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Use in varieties of Scots

card Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words19 17.5 31.7 9.9 17.4 10.3 4.4
Number of occurrences6134 21 1 3 1 1
Number of authors33 14 14 1 2 1 1

Occurrences of card in Corpus

In order to avoid violating copyright law and abide by 'fair use', only up to the first five occurrences of the search term are displayed for each article.

Central

Cohen, Susan Wee Scottish Book o' Pure Stoatin' Joy, (The Wee Book Company 2019 ISBN: 978-1916491588) Central, prose
's Maw stuck in yer Christmas card but it turnt oot tae be a ten on page

1 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
Harpreet gied me a beautiful card. Her religion disnae even on page 39
te Christmas cither. It wis a card wi two wee penguins sittin th on page 40
ae the box wis a wee sparkly card that said: Merry Christmas, D on page 43
the guy an take the Christmas card he gied us every year, but wh on page 99
da got ma ma a big four-foot card an a single red rose, an she on page 109
Also on pages 111, 112, 113, 114, 117, 148, 155, 163, 169
16 matches

Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
ah can see she's put a prayer card and miraculous medal oantae t on page 12
fur a hame that wasnae made o card. Maw's still got a photo o me on page 39
, at Da's framed funeral mass card. Maw chose a rare picture o h on page 43
s across it and next tae it a card that reads: on page 112

4 matches

Bennett, Peter The Party ay the Year (Part One), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
a airm roon him, gien him his card. ‘Happy birthday ya mad cun
1 matches

Geraghty, Martin A Bad Sport, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
ike a ref dishin’ oot a red card. ‘Marley and Me. Kathy told
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 102, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
[NOTE: image of a Christmas card here in original]
1 matches

Donovan, Anne Hieroglyphics and Other Stories - All that Glistens, (Canongate 2004 ISBN: 1841955191) Central, prose
hat and made a right neat wee card for ma daddy wi a Christmas t
wis dead chuffed. He pit the card on the bedside table and smil
nd lighter, the colour of the card showin through so it looked a
3 matches

@g_hibby tweeted
I even minded tae get Mrs H a card... Whoopy Doo.... ?? (2023) twitter link

@jax6754 tweeted
e....a surprise phone call, a card tae encourage all priceless i(2015) search twitter

@fourmenterian tweeted
aelli and Mae chance of a red card for simulation - at which Cr(2015) search twitter

@Chazzbat tweeted
No thit Ah want tae pit Cue Card Wally oot o a job, but why no(2020) search twitter

@DABArbuckle tweeted
should hae shown them the red card.(2020) search twitter

@weenell3 tweeted
layers showing Racism the Red Card pity you cannae dae the same! (2022) twitter link

@LairnScots tweeted
Single card pilot for Scottish libraries (2017) twitter link

Doric

Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
you're reduced tae a rhyming card What a diatribe! on page 15

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
in a swate, es Joyce's credit card left er purse fir the umpteen on page 40

1 matches

Hamilton, Roddy Lallans 58 - Cyaard, the Tattie Doodle, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Doric, prose
havin found it on a business card an drivin licence) but neithe on page 118

1 matches

Hardie, Buff Dod 'n' Bunty, (Evening Express 2000) Doric, newspaper
get yer new Access to Leisure card, it's for the boolin, it's na
e aboot my Access tae Leisure card. I widna care, but it wis you
tie ta'en tae stick on my new card.
3 matches

Smith, Alex A Sair Fecht, (self-published 2003) Doric, prose
Jake the reed card. Noo Jake Monie wis haein nee
pleased an gied Kelvin a reed card. He wis sent aff bit nivver o
2 matches

Hutchison, Pat The Three Cannels, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
nd at the bottom o each a wee card wi a word ontae it wiz tae be
1 matches

Hutchison, Pat Catty, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
used them and eventually her card index system wiz relegated ta
1 matches

The Flying Pigs There’s nae reassurance over national insurance, (Press and Journal 2022) Doric, newspaper
me on a reed and blue plastic card that ye canna use tae pay for
1 matches

@DoricPhrases tweeted
Doric recycling bins for card introduced for Aberdeenshire!(2017) search twitter

@FaeFoggie tweeted
lly wi the anti piracy colour card. Nae ees fan, like me ye were(2020) search twitter

@72redz1903 tweeted
laying the ‘fitness levels’ card - training them harder at th (2022) twitter link

@cligeey tweeted
eesideDon A wid hae the trump card nae Donald(2020) search twitter
st again she winna be getting card noo(2020) search twitter

@fittiecrooners tweeted
tockings, Bert’s Mecca bingo card & an auld pair of ma long joh(2017) search twitter
as last time I gave Jessie a card wis probably 1968! Popped in (2020) search twitter

@Manuforti1968 tweeted
's aht e bakers, e butcher, e card shop (Christmas card fir e wi(2020) search twitter

@JamieFairbairn1 tweeted
A bonnie card tae get fae a student teacher (2020) twitter link

Orkney

Johnston, Barbara Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
oo the picture on front o the card on page 145

1 matches

Shetland

@helenmoncrieff tweeted
McW @OrkneyLibrary Membership card to prove it :-) last book oot(2016) search twitter
be there was money left on da card !? ??(2016) search twitter

@RedValkyrie84 tweeted
it. We received a condolances card fae da vets when de had tae p (2018) twitter link

Southern

@jamie_ginger tweeted
ment when your mum hand you a card and u say whats that for and (2019) search twitter

Ulster

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
Hughie showed Sally the first card - a postcard o Henry McNeill on page 58

1 matches

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