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Use in varieties of Scots

victim Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words9.1 11.8 6 0 0 0 8.9
Number of occurrences2923 4 0 0 0 2
Number of authors22 16 4 2

Occurrences of victim in Corpus

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Central

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
defining him fae then on as a victim n someone who kin be bammed u on page 27

1 matches

Hubbard, Tom The Flechitorium, (Grace Note 2017 ISBN: 9781907676932) Central - East Central, poetry
The victim o speerits (sae folk averred) on page 13

1 matches

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
at ae folk fae here, ah wis a victim ae circumstance. Ah became ma on page 19
guess wid tell yae his latest victim wis none other than Craig. on page 72

2 matches

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
runchbull had noo reached the victim and stood lookin doon at her. on page 106

1 matches

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
tae lie in wait fer a passin victim or twa. Nae doot they were ho on page 105

3 matches

Townsley, Jane Joe's Cloud an Ither Stuff, (lulu.com 2014 ISBN: 978-1326001612) Central - Perth, prose
that blank look, the yin the victim has when he realises Vincent on page 22

1 matches

Hershaw, William Lallans 59 - A Mass In Scots For Saint Andrae, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
speir at the victim whase daith brocht us tae yer on page 97

1 matches

Forde, Iain W D Hale Ir Sindries - Buik Twa, (Fons Scotiae 2000) Central, prose
up-heized the awald victim, maist gentil-lik, an halped
1 matches

Hardie, George Lallans 76 - Tammy an the Cheese Plant, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Central, prose
uspecks the worst. Ah was the victim no the villain. But, o coorse
1 matches

Forrest, Liam Hittin the Toon, (Scots Hoose 2020) Central - Dunfermline, prose
the club tae pick their nixt victim who was gon hame in a body ba
1 matches

Muir, Glenn Pet-gilante, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Linlithgow, prose
The first victim was fund face doon in the Uni
iminal but an unlikely murder victim. Small time burglar Jake McAl
The second victim, an eighteen year old called
3 matches

McKillop, Roger The Builders, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
imed the blow followed by the victim releasing the wire, clappinâ€
1 matches

Douglas, Ashley Fur maist o history, anonymous wis a wumman, (Scottish Poetry Library 2022) Central, prose
orby, poem 49 isnae the anely victim o this dingiein or dingin-doo
1 matches

Facebook link ( 2019) Central
If onybody wis a victim David wis but his sufferin wi

Douglas, Ashley Scotland’s Linguistic Landscape - Scots and Gaelic, (Translation Services 24 2022) Central, prose
eid as an inbidin or ayebidin victim or oppressor - as dingit doo
1 matches

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 2, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
long time. Yae see, Aiko fell victim tae an unfurgivin brain tumou
1 matches

@Chazzbat tweeted
n Nicky like she's a helpless victim jist acause she's a sex worke(2020) search twitter

@MizLiot tweeted
ure IÂ’ll no be the last rape victim you share it wi. (2021) twitter link

Doric

Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
An the victim, peer breet, will be trail't on page 15

1 matches

Smith, Alex A Sair Fecht, (self-published 2003) Doric, prose
AYE YOU WIS VICTIM O' THE FILM ROLL,
1 matches

Hamilton, Roddy Lallans 63 - The Bruntie Cat, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Doric, prose
that the ghillie had been the victim o the trap an nae the beast a
1 matches

@DoricPhrases tweeted
assassin inching towards his victim with a knife clamped firmly b(2018) search twitter

Ulster

Campbell, Robert Lock Doon Poyams, (Independently 2021 ISBN: 979-8742155812) Ulster, poetry
Victim o mae time an lot. on page 17

1 matches

Ferguson, Roy Rhymes frae Rathfrilan: A Wheen o Poames, (self-published 2022 ISBN: 979-8796193099) Ulster, poetry
The rumour's victim micht be you!! on page 22

1 matches

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