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punishment Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words9.7 11.2 9.6 9.9 0 0 8.8
Number of occurrences3021 6 1 0 0 2
Number of authors24 17 4 1 2

Occurrences of punishment in Corpus

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Central

Beekman, Tony Lallans 84 - The Fate o the Philosopher, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
'mon noo, son, awa an tak yer punishment lik a man. Ye'll be nane the on page 49

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Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
r a couple ae minutes ae pure punishment. on page 43

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Muir, Glenn The McFables: Selected Aesop's Fables in Scots, (self-published 2015 ISBN: 978-1519739216) Central, poetry
esop wis said tae hae escaped punishment monie times throughoot his li on page 3

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Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
e details ae what exactly his punishment wis fur attackin that perr bo on page 132
ept ma mooth shut and took ma punishment like a man. Ma silence bein a on page 194

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Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
k, devisin yet anither fittin punishment fur the pizenous parent. Howe on page 35

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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
means the threatenin o divine punishment or vengeance, but gien the ch on page 103
nnan, didnae push fer capital punishment an the pair o them were gien on page 107

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Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
s suspension wisnae much ae a punishment if yi ask me because most fol on page 38
ter Morris is markin her aff. Punishment exercise, Miss Kyle, Wait beh on page 47

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Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
tae ettle tae mak the punishment fit the crime?. on page 119

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Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
Peyed tae tak the punishment, no free on page 123

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Clark, Thomas The Boggin Beginnin, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303524) Central, weans
ick, cause it disnae want the punishment o a leatherin. And in the sam on page 109

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Fitt, Matthew Hercules: Bampots and Heroes, (Itchy Coo 2005) Central - Dundee, weans
e me kill ma ain faimly. As a punishment ah hae tae dae whit Eurystheu on page 16

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Hershaw, William Lallans 59 - A Mass In Scots For Saint Andrae, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
Gin they tholed punishment as men dree it on page 97

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Bennett, Peter Carpe Diem, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
You’re a fuckin glutton fur punishment, ya cunt.’ Scanlon sais, si
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Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
ert tae think it wis a divine punishment ...
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Donati, Colin Universal Declaration o Human Richts, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Central, government
punishment.
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Facebook link ( 2017) Central
t nicht. Must be gluttons for punishment. Wis relieved tae hae a fu ho

@DABArbuckle tweeted
@Sheilam19534814 Shairly the punishment wis handed oot because Tilly (2020) search twitter

Doric

Benzie, Lesley Tales Fae The Doric Side - Vadim Shysimarin, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, poetry
punishment that I will be offered. on page 65

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Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
he antrin wikkeyn. It wisna a punishment, bein sent tae bide wi her gr
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Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
guid, wis heid o the Crime an Punishment Depairtment at Holyrood – D
din darg o torture an capital punishment. Lesser crimes war dealt wi b
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Crawford, Jack The Pluffer, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric - Forres, prose
er. A thocht this wis it. Fit punishment wid a be getting a windered?
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@Franwella tweeted
A punishment exercise for shaking a goal p(2011) search twitter

Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
ced me day o Judgement and me punishment wis hard. on page 69

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Ulster

Ulster-Scots Language Society Tha Fower Gospels, (Ullans Press 2016 ISBN: 978-1-905281-25-1) Ulster, prose
or that'll be tha day o God's punishment, an whut wus foretoul bi tha on page 105

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@the_gellick tweeted
erscots hae thoucht o a quare punishment for aa thon clakkin on aboot (2014) twitter link

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