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tanks Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words10.3 4.1 0 9.9 139.5 0 0
Number of occurrences338 0 1 24 0 0
Number of authors15 6 1 8

Occurrences of tanks in Corpus

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Central

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
. They had snorkles an oxygen tanks an everythin. Wan ae them had on page 13
rks an aw that inside the big tanks. Cause ae the way the light w on page 164

2 matches

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
Tanks were sent tae crush a nascent on page 41

1 matches

Docherty, John F. Lallans 82 - Lang Summer Days Pairt 2, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, prose
thir wis a caur comin or even tanks, say, they wid slip intae the on page 47

1 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2020) Central, prose
: they had snorkles an oxygen tanks an everythin. Wan ae them had
1 matches

Bolland, John A Chocolate Cowboy, (From Glasgow To Saturn 2008) Central, prose
he German prisoners built for tanks. Ma faither worked in Linwood
1 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
un on at the unnergrun watter tanks ootside Rohini - if he had a
1 matches

@g_hibby tweeted
tgage the hoose tae fill they tanks up Bear... ?? Wonder if it wi (2022) twitter link

Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
cess plant on Flotta - steel tanks and flick'ran flame. on page 48

1 matches

Shetland

Johnson, Laureen Alice's Adventirs in Wonderlaand, (Evertype 2012 ISBN: 978-1782010081) Shetland - Voe, prose
I hardly ken - Na, nae mair, tanks ta you; A'm better noo - but on page 39
s nearly for risin an sayin, "Tanks tae you, sir, for your intere on page 95
Hit wis ower far, so mony tanks, but na, he widna dance on page 102
"Tanks ta dee," said Alice, "hit's a on page 103

5 matches

Greig, Charles A Shetland Bible, (Saint Andrew Press 2009 ISBN: 978-0715209158) Shetland - Lerwick, prose
an aathing got oot. Noah gied tanks dat dey wir aa been on page 7
Gie Tanks ta da Loard on page 33
n voice lipper ower wi joy an tanks ta da Göd Man. on page 37
We come afore dee foo o tanks; on page 39
can only gie dee my praise an tanks. on page 47
Also on pages 113, 127, 129, 143, 169
13 matches

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
""Gude's mercy! Weel tanks fur bringin dem back, ah'll j on page 74

1 matches

I Hear Dee Shaetlan A primer - v. 1.1, (I Hear Dee 2022) Shetland, prose
Wir tanks tae Dr. Mikael Parkvall (Depa on page 19

1 matches

Peterson, George P.S. Nannie Georgedaughter, (Shetland For Wirds 2002) Shetland, prose
‘Tanks ta you! I better go noo! Der
1 matches

Tait, John M Shaetlan is Daed - Lang live Dialect, (Shetland Dialect Conference 2004 2004) Shetland, prose
Tanks tae you, an Gud be aboot you.
1 matches

Watt, Valerie Trowie time flees an aa, (Shetland Times 2009) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
d. But I did git oot an aboot tanks tae a splendid suit I bowt. H
1 matches

@HazelTindall tweeted
someen chose for me ta read! Tanks tae you.(2020) search twitter

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