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Use in varieties of Scots

compass Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words4.4 5.7 1.5 9.9 0 10.3 0
Number of occurrences1411 1 1 0 1 0
Number of authors9 6 1 1 1

Occurrences of compass in Corpus

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Central

Bennett, Peter nobody remembers the birdman - Stovies, (Association for Scottish Literature 2022) Central, prose
right an hopin that yer moral compass disnae let ye doon. on page 12

1 matches

McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
in fae the fower pynts o the compass tae meet at Regent Road an ra 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
decision tae mak. Even wi the compass Bain had there wisnae much ch on page 41
be ned up he flung the boar's compass ower the side. The ithers man on page 42
orth o Iceland - even wi the compass they'd sailit richt ast. When on page 43

3 matches

Donati, Colin Scots A Statement o Principles, (Scots Parliament 2003 ISBN: 978-1-899920-02-1) Central, government
tae be hained in tae a nerra compass o domains aften tae dae wi co on page 12

1 matches

Grae, Emma The Tongue She Speaks, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, poetry
cht fur the toilet. Ah take a compass oot ma pencil case and start on page 45

1 matches

Milne, W. S. Lallans 78 - Mary, Queen o Scotland, Pairt I, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, script
This was aa your compass. on page 35

1 matches

Eagle, Andy Lallans 67 - Stravaigin the Wab, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
e follae is weel merkit sae a compass winna be necessar. It's aye m on page 65

2 matches

Bennett, Peter Stovies, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central, prose
right an hopin that yer moral compass disnae let ye doon.
1 matches

Doric

McDonald, John Mou Her Name, (Evertype 2018 ISBN: 978-1782012054) Doric, poetry
ma compass lees tae me on page 3

1 matches

Orkney

Cormack, Kevin Toonie Void, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
wae a school compass, dipped on page 12

1 matches

Southern

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