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warkers Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words14 18.5 3 0 0 0 31
Number of occurrences4536 2 0 0 0 7
Number of authors17 11 2 4

Occurrences of warkers in Corpus

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Central

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
ages for their coorse English warkers; an deil the haet o a word th on page 79

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McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
o yer business costs tae yer warkers, wha arenae employees fer the on page 91
y lecturers, nurses an social warkers, waitresses an hotel porters, on page 105
nivver stoppit. An aince the warkers wernae needit, they were flun on page 147

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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
consommé nonsense for the warkers, naw, naw, ham an pea, or len on page 56

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
'I'm talkin aboot warkers, Chairlie.' on page 16
The Secret Warkers on page 18
'Aye, he did. He telt aw the warkers that he wis sorry, but they w on page 19
here tae weelcome back aw his warkers. on page 20
e fourth day, ane o ma weemen warkers yowled, "I've goat it! A Gowd on page 30
Also on pages 66, 70, 81
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Marenich, Margaret Lallans 76 - The Factory, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Central, prose
he haed tint twa o his warkers. Nou he wis haein a sair fech
d on ti say at the feck o his warkers wis
irt out lang-term replacement warkers efter
warkers wis Polish incomers an the la
airtin out new warkers, thaim at wad mell wi the lav
5 matches

Heather, Alistair Trains approachin?, (Mak Forrit 2017) Central - Angus, blog
ot forty an saxty, an skilled warkers intae their sectors. Ae muckl
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 119, (self-published 2003) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
hlet wis inspired bi hospital warkers that Maureen wis alloued tae
ein mense tae hou thae unseen warkers sees thairsels at wark."Maure
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Connor, Charles P. Lallans 59 - The Queen’s Shull’n, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Central - Fife, prose
miss a trick tae skin aff the warkers, dae ye? Catholics, Protestan
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Davidson, Alistair The Mitterand Plan, (The Sair Fecht 2016) Central, blog
ns an benefit peyments raise, warkers’ richts were strengthened.
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Puchowski, James Frae Norrowa ower the faem, (The Sair Fecht 2016) Central, blog
nt sort o economy, pooered by warkers, no by the affluent that peys
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McClurg, Fernando “Blood Upon the Grass” – merk twa?, (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
he richts an conditions o the warkers biggin the stadiums an infrus
fowk – maistly puir migrant warkers frae Nepal an India – prepa
in a dangerous occupation tae warkers haein their passports confisc
the day), the opportunity for warkers tae organise onie kind o effe
4 matches

Ewen, Allan Murphy’s Law, (The Sair Fecht 2014) Central, blog
Tae mak siccar fir the warkers by haun or by harns the ful f
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Heather, Alistair Tak tent o the Cabrach, (The Herald 2018) Central, newspaper
e enn up the waur fir it. His warkers hae been convictit fir pittin
1 matches

Doric

Kynoch, Douglas Lallans 83 - The Puppet Mannie, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Doric, poetry
Ye haed mony wullin warkers, fan e puppet mannie cam;
1 matches

Uri, Antonia Will virus crisis mean a fresh stairt for Scots produce?, (The National 2020) Doric, newspaper
rmen an ither fuid production warkers. This summer is nae leukin ta
1 matches

Ulster

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
he fectory corner deliberatin warkers' rights an weemen scrubbin la on page 27

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Ulster-Scots Language Society Tha Fower Gospels, (Ullans Press 2016 ISBN: 978-1-905281-25-1) Ulster, prose
waitin, but thair's no monie warkers tae gether ït in. Sae keep o on page 9

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Ni Chuilin, Caral Roadin furtae Bring Forrits an Graith tha ULSTER-SCOTCH Leid, Heirskip an Cultur, (Mannystrie o Fowkgates, Airts an Aisedom 2015) Ulster, government
garrin effeirin patent fennin warkers hae wittin lairnin accoardin on page 47

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Ulster Scots Agency Ulster Scots Census, (census.gov.uk 2021) Ulster, government
en, yin o oor heid-coont fiel warkers micht lan wi ye shane efter t
ran oan ma ain accoont athoot warkers
Warkin oan ma ain accoont wi warkers
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