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shopping Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words8.1 5.1 13.6 39.7 11.6 10.3 0
Number of occurrences2610 9 4 2 1 0
Number of authors21 7 7 4 2 1

Occurrences of shopping in Corpus

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Central

Moodie, Gordon D. Lallans 90 - Snoke Iz A Pithie Warlock, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Central, prose
he caws the hale practick iz 'shopping' an whin heez bein gyper; 'co on page 81

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Bennett, Peter Rude Awakenings (Part two of two), (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
‘The shopping centre?’ he sais, the fucki
1 matches

Muir, Glenn Al Fresco, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Linlithgow, prose
th and placed in a big canvas shopping bag alang wi twa thermos flas
1 matches

@Seperatist_No1 tweeted
t choice, do i need some mair shopping, I said something wrong.., I (2020) search twitter
most of us turned tae online shopping and mobile, online banking ??(2020) search twitter

@DavidJWood2 tweeted
hrs went in tae that. Google, shopping, prep, and a few stressful hi(2020) search twitter

@g_hibby tweeted
uld Allie... Same here... Our shopping's aw' done noo... Quiet day t (2023) twitter link
@braveheart13205 Get the shopping done BH... Then hame, feet up (2022) twitter link
rn's morning, so done aw' the shopping the day... :) One thing I not (2023) twitter link

@ThonJacobite tweeted
Nana ever said? Mines tain me shopping for ma skuill uniform when a (2020) search twitter

Doric

Riddell, Conor San Diego, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric - Forres, prose
Canterbury Gardens tae di ma shopping. Fan a got there it wis buzzi
re tae di some o ma Christmas shopping so a thocht a hid beter get o
a wis mare than happy wi a ma shopping.
3 matches

McDonald, Charlie , (Facebook 2022) Doric, poetry
Course apart fae buyin' shopping at the superstore
1 matches

Facebook link ( 2012) Doric - Buckie
back and am currently window shopping the property market atthe min

@DoricPhrases tweeted
gowkit loons fa loup oot aat shopping centres an say ah’ve a quick(2017) search twitter

@Franwella tweeted
her! Ye heard o that internet shopping thing hee hee(2011) search twitter

@fittiecrooners tweeted
her indoors ayewis oot window shopping. So me & Bert fill our boots,(2019) search twitter

@JamieFairbairn1 tweeted
cousins wid say ‘pittin the shopping awa’. (2020) twitter link

Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
They ca hid Stromness Shopping Week - a time tae celebrate. on page 29

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Cormack, Kevin Swiet Haar, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
Like shopping trolleys we concertina oot o on page 4

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Butler, Vera Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
y Clara, along with the strae shopping basket, wae a warning tae buy on page 30

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Grieve, Issy Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
Pinned furnent the shopping bags. on page 102

1 matches

Shetland

I Hear Dee Shaetlan A primer - v. 1.1, (I Hear Dee 2022) Shetland, prose
messages = 'shopping, groceries' in StE on page 106

1 matches

@RedValkyrie84 tweeted
en politely reminding someone shopping we dir partner and no facemas (2020) twitter link

Southern

@jamie_ginger tweeted
er the cash and the Christmas shopping was done. Now its like what t(2018) search twitter