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Use in varieties of Scots

reader Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words29.4 39.3 19.2 19.9 0 10.9 8.8
Number of occurrences9174 12 2 0 1 2
Number of authors32 23 4 2 1 2

Occurrences of reader in Corpus

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Central

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 76 - Editorial, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Central, prose
Willie made til't, baith as a reader an commentator. Gin ye haena on page 3

2 matches

Brown, Ian Lallans 70 - The Scots leid in modren Scots drama, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
body wid simply be deivin the reader. Bit thon is the pint. Alexan on page 40

2 matches

Mc, Keeks Contermacious Temerity, (Dreich 2023 ISBN: 978-1-873-412190) Central, poetry
uncomfortable impact oan the reader on page 22

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Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
tion. Ma dad wisnae much ae a reader, eh? no unless yae coont the on page 86

1 matches

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
The Reader o Books on page 1
ords. The only motion fae the reader wis the raise, o her haund no on page 10

2 matches

McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
n daein it. Tae quote fae the Reader's Digest, the hoose journal o on page 51

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Niven, Liz Lallans 59 - Painting the Forth Bridge: A Search for Scottish Identity, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, newspaper
For this reader, the buik satisfies maist wha on page 84

3 matches

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
common fowk (thee an me, dear reader) were aye mindit tae remember on page 116

1 matches

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 81 - Editorial, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Central - Prestwick, newspaper
t dialogue atwein skreivar an reader (but for aw the skeill o't's on page 5

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Grae, Emma The Tongue She Speaks, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, poetry
e doesnae strike me as much o reader. Ah've nae idea why he's inta on page 36

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Horsbroch, Dauvit Scots Warks - Uphaud an guidance for screivars, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Central, government
it. Tae evite confoondin the reader, it is important tae haud con on page 7
cles. It ettles at helpin the reader unnerstaun a process, hoo a c on page 9
intress o the reader on page 10
b + object mak. This gars the reader tak tent maist directly tae w on page 11
wersettins' will jist pit the reader in a swither. on page 12
Also on pages 37, 39, 60
11 matches

Clark, Thomas The Boggin Beginnin, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303524) Central, weans
oked at Klaus. He wis the big reader oot o the three o them, and t on page 65

1 matches

Kay, Billy Lallans 78 - Thochts on the bonnie broukit bairn at hame an abroad, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, prose
"Let the reader imagine my astonishment when, on page 12

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Matheson, Ann Lallans 67 - Reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
s ettlin whiles tae amuse the reader wi coamic diverts (that dinna on page 90

2 matches

Douglas, Ashley Eemis Stane 1 - Editorial: Scots Belangs Tae Awbodie And Naebodie, (Eemis Stane 2022) Central, prose
This, reader, is gallus Scots leid history on page 4

1 matches

Niven, Liz Lallans 67 - Reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
w these situations engage the reader's emotions. on page 87

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Horsbroch, Dauvit Lallans 67 - Reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
naparty. Amang thir pages the reader learns a bittie anent weimen on page 110

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Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 67 - Reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central - Prestwick, prose
hinnerend, whilk vairsioun a reader favours is maistlie a maitter on page 116

1 matches

Robinson, Christine Lallans 73 - Historical Lexicography and the Records of the Parliaments of Scotland to 1700, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, prose
s expeckit o the memory o the reader; mindin whilk spellin variati on page 15

1 matches

Hodgson, Brent Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, prose
in lenth, but bienly for the reader, the owther haes duin a graun on page 119

2 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, prose
the student an the weil-lared reader. on page 129
p wi a screid o eiks that the reader will doutless be gled tae tak on page 130
rs thocht it wis necessar the reader shuid pree the oreiginal. on page 131
ras in 1707 an sets afore the reader accoonts o Darien, the econom on page 132

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Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central - Prestwick, prose
BBC commentator an leiterarie reader, but the thing at striks us, on page 135
t kis o the byordnar virr the reader brings ti thaim. (Here, tho, on page 136
nns the tale ithout giein the reader onie ither wittins; the skrei on page 137
ere for thaim, but the ordnar reader micht raither juist muive on. on page 141

4 matches

Philip, George Lallans 56 - Scotsoun Thereanent, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, prose
ergusson I howp will mak ilka reader tak anither keek at the ferli on page 46

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Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 75 - Review - The Shorter fiction, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
cum awaur that the uncle is a reader o The Saleroom an sae micht s
1 matches

Robinson, Christine Lallans 74 - Burns an the Dictionar o the Scots Leid, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
al wildlife lore informin the reader that ‘The fumart and the fi
1 matches

Macafee, Caroline Lallans 63 - Auld plain Scottis, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
he or she can lippen tae the reader’s knawledge o Laitin – or
ike tae be deifficult for the reader (or hearer) sud be introduced
hat follaes sud depend on the reader kennin whit that ferlie was.
in whit that ferlie was. (The reader canna be dependit on tae uise
aks it mair tuithsome tae the reader, bit as MacDiarmid famously p
5 matches

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 71 - Review - Auld Campaigner: A Life of Alexander Scott, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
t wi a twa-twa. Scott becam a reader in 1976 an stopped be-in Heid
1 matches

Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
(1) Interactive poetry. The reader is left to supply his own adj
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 177, (self-published 2008) Central, newspaper
ein embarrassed at bein a new reader o TS Law but feel a wee bitti
nin tae yokin time, takin the reader throu the trauchlesome day ta
2 matches

Smith, Jamie Soonds o the kirk an court: early airt muisic in Scotland, (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Edinburgh, blog
lute, an he wis a fine sicht-reader at the singin an aa. He on tw
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 114, (self-published 2003) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
rie. Sic is her gift that the reader naturally chynges thair persp
unfauldin events an gies the reader the privilege o bein the aw-s
2 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 117, (self-published 2003) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
urprise that loups oot at the reader is aye a gem weel worth findi
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 174, (self-published 2008) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
e mair richt nor anither, the reader quickly gets intae the wey o
1 matches

Dempster, Michael DIGNITY, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, poetry
the reader."
1 matches

Scots Language Center Crackin aboot politics, (Scots Language Centre 2020) Central, blog
s plain an business-like. His reader wad’a been Agnes Keith coon
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Arabian Monkfish (Part One), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central, prose
what? I ain’t a bloody mind reader, pal.’
1 matches

Douglas, Ashley The Maitland Quarto and Poem 49, (wee-windaes.nls.uk 2021) Central, prose
th and Naomi, invokin fur the reader – ‘as the scripture sayis
1 matches

Doric

Vettese, Raymond Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Doric - Montrose, prose
pages, and sae helps keep the reader spierin. on page 124
no ower scholarly for the lay reader and, maist importantly, it ma on page 126

3 matches

Vettese, Raymond Lallans 73 - Reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Doric, prose
pages, and sae helps keep the reader spierin.
no ower scholarly for the lay reader and, maist importantly, it ma
aist importantly, it maks the reader realise in whit esteem Geddes
3 matches

Strachan, Shane Hoast, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric, prose
Reader, they got far worse.
1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena The Spikk o the Nor East Leid, (Dictionaries of the Scots Language 2021) Doric, poetry
fairs an marts, fur scholar, reader, learnèd don
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@DoricPhrases tweeted
die an if sae fit it means? A reader http://t.co/OdnBZOc1nQ http:/(2015) search twitter
A reader is seeking the Doric for Mid (2017) search twitter
A reader recalls a #Doric phrase when (2019) search twitter
e a #Grampian Television news reader bit ah wis telt aat ah hiv a (2020) search twitter

Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
Ah'm the poor owid meter reader, at your door when you're in on page 83

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Giles, Harry Josephine WHIT TAE WRITE NOU?, (https://harryjosephine.com/ 2015) Orkney, blog
aboot haem, ye can force the reader tae think ayont yir language
1 matches

Southern

Purves, David Lallans 67 - The Incomparable Li Po (701-762), (Lallans Magazine 2005) Southern - Selkirk, poetry
transcended in the hert o the reader, an the emotions shared, unit on page 34

1 matches

Ulster

Dornan, Stephen The Widenin Sheuch, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Ulster, blog
s "wrang" English an gars the reader see it as anither thing aathe
1 matches

@OrangRuth tweeted
the average @SpindependentIE reader, like myself, to understand.(2017) search twitter

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