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Use in varieties of Scots

scrooge Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words2.8 3.6 1.5 9.9 0 0 0
Number of occurrences97 1 1 0 0 0
Number of authors6 4 1 1

Occurrences of scrooge in Corpus

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Central

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
SCROOGE on page 39
de a face at me. S is fur the Scrooge, she said, an then she pit th on page 40
w now, said ma da, Don't be a Scrooge. Ah tolt him he looks ridicul on page 169

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@DABArbuckle tweeted
ents and families. Gies peace Scrooge.(2020) search twitter

@raiphsays tweeted
storm @ArgyllSeaGlass Aye bit Scrooge wis capable a learnin fae heÂ(2020) search twitter

@ThonJacobite tweeted
current Tory Party. They mak Scrooge look like the Sally Army.(2020) search twitter

Doric

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 68 - Gordon’s Gairden, (Lallans Magazine 2006) Doric, prose
they come, yon chiel. An aul' Scrooge, Peggy Watson cae'd him. Aye, on page 35

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Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
Ah'm no caad 'Scrooge' fur nutheen - they ken me s on page 81

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