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Use in varieties of Scots

soldier Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words5.2 5.3 4.8 9.9 5.8 0 4.4
Number of occurrences1610 3 1 1 0 1
Number of authors11 5 3 1 1 1

Occurrences of soldier in Corpus

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Central

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
I'm a young Ulster soldier, on page 41

1 matches

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
us wants maire than tae be a soldier ae fortune in someboady else' on page 90

1 matches

Docherty, John F. Lallans 81 - Lang Summer Days, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Central, prose
to inform you the above named soldier is missing, presumed dead.' J on page 76

1 matches

Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
if ah'd gone tae America wi a soldier, ah'd huv still found ma way on page 51

1 matches

Geraghty, Martin A Bad Sport, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
‘Alright soldier, how’d yi get oan the day?â
‘Good shootin’ soldier, yid’ve humped me the day,â
‘You waitin’ oan a lift, soldier?’ he asks.
€¦ al get her ti drap yi aff, soldier. It’s ma duty. No problemo.
˜Here’s yir dirty rag back, soldier, it isnae fir me, am mare ae
6 matches

Doric

Byrne, Catherine Alice's Mishanters in e Land o Farlies, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010609) Doric - Caithness, prose
n afore them, in chains, wi a soldier on each side till guard him; on page 104

1 matches

Harper, Norman Stronach: A Weekly Look at Life in the Fictional North-East Village, (The Press and Journal 2000) Doric, newspaper
ight, I'm all right," the old soldier said. "I get dizzy some times
1 matches

@DoricPhrases tweeted
lucky fairmer tae war damaged soldier, ur eyes spoke a thoosand wor(2015) search twitter

Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
ed or trachled, I whistle and soldier on on page 31

1 matches

Shetland

Johnson, Laureen Alice's Adventirs in Wonderlaand, (Evertype 2012 ISBN: 978-1782010081) Shetland - Voe, prose
ore dem, tied in chains, wi a soldier apo every side ta gaird him; on page 109

1 matches

Ulster

Morrison-Smyth, Anne Alice's Carrants in Wunnerlan, (Evertype 2013 ISBN: 978-1-78201-011-1) Ulster - Ballymoney, prose
n afore thim, in chains, wi a soldier on ither side tae guard him; on page 108

1 matches

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