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Use in varieties of Scots

calamity Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words1.6 1.6 1.6 0 0 0 4.4
Number of occurrences53 1 0 0 0 1
Number of authors4 2 1 1

Occurrences of calamity in Corpus

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Central

Rennie, Susan The Wee Prince, (Edition Lintenfass 2017 ISBN: 978-3946190592) Central, prose
day, I learnt aboot the sair calamity o the baobabs. Aince mair, it on page 21
i baobabs, that is aye a sair calamity. I kent a planet whaur bade a on page 24

2 matches

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
ink the team hud went doon in calamity. Before ah revealed that we'd on page 98

1 matches

Doric

Benzie, Lesley Fessen Reared, (Seahorse 2020 ISBN: 978-1916214538) Doric, poetry
through calamity an bush fires on page 19

1 matches

Ulster

Burgess, Wilson Dae Ye See: Ulster-Scots Poems, (Scots Language Centre 2007 ISBN: 978-0955791604) Ulster - L'Derry, poetry
Shud this calamity come tae pass, on page 37

1 matches

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