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Use in varieties of Scots

dub Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words10.5 13.2 4.5 0 5.8 0 17.7
Number of occurrences3426 3 0 1 0 4
Number of authors25 21 2 1 1

Occurrences of dub in Corpus

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Central

Clark, Thomas Animal Fairm, (Luath 2023 ISBN: 978-1804250396) Central, prose
necks and droons them in the dub nearhaun. on page 6

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Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
n loch tae croft, fae burn an dub tae lawn an loft, through sau on page 77

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Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
there were in plenty frae the dub by the watter-side an up on t on page 56

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McClure, Rob nothing but a set of eyes for stars - The Night, (Association for Scottish Literature 2023 ISBN: 978-1906841546) Central, poetry
k left him in a sopping addle-dub, on page 101

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Hubbard, Tom The Flechitorium, (Grace Note 2017 ISBN: 9781907676932) Central - East Central, poetry
Ye've nae hope o rub-a-dub-dub on page 33

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Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
There wis a clarty dub at the bottom o Lavender's ga on page 131

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McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
tan - the Deil, a Deil in the Dub o Darkness wad hae, fer sic a on page 95

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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
In ae muddy dub... on page 40
, disturbin a wee sod's muddy dub on page 55

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Horsbroch, Dauvit Scots Warks - Uphaud an guidance for screivars, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Central, government
'd never been ower the Muckle Dub afore, never afore been somew on page 34

1 matches

Hubbard, Tom Minoritie Status, (Tapsalteerie 2017) Central - Kirkcaldy, poetry
Yit the shalla dub moutens on page 16

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Cameron, Peter Lallans 59 - Yowdendrift / Gin I Kent, (Lallans Magazine 2021) Central, poetry
A dub anerly, on page 139

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McClure, Derrick J. Lallans 58 - Gairm review, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
uve o haikin it out a wauchie dub (Tarbh a'Chaolais bi Dòmhnal on page 126

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Connor, Charles P. Lallans 74 - Less Trauchle Nor A Bairn, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
tlin hid been lappin frae the dub foarmed oot the sypins. It ca
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Bolland, John A Chocolate Cowboy, (From Glasgow To Saturn 2008) Central, prose
nd Cornflake-packet-plate tae dub me a Sir Galahad. (Ma mer’s
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Heather, Alistair The porage revolution: Hou porage cam tae mak Scotland habitable, (Mak Forrit 2017) Central - Angus, blog
auchelt, heid doun, throu the dub an mire, up tae wir oxsters i
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Thoumire, Elizabeth Bairns ootside, (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Edinburgh, blog
ain, there wis still a muckle dub streetchin hauf wey ower ma p
wis a fine day. Leukin at the dub, an thinkin back tae masel as
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Rennie, Susan The Hoose o Haivers, (Itchy Coo 2002 ISBN: 978-1902927442) Central, weans
clattert tae the groond in a dub o its ain bluid. Ootside, I f
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McKillop, Roger Uprisin' an' Doonfa', (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Edinburgh, poetry
oot! We trudged through bog, dub, burn runnels an’ aw’ man
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McKillop, Roger The Staff, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
Sae erse deep in thon bluidy dub,
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@mcfarlane_irene tweeted
ots @IshbelMcF Dae they ken a Dub is a puddle? @FERAL_Arts http(2016) search twitter

@DABArbuckle tweeted
yasing words like 'speug' or 'dub' or 'speddart' which i wis br(2020) search twitter

@LairnScots tweeted
o a wee laddie skiddlin in a dub: https://t.co/8MNWILhpsx #Sco (2018) twitter link

@ThonJacobite tweeted
yasing words like 'speug' or 'dub' or 'speddart' which i wis br(2020) search twitter

Doric

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
magination wis King an mony a dub-pie wis bakit in oor makkie-o on page 21

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Leslie, Deborah Doric: Alive an Kickin 2, (Argo Publishing 2006 ISBN: 978-0954615321) Doric - Inverurie, prose
e leave the safety o Stevie's dub-spirkit, aul jeep. on page 39

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@FaeFoggie tweeted
, he wis covered in so muckle dub(2019) search twitter

Shetland

Williamson, Christie Da Problem o dese Paerts, (Scots Language Centre 2022) Shetland, prose
oung Anitafrika's, a Jamaican dub poyit wha wis bidden tae 'Cre
1 matches

Ulster

Ullans Speakers Association Nursery Rhymes for Weans, (Ulster-Scots Agency 2008 ISBN: 978-0955791697) Ulster, weans
Rub a dub dub on page 25

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