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Use in varieties of Scots

owns Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words4.3 6 0 9.9 5.8 0 0
Number of occurrences1412 0 1 1 0 0
Number of authors10 8 1 1

Occurrences of owns 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
She swaggers aboot as if she owns the place. on page 5

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Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
mean in this day and age who owns a mace? Lit alone actually us on page 20

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Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
t's the dochter o the man wha owns Wormwidd Motors in the clacha on page 77
dochter o the mannie wha owns Wormwidd Motors?" on page 151

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McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
some fowk reckon Diageo, that owns sae monie o Scotland's whisky on page 134

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Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
hyphen name. Everythin Linsey owns has got tae be a designer lab on page 169

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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS nummer 109, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
Who Owns Scotland - Andy Wightman
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Capener, Jack This laund wis wrocht for you an me, (Mak Forrit 2021) Central - Edinburgh, blog
mmunity-run Assynt Foundation owns the popular walkin areas o Gl
the Hoose o Lords mannie that owns the laund. It lees tuim but f
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Bennett, Peter Coyle Loyal, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
e themsels tae whoever it is, owns the arse their tongue’s hin
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Burnett, Colin Cardboard Gangster - Part 1, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central, prose
™â€™ ah scoff, laughin. ‘’Owns a sauna joint in Moredun, doe
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Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 5, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
e on behalf of my mother. She owns the Labrador. The one which i
1 matches

Orkney

Sclater, Kathryn Gallows Ha - Five Signs, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
Sheu owns wan familiar, a cat. on page 15

1 matches

Shetland

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
apevine at youre no heard wha owns da firm noo - ah'm sure you' on page 41

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