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lizard Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words13.1 6.2 16.6 0 34.9 72.4 26.6
Number of occurrences4212 11 0 6 7 6
Number of authors8 2 2 1 2 1

Occurrences of lizard in Corpus

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Central

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
waitin ootside. The puir wee Lizard, Bill, wis in the middle, bei on page 40
ir wee juror (t wis Bill, the Lizard) couldnae make oot at aw whit on page 107
, in her hurry, she'd pit the Lizard in heid-first, an the puir we on page 114
ae the accident, aw cept the Lizard, who wis too up tae high-doh on page 115
y, throwin an inkstaun at the Lizard as she spoke. (The unlucky Bi on page 120
Also on pages 122
6 matches

Begg, James A. Alison's Jants in Ferlieland, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010845) Central, prose
waitin ootside. The puir wee Lizard, Bill, wis in the middle, bei on page 39
uir wee sow] (it wis Bill the Lizard) cuidnae mak heid nor tail o on page 44

6 matches

Doric

Byrne, Catherine Alice's Mishanters in e Land o Farlies, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010609) Doric - Caithness, prose
waitan ootside. E poor peedy Lizard, Bill, wis in e middle, be-an on page 38
r peedy juror (id wis Bill, e Lizard) couldna make oot at all what on page 105
, in her haste, she hed pit e Lizard in heid doonwards, an e poor on page 112
ry o e accident, all except e Lizard, who seemed too much oercome on page 113
sly, throwan an inkstand at e Lizard as she spoke. (E unfortunate on page 118
Also on pages 120
6 matches

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
be fused wi the twa species, lizard an common gull, hid bin taen
bin a clone hissel. Ilkie man-lizard wis tae be kent thereaifter a
vyce-box bedded doon inno the lizard's thrapple. Tho Skreichmakker
e Javans fand carvins o a man-lizard, a Moai-moko. Aa ower Polynes
an the chiel wis fairly a man-lizard: a Septile. They glowered aaw
5 matches

Shetland

Johnson, Laureen Alice's Adventirs in Wonderlaand, (Evertype 2012 ISBN: 978-1782010081) Shetland - Voe, prose
s waitin furt. Da poor peerie Lizard, Bill, wis ida hert o dem, an on page 40
eerie juror (hit wis Bill, da Lizard) couldna mak oot whit wis com on page 110
a skrit at shö wis pitten da Lizard in head first, an da poor pee on page 117
ry o da misanter, aa aless da Lizard, at seemed far ower shakken u on page 118
, an fired an inkstaand at da Lizard as shö spak. (Poor ill-lucki on page 123
Also on pages 125
6 matches

Southern

Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
s waitin ootside. Th pair wee Lizard, Bill, was in th middle, bein on page 39
r wee juror (eet was Bill, th Lizard) couldhae mak oot at aw whit on page 108
in hur hurry, she hae put th Lizard in heid doon, an th pair wee on page 115
y o th accident, aw except th Lizard, whae seemed tae gobsmacked t on page 116
in, chuckin an inkstand at th Lizard as she spoke. (Th pair wee Bi on page 120
Also on pages 123
6 matches

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Ulster

Morrison-Smyth, Anne Alice's Carrants in Wunnerlan, (Evertype 2013 ISBN: 978-1-78201-011-1) Ulster - Ballymoney, prose
waitin ootside. The peur wee Lizard, Bill, wus in the middle, git on page 40
r wee juror (it wus Bull, the Lizard) cud naw mak oot aal what had on page 109
n hir haste, shae had put the Lizard in heid doonwards, an the peu on page 116
the accident, aal except the Lizard, wha seemt perfu owercome tae on page 117
y, cloddin an inkstand at the Lizard es shae spoke. (The unfurtuna on page 122
Also on pages 124
6 matches

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