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Use in varieties of Scots

telescope Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words6.1 5.5 4.5 0 0 31 13.3
Number of occurrences2011 3 0 0 3 3
Number of authors9 6 1 1 1

Occurrences of telescope in Corpus

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Central

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
ah could shut masel up like a telescope! Ah hink ah could dae it, tae on page 12
"Ah must be shuttin up like a telescope." on page 13
m openin oot like the biggest telescope there ever wis! Cheeri-bye, f on page 16

3 matches

Rennie, Susan The Wee Prince, (Edition Lintenfass 2017 ISBN: 978-3946190592) Central, prose
e can scarce see them throu a telescope. Whan an astronomer discovers on page 18

2 matches

Begg, James A. Alison's Jants in Ferlieland, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010845) Central, prose
I wish I cuid shut up like a telescope! I think I cuid, gin I juist on page 12
"I must be shuttin up like a telescope." on page 13

2 matches

Johnstone, Shane The Gods of Frequency, (Arkbound 2020 ISBN: 978-1912092826) Central, prose
n it approvingly as if it's a telescope. Another, the fiddle player, on page 3

1 matches

Eagle, Andy Lallans 62 - Stravaigin the Wab, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
dounlades an analeezes radio telescope data. Its a speicial kind o s
warld’s muckle-maist radio telescope.
2 matches

@g_hibby tweeted
ho.. That's the Hubble Space Telescope done.. :) Enjoying this Lego (2022) twitter link

Doric

Byrne, Catherine Alice's Mishanters in e Land o Farlies, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010609) Doric - Caithness, prose
A wish A could shut up lek a telescope! A think A could, if A only k on page 11
"A mosst be shuttan up lek a telescope." on page 13
A'm openan oot lek e beegest telescope at ever wis! Cheerio, feet!" on page 15

3 matches

Southern

Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
h wish Ah could shut up lik a telescope! Ah hink Ah could, if only Ah on page 11
"Ah must b' squishin up lik a telescope!" on page 13
Ah'm openin oot lik th hugest telescope e'er! Cheerio, feet!" (fur wh on page 15

3 matches

Ulster

Morrison-Smyth, Anne Alice's Carrants in Wunnerlan, (Evertype 2013 ISBN: 978-1-78201-011-1) Ulster - Ballymoney, prose
hoo A wish A cud shut up lk a telescope! A think A cud, if A ome knew on page 12
. "A maun be shuttin up lik a telescope!" on page 13
enin oot lik the maist muckle telescope that iver wus! Guid-bye, feet on page 16

3 matches

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