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Use in varieties of Scots

patches Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words6.2 5.1 9 19.9 5.8 0 4.4
Number of occurrences2010 6 2 1 0 1
Number of authors16 6 6 2 1 1

Occurrences of patches in Corpus

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Central

Robertson, James The Mannie, (Scottish Book Trust 2018) Central, prose
istles on his chafts and thin patches o white hair on his heid, lik on page 6

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Fairnie, Robert Thochts o Speakin Scots, (peffers50.freeserve 2001) Central, prose
p an coff some conter-creenge patches tae steek on thair airms, thi
n ugsome. They didna hae airm patches thare aither but the creenge
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Bennett, Peter The Guru an Zander, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
irt he’s wearin’s dark in patches acroass his chist an underair
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Stewart, Anna An Alien Feeling, (Scots Hoose 2019) Central, prose
fae under the mud. It’s got patches o black and white, and a wee
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Grae, Emma Billy's Ghost Dug, (liarsleague.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
€™d black fur dotted wi white patches that made the wee bugger look
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Bennett, Peter Coyle Loyal, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
e behind him, countin the wee patches ay white scar tissue visible
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Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
his face. Maybe he had ither patches o thae pits that
. Thermal organs braks oot in patches: ayweys somewhaur on the face
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Bennett, Peter Arabian Monkfish (Part One), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central, prose
ame fae work, prominent sweat patches under oxters, ties undone, sh
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Doric

Wood, Evelyn Tales Fae The Doric Side - Carlo, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
ress wis a uniform wi diamond patches. Bit rules can be bent, so on on page 27

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Morrison, Gordon Thi Lyfe An Tyme's O An Enshoar Loon, (Authorhouse 2006 ISBN: 978-1425955397) Doric - Boddam, prose
, '"Naythen eit a pukkul leed patches widna ceoor," say's Baggy. Fi on page 13

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Manson, John Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Doric - Dumfries, poetry
Lek patches on the grey hous frunts, on page 111

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McGregor, Iain Lallans 76 - Wullie’s Wife: The Hoaspital Veisit, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Doric, prose
stertit ta pou aff ma steekie patches an pit new yins on
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Strachan, Shane Standing Stone, (northwordsnow.co.uk 2016) Doric, prose
to turn drier and safter wie patches o grass, and the branches abo
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@JamieFairbairn1 tweeted
. Kirk Yard - measure lichen patches on gravesteens, get dates, ma (2021) twitter link

Orkney

Hall, Simon W. Crackan the troughs, (Brisk Northerly 2021) Orkney, blog
ble close tae buildings or in patches o scrub, or on the salty shor
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@peediepuss tweeted
what function, if any, these patches have, but I ken a man who wil(2020) search twitter

Shetland

De Luca, Christine Parallel Worlds: Poems in Shetlandic and English, (Luath 2005 ISBN: 978-1905222131) Shetland, poetry
some wi muckle colour patches at on page 33

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Ulster

Ulster-Scots Language Society Tha Fower Gospels, (Ullans Press 2016 ISBN: 978-1-905281-25-1) Ulster, prose
the'll be fastin. ©"Naebodie patches thair oul duds wia bit o new on page 9

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