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Use in varieties of Scots

greets Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words7.8 5.7 16.6 19.9 0 0 4.4
Number of occurrences2511 11 2 0 0 1
Number of authors16 10 3 2 1

Occurrences of greets 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

McQueer, Chris HWFG, (404 Ink 2012 ISBN: 978-1912489107) Central, prose
The scheme maw comes over an greets me wi a cuddle an slips suhin on page 24

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Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
Nae wee greets an girns atween quick dichts on page 77

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Sayers, Ross Daisy on the Outer Line, (Gob Stopper (Cranachan) 2020 ISBN: 978-1911279778) Central - Glasgow, prose
e a Santa hat jingle-jangling greets me in the corridor. Ah take d on page 1

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Bryden, Hugh Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Dumfries, poetry
t's ma faither in the mornin' greets mi on page 101

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Morton, Elaine Hamethocts, (Evertype 2010 ISBN: 978-1782012399) Central, poetry
Greets for the boat nae mair won ham on page 38

1 matches

Adamson, Donald Bield, (Tapsalteerie 2021) Central - Dumfries, poetry
ower the watter as it greets, on page 8

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Hershaw, William Lallans 73 - Proverbs o Hell, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, poetry
A fowth o gledness greets. on page 79
Joy lauchs nae, neither greets Wae. on page 80

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Mortimer, Cara Bewaur o th tap tap tap, (Scots Hoose 2022) Central - North Lanarkshire, weans
ah can hear is ma skirls and greets. An ah can feel the creepin a
1 matches

Bennett, Peter TA Hauf an a Hauf, (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
smoke an insipid, stale beer greets us like an auld friend. A str
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Facebook link ( 2022) Central
We’d aa be better off an greets wid change intae mair smiles.

Doric

Leslie, Deborah Tales Fae The Doric Side - Mabel, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
inte her cardigan. She ayewis greets fin she's happy. Weirdo. on page 91

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Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
Syne greets ower impty pews. on page 6
e; nae gicin intill 1m fin he greets; nae feedin im titbits'an def on page 62

2 matches

Whyte, Brian The Bottles, (Independently published 2020 ISBN: 979-8612647218) Doric, poetry
FILE MA ACCORDION GENTLY GREETS on page 158

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Blackhall, Sheena The Itchy Coo Book o Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales in Scots - Dother o the Sea, (Itchy Coo 2020) Doric, weans
sea quine's een glistered wi greets. on page 124

1 matches

Orkney

Leonard, Ingrid Northwords Now 43 - Ingrid Leonard, (northwordsnow.co.uk 2022) Orkney, poetry
bell, grim-faced until he greets uis, on page 18

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Hall, Anja Poosack, (Orkney Heritage Society 2010) Orkney, poetry
Pussy girns and greets and pleeps -
1 matches

Ulster

Fenton, James On Slaimish, (Ullans Press 2009 ISBN: 9781905281299) Ulster, poetry
He greets the maist whun langin for on page 33

1 matches

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