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votes Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words22 31.4 6.4 0 0 32.8 8.8
Number of occurrences6859 4 0 0 3 2
Number of authors25 19 4 1 1

Occurrences of votes in Corpus

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Central

McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
it an unassailable Hitmimer o votes tae guarantee a majority wis on page 28
e rulin in Westminster wi the votes o jist ower 25% o the British on page 52
ction wi aroun 20% o Scottish Votes, the need fer a Scottish Pair on page 58

3 matches

Niven, Liz Stravaigin, (Luath 2001 ISBN: 978-1905222704) Central, poetry
be free. The tension ower the votes aw coontit, Wir Parliament fo on page 4

1 matches

McCabe, Mary Lallans 73 - Soond shift, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, poetry
e watter aff Arran, the Barra votes straunit in a helicopter haud on page 49

1 matches

Durie, Nick Votin Seestems, (peffers50.freeserve 2003) Central - Glasgow, prose
r saets as thair percentage o votes soud refleck
ets biz thair jonick nummer o votes
til perties fae the nummer o votes
ngender wastit votes Beget Eleckit Tirrandom wi no
ns is at ilka waelar haes twa votes - the first is uized tae ele
20 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 114, (self-published 2003) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
Whit They Aw Said Afore The Votes Wis Cast
1 matches

Durie, Nick The Best o the Baith o Thaim, (The Sair Fecht 2016) Central, blog
taster, sall see Unionists’ votes gang til the Tories. A hae na
1 matches

McClurg, Fernando Weill, weill, weill, (The Sair Fecht 2016) Central, blog
need tae gae back tae winnin votes on a case-by-case basis. Sum
™ve been missin. Wi their sax votes potentially crucial tae the S
2 matches

Widmann, Thomas The State o Denmark, (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
der ilk pairtie name). Aw the votes casten for ilk pairtie gets a
s gets; synethey leuks at the votes for ilka candidate tae decide
2 matches

McClurg, Fernando Votin isna Democracy. But..., (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
ority control on a minority o votes. Or, even wi a smaw majority
Or, even wi a smaw majority o votes, gets disproportionate saets
es the SNP jist ower hauf the votes i Scotland, an a hunner perce
3 matches

Neil, Gabriel The Green Pairty: Holyrood’s nixt opposition?, (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
ll eneuch on the constituency votes, list votes for the pairty is
, list votes for the pairty is getting was
2 matches

McClurg, Fernando Syriza, an the road aheid, (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
ikely, oor ain anti-austerity votes micht mak aw the difference t
1 matches

Ewen, Allan Pairt twa: Janus leuks aheid, (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
terms o a coalition or budget votes could include radical chynges
1 matches

McClurg, Fernando Thon Survation poll..., (The Sair Fecht 2014) Central, blog
cause they didna get as monie votes as the swing says they wad ty
1 matches

Ewen, Allan Murphy’s Law, (The Sair Fecht 2014) Central, blog
adical tae woo voters. Labour votes were aye strang in Scotland,
nine oot o thirteen sairious votes in 2011 alane. Aa this fae th
2 matches

@Cobradile94 tweeted
Pit in yer votes! #Scots #ScotsLanguage https:(2020) search twitter

@RickHJohnston tweeted
MP's. What England wants and votes for, we get too. No nation sh (2022) twitter link

@rosa_alba_macd tweeted
n moral (forbye pro-life, sin votes on policies nae unpro-life fo(2020) search twitter

@OliphantWullie tweeted
dependence side a few hundred votes!!!!! (2022) twitter link

@Chazzbat tweeted
ock_ Aye. Like the turkey wha votes fer xmas(!)(2020) search twitter

@raiphsays tweeted
pee! Part 2 o #tripedog final votes up noo! Plees tae aw who vote(2020) search twitter
#teampeepee!! 4 votes in a final! Vote peepee aw 4 (2020) search twitter
e be two aboot, bit wan takes votes aff a dug ye vote fur so oany(2020) search twitter
ingers oot!! PEEPEE NEEDS OOR VOTES! https://t.co/QjBfJ0I6Tm(2020) search twitter
dea! How aboot if yer country votes fer bawjaws tae lead ye, he c(2020) search twitter

@bigandymccoll tweeted
WOULD mean that Alba/ISP/SSP votes would count - I'd been using (2022) twitter link

@rattlecans tweeted
the Tories have flown their "Votes for those who pay X in tax, m (2022) twitter link

@weenell3 tweeted
e goin the right way tae gain votes by slaggin folk .... that's w (2022) twitter link

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
e - awe a will say is use ur votes wisely - like me lol (2021) twitter link
6 @angelauk1900 @LiamKerrASNK votes already cast - a doubler for (2021) twitter link
@me_snp exactly - anyone who votes for this man needs there heed (2021) twitter link
eal - thank goodness both my votes went to the labour party - s (2021) twitter link

Doric

@DoricPhrases tweeted
ae hunner year anniversary i' votes fur weemen bit is a secret Ce(2018) search twitter

@FaeFoggie tweeted
ust realised I've nae idea fa votes. Fit a gype!(2020) search twitter

@fittiecrooners tweeted
wee results o ma harbour pub votes! Fittie Bar 3rd? Fit? Must be(2017) search twitter

@JamieFairbairn1 tweeted
onal Award. Thanks fer aa yer votes and thanks tae the bairns. ht (2020) twitter link

Southern

@StuartPoet tweeted
s. Ta so much to all for your votes and for braw support over so (2020) twitter link
reciate it that much. Get yer votes in folks ?? #Scots #LANGUAGE (2020) search twitter
and herself both howking for votes! Whit we like! If ye could RT(2020) search twitter

Ulster

@OrangRuth tweeted
eNolan I'll nat be takin' any votes aff her. They're MY VOTES!(2016) search twitter