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camp Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words17.5 20 15.1 0 11.6 41.3 4.4
Number of occurrences5639 10 0 2 4 1
Number of authors36 25 7 2 1 1

Occurrences of camp in Corpus

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Central

McQueer, Chris HWFG, (404 Ink 2012 ISBN: 978-1912489107) Central, prose
ur the phone. Hair aw err the camp, housecoat flappin open. | on page 17

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Crichton, Tam Lallans 84 - Ower the Faem Pairt Twa: Doon the Watter, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
ed tae ma feet. Aw aboot, the camp wis steirin: sum men were bra on page 54
an masel heidit back tae the camp, tellin the ither men tae red on page 55

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Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
ke a ghost story roon our wee camp. People start headin hame or on page 31

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Brown, Ian Lallans 70 - The Scots leid in modren Scots drama, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
mer, Sebastian Flight, a tate camp; the ither, Steve McCracken, on page 33

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Smith, Donald Saut and Bluid: A Scotsaga, (Luath 2022 ISBN: 978-1804250341) Central, prose
eisur ma auld age in a fishin camp, he grumblit, 'Ah'll awa tae on page 14

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Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
hird Reich and a Japanese POW camp but in the end it wis a simpl on page 62

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Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
Eh dinna whant ti be dead camp on page 94

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Robertson, James The Sleekit Mr Tod, (Itchy Coo 2008 ISBN: 978-1845021986) Central, weans
said. "We sterve him oot. We camp here day and nicht gairdin th on page 30

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Morton, Elaine Hamethocts, (Evertype 2010 ISBN: 978-1782012399) Central, poetry
They dreed their darg in camp an toun, on page 49

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Harrison, Jean Lallans 59 - BARRY SCHUIL 1928 - 1934, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central - East Lothian, prose
o Ayrshire, tae live on Barry Camp in Angus whaur he had gotten on page 120

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Niven, Liz Stravaigin, (Luath 2001 ISBN: 978-1905222704) Central, poetry
men in the auld Faslane Peace Camp, A?'ll toast yer memory, lie on page 41

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Cameron, Peter Lallans 59 - Yowdendrift / Gin I Kent, (Lallans Magazine 2021) Central, poetry
Or thon dour camp grund, on page 139

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McMillan, Hugh Whit If? Scotland's History as it Micht Hiv Bin, (Luath 2021 ISBN: 9781910022900) Central, poetry
reukin King John's camp on page 24
deid, The Sma' Fowk were the 'camp followers' at Bannockburn who on page 35

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Connor, Charles P. Lallans 73 - Waashin Day Weirriors, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, prose
hai Poles wir doon thon airmy camp..." Auld Agg seyd, helpfu lik on page 66

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Macafee, Caroline Lallans 63 - Auld plain Scottis, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
lly frae Laitin. This was the camp at was tae bear the gree. Bor
er in Scotlan o the archaisin camp, though he isna thirlt tae’
the borraein (i.e. latinate) camp seems tae hae seen the elabor
the purist (or anti-latinate) camp is plain. In baith kintras, a
4 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit Are The Onybody Ither?, (Scots Language Centre 2022) Central, blog
t aboot awbody faws intil ane camp or the ither. Mony o us howps
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Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
Ardoch Roman Camp: A Sodger Writes Hame
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Donovan, Anne Not Scotland, (Edinburgh International Book Festival 2010) Central - Glasgow, prose
camp wi the odd bitty paintin thro
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Muir, Glenn Pet-gilante, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Linlithgow, prose
t awa tae an activists Summer camp doon in the Borders, Big Bren
1 matches

McKillop, Roger Uprisin' an' Doonfa', (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Edinburgh, poetry
cht attack oan Cumberland’s camp, wha, evidently, had been cel
wer miles o’ the Government camp afore the ‘hale attack wis
2 matches

McKillop, Roger The Staff, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
"Depression, noo, in base camp,
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Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
rs. This, it seemed, wis base camp. A crood o aboot thirty fowk,
were pursued be the men o her camp in the shape o dugs. He made
rried Mornin Sunshine tae the camp o the Dug-people. Quhan he wi
rried Mornin Sunshine tae the camp o the Dug-people. Quhan he wi
o the perimeter o the lawbour camp, an a concrete-pillart fence
6 matches

Bennett, Peter Time, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
a bloody Butlin’s hoaliday camp. Still though, we didnae know
1 matches

McClurg, Fernando Indytwa?, (The Sair Fecht 2016) Central, blog
aye a thing?) we on i the Aye camp simply didna a) dae eneuch ta
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Facebook link ( 2021) Central
thwell Moor whaur they set up camp. Thur self-appointit leader R

@weenell3 tweeted
at.... and just back fae Boot Camp ??????? (2022) twitter link

Doric

Philip, George Luikin Back, (Jas Gaesham 2008 ISBN: 978-1804250396) Doric, prose
n a biggin site, in a holiday camp, for the royal mail, in a res on page 6

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Wood, Evelyn Tales Fae The Doric Side - Carlo, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
a the wye tae Monymusk prison camp in North East Scotland. Noo, on page 27
ted tae dae wis tae visit the camp at Monymusk. It hid since bee on page 29

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Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
Ah'm sure ere's a pool it the camp-site, Mam, so ye'll definitel on page 36
n drinkin tay roon a cracklin camp-fire. The sicht o the Craa Wi on page 93

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Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 83 - Dunnottar, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Doric, prose
‘Yer camp stool, yer flesk o coffee, an
ower again; Munro, haancuffs, camp stool (but nae coffee or sand
2 matches

Smith, Alex A Fer Chauve, (self-published 2005) Doric, prose
lassie comin tae the Gordon's camp in Cyprus an
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Murdoch, Steve Lallans 63 - A keik at the Swedish game o bandy, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Doric, prose
n on fae the ither side o the camp. He sent his ain cavalry inta
1 matches

Hutchison, Pat Bulletbroo, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
new recruits that a training camp hid been set up oot at the Bl
1 matches

Shetland

@helenmoncrieff tweeted
A peerie camp stove saves stinkin oot da ki(2020) search twitter

@RedValkyrie84 tweeted
n dat music fae. ITS HALFLING CAMP fae @HighRollersDnD!! (2020) twitter link

Southern

Rodger, Matt The Borth’ick Waitter, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Roxburgh, prose
anenst the road brig owre the Camp Burn, better kent is the boog
g, ir the avidence o ae Roman Camp, hence the naem Camp Burn. A
, hence the naem Camp Burn. A’m gaen tae ffirstau
nd at the Roman’s ca’d at Camp, “Afrika.”
4 matches

Ulster

@OrangRuth tweeted
aff the Billy look and nat as camp a pose(2018) search twitter