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Use in varieties of Scots

tongues Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words22.3 18.1 11.2 39.7 58.1 21.9 53.1
Number of occurrences6934 7 4 10 2 12
Number of authors48 21 6 4 7 2 8

Occurrences of tongues in Corpus

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Central

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
uir voice avail Against three tongues thegither? on page 5

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McGregor, Iain Lallans 87 - The Neep Lantern, (Lallans Magazine 2015) Central, prose
in braith an flichterin thair tongues oot an in, slaiverin aw the w on page 22

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McNeil, Andrew Lallans 58 - Carnegie’s Turning, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, poetry
Native tongues and industries are perished - on page 122

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Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
the time we scrievit maps wi tongues, on page 11

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Douglas, David Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Galloway, poetry
ma true-tongues twisted, rackit on page 52

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Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
Tribal Tongues on page 72

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Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
hite teddy bears wi long pink tongues. The maw dog wis massive: it on page 169

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Fitt, Matthew Geordie's Mingin Medicine, (Itchy Coo 2007 ISBN: 978-1845021603) Central, weans
n continued, 'hae fire on oor tongues and spairks in oor bellies an on page 10

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Donati, Colin Scots A Statement o Principles, (Scots Parliament 2003 ISBN: 978-1-899920-02-1) Central, government
e Czech. We cry aw thae ither tongues languages for a reenge o cult on page 7
. This historical diversity o tongues wis fairly increased in the t on page 9
arn frae the examples o ither tongues whit can be duin tae uphaud a on page 10
is providit in a selection o tongues, Scots shuid be, as a maitter on page 14
e the diversity o the warld's tongues unnerthreat, it will add ane on page 15

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Morton, Elaine Hamethocts, (Evertype 2010 ISBN: 978-1782012399) Central, poetry
Wi droukit tongues scaw-soused sing coronach on page 39

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McPartlin, John Lallans 68 - Black Staff , (Lallans Magazine 2006) Central, poetry
empore tae him that speaks in tongues. on page 112

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Crawford, Ross Eemis Stane 1 - Ane Dialog betwix King James VI, (Eemis Stane 2022) Central, script
rusticall and corrupt aliene tongues! on page 11

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Fitt, Matthew Hercules: Bampots and Heroes, (Itchy Coo 2005) Central - Dundee, weans
their tongues at him, thocht it wis a gemm. on page 2
spittin oot poison wi jaggie tongues. And fora tail, Cerberus had on page 51

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McMillan, Hugh Whit If? Scotland's History as it Micht Hiv Bin, (Luath 2021 ISBN: 9781910022900) Central, poetry
In the oldest of tongues, on page 85

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McPartlin, John Lallans 76 - The Gied Ower Gairden, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Central, poetry
lips up fur tongues o petals. Or seek tae feed
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Holton, Brian Lallans 71 - O Niver ti Dree Corruption Mair, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
s and pans an the clatterin o tongues as the weimen-fowk wis gettin
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Malgrati, Paul Ayont the Fake and the Leal: Let's Free the Leid, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central, blog
guistic ettle. Like ony ither tongues that hiv ivver attempted at g
e. This is hou maist European tongues were draftit in the seeventee
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Clark, Sara Your Leid, Oor Leid, Awbody's Leid, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central, blog
ved the wey it danced aff the tongues o fowk ah sae admired… the
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Clark, Thomas Aw Aboard! The fecht for the Scots language stairts the day!, (Bella Caledonia 2019) Central - Bellshill, blog
ir ain hoose an in the mockin tongues o teachers an politicians, ha
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Fitt, Matthew Fae Mooth tae Page, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Central, blog
whaur it’s ane o oor mither tongues.
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Handy, Robbie Forked Tongues, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Central - Dunfermline, blog
Forked Tongues
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Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
fae the lash, blasphemers wi tongues cut oot, spivs an eildit hard
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Mackintosh, Henrietta A Tale o Twa Leids: Gaelic, Scots an smoorin wi luve, (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
tin that fowk wha speak ither tongues dinna hae the ae affection fo
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 101, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
l to the Trone, and boring of tongues, so that it was ane fatal yea
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Douglas, Ashley The Smeddum o Scots, (languagereach.com 2021) Central, prose
cots and its northern neebour tongues – is a frequent featur dist
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Douglas, Ashley Scotland’s Linguistic Landscape - Scots and Gaelic, (Translation Services 24 2022) Central, prose
stic sibness atween these twa tongues o Scotland. Forby a kenable h
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Doric

Diansangu, Mae Tales Fae The Doric Side - My Faither's Fowk, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, poetry
hirpled alang Congolese tongues. on page 38

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Benzie, Lesley Fessen Reared, (Seahorse 2020 ISBN: 978-1916214538) Doric, poetry
Their myriad tongues the only enrichment on page 32

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Byrne, Catherine Alice's Mishanters in e Land o Farlies, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010609) Doric - Caithness, prose
oor voice avail Against three tongues tigithir? on page 5

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Robertson, Sine Lallans 58 - .. an the SLRC, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Doric, prose
d either comparin it wi ither tongues cried minority languages or l on page 111

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Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
hett Gospellin an spikkin in tongues. Mrs Ngobo quaetly backit oot
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Diansangu, Mae Puddock Spittins, (Scots Hoose 2021) Doric, poetry
ih tongues
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McDonald, Charlie , (Facebook 2022) Doric - Aberdeen, poetry
As we're telt tae hud wir tongues an' shoo
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Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
A couple o bairns stuck their tongues oot bit nobody even slowed do on page 41

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Cormack, Kevin Toonie Void, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
buried in bodle beach tongues, on page 15

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Giles, Harry Josephine WHIT TAE WRITE NOU?, (https://harryjosephine.com/ 2015) Orkney, blog
anguage polietics is fir this tongues tae become both transperent a
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Miller, Alison The Point o Tinsal, (Dictionaries of the Scots Language 2021) Orkney, poetry
s fine tae hear twathree owld tongues
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Shetland

MacInnes, Morag Archipelagos : Poems from Writing the North, (University of Edinburgh 2014 ISBN: 978-0-7486-9755-7) Shetland, poetry
as tongues. on page 23

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Johnson, Laureen Alice's Adventirs in Wonderlaand, (Evertype 2012 ISBN: 978-1782010081) Shetland - Voe, prose
a lock o differ atween da twa tongues baith ida grammar an ida wird on page V

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Watt, Roseanne Moder Dy, (Polygon 2019 ISBN: 978-1846974878) Shetland, poetry
o blue-finskit tongues on page 8

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De Luca, Christine Swiet Haar, (Abersee Press 2017) Shetland, poetry
nae hairst-blinks, but cloven tongues; on page 26

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De Luca, Christine Soondscapes, (Shetland For Wirds 2015) Shetland, poetry
troo da grind is a spaekin in tongues
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Williamson, Christie Shaetlan an compoonds a da richt, (damagnifyingless.wordpress.com 2014) Shetland, blog
t ta hae wan speereet an mony tongues is da aaldist new trick i da
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Tait, John M Shaetlan is Daed - Lang live Dialect, (Shetland Dialect Conference 2004 2004) Shetland, prose
y’r kyuckered up dir midder tongues - laek Faera, Catalonia, Fri
shaep at kyuckerin up dir ain tongues, an da waenglit ideologies at
rs is kyuckerin up dir midder tongues wi giein dem kirsen stroods.
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Watt, Valerie Tochts fae Tushie Truncherface: Announcin Truncherfaece twins, (Shetland Times 2009) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
d warn da bairns tae hadd dir tongues whin dey see dis young eens?â
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Southern

Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
Aginst threi tongues th'gither? on page 5

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@StuartPoet tweeted
bertBurnsNTS Ane o wir mither tongues an a gey couthie leid forby ?(2020) search twitter

Ulster

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
o bacon wud saut the lips an tongues o iverie sinner in the hoose. on page 1

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Fenton, James On Slaimish, (Ullans Press 2009 ISBN: 9781905281299) Ulster, poetry
The gift o tongues on page 48

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Robinson, Philip Oul Licht, (Ullans Press 2017 ISBN: 978-1905281305) Ulster - Larne, poetry
An big eneuch aa tongues tae soon, on page 57

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Morrison-Smyth, Anne Alice's Carrants in Wunnerlan, (Evertype 2013 ISBN: 978-1-78201-011-1) Ulster - Ballymoney, prose
Agin three tongues thegither. on page 5

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Dornan, Stephen Tha Jaa Banes, (Ulster-Scots Academy 2020 ISBN: 978-1-9163758-1-9) Ulster - Comber, poetry
Nae tongues are clackin in yer lugs on page 15

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Ni Chuilin, Caral Roadin furtae Bring Forrits an Graith tha ULSTER-SCOTCH Leid, Heirskip an Cultur, (Mannystrie o Fowkgates, Airts an Aisedom 2015) Ulster, government
es o Scotch, an tha sindèrie tongues o Inglish taaked in Ulstèr. on page 42

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Smyth, Anne I Corinthians 13, (Ullans Magazine 2012) Ulster, prose
’ll no throch; gin thar’s tongues, the’ll be tint; gin tharâ€
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@the_gellick tweeted
ther. Haein a mixtur-maxtur o tongues an leids is wunnerfu! #ulster (2014) twitter link
ther mixtur-maxtur o leids an tongues. You're no likin the juxtapos (2014) twitter link
innae be carnaptious: the twa tongues are cleekit in thir banes. On (2016) twitter link
blins best no tae use the twa tongues tae bate yin anither wi Ruth? (2015) twitter link
in wrang wi a mixtur-maxtur o tongues! (2015) twitter link

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