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picturs Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words19 17 21.1 0 0 10.3 57.5
Number of occurrences6133 14 0 0 1 13
Number of authors26 16 7 1 2

Occurrences of picturs in Corpus

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Central

Donati, Colin The Student and the Pawnwife , (Itchy Coo 2003 ISBN: 978-1902927817) Central, prose
the waws, an twa-three tackie picturs in yella frames shawin nabbie on page 137

1 matches

Crichton, Tam Lallans 84 - Ower the Faem Pairt Twa: Doon the Watter, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
rder, ainlie i short gliffs o picturs, like the poesy o the skalds. on page 58

1 matches

Rennie, Susan The Wee Prince, (Edition Lintenfass 2017 ISBN: 978-3946190592) Central, prose
I drew for him ane o the twa picturs I coud dae. The pictur o the on page 12

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Roald Dahl Reekin Rhymes, (Itchy Coo 2018 ISBN: 978-1785301834) Central, weans
Bonnie picturs, wallie dugs. on page 32

1 matches

McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
e get prentit unless they had picturs tae gang wi them. Sae it cam on page 109

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
sae were the cairpets and the picturs and the furnitur and the beds on page 15
Mr Wonka, nashin by. 'It has picturs o fruits on it - bananaes, a on page 118

3 matches

Robertson, James The Hoose at Pooh's Neuk, (Itchy Coo 2010 ISBN: 978-1845022945) Central, weans
re haulin Hoolet's chairs and picturs and the like oot o his auld h on page 144

1 matches

Forde, Iain W D Chronikil o Scotland (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2016 ISBN: 978-0-9574164-3-7) Central, prose
ik thai wuid be makkin neist; picturs o huntin, battailyies, keings on page 42
Kildies didna allou thon. The picturs hed ti be o angells ir sancts on page 44

2 matches

Harrison, Jean Lallans 59 - BARRY SCHUIL 1928 - 1934, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central - East Lothian, prose
croon on her heid. We'd seen picturs o her in oor story books. Och on page 120

1 matches

Eagle, Andy Lallans 67 - Stravaigin the Wab, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
wabsteid thare's mair nor 600 picturs o the bields an bothies thay on page 65

2 matches

Sprott, Gavin Lallans 73 - Monument, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, poetry
He had nae charts nor picturs. on page 100

1 matches

Hodgson, Brent Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, prose
cawed by in a rowe o lichtit picturs .... The samen i tither leid on page 119

1 matches

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central - Prestwick, prose
repone frae Jesus (as Lorimer picturs Him): Am I this fell while wi on page 136
s determines the teuk whan he picturs a scene o his paurents' daith on page 141

2 matches

Philip, George Lallans 56 - Scotsoun Thereanent, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, prose
it on KKO7 alang wi a puckle picturs taen in 1974 whan a whein o f on page 46

1 matches

Hodgson, Brent Lallans 67 - Reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
footh o wittins i the form o picturs, notts, charts, epitaphs, emb on page 91

1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 108, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
g's they glower on the framed picturs or prents on the wa, and keep
1 matches

Eagle, Andy Lallans 62 - Stravaigin the Wab, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
it. NASA haes a guid walin o picturs o the yird (http://visibleear
mang this is no juist ordinar picturs shawin the continents an kint
taes, scientific facts, text, picturs an videos. For mair anent ast
3 matches

Eagle, Andy Lallans 63 - Stravaigin The Wab, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
lane. Inby amang aw the braw picturs is mony interestin maiter lik
1 matches

Eagle, Andy Lallans 71 - Stravaigin the Wab, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
It wad seem aw thae hie-gloss picturs in journals an magazines haes
1 matches

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 71 - Review - Auld Campaigner: A Life of Alexander Scott, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
965. It is provokit bi naukit picturs o the named actress, an actua
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 174, (self-published 2008) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
aw the clues ee git frae the picturs. Ideal fur bairns, bit wi a s
1 matches

McClurg, Fernando The Potemkin Pairty, (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
unrelatit note, here are sum picturs o Jim Murphy haudin campaign
Thir picturs represents a hailly different
2 matches

Facebook link (Changed Times Historical Novel By Ethyl Smith 2022) Central
ked roond the room. Beautiful picturs, fine furniture, bonnie floor

Facebook link ( 2020) Central
en aboot the event as weel as picturs an drawins made. In fact ye c

Facebook link ( 2019) Central
Ah included picturs o local remembrance events ta

Doric

McDonald, John Mou Her Name, (Evertype 2018 ISBN: 978-1782012054) Doric, poetry
ce airlie daw cloody, greetie picturs aw doon the scroll rhymeless on page 3

1 matches

Uri, Antonia Bidin awa: City Breaks, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Doric - Aberdeen, newspaper
ruim is a braw place tae tak picturs far ye leuk like a tiny wee l on page 7

1 matches

McClure, Derrick J. Throwe the Keekin-Gless an Fit Ailice Funn There, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012559) Doric, prose
as cwid be. For ensample, the picturs on the waa neist tae the fire on page 15

1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Lallans 58 - Dour, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Doric, prose
bare bit paper an fullin't wi picturs. Ither bairns cud sclimm tree on page 51

1 matches

Kynoch, Douglas Lallans 83 - The Umman, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Doric, prose
her foreneen, A was gaapin at picturs o yows in snaa an bowls o sky
1 matches

Johnstone, Ian Tuney Loon's low doon, (The Fraserburgh Herald 2000) Doric, newspaper
umberella feet, went tae the picturs and fell through the seat ...
1 matches

Elphinstone Institute Aiberdeenshire Cooncil – Scots Leid Guidelines, (Aberdeenshire Council 2017) Doric, government
Doric an Scots texts, buiks, picturs an spik;
1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
at its snawy briest, fur the picturs frae Matty's buiks tuik reist
y's buiks tae read, wi bonnie picturs in't.'
at Matty's buik wi the bonnie picturs, it wis far mair fun tormenti
3 matches

Uri, Antonia Fit tae dae aboot obesity?, (Mak Forrit 2018) Doric - Aberdeen, blog
uf o them wi eggs for profile picturs) gaun on aboot foo “fat fow
1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
cairryin a buik wi a rowth o picturs in’t o hornygollachs, ilkie
luikin the verra marra o the picturs
2 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Drumneachie Ferm, (Scottish Poetry Library 2019) Doric, poetry
n in Scots the maist precious picturs o ma bairnhood myndins thonne
1 matches

Southern

Purves, David Lallans 67 - Editorial, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Southern - Selkirk, newspaper
ca museum, for fendin us braw picturs o a hantle o the precious thi on page 5

1 matches

Ulster

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
ilor man! Dae they no hae the picturs in his kintrie?" on page 13
onnie Scotland! He hasnae the picturs in his kintrie! I'm laitnin h on page 19
big banana feet, went tae the picturs an cudnae find a seat. When h on page 39
on or ye'll no be fat for the picturs later the day!'' on page 41
It was a first ootin tae the picturs fur Daniel an a first ootin t on page 42
Also on pages 44, 45
9 matches

Morrison-Smyth, Anne Alice's Carrants in Wunnerlan, (Evertype 2013 ISBN: 978-1-78201-011-1) Ulster - Ballymoney, prose
wus reading but thur wus nae picturs or taakin in it, "an," thocht on page 7
here an thur shae saw maps an picturs hung frae pegs. Shae tuk doon on page 9
istly see Shakespeare, in the picturs o him), while the rest o thim on page 27

4 matches

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