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goal Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words28.7 28.8 45.2 9.9 5.8 20.7 8.9
Number of occurrences9256 30 1 1 2 2
Number of authors45 27 12 1 1 2 2

Occurrences of goal in Corpus

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Central

Philip, Andrew Lallans 70 - Fower Poems, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, poetry
Yon's no ma darg. I hae nae goal forby the oncome o ma skirl, on page 55

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Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
Distracted fae a fitba goal on page 49

1 matches

Cohen, Susan Wee Scottish Book o' Pure Stoatin' Joy, (The Wee Book Company 2019 ISBN: 978-1916491588) Central, prose
uffin' numpty hauf back's oan goal? Aye, the fitba'! Thit's when on page

1 matches

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
lly responsible if Hibs huv a goal disallowed." on page 34
ed, conceded a lastminute own-goal. And guess what's the first h on page 40
e bursts straight through oan goal. But composure somehow evades on page 105
ters, is straight through oan goal. And the daft cunt hus hit a on page 110

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Fitt, Matthew Kate O Shanter's Tale: And Other Poems, (Luath 2003 ISBN: 978-1842820285) Central, poetry
at the creel o the goal on page 15

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Morton, Elaine Hamethocts, (Evertype 2010 ISBN: 978-1782012399) Central, poetry
But rax the goal, plan, organise, on page 15

1 matches

McGregor, Iain Lallans 79 - The Ratton, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, prose
Mouse, an findin that wis ma goal. A cruik ma hochs aside ma be on page 83

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Purdie, David C. Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central - Midlothian, prose
rchie Gemmel's undeimous solo goal agin Holland, the ainerly bri on page 124

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Docherty, John F. Lallans 82 - Lang Summer Days Pairt 2, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, prose
thir wis this day Ah went in goal an naebdy could get a ba past on page 46

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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 167, (self-published 2007) Central, newspaper
ent, Craig Gordon haed taen a goal kick an the ba endit up at Ji
tered the ba intae the French goal frae aboot thirty yairds. The
ae the back o the net. Whit a goal! 1-0 tae Scotland!
3 matches

Clark, Thomas Wha's Like Us?, (Bella Caledonia 2017) Central - Bellshill, blog
her than the ootfaw? That the goal o a prospective indyref2 isna
1 matches

McKinlay, Kieran Walk Way to Fame, (Scots Hoose 2020) Central - Dunfermline, prose
h used tae use two hoodies as goal posts and the game only ended
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 114, (self-published 2003) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
ppears tae be the hinnermaist goal o Buddhism. In this novel, a
1 matches

McKillop, Roger The Staff, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
Untae oor, lang saucht, goal.
1 matches

McKillop, Roger Ma Heroes o' Sport, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
Your sights oan some goal or jist the next stride,
Keepin’ your faith, your Goal, left un-won?
2 matches

Philips, Cally Jings, crivens, help ma Boab, it’s independence!, (McStorytellers.com 2013) Central - Turriff, prose
t’s been his whale life’s goal after all. We may dream big b
1 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
in kindergarten: the heichest goal is the pursuit o knawledge; f
t stane hooses that wis thair goal. Bill parkit the larry in a s
2 matches

Bennett, Peter Wan Goal tae the Good, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
Wan goal tae the good, it is. Larsson
1 matches

Wallace, Lorna An Ode Tae Tinder, (lornalouwriting.wordpress.com 2020) Central - Ayrshire, poetry
tlin’ doon’s no quite yir goal,
1 matches

Gillespie, Alan Mon the Rovers, (Scottish Book Trust 2021) Central, prose
my da behind Scott Thomson's goal. A teacher frae my school wis
Klinsmann's second goal seemed tae come frae nowhere.
ams in Europe. Scot Gemmill's goal won the game for Nottingham F
d the Rovers are winning by a goal at half time before the Germa
4 matches

@jax6754 tweeted
llowing fae now oan as its ma goal by 2015 tae be a Life Coach! (2014) search twitter
@ComeCoachWithMe And my goal this afternoon is tae start r(2014) search twitter
meet you both in person! This goal is achievable! Don't know how(2015) search twitter

@MartinBroon tweeted
’s whit, We’ll gie yeez a 2 Goal start, sit wan of Oors oot ef(2020) search twitter
@RossMcNulty96 Never mind the goal! Whit aboot that flip! ??. ??(2019) search twitter
ck oan the right feet??. Whit goal difference? ??. ??????????. ?(2019) search twitter
??. Still nae Flashy Sparkley goal thing yit?(2019) search twitter

@rosa_alba_macd tweeted
ons that prevent reaching the goal.(2020) search twitter

@WhenDidADidny tweeted
he game. 3rd choice keeper in goal. Man sent aff. They had 30 mi (2018) twitter link

@OliphantWullie tweeted
dramatic endin !! Rare Skerla goal added to oor day !! (2022) twitter link
@pars_retro Barry's goal is wan o the closest things y (2022) twitter link
denroarpod Best EVER Scotland goal. 1st wan brilliant. 2nd.... h (2022) twitter link
ations. BTW wee Joey's openin goal wis CLASS!!! (2022) twitter link

@billykayscot tweeted
e ever, but they hae a higher goal than the pruch ridden anes on(2020) search twitter

@bigandymccoll tweeted
e man. Mair interested in the goal than his ain reputation. (2022) twitter link

@LowEndJardo tweeted
e know what, I got a scotland goal, a result against England and (2021) twitter link

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
@edinburghpaper another own goal guys - o dear (2020) twitter link
@FootballInT80s brilliant goal fae peter - oh happy days (2020) twitter link
luved the scenes when the 3rd goal went in guys - quality lol (2020) twitter link
son192 @robertmdaws brilliant goal from frankie - top drawer gu (2020) twitter link
anMusselburgh scored an early goal n then spartans lad got sent (2020) twitter link
and 4 other occurrences.

Doric

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
's nae even time te get te ma goal wecht," said Gertie, sookin i on page 36

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Hay, Gordon M. The Doric New Testament, (Gordon M Hay 2012 ISBN: 978-0957351516) Doric - Banff, prose
r, on e third day A'll win ma goal'. Fooivwver, A maun awa e day on page 105

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Whyte, Brian The Bottles, (Independently published 2020 ISBN: 979-8612647218) Doric, poetry
FIXIN' I' GOAL on page 131

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Murdoch, Steve Lallans 63 - A keik at the Swedish game o bandy, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Doric, prose
tae smack the baa atwards the goal: a chance to score a point ac
1 matches

Fowler, Ross Sunday Fitba wi ma Faither, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric - Forres, prose
ntae the gairden and set up a goal wi a puckle of ganzies as the
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@Doric_Bananaman tweeted
@AberdeenFC Fit??? Nae goal fae #Cosgrove ? #CosgroveOot(2018) search twitter
aff thon Quatary loons fur a goal(2015) search twitter
@17AdamRooney ye've scored e' goal min bit thon loon @nmcginn10 (2015) search twitter

@FaeFoggie tweeted
I'd tak a Hibs goal richt aboot noo...(2020) search twitter

@72redz1903 tweeted
for me - a perfectly lovely goal wid have wrongly been disallo (2022) twitter link
McRorie blasting over wi the goal at his mercy last week, it’s (2022) twitter link
great deal o relief wi that ‘goal’, basically injured the hail (2022) twitter link
young loon and raved aboot a goal he scored against Hibs, deman (2021) twitter link
ooking good bar getting a 2nd goal. If anything, maybe too mony (2021) twitter link
and 4 other occurrences.

@beast_afc tweeted
pped Mcrorrie cruciate an own goal! McInnis awfy use o 5 subs ag(2020) search twitter
hiv taken time tae announce A goal fae a former player! Get this(2020) search twitter

@cligeey tweeted
Bit o decent movement goal(2020) search twitter
be seen defending that second goal(2020) search twitter

@daleser23 tweeted
Sum goal(2013) search twitter

@Franwella tweeted
shment exercise for shaking a goal post. Nivir heard the like!!(2011) search twitter

Orkney

Giles, Harry Josephine WHIT TAE WRITE NOU?, (https://harryjosephine.com/ 2015) Orkney, blog
ayewis thinkan aboot hid. The goal o me language polietics is fi
1 matches

Shetland

Watt, Valerie Trowie time flees an aa, (Shetland Times 2009) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
t second een wis wappit in da goal posts an dey haaled aff dir g
1 matches

Southern

The Westender Loupin Salmon, (The Hawick Paper 2007) Southern, newspaper
, they eventually reach their goal.
1 matches

@MartyMacMurtrie tweeted
@white_vision Braw goal!! Weel dane, Big Dunc! ??????(2020) search twitter

Ulster

Crozier, Ian Recomendations fer an Ulster-Scots plen fer oor leid, heirskeip an’ culture, (communities-ni.gov.uk 2022) Ulster, government
we shud luk aa the lang-tim' goal o' a yeirly baag Ulster-Scots on page 65

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@the_gellick tweeted
wi their elbas, an thon Erse goal was affside! (2015) twitter link

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