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Use in varieties of Scots

raises Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words7.4 8.6 4.5 9.9 5.8 0 8.9
Number of occurrences2417 3 1 1 0 2
Number of authors15 9 2 1 1 2

Occurrences of raises in Corpus

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Central

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
peek oot intae the street. He raises a hand, 'Stay back, boys' on page 60

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Sayers, Ross Daisy on the Outer Line, (Gob Stopper (Cranachan) 2020 ISBN: 978-1911279778) Central - Glasgow, prose
ye believe this, Robin?" Mum raises a flat hawn up near ma face. on page 28

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Grae, Emma The Tongue She Speaks, (Luath 2022 ISBN: 978-1804250242) Central, prose
reaches the altar. The priest raises his haun tae bless hur, but s on page 7

4 matches

Hubbard, Tom The Flechitorium, (Grace Note 2017 ISBN: 9781907676932) Central - East Central, poetry
At that, Uncle Nick raises his gless, no e'en lookin at on page 75

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Grae, Emma The Tongue She Speaks, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, poetry
A lassie raises a haun before the teacher's h on page 7
He raises an eyebroo and smirks. on page 12

2 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit Scots Warks - Uphaud an guidance for screivars, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Central, government
in Scots aff a drap-doun menu raises the question: is oor leid hab on page 7

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Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
lurs intae white noise. Rufus raises his leg over hur white traine on page 33
apular o the Virgin Mary. She raises hur arms tae put it around ma on page 48
She raises hur eyebroos. Gettin a word o on page 77

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Calder, Bob Lallans 58 - Allmairshall, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
uir, his feet streetch and he raises himsel up on tiptoe ti ransac on page 72

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Bennett, Peter The Party ay the Year (Part One), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
sais noddin tae McShane, who raises his gless in recognition.
1 matches

Ewen, Allan The “Auld Lang Syne” Paradox, (The Sair Fecht 2014) Central, blog
ne anither tae speak it. This raises an important question. Whit w
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@LairnScots tweeted
a belter o a first guest! He raises the pynt o the pressure tae ' (2020) twitter link

Doric

Vettese, Raymond Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Doric - Montrose, prose
sin the Saicont Warl War and raises the spectre o Gruinard, yon p on page 124

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Vettese, Raymond Lallans 73 - Reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Doric, prose
sin the Saicont Warl War and raises the spectre o Gruinard, yon p
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Uri, Antonia Naewey tae bide, (Mak Forrit 2018) Doric - Aberdeen, blog
idea tae haud an event whilk raises sae much awaurness and siller
1 matches

Orkney

Hall, Simon W. No the Six o Clock News, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Orkney, blog
subtitled: tae me subtitling raises the status and profile o Scot
1 matches

Shetland

@helenmoncrieff tweeted
Casino da Tripawd. I hoop he raises a smile ?? https://t.co/bpQtg(2020) search twitter

Ulster

Ulster-Scots Language Society Tha Fower Gospels, (Ullans Press 2016 ISBN: 978-1-905281-25-1) Ulster, prose
an gie ye yer reward whan he raises tha just fowk frae tha deid." on page 95

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Campbell, Robert Lock Doon Poyams, (Independently 2021 ISBN: 979-8742155812) Ulster, poetry
He raises gun aip til his chin on page 49

1 matches

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