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surgery Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words9.1 9.3 15.1 0 5.8 0 0
Number of occurrences2918 10 0 1 0 0
Number of authors13 8 4 1

Occurrences of surgery in Corpus

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Central

Marenich, Margaret Lallans 84 - Awa wi’t, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
managed ti wyce him intil his surgery for aa that, an syne he manag on page 20

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Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
n ae a boy wae stab wounds in surgery n it makes us shudder tae loo on page 58

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Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
s run rid that day. Efter the surgery ah heard the boay did a midni on page 70

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Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
how she's gaunnae get plastic surgery when she's aulder, on page 148

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Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
In the Surgery
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Grae, Emma Dancin wi the Rhona, (unbound.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
raid ah cannae come intae the surgery eether.”
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Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
security, she wad hae plastic surgery tae chynge her Tibetan appear
dly unnerstuid ten wirds. Bit surgery - surgery is a practical ski
- surgery is a practical skill,” he s
3 matches

Burnett, Colin Cardboard Gangster - Part 2, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central, prose
in. Ah’ll perform open hert surgery oan yae. Goat it?’’
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Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 1, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
s clear tae me that the Leith Surgery covenant is in full swing, an
e big Tesco nixt door tae the surgery. Ah’m still rattled wae the
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Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 4, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
our mum is a cleaner at Leith Surgery, right?
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Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 5, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
eries. It was stolen from the surgery car park yesterday’’
As ah exit the surgery ah feel like a re-born, Aldo.
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@Chazzbat tweeted
@jackiepatie Ma surgery has an online form fer reques(2020) search twitter
eenits ivery time Ah phone ma surgery.(2020) search twitter
afore she went doon a plastic surgery rabbit hole.(2020) search twitter

Doric

Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
The door o the surgery opened a crack The doctor loo on page 15

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Smith, Alex A Sair Fecht, (self-published 2003) Doric, prose
the surgery, he said tae Jonsar. "Up on t
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Smith, Alex A Fer Chauve, (self-published 2005) Doric, prose
surgery he wis telt tae come back at
Eck wis sittin in the doctors surgery (He wis aye
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Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
caad her faither's near-haun surgery aa tae smush. Eftir thon, the
Hen-Hoose estate, nearby the surgery itsel. Hoosin in the toun wis
al. Her Ma wirkit at her Da's surgery as a nurse an wis richt gled
An he'll nae be keen tae hae surgery. Mynd, his Auntie Jude his tr
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Hutchison, Pat Mrs Clushet o Faaldydykes, (McStorytellers.com 2018) Doric - Banffshire, prose
le on. Opening the door o the surgery faa should he find sitting th
’d better wun throwe tae ma surgery, Mrs Clushet,” says he. Fai
2 matches

Shetland

Watt, Valerie A faersome feerie, (Shetland Times 2010) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
His undergroond surgery wis crubbit an ill lit. Dr. K
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