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ashore Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words8.7 3.2 6.4 49.7 58.1 0 8.8
Number of occurrences276 4 5 10 0 2
Number of authors19 5 2 3 7 2

Occurrences of ashore in Corpus

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Central

Hubbard, Tom The Flechitorium, (Grace Note 2017 ISBN: 9781907676932) Central - East Central, poetry
ochled his lane ti walcome us ashore, on page 39

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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
n fowk lost thon day had come ashore. on page 93

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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 177, (self-published 2008) Central, newspaper
e heid o the gangwey tae gaun ashore for his ain tea in his ain of
hat if A catch him sendin you ashore agane tae get his tea, A'll h
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Rennie, Susan The Hoose o Haivers, (Itchy Coo 2002 ISBN: 978-1902927442) Central, weans
he island o Naxos, we aw went ashore tae eat an rest. I wis that h
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McKillop, Roger The Appin Murderer, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Edinburgh, prose
, the lads had nae been idle, ashore an’ spiered “with wis up?
1 matches

Doric

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 90 - Mrs Cadwallader’s Conversion, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Doric, prose
on an Mrs Cadwallader drifted ashore in a half-inflated dinghy, th on page 45

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Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 79 - The Tattiebogle, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Doric - Aberdeen, prose
h haud o the loonie an gethim ashore. But it wis ower late for the on page 18

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Blackhall, Sheena The Itchy Coo Book o Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales in Scots - Dother o the Sea, (Itchy Coo 2020) Doric, weans
derk-eed prince. Fin she cam ashore, the storm wis by, and the su on page 116

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Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
n tsunamis gin they sud swipe ashore frae the sea an sweel awaa th
1 matches

Orkney

Norquoy, Greer Gallows Ha - The Weather Dance, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
White horses ran ashore, on page 28

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Butler, Vera Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
my man Peter would be washed ashore on page 27

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Norquoy, Greer Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
White horses ran ashore on page 154

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Towrie, David Wirkin' the Tang - a dialect tale, (Orkneyjar 2010) Orkney, prose
ut ap whin the sea washes hid ashore alang the banks," sheu said.
boot, for some boats hed come ashore wae big haals o' codlins and
2 matches

Shetland

Johnson, Laureen Alice's Adventirs in Wonderlaand, (Evertype 2012 ISBN: 978-1782010081) Shetland - Voe, prose
an da hale lock o dem sweemed ashore. on page 24
"Back ashore ageen, an-dat's da hale first on page 100

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Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
neebirs wi a fry whin he cam ashore. Ah'll truly miss my twartree on page 2
ntify da spot whaar shü gude ashore, Later on, Peter wis oot ower on page 55

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I Hear Dee Shaetlan A primer - v. 1.1, (I Hear Dee 2022) Shetland, prose
ashore (on+shore) ithin Modren Engli on page 78

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De Luca, Christine Parallel Worlds: Poems in Shetlandic and English, (Luath 2005 ISBN: 978-1905222131) Shetland, poetry
Dey steppit ashore an silence fell on page 60

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Sinclair, James Makkin Hame, (Shetland For Wirds 2018) Shetland, poetry
Dey saw lichts ashore, smelt paet reek
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Peterson, George P.S. Nannie Georgedaughter, (Shetland For Wirds 2002) Shetland, prose
Dey cam ashore. Dey wir in no hurry. Pleasan
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@helenmoncrieff tweeted
been tae collect seaweed torn ashore fae da weekend gale. The trip(2020) search twitter

Ulster

Ulster-Scots Language Society Tha Fower Gospels, (Ullans Press 2016 ISBN: 978-1-905281-25-1) Ulster, prose
fu, tha fishermen haaled ït ashore. Then the' sut doon an the' w on page 9

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Thompson, Mark The Lost Ness Monster, (clydesburn.blogspot.com 2009) Ulster - Ards Peninsula, poetry
As it cam’ ashore
1 matches

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