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Use in varieties of Scots

town Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words16.5 22.1 3 9.9 23.2 0 13.3
Number of occurrences5343 2 1 4 0 3
Number of authors28 20 2 1 3 2

Occurrences of town in Corpus

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Central

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
by it is the main road in our town centre. The Toi's scheme lay on page 17
s. They mostly move aboot the town freely. A tidy is a tidy, aft on page 23
, son, you didn't half go tae town, Monica says. on page 29
oom hoose on the outskirts ae town. Ma maw is just a wee quiet h on page 37
d crusade intae the centre ae town could result in a kickin fur on page 41
Also on pages 46, 54, 57, 59
9 matches

Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
Dauner no walk, toon no town on page 15
harbours are braes, toon not town on page 17

2 matches

Hubbard, Tom The Flechitorium, (Grace Note 2017 ISBN: 9781907676932) Central - East Central, poetry
e king rides from Dunfermline town Upon a lusty steed: on page 3
He rides again from the royal town, To his lands by the sea: on page 4
Laughingly to Dunfermline town, Tells Tam his poetry on page 5
hose gardens in that snod wee town, on page 30

4 matches

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
charity shop in the centre of town." on page 126

1 matches

McPartlin, John Lallans 81 - Fower Australian Poems, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Central - Dollar, poetry
(aince a set o the film 'A Town Like Alice') on page 16

1 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit Scots Warks - Uphaud an guidance for screivars, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Central, government
* The Auld Toon (The Old Town, Embra); on page 30

1 matches

Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
Thistlegate wis a different town back then ~ a quieter town. M on page 3
'Good luck workin in this town now your mum's got a record.' on page 34
ssed through the rough part o town, and we'd laugh. It wis only on page 92

4 matches

Tollick, Margaret Tapsalteerie and Ither Tales, (Windfall Books 2008 ISBN: 978-0955726422) Central, weans
town-house border on page 31

1 matches

Docherty, John F. Lallans 82 - Lang Summer Days Pairt 2, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, prose
t says, 'There is a fillim in town this week that, as good Catho on page 45

1 matches

Higgs, Jo The tale of how Evan Evans scrapped wi Evan Nichols, (berfrois 2022) Central - Edinburgh, prose
wn wi half the doorways about town n if he mis-stepped ye cid se
e, work whipped me aff out of town for most of five year, n the
nces at Evans – wiz quite a town affair as ah’m informed but
3 matches

Forde, Iain W D Hale Ir Sindries - Buik Twa, (Fons Scotiae 2000) Central, prose
flies richt intil the Nyow Town o Embro, whaur shae thocht th
1 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit Are The Onybody Ither?, (Scots Language Centre 2022) Central, blog
nd one of the bailies of that town, did depone opon oath that th
1 matches

Marenich, Margaret Lallans 76 - The Factory, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Central, prose
t gaes bi the eik-nem “Pole Town”, an at thon time it
1 matches

Haddow, Kris Haud the Bus - No In-gleesh, (The Wee Paper 2022) Central, prose
ets and lanes through the old town. It’s getting mare lik Indi
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Arabian Monkfish (Part One), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central, prose
oot the black hack in Kentish Town, just ootside the Forum.
e taewards this area, Kentish Town – whenever ah’m gaun oot
walk aboot. Cunts say Camden Town is the place tae be but there
he Bull and Gate, oan Kentish Town Road, ah thumb through a yell
4 matches

@Seperatist_No1 tweeted
@CRobertsonUK Ma hame town of Stirling should be the cap(2020) search twitter

@DavidJWood2 tweeted
@Judy_Jarv The auld town house before they built the n(2020) search twitter

@rosa_alba_macd tweeted
mins walk from the centre of town and I amna sure there are bus(2020) search twitter

@billykayscot tweeted
y - this is the sign for the town’s nursery - the Scottish Ra(2020) search twitter

@bigandymccoll tweeted
ime in every Scottish village/town/city plus London. THAT would (2022) twitter link
produce - that could power a town the size of Paisley alone ?? (2022) twitter link

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
st - btw livingston is a new town - surely you must know this (2021) twitter link
ae bdfm - the boys r back in town lol (2020) twitter link

Doric

Blackhall, Sheena Lallans 63 - Shelts, (Lallans Magazine 2002) Doric, prose
hools are miles away. And the town’s so busy, the roads are da
1 matches

TheChielMeister Ah'm e chiel (sae dinna fash), (youtube.com 2011) Doric, poetry
E wifie says "Come into town, yes, you're the very weird S
1 matches

Orkney

@johnkmitchinson tweeted
year O Peedie Toon (O Little Town). Here’s the second verse. h (2020) twitter link

Shetland

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
er will allow us to travel to town, to have a family portrait ta on page 78

1 matches

Facebook link (Wir Midder Tongue 2016) Shetland
it haes nothing tae do wi a "town".
d again, nothing tae do wi a "town"!.

@RedValkyrie84 tweeted
Stormtrooper in town daday #TheThingsYouSee #ThisI (2018) twitter link

Ulster

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
e road taewart the gate o the Town Parks, an the motor turnt ont on page 36

1 matches

King, Angeline Weans o Latharna, (angelineking.com 2021) Ulster - Larne, weans
ews’ schuil o dancin at the Town Hall. Ivery Saturday, ah'm on
1 matches

Stewart, Kenny The Proota Field, (Facebook 2021) Ulster, poetry
Away it went tae Coleraine town for the gatherers who would a
1 matches

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