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Use in varieties of Scots

floors Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words6.6 4.6 12.1 19.9 0 20.7 0
Number of occurrences219 8 2 0 2 0
Number of authors12 3 5 2 2

Occurrences of floors 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

Robertson, James Naebody'd Seen Him, (Scottish Book Trust 2018) Central, prose
There are floors and floors of folk below him. Some of th on page 15

2 matches

Waddell, John Lallans 58 - fower poems bi John Waddell, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, poetry
Wi bonnie birds, an trees, an floors, on page 62

1 matches

Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
They brek ma floors an steal ma fruit,
the floors; an certes, sir, it's true
ma floors are spindly things, an few,
The floors aw flourished by thirsels,
the floors wir iver fu o bloom
5 matches

Facebook link (Changed Times Historical Novel By Ethyl Smith 2022) Central
cturs, fine furniture, bonnie floors in vases, a welcomin stove. Y

Doric

Whyte, Brian The Bottles, (Independently published 2020 ISBN: 979-8612647218) Doric, poetry
Poppin up quicker than floors on page 195

2 matches

Byrne, Catherine Alice's Mishanters in e Land o Farlies, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010609) Doric - Caithness, prose
k pilgrim's wither'd wreath o floors Pluck'd in a far-off land. on page 6
oot amang those beds o bricht floors an those cool fountains, but on page 11
ice looked all roond her at e floors an e blades o gress, but she on page 40

3 matches

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
thers niver saw – the yalla floors that happ the funeral pyres o
1 matches

Thain, Gianna Far Shaddas Lurk, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric - Buckie, prose
Put doon floors. Harsh reality. And the wifeâ
1 matches

Hutchison, Pat Catty, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
re wisna ony point in plantin floors noo because that nicht some o
1 matches

Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
Tidies bedrooms, scrubs the floors, on page 23

1 matches

Bruce, Lorraine Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
Too long hayur wae floors an glittur on page 98

1 matches

Southern

Thompson, James My Borderlands, (Richardson and Son Printers 2023) Southern - Hawick, poetry
Her beauty like a floors perfume on page 22

1 matches

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