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empire Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words27.4 38.8 13.4 0 0 10.3 8.9
Number of occurrences8977 9 0 0 1 2
Number of authors32 24 5 1 2

Occurrences of empire in Corpus

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Central

McHardy, Stuart Lallans 82 - The Banes o Alba, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, poetry
came up the roads the Empire trod on page 32

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Grae, Emma The Tongue She Speaks, (Luath 2022 ISBN: 978-1804250242) Central, prose
And noo the Empire's days are ower, In ither air on page 7

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Douglas, David Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Galloway, poetry
Sailed the Seven Seas of Empire, on page 51

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Ross, Derek Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Dumfries, poetry
Followin the line o Empire. on page 197

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McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
the delusion that the British Empire still means somethin is absol on page 9
it reid on maps o the British Empire. Fer that's whit's at the hai on page 11
recognise that it's no got an Empire onie mair, an jist hou stupit on page 16
o, ither o oor ain tungs. The Empire saw nae need tae tak tent o s on page 20
spreidin 'civilization' that Empire Loyalists aye haver on aboot on page 21
Also on pages 27, 45, 51, 78, 80, 98, 99, 114, 117, 123, 126, 127, 130, 137, 146, 147, 153
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Eagle, Andy Lallans 59 - Stravaigin the Wab, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, newspaper
ae tae upbig yer ain auncient empire whither Rame, Carthage, Maced on page 54

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Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
An faa they did, an fir an empire bled, on page 41

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Donati, Colin Scots A Statement o Principles, (Scots Parliament 2003 ISBN: 978-1-899920-02-1) Central, government
sed in the time o the British Empire, an yon situation is whit aye on page 9

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Grae, Emma The Tongue She Speaks, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, poetry
And noo the Empire's days are ower, on page 32

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Eagle, Andy Lallans 59 - Stravaigin the Wab, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
ae tae upbig yer ain auncient empire whither Rame, Carthage, Maced on page 54

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Hubbard, Tom Minoritie Status, (Tapsalteerie 2017) Central - Kirkcaldy, poetry
An empire and a folk that's no my kind. on page 20

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Niven, Liz Stravaigin, (Luath 2001 ISBN: 978-1905222704) Central, poetry
eep the Picts at bay Sae thir Empire widnae fa. By this time back on page 5
ake. Tae be pairt o the Roman Empire, We never did consent. As fau on page 6

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McMillan, Hugh Whit If? Scotland's History as it Micht Hiv Bin, (Luath 2021 ISBN: 9781910022900) Central, poetry
o the great Algonquin Empire on page 11
'The Rise an Rise o the Roman Empire'. on page 18
e Darien Scheme - a Scottish Empire in Sooth America of a things, on page 45

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Horsbroch, Dauvit Lallans 67 - Reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
The Thin Red Line: War, Empire and Visions of Scotland, Stua on page 110

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Hardie, George Lallans 67 - Ane Amang Monie, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central - Hamilton, poetry
was't the King and aa his Empire, on page 143

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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 103, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
cillors - fu o the notions o Empire on whilk the sun wad nivver s
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Eagle, Andy Lallans 74 - Stravaigin the Wab, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
w bein duin. That data-liftin empire haes become the embodiment o
Google haes been upbiggin its empire by eikin services ither nor w
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Wilson, Rab Lallans 76 - Napoleon’s Gairden, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Central, poetry
erin proudly ower yer shilpit empire.
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Clark, Thomas A Scots Pairlament?, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Central - Bellshill, blog
like haudowers fae the days o Empire, oor ain wee set-up is someth
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Malgrati, Paul Ayont the Fake and the Leal: Let's Free the Leid, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central, blog
, tastit the cultural moyen o Empire, fae India tae Suddron Africa
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Heather, Alistair Whaur we cam fae: the Pechts, (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Angus, blog
shed bluid aa ower the Roman Empire, mairchit intae Scotland fae
ed tae mak bairns aa ower the Empire feart at nicht.
”. It wis fund in ane o the Empire’s Germanic states, shawin t
Whan the Roman Empire fell apairt we see Pictish cu
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Handy, Robbie Forked Tongues, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Central - Dunfermline, blog
guerrilla war against British Empire forces an still bide in an in
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Bennett, Peter Sharks, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
colonial conquests. Fur their Empire! An this is how ah’m repaid
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Davidson, Alistair The Mitterand Plan, (The Sair Fecht 2016) Central, blog
mon mercat across the British Empire, capitalists needit the Briti
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Facebook link ( 2019) Central
ud a lang ee tae his money an empire. Inspite o ivveryithin he niv

Smirnov, Kuzma , (Facebook 2015) Central, prose
olitical reasons (the Roushie Empire, than the Soviet Union, some
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Kirk Jn, Albert Wur Empire's Guid, (albertkirkjr.com 2022) Central - Aryshire, blog
Wur Empire's Guid
Wur Empire's guid, A tell ye, son:
A tell ye, son, wur Empire's guid!
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@rosa_alba_macd tweeted
s a troubador in search of an empire but he canna and he disna hae(2020) search twitter
aniGaravelli1 Empiricism (nae Empire) and scientific precision mau(2020) search twitter

@fairpechtoot tweeted
t Ah prefer a German biscuit (Empire biscuit). Telt a German colle(2018) search twitter

Doric

Benzie, Lesley Fessen Reared, (Seahorse 2020 ISBN: 978-1916214538) Doric, poetry
settin on the second city o empire, on page 32

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Leslie, Deborah Doric: Alive an Kickin 2, (Argo Publishing 2006 ISBN: 978-0954615321) Doric - Inverurie, prose
n es is gaze wannert aroon is empire. Okay, he thocht, the place c on page 8

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Vettese, Raymond Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Doric - Montrose, prose
e shop in Glesca an biggit an empire o 242 stores in the UK. Whan on page 125

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Vettese, Raymond Lallans 73 - Reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Doric, prose
e shop in Glesca an biggit an empire o 242 stores in the UK. Whan
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Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
e stoory toun. The auld man's empire o milk served the fowk in ten
ontilt. The ruler o this sma empire wis Miss McFarlan, as dour an
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Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
lactic airmies tae bigg their empire, makkin eese o the smeddum an
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Murdoch, Steve Lallans 63 - A keik at the Swedish game o bandy, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Doric, prose
rs an the Hapsburg Holy Roman Empire. Scots fae the lallans an Gae
Fae 1626 they focht agin the Empire in the airmy o Denmark-Norway
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Southern

Neill, Willie Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Southern, poetry
tae tak the haill Roman Empire on in yir buff. on page 142

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Ulster

Dornan, Stephen Tha Jaa Banes, (Ulster-Scots Academy 2020 ISBN: 978-1-9163758-1-9) Ulster - Comber, poetry
Whilst an empire's siller plooters in? on page 51

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Ulster-Scots Language Society Tha Fower Gospels, (Ullans Press 2016 ISBN: 978-1-905281-25-1) Ulster, prose
fowk ïn iverie pairt o hïs empire. Thïs wus tha furst coont da on page 71

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