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Use in varieties of Scots

yards Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words7.8 6.2 15.1 9.9 5.8 10.3 0
Number of occurrences2512 10 1 1 1 0
Number of authors15 6 6 1 1 1

Occurrences of yards in Corpus

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Central

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
oan a tree branch a couple ae yards away. on page 62

1 matches

Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
e break-ins doon at the canal yards recently. Lot ae damage done. on page 1

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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
he east ye cuid smell the oil-yards o Dundee up the river at Pert on page 33

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Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
ht oot o a picture and no the yards. on page xiii
fur the Jerries because o the yards. It wis ainlie a matter o tim on page xvii
ome a richt high-flyer in the yards. on page xix
n though Donald worked in the yards and liked the dancin, he tell on page 51
s in the world thanks tae the yards, and there wis mair than enou on page 74

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Grae, Emma Jimmy and his wee darlin Alexa, (unbound.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
nd open ma eyes. Ah loved the yards. They made a man oot o me, bu
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McKillop, Roger Ma Heroes o' Sport, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
kid 26 miles an’ 385 bluidy yards, ye hae tae hae the traininâ€
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Facebook link ( 2021) Central
cted in Deerness in 1888, 300 yards from the spot where the ship

Doric

Byrne, Catherine Alice's Mishanters in e Land o Farlies, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010609) Doric - Caithness, prose
tan on a bough o a tree a few yards off. on page 60

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Smith, Alex A Sair Fecht, (self-published 2003) Doric, prose
a car number plate at sixty yards awa. Afore the operation he w
truck an, wi a jerk an, fifty yards further alang the road, the d
n rummle o steens aboot fifty yards
yards aff the road an ere's a bit o
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Smith, Alex A Fer Chauve, (self-published 2005) Doric, prose
yards fae him. It jist stood there
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Mitchell, Ian R. Lallans 63 - Walkin Woundit, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Doric, prose
hirties. Staunnin ootside the yards wi the gaffer movin alang a l
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Crawford, Jack The Pluffer, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric - Forres, prose
ng richt on target fae hunred yards aff. One day I went ta skweel
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@72redz1903 tweeted
wart_23 He only had tae run 3 yards - fair doos, pit it awah, bu (2020) twitter link

@cligeey tweeted
all I hid a thocht aboot kirk yards Why the big dykes roon them o(2020) search twitter

Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
Fur talent contests, yards o ale and bonnie babies tae. on page 29

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Shetland

@helenmoncrieff tweeted
A few yards fae my door is this cheery si(2020) search twitter

Southern

@jamie_ginger tweeted
@LauraKyle93 sm aboot 50 yards frae u and everything is fine(2013) search twitter