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threat Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words9.7 14.9 0 0 5.8 0 4.4
Number of occurrences3028 0 0 1 0 1
Number of authors22 20 1 1

Occurrences of threat in Corpus

In order to avoid violating copyright law and abide by 'fair use', only up to the first five occurrences of the search term are displayed for each article.

Central

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
This threat gees me a soft chuckle. "And on page 146

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McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
thers' rules it wis seen as a threat. The extent o support wis rem on page 106

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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
that they werenae onie kind o threat the constable wis sent oot ta on page 28

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Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
Apocalyptic threat tae aa mankind, on page 20

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Donati, Colin Scots A Statement o Principles, (Scots Parliament 2003 ISBN: 978-1-899920-02-1) Central, government
ords an names currently unner threat o extinction throu anglicisat on page 14

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Sneddon, Duncan Lallans 83 - Biggin Brigs – Nummer 3: Cornish, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, prose
t see a synthesis as a direck threat tae the vitality o leivin dia on page 108

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Wilson, Rab Lallans 62 - Cormilligan, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, poetry
Apocalyptic threat tae aa mankind,
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Falconer, Gavin Lallans 63 - Richt Scots an Pithy Scots, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
under year is that muckle o a threat tae quality, hou is it that t
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Bolland, John Lallans 71 - Line of Sight – excerpt fae a novel in progress, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
aun watch in silence unless a threat tae public order is detectit.
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Holton, Brian Lallans 71 - O Niver ti Dree Corruption Mair, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
drow o rain, but naither the threat nor the promise o better ti c
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 142, (self-published 2005) Central, newspaper
sic a nationalist threat tae the Union, but nae maitte
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Handy, Robbie Forked Tongues, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Central - Dunfermline, blog
e a jot. He wis a real living threat tae the system o privilege in
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Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
n for Bill tae react tae this threat. This maun hae been the pynt
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McClurg, Fernando Weill, weill, weill, (The Sair Fecht 2016) Central, blog
im i pooer, an unner nae rael threat o tynin it. The mair radical
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McClurg, Fernando The Great Divide, (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
it haes nivver been unner sic threat as it is the noo, an Scotland
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Ewen, Allan Pairt Ane: Janus leuks back, (The Sair Fecht 2014) Central, blog
as aggressive an a potential threat tae Na voters safety. I certa
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McClurg, Fernando The USA: Whit happened tae the Guid Guys?, (The Sair Fecht 2014) Central, blog
him whan he wis obviously nae threat, or whan a twal-year auld wea
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 105, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
nt, nae doot, daesna see onie threat tae the dominance o Scottish
een, micht weel be seen as a threat tae the dominance o Scottish
nguage in Scotland an anither threat tae thon shooglie nail that h
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@Seperatist_No1 tweeted
ThomasM08749768 Upset isn't a threat and i wisnae being disabalist(2020) search twitter

@IshbelMcF tweeted
ung/chanted, to underline the threat of the whale who is clearly j(2020) search twitter

@MartinBroon tweeted
set up.Sheriff Dept personal threat level huz skyrocketed wae pas(2020) search twitter

@DABArbuckle tweeted
the news. He's a naebody. Nae threat.(2020) search twitter
4Moray @Conservatives Biggest threat tae the 'union' is Boris John(2020) search twitter

@bigandymccoll tweeted
ic order in GeorgeSq with the threat by a coupla dozen unionist ne (2022) twitter link

@pmcm1355 tweeted
hey see fowk uisin Scots as a threat tae "britishness". https://t. (2022) twitter link

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
burghpaper spot on - it is a threat - he is well out his depth n (2020) twitter link

Shetland

Williamson, Christie Continuous at sea defence, (damagnifyingless.wordpress.com 2015) Shetland, poetry
an fur aa tae da threat
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Ulster

Reynolds, Charlie Tha demise o oor ain tongue, (North Antrim Speak 2010) Ulster - Coleraine, blog
very little schulin an o nae threat tae them. Mann thaur richt bu
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