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Use in varieties of Scots

profession Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words5.6 8.2 0 9.9 0 0 4.4
Number of occurrences1816 0 1 0 0 1
Number of authors12 10 1 1

Occurrences of profession in Corpus

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Central

Rennie, Susan The Wee Prince, (Edition Lintenfass 2017 ISBN: 978-3946190592) Central, prose
Syne I chaise anither profession, an learnt tae pilot aeroplan on page 10
'I hae an awfu profession. It wis fine an guid in the l on page 50
an last is a bodie wi a real profession!' An he lookit aw aroond at t on page 54

3 matches

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
members o the Edinburgh legal profession. Howivver Sterling an Low had on page 27
licensed peculators o the law profession, tellt them that they ownit t on page 83
uasion - ye cuidnae cry it a profession wi the lot that hung oot in S on page 100

3 matches

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
The Herd's profession, defined bi seasons; on page 16
'The Doactirs profession wisnae fir me - on page 145

2 matches

Donati, Colin Scots A Statement o Principles, (Scots Parliament 2003 ISBN: 978-1-899920-02-1) Central, government
their ilkaday work. The legal profession, tae, wis aince a bastion o t on page 13

1 matches

Purdie, David C. Lallans 73 - The Glesgy Screwdriver, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central - Midlothian, prose
braw hobby but a bluidy awfu profession an that shut him up!" Clancy on page 98

1 matches

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 82 - Editorial, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central - Prestwick, prose
, containin his musins on his profession an hou he wes daein himsel at on page 6

1 matches

Robertson, James The Deil, (Scottish Book Trust 2018) Central, prose
a. Syne, in the mainner o her profession,
1 matches

Wilson, Rab Lallans 62 - Cormilligan, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, poetry
The Herd’s profession, defined bi seasons;
1 matches

Heather, Alistair The Body Snatchers, (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Angus, blog
ts. It wisnae sic a glamorous profession, an wis aye ettlin tae brak o
1 matches

Shoor Caan, Angus Coont Thum: A hunner an' oad McLimericks, (self-published 2012 ISBN: 978-1480242425) Central - Ardrossan, poetry
wee lesson Aboot the literary profession
1 matches

@ThonJacobite tweeted
ers. Ah gied 20 years tae the profession and ah kin say wae aw honesty(2021) search twitter

Orkney

Hall, Simon W. No the Six o Clock News, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Orkney, blog
d eighties were heroes o thur profession, who persevered tae bring thu
1 matches

Ulster

Ni Chuilin, Caral Roadin furtae Bring Forrits an Graith tha ULSTER-SCOTCH Leid, Heirskip an Cultur, (Mannystrie o Fowkgates, Airts an Aisedom 2015) Ulster, government
profession, uise thair ain leid; an on page 16

1 matches

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