significant nummers o spikkers.
kkers in areas wi significant nummers o spikkers?
areas whaur there significant nummers o Gaelic spikkers wi the prin
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Douglas, Sheila Lallans 62 - The Cairryin Stream o Tradeetion, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
act names, addresses or phone nummers, details o the programme an g
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Robertson, Colin Lallans 81 - Wildlaw, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Central, prose
i monie indwallers. Increasin nummers o fowk see a wey ‘forrit’
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Morton, Elaine Lallans 71 - The Concreit Bouer, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
sair trauchle to dunch in the nummers on the phone, wi the receiver
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Haddow, Kris Haud the Bus - Where Dae Ye Catch the Bus Tae Sarajevo?, (The Wee Paper 2022) Central, prose
et least there’s safety in nummers, A decide tae hing aroon here
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 142, (self-published 2005) Central, newspaper
o nummers an this hauds guid an aw for
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Smith, Jamie William Playfair: faither o data visualisation, (Mak Forrit 2019) Central - Edinburgh, blog
starin at a table o dates an nummers. Playfair trewed that makkin
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Heather, Alistair Trains approachin?, (Mak Forrit 2017) Central - Angus, blog
an scran. Aa across the buird nummers ar heized up.
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Thoumire, Elizabeth Three days in October, (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Edinburgh, blog
m haud in the psyche o growin nummers o Scots. I jalouse it’s a g
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Thoumire, Elizabeth The killin fields!, (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Edinburgh, blog
sýstematic killin in muckle nummers o oor ain muntain hares. Crai
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 147, (self-published 2006) Central, newspaper
rang ootcome tae the jaloused nummers o Scots speakers in the kintr
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 114, (self-published 2003) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
il or in pairt athoot limit o nummers an this hauds guid an aw for
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 115, (self-published 2003) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
il or in pairt athoot limit o nummers an this hauds guid an aw for
But it wisna juist the nummers that makit Campie staund oot
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 116, (self-published 2003) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
il or in pairt athoot limit o nummers an this hauds guid an aw for
avity shifts eastwards an the nummers o minority an threitened leid
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 117, (self-published 2003) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
il or in pairt athoot limit o nummers an this hauds guid an aw for
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Dempster, Michael DIGNITY, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, poetry
wirnae lik the nummers,
the mairks fir the nummers aw
See, see the shape o the nummers?
writin nummers
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Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
aise pinyin ... na, wait, the nummers are Arabic ... an Ah can see
ld People, tae balance up the nummers, maist like. Bill wad hae lik
Gangotri Glacier meltit. The nummers gaitherin for the Maha Kumbh
ly, “Ah canna hannle muckle nummers in thy langage.”
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Scots Language Center Crackin aboot politics, (Scots Language Centre 2020) Central, blog
referendum held in 1979, the nummers wis scrimp o a rule that thre
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McClurg, Fernando The Potemkin Pairty, (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
gied percentages, but no raw nummers whan annooncin the result o t
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McClurg, Fernando Thon Survation poll..., (The Sair Fecht 2014) Central, blog
Pittin thir nummers through the Weber Shandwick c
can nae langer say that thir nummers is doon tae ootliers, sample
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 100, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
l or in pairt athoot leemit o nummers an this hauds guid an aw for
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 101, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
l or in pairt athoot leemit o nummers an this hauds guid an aw for
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 102, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
l or in pairt athoot leemit o nummers an this hauds guid an aw for
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 105, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
l or in pairt athoot leemit o nummers an this hauds guid an aw for
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Monahan Brown, Ricky Dùn Èideann, (The Scores 2020) Central, prose
tae, this wid dae. He wis…. Nummers, nummers, a bar code, mair nu
, nummers, a bar code, mair nummers . . . .
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 106, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
l or in pairt athoot leemit o nummers an this hauds guid an aw for
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 125, (self-published 2004) Central, newspaper
il or in pairt athoot limit o nummers an this hauds guid an aw for
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 76, (self-published 2000) Central, newspaper
l or in pairt athoot leemit o nummers an this hauds guid an aw for
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 86, (self-published 2001) Central, newspaper
l or in pairt athoot leemit o nummers an this hauds guid an aw for
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Doric

Gilbert, Jo Tales Fae The Doric Side - A hame is a hame is a hame, is it nae?, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, poetry
Aa come fae wirds, nae nummers, on page 33

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Innes, Brian P. Tales Fae The Doric Side - Thochts o a Teacher, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
me go, an can ye imagine the nummers o pupils that wid hiv hid a r on page 50

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McGregor, Iain Lallans 78 - Scots Teegars, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Doric, prose
this wad bi ordinar, an suin nummers o tentie vultures wad drap fa on page 80

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McGregor, Iain Lallans 76 - Wullie’s Wife: The Hoaspital Veisit, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Doric, prose
nummers. Mind Peggy if it haid bin th
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Murdoch, Steve Schrödinger’s Leid?, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Doric - St Andrews, blog
id nane did ava. An fyles, aa nummers in atween were pitten aroun a
report (1996) concluded at ma nummers for spikkers fae the year afo
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@Doric_Bananaman tweeted
air giepit than thon awfa big nummers o' fowk we ca' the electorate(2016) search twitter

Orkney

Giles, Harry Josephine Deep Wheel Orcadia: A Novel, (Picador 2021 ISBN: 978-1529066609) Orkney, poetry
an runnan the nummers again, an wipan on page 14
the laser an dirl wi the new nummers: the thowt o paitrens on page 30
r the first day on site, whan nummers wirno been wrowt intae unmean on page 102
. Whit wey deu thay ken? Whit nummers is on the timer coontan doon? on page 103
iece sheu ll nivver gang, the nummers at track her credits is ap, a on page 114
Also on pages 133
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Ulster

Robinson, Philip Oul Licht, (Ullans Press 2017 ISBN: 978-1905281305) Ulster - Larne, poetry
But wurds an nummers daesnae mix, on page 37

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Ni Chuilin, Caral Roadin furtae Bring Forrits an Graith tha ULSTER-SCOTCH Leid, Heirskip an Cultur, (Mannystrie o Fowkgates, Airts an Aisedom 2015) Ulster, government
it, tha wye we'll can mak tha nummers o yins taakin it siccar an ei on page 42

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Crozier, Ian Recomendations fer an Ulster-Scots plen fer oor leid, heirskeip an’ culture, (communities-ni.gov.uk 2022) Ulster, government
d brocht aboot a baag ris' in nummers o' fowk an' curns engagin' wi on page 41
beck in size bit wi' baager nummers o' daeins. Hooiniver, agin th on page 45
raged taakin pairt bae strang nummers o' young fowk , an' thon hes on page 48
a festival tae draw baag nummers o' locail tourists forebye to on page 65

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Ulster Scots Agency Ulster Scots Census, (census.gov.uk 2021) Ulster, government
ode wull hae baith letters an nummers.
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Drennan, William Yin Tae A Hunner, (Ullans Press 2004) Ulster, poetry
Aa the nummers A hae mine
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