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Use in varieties of Scots

coronavirus Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words10.9 11.8 6 0 5.8 41.3 13.3
Number of occurrences3523 4 0 1 4 3
Number of authors18 8 4 1 2 3

Occurrences of coronavirus in Corpus

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Central

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
hen ah first heard aboot this coronavirus business ah thoat tae masel, on page 139

1 matches

Clark, Thomas Scots an the smit: a language unner lockdoun, (Bella Caledonia 2020) Central - Bellshill, blog
the Mail an the Murdos… But coronavirus haes set oor collective gas a
1 matches

Grae, Emma Jimmy and his wee darlin Alexa, (unbound.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
“Ah’m no feart o the coronavirus,” ah say.
1 matches

Grae, Emma Dancin wi the Rhona, (unbound.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
Two coronavirus cases confirmed in the UK.
ow o it. “Maybe it’s that coronavirus,” ah joke.
are zombies anyway. If ye gat coronavirus, naeb’dy would know the dif
a boat like Wullie’s wi the coronavirus.
ily Mail wrote sommat aboot a coronavirus morgue in Hyde Park. Puck tha
13 matches

Crawford, Ross Mindin, (Medium 2021) Central - Stirling, prose
“It wisnae coronavirus.”
idnae die due tae contracting coronavirus, it still loomed large ower h
2 matches

@ionafyfe tweeted
o wipe yer arse with leaves. #coronavirus #COVID2019(2020) search twitter

@iainnicol tweeted
utters of the ISP noo support coronavirus. Go Trump!(2020) search twitter

@rosa_alba_macd tweeted
"Trump [. ] has experience of CoronaVirus, Joe Biden does not have that(2020) search twitter

@DABArbuckle tweeted
Watching the PM Coronavirus briefing. Johnson stammers an(2020) search twitter
Is there ony point tae the Coronavirus: Downing Street briefing when(2020) search twitter

Doric

Strachan, Shane Hoast, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric, prose
thoucht we hid it bad wi the Coronavirus. This kirk service wis dreich
1 matches

Uri, Antonia Will virus crisis mean a fresh stairt for Scots produce?, (The National 2020) Doric, newspaper
ou self-isolation due tae the coronavirus, ye wunner wither or nae we
1 matches

@DoricPhrases tweeted
Coronavirus: Photos capture Cruden Bay li(2020) search twitter

@fittiecrooners tweeted
Nae deen or ha’in yon Coronavirus, wish it wid dee een as pops (2020) search twitter

Shetland

@helenmoncrieff tweeted
The coronavirus is quitening air and road tra(2020) search twitter

Southern

@officialAliRed tweeted
4/ The coronavirus pandemic has robbed us of the(2020) search twitter

@StuartPoet tweeted
noo and again, thoughts.... #coronavirus #Diet #Scottish @mikewadejour(2020) search twitter
t how most of my days now go #coronavirus #StayHome #coronavirusscotlan(2020) search twitter
t the centre of tackling the #coronavirus Gaun yersel Kate Broderick an(2020) search twitter

Ulster

Ferguson, Roy Rhymes frae Rathfrilan: A Wheen o Poames, (self-published 2022 ISBN: 979-8796193099) Ulster, poetry
It's caaed Coronavirus, on page 37

1 matches

@the_gellick tweeted
Gin tha coronavirus cud spake, it'd gie it's crac (2020) twitter link

@MarkThompStuff tweeted
ning is “dinnae get that aul coronavirus, it’ll no dae ye only guid”(2020) search twitter

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