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Use in varieties of Scots

shots Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words6.9 7.7 6 19.9 0 0 4.4
Number of occurrences2215 4 2 0 0 1
Number of authors20 14 3 2 1

Occurrences of shots in Corpus

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Central

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
A'm lyin foetal, still takin shots. A feel a bottle burst over m on page 43

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Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
- lang afore the soun o the shots assailed his lug. Then Covena on page 51

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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
the toun. He heard a couple o shots fired but it wisnae till he w on page 105

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Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
e roon wis tae take some heid shots ae me fur the acting portfoli on page 169

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Rennie, Susan Kat an Doug on Planet Perjink, (Itchy Coo 2002 ISBN: 978-1902927565) Central, weans
ter, sae they were awfie guid shots. They won the first game, but on page 21

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Clark, Thomas The Boggin Beginnin, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303524) Central, weans
in it. Violet and Klaus took shots each sleepin in it, sae that on page 28

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Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
last week. They'd both fired shots at each other, and Maw hud th on page 46

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Steele, Gregor Dinnae Mak Me Laugh, (Scots Hoose 2021) Central, weans
We aw taen shots til the Heidie came, on page 20

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Philip, George Lallans 56 - Scotsoun Thereanent, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, prose
ed us the richt tae tak video shots alang the watterside doun in on page 46

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Bennett, Peter The Sacrificial Doo, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
guys, prolly a couple ay bent-shots. Never hud nothin this week s
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Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
a lang while afore they heard shots. That wis a guid sign - the
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Facebook link ( 2016) Central
A few shots wur fired an then baith sides

@MartinBroon tweeted
lydeFC Ur they stats right? 0 shots oan target?(2019) search twitter

@DABArbuckle tweeted
on the field while we tak pot shots like somebody trying tae win (2020) search twitter

Doric

Uri, Antonia Bidin awa: City Breaks, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Doric - Aberdeen, newspaper
sts - a muckle fountain that shots a constant jet o watter 140m on page 5

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Smith, Alex A Sair Fecht, (self-published 2003) Doric, prose
Jonsar seen the power an the shots
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@72redz1903 tweeted
e, County, Livi games tae get shots on target, make better decisi (2022) twitter link
sence. Even jist the number o shots he had compared tae Watkins i (2020) twitter link

Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
ed roond the 'Showies' hivvan shots on aal the stalls. on page 29

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Butler, Vera Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
torches noo lit for the final shots, on page 26

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Ulster

@OrangRuth tweeted
ous court appearance. After 3 shots of Bucky, he laughed. Bloody (2016) search twitter