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Use in varieties of Scots

drivers Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words8.1 9.8 6 9.9 11.6 0 0
Number of occurrences2619 4 1 2 0 0
Number of authors21 14 4 1 2

Occurrences of drivers in Corpus

In order to avoid violating copyright law and abide by 'fair use', only up to the first five occurrences of the search term are displayed for each article.

Central

Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
ur the only staps are made bi drivers on page 45

1 matches

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
t's oan offer. Tesco delivery drivers wanted, handy fur somecunt wh on page 122

1 matches

McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
jiners, nurses, posties, bus-drivers, cleaners, carers, an aw thae on page 10
tresses an hotel porters, bus-drivers an hoose-builders - the Vigi on page 105

2 matches

Rennie, Susan Kat an Doug on Planet Perjink, (Itchy Coo 2002 ISBN: 978-1902927565) Central, weans
The doughnuts' drivers were claithed in heidscarfs a on page 8

1 matches

Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
r cars oan the road, The tram drivers wouldnae dare pass each other on page 3

1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 178, (self-published 2008) Central, newspaper
we're drivers o dumpers an hyst men,
1 matches

Robinson, Christine Lallans 81 - Chynge for chynge’s sake?, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Central, prose
pect, raivelt. Twa o the main drivers o chynge seems tae be an ettl
1 matches

Marenich, Margaret Lallans 76 - The Factory, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Central, prose
ursin an sweirin at the ither drivers, wadgin his nieve
evauled frae bannin the ither drivers lang eneuch ti say at twa o h
2 matches

Thoumire, Elizabeth Bairns ootside, (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Edinburgh, blog
an roond the corner like luge drivers at the Olympics but wi’oot
1 matches

Bennett, Peter The Bools, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
o bloody interestit in pullin drivers oer fur no wearin their seatb
1 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
egoud tae niffer wi the larry drivers. He cam roon tae tak a leuk a
Wrang-fuitit, the drivers wis made tae lawer thair aski
2 matches

@Chazzbat tweeted
s a bit odd tae me. Ah've hed drivers refuse me fer aa sorts reason(2020) search twitter

@ThonJacobite tweeted
t only be short o' 69 999 HGV drivers noo ?? (2021) twitter link

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
ime to make these selfish car drivers pay and make way for all the (2021) twitter link
cuit - forget f1 - the real drivers r the nascar bhoys (2020) twitter link
er - ma monies oan the lorry drivers - get in there lads! (2020) twitter link

Doric

Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
"I ken I'll get the drivers ben" on page 15

1 matches

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 75 - The Petrol Tanker, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Doric, prose
inkies, makin on we were taxi drivers (Ah hid a London taxi wi nae
1 matches

@DoricPhrases tweeted
Fit wye are aa the bus drivers in their post-strike photos s(2018) search twitter

@Franwella tweeted
ssed lorry on it's side. Hope drivers arite?(2011) search twitter

Orkney

Cormack, Kevin Toonie Void, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
fishan oot bottles o bus drivers' piss on page 12

1 matches

Shetland

Facebook link (Wir Midder Tongue 2016) Shetland
for cars an git a tip fae da drivers. I tink someen telt me dat so

@helenmoncrieff tweeted
est tae da bakers, musicians, drivers, guisers, dancers, soupsteeri(2014) search twitter

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