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Use in varieties of Scots

bill's Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words7.5 5.1 9 9.9 5.8 41.3 8.9
Number of occurrences2410 6 1 1 4 2
Number of authors10 3 2 1 1 1 2

Occurrences of bill's in Corpus

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Central

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
telt jist the bring the yin. Bill's goat the ither wan-Bill! Brin on page 38

4 matches

Begg, James A. Alison's Jants in Ferlieland, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010845) Central, prose
uist tellt tae bring the yin. Bill's got the ither yin-Bill! Bring on page 37

4 matches

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
Tae mak Bill's dinner, or mak Bill's tea, on page 52

2 matches

Doric

Leslie, Deborah Doric: Alive an Kickin 2, (Argo Publishing 2006 ISBN: 978-0954615321) Doric - Inverurie, prose
Ye canna ging an dee at ahin Bill's back," said Beldie. "He'll lo on page 19
r oot o the cupboord. "Me and Bill's aye tryin te better wirsels." on page 20

2 matches

Byrne, Catherine Alice's Mishanters in e Land o Farlies, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010609) Doric - Caithness, prose
der?-Why, A only broucht wan. Bill's got e ither-Bill! Fetch id he on page 36

4 matches

Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
t sweetie money and the phone bill's owerdue. on page 39

1 matches

Shetland

Johnson, Laureen Alice's Adventirs in Wonderlaand, (Evertype 2012 ISBN: 978-1782010081) Shetland - Voe, prose
wi everything! I widna be in Bill's place for a fortin: dis shiml on page 38

1 matches

Southern

Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
Ah hidnae tae bring but yin. Bill's got th ither - Bill! Fetch e on page 37

4 matches

Ulster

Morrison-Smyth, Anne Alice's Carrants in Wunnerlan, (Evertype 2013 ISBN: 978-1-78201-011-1) Ulster - Ballymoney, prose
- Deed A wull not, thin! - Bill's tae go doon - Hi, Bill! The on page 38

1 matches

Ferguson, Roy Rhymes frae Rathfrilan: A Wheen o Poames, (self-published 2022 ISBN: 979-8796193099) Ulster, poetry
Fur Kaiser Bill's bullets an bombs didnae care on page 31

1 matches

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