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alcohol Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words10.7 12.8 14.4 0 0 0 0
Number of occurrences3324 9 0 0 0 0
Number of authors19 16 3

Occurrences of alcohol in Corpus

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Central

McQueer, Chris HWFG, (404 Ink 2003 ISBN: 978-1912489107) Central, prose
'Nice weather, alcohol and loads of other beautiful on page 8

1 matches

McQueer, Chris Hings - Short Stories 'n That, (404 Ink 2017 ISBN: 978-0995623866) Central - Glesga, prose
. It's freezing cauld but the alcohol an caffeine an aw that in it on page 174

1 matches

Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
It sayz on thi label, avoid alcohol on page 18
Twenty years o alcohol abuse on page 78

2 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
ld-outpatient fae the drug an alcohol abuse unit two buildins doon, on page 153
said, They think she's got alcohol poisonin. é on page 169

2 matches

Niven, Liz Stravaigin, (Luath 2001 ISBN: 978-1905222704) Central, poetry
a? Tae quench ma thirst? Thon alcohol jist leaves ye drouthie, Ma e on page 43

1 matches

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 75 - Review - The Shorter fiction, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
llie as himsel. Baith drinks (alcohol nae dout) frae flesks. The na
1 matches

Clark, Thomas Wha's Like Us?, (Bella Caledonia 2017) Central - Bellshill, blog
eferendums o the Month. Shoud alcohol hae a minimum price? Shoud fr
1 matches

Bennett, Peter The Party ay the Year (Part Two), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
is hoachin noo as the flowin alcohol makes its influence known. Th
1 matches

Philips, Cally Jings, crivens, help ma Boab, it’s independence!, (McStorytellers.com 2013) Central - Turriff, prose
g in that minimum pricin’ o alcohol mebbe’s we’ll a’ see a
1 matches

Smith, Jamie Animal Ferm: Chapters I to III, (Mak Forrit 2021) Central, prose
bed, or weir claes, or drink alcohol, or smoke tabaccae, or titch
5. Nae craitur maun drink alcohol.
2 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
lore the recreational uses of alcohol,” she sayed mimly. “So do
\t seemt the alcohol wad save this situation for h
s eschewed the lichter side o alcohol, it wad be aa the mair potent
3 matches

Bennett, Peter Wan Goal tae the Good, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
s rise fae their seats. Spilt alcohol flies through the air, sprayi
1 matches

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 1, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
nfidently. ‘’Do you drink alcohol? Or eat fried or fatty foods
1 matches

@alistairdunn tweeted
alcohol is overrated, back tae vimto (2014) search twitter

@DavidJWood2 tweeted
e. Not a popular opinion, but alcohol and distancing doesn’t work.(2020) search twitter
for a fortnight. Get a grip, alcohol and social distancing doesnae(2020) search twitter

@rosa_alba_macd tweeted
acause ye canna get a drink o alcohol? For gin ye carer aboot the p(2020) search twitter

@Chazzbat tweeted
involved a fuckton o drugs an alcohol.(2020) search twitter

@ThonJacobite tweeted
sternly) that ye dinnae drink alcohol, maist fowk generally accept (2021) twitter link

Doric

Gray, Kathleen Tales Fae The Doric Side - The Ootlin, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
Ellen hid started tae drink. Alcohol, that is. She said it helped on page 59
the jist of it wis there wis alcohol an they wir eggin each other on page 60

2 matches

Strachan, Shane Hoast, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric, prose
e, neether a fag nor a drap o alcohol has ever past ma lips. I did
1 matches

TheChielMeister Philomena and Alcohol, (youtube.com 2010) Doric, poetry
Alcohol, alcohol, ye'll be the death o' me
Alcohol, alcohol, ye'll be the death o' me
Alcohol, alcohol, 'ats aa that ye need don't y
3 matches

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