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Use in varieties of Scots

alley Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words2.5 1.5 4.5 0 5.8 0 4.4
Number of occurrences83 3 0 1 0 1
Number of authors7 3 2 1 1

Occurrences of alley in Corpus

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Central

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
nd. Nouadays it's jist a back alley rinnin atween the High Street on page 16

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Shoor Caan, Angus Coont Thum: A hunner an' oad McLimericks, (self-published 2012 ISBN: 978-1480242425) Central - Ardrossan, poetry
enits later we wur doon a wee alley.
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@LairnScots tweeted
is Gowden Sneckie and 'Diagon Alley' is Squinty Gate! See Scots l (2018) twitter link

Doric

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 81 - Pyntin the Been, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Doric - Aberdeen, newspaper
a cathedral tae bigg a bowlin alley, stick yer name on't so's pos on page 8

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Uri, Antonia Bidin awa: City Breaks, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Doric - Aberdeen, newspaper
er stunnin sicht is the UN's 'Alley of the Flags'. Comprised o 19 on page 5

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Shetland

@tattooedselkie tweeted
nly ivver gone tae the bowlin alley!(2021) search twitter

Ulster

Dornan, Stephen Tha Jaa Banes, (Ulster-Scots Academy 2020 ISBN: 978-1-9163758-1-9) Ulster - Comber, poetry
In a foonderin back-alley shift, tae shaw on page 51

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