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Use in varieties of Scots

butterflees Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words4.5 4.3 9.6 0 0 0 0
Number of occurrences148 6 0 0 0 0
Number of authors4 3 1

Occurrences of butterflees in Corpus

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Central

Rennie, Susan The Wee Prince, (Edition Lintenfass 2017 ISBN: 978-3946190592) Central, prose
like tae pley? Dis he gaither butterflees?' Insteid, they speir: 'Hou a on page 19
oobits gin I wiss tae ken the butterflees. It seems they are awfu bonni on page 36
s for (forby twa-three tae be butterflees); she that I took tent o, wha on page 72

3 matches

Robertson, James The Hoose at Pooh's Neuk, (Itchy Coo 2010 ISBN: 978-1845022945) Central, weans
Oh, the butterflees are fleein, on page 75

1 matches

Fleemin, Sandy No on BBC, (sandyfleming.org 2003) Central - East Lothian, prose
tever, here dis aa thir bonny butterflees no come doun an settle aa owe
he engine's fair quiet an the butterflees disna steir. Syne the wifie l
nit it hits the brods, aa the butterflees skaills aff o the caur an awa
3 matches

Rennie, Susan The Hoose o Haivers, (Itchy Coo 2002 ISBN: 978-1902927442) Central, weans
lay wi: birds wi peckin nebs, butterflees wi flappin wings, an cheriots
1 matches

Doric

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
o nettles, steens, briers an butterflees. The auld fowk o the Leddrach
derin willie, an the bonniest butterflees bedd there, an the verra stee
2 matches

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
de – Butterflee Ben – far butterflees gaed tae dee, fur it fair hee
ae dee, fur it fair heezed wi butterflees, did Adam's Peak. Fur ower a
2 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
butterflees reisted on her leaves, an the
a, wi the bummers an glegs an butterflees, an the blaik, blaik
2 matches

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