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blair Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words19.1 10.6 60.8 0 0 10.9 0
Number of occurrences5920 38 0 0 1 0
Number of authors18 13 4 1

Occurrences of blair in Corpus

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Central

Moodie, Gordon D. Lallans 90 - Snoke Iz A Pithie Warlock, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Central, prose
ne' tryst wi ma qwak; 'Doctor Blair'. Whin she caws back an Ah ex on page 80

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Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
n Bell Claverhouse, Thatcher, Blair, Mundell Dr. Findlay, Para Ha on page 77

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McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
rnment, durin the time o Tony Blair as Prime Meenister an Donald on page 24
The bourgeios managerialism o Blair an his unprincipled cronies i on page 111

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Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
afore. So a special thanks ti Blair Denwette that seen thi potent on page i

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Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
The NaTO chiefs, wi Bush an Blair, on page 47

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Robinson, Christine Lallans 74 - Burns an the Dictionar o the Scots Leid, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
uar being so well received at Blair’.
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Fleemin, Sandy Report on Inquiry intil the role Submission, (Education, Culture an Sport Comatee 2003) Central - East Lothian, government
er supper-time, in comes Ecky Blair, the herd at Toombucht, wi' h
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Davidson, Alistair The Mitterand Plan, (The Sair Fecht 2016) Central, blog
der an denial. Unner Clinton, Blair an Hollande, Social Democrats
al bad fowk, frae Thatcher an Blair tae Sheridan an Tsipras. This
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McClurg, Fernando Weill, weill, weill, (The Sair Fecht 2016) Central, blog
noo free o the baggage o Tony Blair, an led by The Popular An Wis
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Ewen, Allan Murphy’s Law, (The Sair Fecht 2014) Central, blog
Fan Tony Blair becam leader o The Labour Per
n MP he aye votit in favour o Blair’s wars an ivver an on has b
ttish Labour leader continues Blair’s ‘Neo-Laboural’ agenda
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Bennett, Peter Arabian Monkfish (Part One), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central, prose
“ The Millennium Dome. Wan ay Blair an New Labour’s full-fronta
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Haddow, Kris Ronnie's Story, (words.krishaddow.com 2011) Central, prose
“Ronnie Blair, Shit the flair,
An outcast. That ‘dirty wee Blair boy’. George and Pete start
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@bigandymccoll tweeted
You probly remember, as I do, Blair election in 97. I cried masel (2022) twitter link

Doric

Maitland, Andrew Tales Fae The Doric Side - The Auld Mannie, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
walkin aboot in yer ain toon. Blair kent fine weel that there wer on page 72
oot g lasagne fae the fridge. Blair trudged ower tae the coonter, on page 73
voice had come fae. Seein big Blair stridin towards them, they tu on page 74
Blair shook his heid, giein the aul on page 75
odation an cooncil hooses far Blair had first encoontered Donald. on page 76
Also on pages 77
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@72redz1903 tweeted
ar it, you won ? Anither Tony Blair is fit we need? (2020) twitter link

@Franwella tweeted
ouiseNicol Yum! Jist hame fae Blair Athol. Left sunny withir, ham(2011) search twitter

@fittiecrooners tweeted
ny o the regulars dress up as Blair or Cameron when that shite wa(2016) search twitter

Southern

@MartyMacMurtrie tweeted
its ie BoJo, Randy Andy, Tony Blair, etc... Simple as that!(2020) search twitter