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Use in varieties of Scots

secure Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words6.8 9.6 3 0 0 0 4.4
Number of occurrences2219 2 0 0 0 1
Number of authors14 11 2 1

Occurrences of secure in Corpus

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Central

McHardy, Stuart Lallans 82 - The Banes o Alba, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, poetry
is aye secure, on page 32

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Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
. We bring them together in a secure environment, with teachers an on page 57

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Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
ornness oan that in order tae secure a small victory fur masel. Bu on page 138

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McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
ly across all four nations to secure the defence, prosperity and w on page 24
ee decades, sic things are no secure at aw. Jist as the Post Offic on page 95
keepin yung fowk fae haein a secure roof ower their heids is - a on page 113

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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
the table they'd managed tae secure, wi twa gin an tonics, five b on page 76

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McPartlin, John Lallans 68 - Black Staff , (Lallans Magazine 2006) Central, poetry
rpse stuck intae peat is mair secure on page 112

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Bolland, John Lallans 71 - Line of Sight – excerpt fae a novel in progress, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
ortsoy wiz niver meant tae be secure. It’s aa these strips o hoo
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Muir, Glenn David of Seafield, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Linlithgow, prose
shair that the cage wis mair secure.
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McKillop, Roger Ma Heroes o' Sport, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
Auld Ned Haig’s legacy’s secure,
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Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
wha had gien her a hame an a secure future.
ed. “The hospital is fairly secure - most of the staff are Tibe
aewhaur here tae keep onythin secure.”
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McClurg, Fernando Tae see oorsels as we see ithers, (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
s pressed their advantage tae secure their grup on pooer.
ive as a pairtisan effort tae secure pooer. Meanwhile new laws tae
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 101, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
akit a Gaelic Language Act or Secure Status legislation pairt o it
r, Watson telt the press that Secure Status wisna an event but an
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@RickHJohnston tweeted
on with right to buy but as a secure shelter/home for young famili (2022) twitter link

Doric

Reid, Adeline Tales Fae The Doric Side - A Clootie Duff, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, poetry
umplin an keeps the intimmers secure on page 20

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The Flying Pigs Multiple choice voting leaves city cooncil facing, (Press and Journal 2022) Doric, newspaper
oncil for anither five years, secure in the knowledge that fitiver
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Ulster

Crozier, Ian Recomendations fer an Ulster-Scots plen fer oor leid, heirskeip an’ culture, (communities-ni.gov.uk 2022) Ulster, government
at irnae allus tae bae gat. A secure source o' sufficient catter s on page 43

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