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politicians Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words20.6 28.1 7.5 0 0 20.7 17.7
Number of occurrences6756 5 0 0 2 4
Number of authors32 23 4 2 3

Occurrences of politicians 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

Hubbard, Tom The Flechitorium, (Grace Note 2017 ISBN: 9781907676932) Central - East Central, poetry
That'll suit all politicians on page 33

1 matches

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
s no the courts ae law or the politicians who keep the peace; it's the on page 15
yae. It isnae jist a word fur politicians tae throw aboot tae git oor v on page 18
s foodbanks. Aw the while the politicians at Westminster wash doon cavi on page 123

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McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
easily tae British (an ither) politicians. Nou, shuid that no mak us ha on page 10
main problem is peelie-wallie politicians an lickspittle journalists th on page 36
ethin the MsM cuid spell), an politicians, obsessit wi the processes o on page 37
id shouders abune maist ither politicians in Britain shuid be Jattin he on page 44
raft o celebrities an zombie politicians will be linin up tae tell us on page 51
Also on pages 73, 85, 88, 94, 103, 111, 112, 119, 121, 137, 140, 142
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Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
thi government or any o they politicians on page 47

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McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
excitement thruoot Scotland. Politicians went on the telly an tellt aw on page 46
he Enlichtenment notions that politicians an the rich are sae keen tae on page 83

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McMillan, Hugh Whit If? Scotland's History as it Micht Hiv Bin, (Luath 2021 ISBN: 9781910022900) Central, poetry
bi politicians, gun rinners an priests, on page 69

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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 103, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
leck o English? An bein, like politicians everywhaur an everywhan, bein
d nivver set - bit the day's politicians suid shairly hae a better ide
2 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 178, (self-published 2008) Central, newspaper
ar o fleetchin governments an politicians tae sauf oor Scots language,
1 matches

Watt, George T. Lallans 74 - Distempered, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, poetry
tae keep oor politicians’ thunder
1 matches

Clark, Thomas Radge Against the Machine: Deid Wirds, Deid Warlds, an Why Scots Maitters, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central - Bellshill, blog
boleth o Scots is whit is oor politicians come up wi as collateral. Try
1 matches

Clark, Thomas Wha's Like Us?, (Bella Caledonia 2017) Central - Bellshill, blog
like. An yon's a wirry, when politicians sae aften conflate their mean
Electin politicians on the basis o a single, meis
single message jist gies oor politicians free rein tae interpret, aka
us tae dae nae warse than the politicians, or a monkey throwin darts, o
raither than tak a couple of politicians gowfin every yinst in a while
5 matches

Capener, Jack No Guid Eneuch, (Bella Caledonia 2019) Central, blog
n encourage wir Scots-speakin politicians - an there maun be a wheen o
1 matches

Clark, Thomas Aw Aboard! The fecht for the Scots language stairts the day!, (Bella Caledonia 2019) Central - Bellshill, blog
nnooncements on the perfidy o politicians. These are strynge times, an
mockin tongues o teachers an politicians, has the BBC tae thank for th
2 matches

Campbell, Karen Gie it laldy, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Central - Glasgow, blog
s thrie estaitis richt awa: Politicians, Press an People. Scotland, w
1 matches

Philips, Cally Jings, crivens, help ma Boab, it’s independence!, (McStorytellers.com 2013) Central - Turriff, prose
ky ower pricey place fer they politicians tae chat in. Niver felt lik
1 matches

Seth-Smith, Niki Chynge o sum kind is comin either wey, but a vote tae leave wad empooer Europe’s faur richt, (The Sair Fecht 2016) Central, blog
o neoliberalism. Oor media an politicians are strainin at the leash tae
1 matches

Puchowski, James Frae Norrowa ower the faem, (The Sair Fecht 2016) Central, blog
think o thaimsels as ful-time politicians. This is mibbie the sort o se
1 matches

Widmann, Thomas The State o Denmark, (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
it frae Halieruid), sae Dens politicians daesna think it’s a muckle
The politicians frae the Blue bloc is negotia
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McClurg, Fernando Votin isna Democracy. But..., (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
m aboot the value o votin. “Politicians are aw the same,” “They a
1 matches

Ewen, Allan Pairt Ane: Janus leuks back, (The Sair Fecht 2014) Central, blog
commendations. While Unionist politicians an journalists wad lik tae se
1 matches

Wilson, Rab A centre of undeemous excellence fir Scots leid, (The National 2017) Central, newspaper
rs, an quotes an stories frae politicians wha aiblins speik an champion
1 matches

@Seperatist_No1 tweeted
coming in heavily, reporters, politicians, arseholes and outgoing holid(2020) search twitter

@jack_capener tweeted
@KirstySNP Gey braw tae see politicians takkin tent o Scots Kirsty, i(2018) search twitter

@OliphantWullie tweeted
nd job here noo deflectin oor politicians fae the REAL job wi aw they ' (2022) twitter link

@bigandymccoll tweeted
inding some good guys blaming politicians for oor situation - nope. Th (2022) twitter link

@pmcm1355 tweeted
enis extension fir inadequate politicians. (2022) twitter link

@rattlecans tweeted
rasp the fact that when their politicians sanction the countries that s (2022) twitter link
made fur themsels if Scottish politicians had quit using English ports (2022) twitter link

Doric

Uri, Antonia Bidin awa: City Breaks, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Doric - Aberdeen, newspaper
nd mines an cluster bombs tae politicians an aa ithers fa veesit the ci on page 5

1 matches

Johnstone, Ian Tuney Loon's low doon, (The Fraserburgh Herald 2000) Doric, newspaper
for me onyhoo, wi campaiging politicians in aa their razzamatazz, and
1 matches

Hutchison, Pat The Seven Coins o Kineddart, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Doric - Banffshire, prose
the faimily, sojers, sailors, politicians and his ancestors hid focht i
1 matches

The Flying Pigs Multiple choice voting leaves city cooncil facing, (Press and Journal 2022) Doric, newspaper
foo scunnered folk are aboot politicians these days.
Nae that the national politicians is ony better. I seen Michael
2 matches

Southern

@StuartPoet tweeted
@SazCaz81 I suck up to politicians? Please elucidate.(2020) search twitter

@MartyMacMurtrie tweeted
ince 1980!! Cannae trust each politicians within WM!? ??(2020) search twitter

Ulster

Crozier, Ian Recomendations fer an Ulster-Scots plen fer oor leid, heirskeip an’ culture, (communities-ni.gov.uk 2022) Ulster, government
politicians involved the noo forebye gett on page 39
es political discussions tae politicians. Thon on page 40

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Dornan, Stephen The Widenin Sheuch, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Ulster, blog
re's nae doobt that a wheen o politicians wha didnae know ocht aboot Ul
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@the_gellick tweeted
Nae sense fae ony o those #politicians - scunnered wi the hail shoo (2014) twitter link

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