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Use in varieties of Scots

axes Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words7.1 1.5 1.5 0 11.6 10.3 70.8
Number of occurrences233 1 0 2 1 16
Number of authors10 2 1 2 1 4

Occurrences of axes in Corpus

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Central

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
"Speakin ae axes," said the Duchess, "chop oaf on page 60

1 matches

Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
d, tempered an sharpened thir axes. on page 42

1 matches

Clark, Thomas The Boggin Beginnin, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303524) Central, weans
audelaire orphans swung their axes at an amazin speed, and afore on page 61

1 matches

Doric

Byrne, Catherine Alice's Mishanters in e Land o Farlies, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010609) Doric - Caithness, prose
"Talkan o axes," sade e Duchess, "chop off h on page 57

1 matches

Shetland

De Luca, Christine Parallel Worlds: Poems in Shetlandic and English, (Luath 2005 ISBN: 978-1905222131) Shetland, poetry
Wha kens wha's heftin axes dere, on page 48

1 matches

@Julie_Dennison tweeted
nner an da tourist ahead o me axes if he could git an iced tea, (2019) twitter link

Southern

Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
"Talkin o axes," said th Duchess, "chop off on page 59

1 matches

Ulster

Morrison-Smyth, Anne Alice's Carrants in Wunnerlan, (Evertype 2013 ISBN: 978-1-78201-011-1) Ulster - Ballymoney, prose
"Taakin o axes," said the Duchess, "chop hir on page 59

1 matches

Warwick, Matthew Fergie an Freens oan tha fairm, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2011) Ulster - Rural Mid-Antrim, weans
thon naw a wile wunny nicht?" axes Wullie. "Aye, she wiz a gye r on page 9

1 matches

Ulster-Scots Language Society Tha Fower Gospels, (Ullans Press 2016 ISBN: 978-1-905281-25-1) Ulster, prose
wi hïm. Gie tae tha yin that axes ye fer ocht, an dïnnae turn on page 6
tae ye. Fer iveriebodie that axes wull get; hïm that keeps on on page 7
amang ye, ïf hïs sinn axes hïm fer breid, wull gie hïm on page 8
jecket as weel. If oniebodie axes ye for ocht, gie ït tae thai on page 79
tae ye. For iveriebodie that axes wull be gien tae, an hïm tha on page 89
Also on pages 102
12 matches

Ulster Scots Agency Ulster Scots Census, (census.gov.uk 2021) Ulster, government
Tha heid-coont axes aabodie tha same speirins abo
Tha heid-coont axes aabodie tha same speirins abo
2 matches

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