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Use in varieties of Scots

playgrund Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words9.4 14.4 0 9.9 5.8 0 0
Number of occurrences2927 0 1 1 0 0
Number of authors10 8 1 1

Occurrences of playgrund in Corpus

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Central

Robertson, James Precious and the Puggies, (Itchy Coo 2011 ISBN: 978-1845023324) Central, weans
po as they walked oot tae the playgrund. 'Wha dae ye think it is, Pre on page 44
tae somebody staundin in the playgrund. on page 45
aff tae the tither side o the playgrund whaur they had seen Poloko si on page 52

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Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
The Glen Club, millionaires' playgrund? Enough tae make ye pish yers on page 1

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Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
thy weans were ootside in the playgrund. Her first move wis tae gang on page 84
staundin in the corner o the playgrund, a torn-faced ten-year-auld l on page 96
methin strange happened. 'The playgrund, which up tae then hud been f on page 104
t ower the metal palins o the playgrund and high up in the sky. on page 108
in and stottered back tae the playgrund. on page 109
Also on pages 111, 134, 163, 200
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Hershaw, William Lallans 67 - In Search o Robert Henrysoun, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, poetry
The bairns in the playgrund caaed me a fuil on page 123

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Purdie, David C. Lallans 73 - The Glesgy Screwdriver, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central - Midlothian, prose
dford larry and dumped in the playgrund with thair tuils an a pile o on page 95
Ayont the playgrund he could see umpteen wifies g on page 99

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Hershaw, William Lallans 56 - In The Classroom, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, prose
crisp poke steered in the het playgrund in the mid efternuin. Jameela on page 37

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Falconer, Gavin Lallans 63 - Richt Scots an Pithy Scots, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
ts-influenced Inglish fae the playgrund or reams o Barbour learnt as
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 147, (self-published 2006) Central, newspaper
spake different in the schuil playgrund nor whit they did in the cles
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 116, (self-published 2003) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
the front gates o the schuil playgrund an ane o thaim in particlar w
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Capener, Jack This laund wis wrocht for you an me, (Mak Forrit 2021) Central - Edinburgh, blog
ational, uisin it as a kinnae playgrund – an interaction anely poss
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 75, (self-published 2000) Central, newspaper
in anither language for thair playgrund gemms an e'en some lessons. I
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Orkney

Norquoy, Greer Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
Gressy playgrund and an air raid shelter. on page 42

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Shetland

De Luca, Christine Parallel Worlds: Poems in Shetlandic and English, (Luath 2005 ISBN: 978-1905222131) Shetland, poetry
I da playgrund, a steyn at his cöts, on page 68

1 matches

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