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Use in varieties of Scots

tour Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words27.8 20.6 60.3 29.8 0 0 26.6
Number of occurrences8940 40 3 0 0 6
Number of authors35 24 8 1 2

Occurrences of tour in Corpus

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Central

Clark, Sara Echo and Narcissus, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012702) Central, poetry
our lauchter frae its dreadfu tour on page 24

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Clark, Thomas Intae the Snaw, (Gatehouse Press 2015 ISBN: 978-0992857370) Central, poetry
A-tap the tour, a hunder feet, on page 20

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Rennie, Susan The Wee Prince, (Edition Lintenfass 2017 ISBN: 978-3946190592) Central, prose
tae him. 'I haena yet made a tour o my haill kinrick. I am gey on page 40

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Clark, Thomas Eemis Stane 2 - Editorial: A Twa Wey Street, (Eemis Stane 2023) Central, prose
w Fitt's kenspeckle cyberpunk tour-de-force, But n Ben A-Go-Go. on page 3

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Clark, Thomas Animal Fairm, (Luath 2023 ISBN: 978-1804250396) Central, prose
ome scent. Then chey makkit a tour o owerseein o the hale fairm on page 6

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Hubbard, Tom The Flechitorium, (Grace Note 2017 ISBN: 9781907676932) Central - East Central, poetry
e aboot, Oor tinker's mystery tour? on page 12

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Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
hat they're no advertisin fur tour guides in Yemen. on page 122

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McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
On the tour we tellt fowk aboot sic auld on page 125
ble ane, an maist fowk on the tour, were fae far-flung places, i on page 126

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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
ed that they'd like tae tak a tour roun Scotland an acquaint the on page 25

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Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
f ah could go on the Scotland Tour; ah quite fancied it actually on page 161
Tour new friend Linsey on page 169

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Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
o ma factory. Then, efter the tour, as a special giftie, aw o th on page 23
will ye please follae me! Oor tour is aboot tae stert! But mind on page 70

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Grae, Emma The Tongue She Speaks, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, poetry
When ah came up fir a tour o Bonnieburgh Academy, ah bre on page 4

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Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
uldnae huv a family. Robert's tour o Iraq wis the final nail in on page 11

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Monahan Brown, Ricky Eemis Stane 1 - The Mindin, (Eemis Stane 2022) Central, prose
e told on our one hour guided tour!" on page 9

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McCrory, Pat Lallans 56 - Embdy Lost a Jaickit?, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central - Cowcaddens, poetry
the secret o the lost jaickit tour, on page 113

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Eagle, Andy Lallans 67 - Stravaigin the Wab, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
eastern Aiberdeenshire, (www.tour-britain.com/scotarea10.html) on page 65

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McCabe, Mary Lallans 73 - Tap Table, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, poetry
or dear life tae the nor-wast tour. on page 117

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Forde, Iain W D Hale Ir Sindries - Buik Twa, (Fons Scotiae 2000) Central, prose
croun jowells wes gane ti the Tour o
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Robinson, Christine Lallans 70 - The Language o the Glasgow Unity Plays, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
company, but they took it on tour wi the result that it wis see
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Corbett, John Lallans 70 - Owersettins o Modren Drama intae Scots, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
iten tae blaw thaim apairt. A tour de force, it’s a play that
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Clark, Thomas Yes Nae Mair, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Central - Bellshill, blog
tae forget it. Fellas wi the tour t-shirts fae afore the first
y, or worse, mak themsels yer tour guide for it.
ears cannae just be a reunion tour, no unless we're wantin tae p
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Bennett, Peter McShane's Reprieve, (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
llied up wae a small European tour that generated some label int
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Purdie, David C. Lallans 59 - Sanct Hub’s, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Central - Edinburgh, poetry
me sclimmed up intil the bell tour
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Ewen, Allan Pairt Ane: Janus leuks back, (The Sair Fecht 2014) Central, blog
es an regions wi the Yestival Tour. Through experiences sic as t
s follaein us on the Yestival Tour. At the merches an rallies th
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Ewen, Allan The “Auld Lang Syne” Paradox, (The Sair Fecht 2014) Central, blog
Collective’s “Yestival” tour an i publications like “Ins
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 100, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
ungest bairns an eddicational tour roond the hoose that wis thai
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Facebook link (Changed Times Historical Novel By Ethyl Smith 2022) Central
When ah wis lucky tae huv a tour o the place ah felt a shiver

@jax6754 tweeted
attEvers Ack well! Hae a guid tour an maybe 2015! Hint hint! ?(2014) search twitter
next play up here, hae a guid tour! xxx(2014) search twitter
you ever sing "the climb" oan tour?. Sorry never ever been tae a(2015) search twitter
ticed that fae Jul an Aug yir tour isnae oan so wonderin!!!!....(2016) search twitter

@billykayscot tweeted
programme follaein Ossian’s tour o Switzerland whaur French sp(2020) search twitter

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
hecked so a doo noo - done a tour wae ma biker pals doon the ar (2021) twitter link

Doric

Uri, Antonia Bidin awa: City Breaks, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Doric - Aberdeen, newspaper
an oor) or gang for a segway tour o the gairdens. on page 3
Nations. Veesitors can tak a tour o the Palais des Nations an l on page 5
must. Ye can gang on a wakin tour o the centre (inside an oot) on page 6
has plenty o distilleries tae tour. The Jameson Distillery tour on page 8
r yersel, or pey for a guided tour o Porto's bonnie kirks. Eithe on page 9
Also on pages 11, 13, 14, 15
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Whyte, Brian The Bottles, (Independently published 2020 ISBN: 979-8612647218) Doric, poetry
I' MYSTICAL HISTORY TOUR on page 142

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Smith, Alex A Sair Fecht, (self-published 2003) Doric, prose
En keep faun on oor tour,
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Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
tain Miss Vining, hired fur a tour o the colonies tae perk up he
n ootins at the feenish o her tour.
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Hutchison, Pat Angels Ten, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Doric - Banffshire, prose
. He’d jist came hame fae a tour o duty in Afghanistan and spo
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@AMaxwell54 tweeted
t's a lang time syne ah hid a tour o' the glengarioch distillery (2018) twitter link

@cligeey tweeted
@LeftPeggers Fair tour young loon(2020) search twitter

@fittiecrooners tweeted
Next stop on the tour - Fittie Bar! #britainsgotta(2018) search twitter

Orkney

Hall, Simon W. Lamborghini: Cult o the Bull, (Brisk Northerly 2015) Orkney, blog
s tae visit both, takkan in a tour o the factory.
gh the security doors for the tour. Any whiff o bull that might
measured. The day eftir this tour, we were shocked tae read tha
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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
tour operators fae the USA an' Can on page 63
ffair bae yin noarth American tour companie5 on page 66
the tourist economy. Providin tour guides fae a truebill Ulster- on page 68

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Depairtment fur Commonities Hargey announces heidwie oan plens fer Airish an’ Ulster-Scots, (communities-ni.gov.uk 2022) Ulster, government
an’an Ulster-Scots Virtual tour speirin intae the heirskeip,
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