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Use in varieties of Scots

quote Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words15.6 21.1 4.5 0 5.8 20.7 13.3
Number of occurrences5041 3 0 1 2 3
Number of authors34 25 3 1 2 3

Occurrences of quote in Corpus

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Central

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
tter fae his poacket. "And ah quote" he on page 134

1 matches

McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
s in th;, book but A want tae quote somethin fae closer tae hame. on page 14
An tae hae fun daein it. Tae quote fae the Reader's Digest, the on page 51
tell us this. A'm mindit o a quote fae the Christian Bible: on page 81

3 matches

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
Tae quote aa the ither examples ah coul on page 103

1 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit Scots Warks - Uphaud an guidance for screivars, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Central, government
quote things thay'r kent for haein on page 35

1 matches

Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
the occasional inspirational quote. on page 91

1 matches

Macafee, Caroline Lallans 57 - Lea the leid alane, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, prose
sis (1998: 187), sees fit tae quote frae a letter at Ah sent tae on page 56

2 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 168, (self-published 2007) Central, newspaper
wn, my native land", that's a quote frae Sir Walter Scott's epic
1 matches

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 74 - Editorial, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
that wee stap closer, an, ti quote Geerie: ‘Lichtlie this gin
1 matches

Fleemin, Sandy Deid Come Nevermas, (sandyfleming.org 2003) Central - East Lothian, prose
ti bairn, like's shawn in the quote abuin fae the aerly 20t centu
1 matches

Robinson, Christine Lallans 70 - The Language o the Glasgow Unity Plays, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
Stevenson gaes on tae quote Edward Boyd wha in the 1970s
on supportit this thocht wi a quote fae the lexicographer Francis
ve o the original meanin is a quote fae Dumfries scriever J. L. W
3 matches

Kay, Billy Born In Kyle, (Burnawn Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-9993309-4-1) Central - Kyle, prose
the famous quote by Tom Naim, maist like when
1 matches

Clark, Thomas Radge Against the Machine: Deid Wirds, Deid Warlds, an Why Scots Maitters, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central - Bellshill, blog
aye in the bathetic ghetto o quote merks that segregate it fae t
1 matches

Clark, Sara Indyref 2: Aulder, Wiser, Kinder, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central, blog
e wey it is for Scotland. Tae quote Phillip Larkin again, whit ah
1 matches

Smith, Jamie Effeirin tae the formal: Laitinate lendwirds in Scots, (Mak Forrit 2019) Central - Edinburgh, blog
The quote abuin frae Graham Tulloch, as
h English’ frae the Tulloch quote that the stert o this post, I
2 matches

Thoumire, Elizabeth In defence o SNHS, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central - Edinburgh, blog
e mispoke an hud intendit tae quote the figures fir a year she mi
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 115, (self-published 2003) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
1 is written in Scots an, tae quote Des Dillon's review o Matthew
1 matches

Muir, Glenn The Truth Will Out, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Linlithgow, prose
eave. As she said, and I will quote verbatim, he looks fuck all l
1 matches

McKillop, Roger The Staff, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
s allowed me tae paraphrase a quote frae Rumpole, A held up ma ha
1 matches

Dempster, Michael DIGNITY, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, poetry
in athin quote mairks,
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 102, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
ae Scots MEP haes been gien a quote for five hunner cairds. It's
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 106, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
in Scots an the follaein wee quote frae it kythed in the media:-
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 76, (self-published 2000) Central, newspaper
eceived an e-mail from, and I quote, the 'Secretar o Scots tung".
1 matches

Douglas, Ashley Scotland’s linguistic launscape – Scottish Staunart English and Scots, (languagereach.com 2021) Central, prose
ll the twa apairt – or, tae quote the English version o this ai
1 matches

Facebook link ( 2016) Central
ripe.” This is a favourite quote frae Cameron.The government l

Kay, Billy Time for Reflection, (archive2021.parliament.scot 2022) Central, government
Ah wull stert wi a kenspeckle quote fae Hugh MacDiarmid, yin o th
1 matches

@billykayscot tweeted
minds me o Hugh McIlvanney’s quote about the Scottish fitba team(2020) search twitter
s for sharin this Helen. Jist quote tweeted it - whit a touchin (2020) search twitter

@Chazzbat tweeted
Emailed a plumber for a quote to fix ma washin machine. He (2020) search twitter

@raiphsays tweeted
A cannae RT! Oany quote tweet :( Zat a new hing?(2020) search twitter

@bigandymccoll tweeted
it, that's actually his worst quote ever. He wis being too nice. (2022) twitter link

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
k up arseholes - aye n u can quote me on that lol (2020) twitter link
nMcCallion @garyshearer1 that quote - good player is funny - do (2020) twitter link
arseholes guys - aye n u kin quote and retweet me on that - fec (2020) twitter link

Doric

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
hree times, an he sterted tae quote Scripture at her. This wis na
1 matches

McDonald, Charlie , (Facebook 2022) Doric, poetry
as yer co-oopie number ye cud quote
1 matches

@JamieFairbairn1 tweeted
ie thing @Historic_Ally. Fave quote, Evelyn fae Buckie blethers (2020) twitter link

Shetland

@helenmoncrieff tweeted
@shaetlan_rose That's a quote fae T Edmonston's Etymologica(2020) search twitter

Southern

@StuartPoet tweeted
'sklentifruit' an the Lindsay quote. Shairly but it's nae bad thi(2020) search twitter

@MartyMacMurtrie tweeted
ioned that word, a can safely quote fae website ‘https://t.co/O6(2020) search twitter

Ulster

Ulster-Scots Language Society Tha Fower Gospels, (Ullans Press 2016 ISBN: 978-1-905281-25-1) Ulster, prose
"Nae doot Ye wull quote tha oul saw at me: 'Doctèr, on page 76

1 matches

@OrangRuth tweeted
iath @lurie_john He took thon quote from the Book of Ruth. I'm a (2016) search twitter

@the_gellick tweeted
being #UlsterScots. Mind his quote... http://t.co/8gki1q4Nrp (2014) twitter link

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