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Use in varieties of Scots

wages Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words12.6 14.6 10.5 9.9 0 20.7 8.9
Number of occurrences4129 7 1 0 2 2
Number of authors28 18 5 1 2 2

Occurrences of wages in Corpus

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Central

Purdie, David C. Lallans 68 - The Fower Jyners o the Apocalypse, (Lallans Magazine 2006) Central, prose
rum money ilka week ooten his wages. Forby, thare wis aye the Coo on page 26

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Johnstone, Shane The Gods of Frequency, (Arkbound 2020 ISBN: 978-1912092826) Central, prose
money, an I'll pay him wi ma wages. on page 3

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Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
ister ae employment huvin his wages doacked fur no creatin enough on page 119

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Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
pay her back by giein her ma wages fur the next ten year. "Ah'll on page 194
one that,' Matilda said. 'Yer wages wis yer chance o freedom.' on page 195

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McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
the tune, no tae mention the wages, o the professariat, an aw th on page 19
in, bein served bi fowk wha's wages (gin no their attitude) clear on page 90
e prices continue tae soar an wages continue tae plummet, cin the on page 92

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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
is tremendous, whit wi aw the wages, the steel for drillin, the f on page 48

1 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
n sumdy lik Iqbal tae pay his wages, far mair embarrassin than sh on page 99
ause her ex-boss withheld her wages an that means if her ma disna on page 143

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Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
on them! I'll even pey ye yer wages in cacao beans if ye wish!" on page 81

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Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
Owre the much vaunted wages raise, on page 45

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Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
jaiket hud cost me six weeks' wages ~ wages ah thocht would be th on page xvii

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Purdie, David C. Lallans 58 - The Dumb Jyner, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
. I'll be ful time an on guid wages. They reckon gin I score goal on page 65

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McPartlin, John Lallans 68 - Black Staff , (Lallans Magazine 2006) Central, poetry
The tramplin doon o aa sin's wages on page 112

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Calder, Bob Lallans 58 - Allmairshall, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
and a tanner, a bit oot your wages every week, gin ye drap a bot on page 72

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Purdie, David C. Lallans 82 - The Cream Cookie, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central - Midlothian, prose
'That's aa ma wages gane, whaur'm I getting sille on page 58

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Bennett, Peter Rude Awakenings (Part one of two), (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
t fur maist, if no aw, ay yer wages. When yer trainin period’s
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 117, (self-published 2003) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
aws and insist on the highest wages, and the best o fare in the c
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Puchowski, James Frae Norrowa ower the faem, (The Sair Fecht 2016) Central, blog
by the affluent that peys oor wages. We shid be demaundin muckle
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McClurg, Fernando “Blood Upon the Grass” – merk twa?, (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
complain aboot late peyment o wages or puir warkin conditions. An
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@rosa_alba_macd tweeted
o1 @Dr_PhilippaW Weel nae the wages o sin that is profit on the b(2020) search twitter

@OliphantWullie tweeted
they levels o tax, fir their WAGES are o a decent level tae matc (2022) twitter link

@weenell3 tweeted
moved from the Cyprus pound. Wages then fell in real terms as em (2022) twitter link

Doric

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
eed-hairtit he'd gien awa his wages; syne he'd peenge that sae mo
arrier unit that hid pyed the wages o his uncle Brian forbye. He
2 matches

Mitchell, Ian R. Lallans 63 - Walkin Woundit, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Doric, prose
year bi year, in ivvery wye; wages, hooses, the welfare state wi
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Hutchison, Pat If I Catch Ye I'll Eat Ye, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Doric - Banffshire, prose
nnies that made up that day's wages. The quine teen them and pick
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Hutchison, Pat The Seven Coins o Kineddart, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Doric - Banffshire, prose
she could gie her mither her wages.
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Uri, Antonia Here's the problem wi the trad wife muivement, (The National 2020) Doric, newspaper
tland is ower £150,000. Aye, wages hiv gaen up, but nae enough t
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@Franwella tweeted
e ye worked at tae pay ye yer wages n then ye cud buy a the sheen(2011) search twitter

Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
O the wages in the packet that yer wife's on page 65

1 matches

Southern

@cammyrudkin tweeted
@malty118 am payin yir wages #getbackonthejoab(2012) search twitter

@StuartPoet tweeted
ling. Am lucky to have had my wages covered this and next month f(2020) search twitter

Ulster

Ulster-Scots Language Society Tha Fower Gospels, (Ullans Press 2016 ISBN: 978-1-905281-25-1) Ulster, prose
e, for a worker shud get hïs wages. Dïnnae flit aboot frae hoos on page 87

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Stewart, Kenny The Proota Field, (Facebook 2021) Ulster, poetry
end o the week and ye got yer wages ye see
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