A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

dearest Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words6.2 6.6 6 0 17.4 0 0
Number of occurrences2013 4 0 3 0 0
Number of authors14 10 2 2

Occurrences of dearest in Corpus

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Central

Fitt, Matthew Roald Dahl Reekin Rhymes, (Itchy Coo 2018 ISBN: 978-1785301834) Central, weans
But yer dearest maist precious treisure, on page 32

1 matches

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
nd turned tae his closest and dearest pal. A family sized bag ae Mo on page 91

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Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
Dearest Kirsty on page 123

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Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
eek jn this factory. And sae, dearest bairnies, as soon as | discov on page 81
But dinnae, dearest weans, be fashed; on page 90

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Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
An egg o an idea tae, dearest wans o Alba. on page 40

1 matches

Armstrong, Kate Lallans 58 - Herman Und Dorothea, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
tlaund airts will cost ye the dearest. on page 43

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Crawford, Ross Eemis Stane 1 - Ane Dialog betwix King James VI, (Eemis Stane 2022) Central, script
eid ae an airmy! If myne awin dearest grandfaither got that wrang, on page 11

1 matches

Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
Ma Ellen sweet, ma dearest dear,
Dearest, A could niver tell ye
2 matches

Handy, Robbie Forked Tongues, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Central - Dunfermline, blog
i the things an folk that are dearest tae her hairt. When Ah wis in
1 matches

Rennie, Susan The Hoose o Haivers, (Itchy Coo 2002 ISBN: 978-1902927442) Central, weans
“Dearest brither,” said Athena, “d
1 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
air backs on thair nearest an dearest.”
1 matches

Doric

Uri, Antonia Bidin awa: City Breaks, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Doric - Aberdeen, newspaper
eland's busiest, is ane o the dearest in the warld. Anely 12 street on page 7

1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
Nor yet tae the verra dearest
r fin I'm awa. The three fowk dearest tae me in the warld bide anet
2 matches

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
ok siller frae his nearest an dearest wis the big show-stopper: tha
1 matches

Shetland

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
e dem noo is on da nearest an dearest at a weddin. on page 42
'My dearest Mother and Father,' it began, on page 77

2 matches

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