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central Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words41.5 50.4 19.6 69.6 29.1 10.3 39.8
Number of occurrences13398 13 7 5 1 9
Number of authors66 48 10 4 3 1 1

Occurrences of central in Corpus

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Central

Robertson, James The Mannie, (Scottish Book Trust 2018) Central, prose
we spent a bit on it, wi the central heatin and the new bathroom a on page 7

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Donati, Colin The Student and the Pawnwife , (Itchy Coo 2003 ISBN: 978-1902927817) Central, prose
an tradesfolk thrang in thae central Petersburg closes an vennels, on page 134

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Brown, Ian Lallans 70 - The Scots leid in modren Scots drama, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
(1979), has talked of his own central concern with what he calls 'e on page 44

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Cohen, Susan Wee Scottish Book o' Pure Stoatin' Joy, (The Wee Book Company 2019 ISBN: 978-1916491588) Central, prose
CENTRAL HEATIN' OR PEAT BOG? Think oa on page

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Sayers, Ross Daisy on the Outer Line, (Gob Stopper (Cranachan) 2020 ISBN: 978-1911279778) Central - Glasgow, prose
rk. Maggie's brother works at Central Station and some mad guy push on page 1

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Hubbard, Tom The Flechitorium, (Grace Note 2017 ISBN: 9781907676932) Central - East Central, poetry
n the landscape looked sort o central European. Anither photie show on page 73
e as he surveyed maist o east central Scotland, an then gazed up ti on page 77

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Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
ues in the hale ae Scotland's central belt. on page 165

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McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
lectics it aw birlit roun the central necessity o critical thinkin. on page 15
sh governments his been sic a central pairt o their behaviour that on page 116
warld, hae been unnerstood as central tae the development o the not on page 125
e o the argiements that wis a central pairt o 'Project Fear' (the M on page 138

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McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
s a lot mair likely, a kind o central tribal location fer a range o on page 13
he pairt o Scots fowk fae the central belt, suggestin that the Aibe on page 51

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Travers, Martin A Nappie Lassie Blethers tae a Fritter, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, script
oven an A click-clacked intae Central Station. on page 4

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Townsley, Jane Joe's Cloud an Ither Stuff, (lulu.com 2014 ISBN: 978-1326001612) Central - Perth, prose
ey seein as how the hoose wis central - heated an the fire wis niv on page 78

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Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
hud the time o our lives oan Central Pier that night, skippin our on page 31
r way through the steam intae Central Station, Da told me tae take on page 41
the Sailor wis bein held near Central Station. As ah walked past it on page 55
wasnae fur George Square and Central Station, there would be naugh on page 81

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Fitt, Matthew Kate O Shanter's Tale: And Other Poems, (Luath 2003 ISBN: 978-1842820285) Central, poetry
forgotten airfields o west central bohemia on page 9

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Macafee, Caroline Lallans 61 - Glesca dialeck i the modren warld, (Lallans Magazine 2002) Central, prose
op, for instance, outower the Central Belt, sae the glottal stop di on page 9

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Douglas, Ashley Eemis Stane 1 - Editorial: Scots Belangs Tae Awbodie And Naebodie, (Eemis Stane 2022) Central, prose
h century, the Scots leid wis central tae ane o the maist scunnerso on page 4

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Niven, Liz Lallans 67 - Reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
hemes rin throu the plot, the central focus is oan twa parents ettl on page 87

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Holton, Brian Lallans 67 - The Nine Sangs: Brian Holton, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, poetry
wee state in whit's nou south-central China, sae ye'd mebbes owrese on page 33

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Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central - Prestwick, prose
The twa central characters o Robin and Nanny on page 142

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Horsbroch, Dauvit Lallans 56 - Cauld Kail Fae Embro, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, prose
fundin that the leid gat fae central govrenment (abooot £100,000 on page 121

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Macafee, Caroline Lallans 57 - Lea the leid alane, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, prose
s expeckin his wark tae tak a central place. (In a sense, Trainspot on page 56

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Hodgson, Brent Lallans 67 - Reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
man wha gies up leevin i the Central Belt, an gaes back hame tae t on page 91

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Fleemin, Sandy Report on Inquiry intil the role Submission, (Education, Culture an Sport Comatee 2003) Central - East Lothian, government
eck wi nae mair variation fae Central an Borders dialecks nor ye'd
ns spaekin a rural form o the Central Scots dialeck, but as a wee b
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Fleemin, Sandy Deid Come Nevermas, (sandyfleming.org 2003) Central - East Lothian, prose
cially in the muckle populate central region o the kintra, aa thae
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gov.scot Biggin a strang future for Gaelic an Scots, (Scottish Government 2022) Central, government
pikkin communities athort the central belt an this consultation is
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Tait, John M Lallans 62 - Expository Scots, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
he first ane wad think on the Central ‘shoap’ an ‘boa’le’
Scots soonds. Speakers o some Central dialects, for example, tends
disna mak. It’s no a North/Central divide aither – Gamrie in B
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Macafee, Caroline Lallans 63 - Auld plain Scottis, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
en til ower wide streetches o Central Scotlan. At this pynt we are
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Robinson, Christine Lallans 81 - Chynge for chynge’s sake?, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Central, prose
he North East, Angus and East Central airts in the late 20th centur
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Falconer, Gavin Lallans 81 - Scots an Mid-Ulster Inglish, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Central, prose
sses the differs atween it an Central Scots raither nor thae elemen
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Douglas, Ashley Whae Were the Pechts, (Dig It Scotland 2023) Central, prose
cythia (like as no modern-dey Central Asia and pairts o Eastern Eur
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Smith, Jamie Effeirin tae the formal: Laitinate lendwirds in Scots, (Mak Forrit 2019) Central - Edinburgh, blog
, ye haed líterar lends frae Central French that wis made ‘eithe
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Smith, Jamie Soonds o the kirk an court: early airt muisic in Scotland, (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Edinburgh, blog
en, tae, that muisic played a central pairt in chaipel services in
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Heather, Alistair Trains approachin?, (Mak Forrit 2017) Central - Angus, blog
gars ye traivel tae ane o the central belt aeroports, doublin the c
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Bennett, Peter Graftin, (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
ck oan the Irn-Bru sign above Central Station. Ten past six. Gets h
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Grae, Emma Dancin wi the Rhona, (unbound.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
“The next stop is Glasgow Central Station,” a voice says ower
th, ah scuttle through a died Central Station and hail doon a taxi.
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 175, (self-published 2008) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
Shetland, Buckie, Fife an the Central airts. The ootcome is a set o
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Donovan, Anne Buddha Da - Chapter 1 Anne Marie, (Canongate 2009 ISBN: 978-1847673459) Central - Glasgow, prose
is. This place has been like Central Station all week, ah cannae b
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Philips, Cally Wha's feart o' the library?, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Turriff, prose
doon George IV Bridge tae the Central Library. A fair daunder oan a
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McKillop, Roger Ma Heroes o' Sport, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
kien’s “Ring Poem”, sae central tae The Lord of the Rings. Th
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Hodgart, John A Catalogue o Sair Neglect, (Bella Calledonia 2016) Central - North Ayrshire, blog
al landscape wis the Scottish Central Committee’s report on Scott
hat it would noo be gien ‘a central place in the curriculum.’ Y
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Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
nge wad propagate ben tae the central database. An it gaed athoot s
er the rail o the puil in the central coortyaird o the lamasery, br
buiths wis springin up in the central space. He suin got hissel war
fleein beaks an feet, bit the central
trice telt him. Ilka tribe in Central Asia yince had a myth o dug-h
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Geddes, Jenny Fling the creepie in January, (McRenegade.Scots 2018) Central, blog
Grand Identity Assassination Central’. (for those wi’ no autos
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Puchowski, James Aiths an Affirmations, (The Sair Fecht 2016) Central, blog
Kevin Stewart (Aiberdeen Central, SNP)
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Ewen, Allan The “Auld Lang Syne” Paradox, (The Sair Fecht 2014) Central, blog
e mair mainstream Scots o the Central Belt. As a result, ma ain Sco
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 125, (self-published 2004) Central, newspaper
e dunts o litigation frae the central Government afore but this is
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 86, (self-published 2001) Central, newspaper
hawn that, parteeclar in west-central Scotland, a wheen o fowk, wha
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Douglas, Ashley The Smeddum o Scots, (languagereach.com 2021) Central, prose
loquial o aw, and wi a strang central belt/Glesgae/urban bias. Fur
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MacMinto, Gregor The Rhythms of Bratislava, (wordpress 2022) Central, blog
for Škoda spatters an fans o Central-European skoosh-caurs, buses
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Duncan, Robert The Oor-Wulliefication o Scots?, (autumnvoices.co.uk 2022) Central, blog
ication, leastweys across the Central Belt. And in the resurgent sc
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@jax6754 tweeted
n" Series 1 coming tae Comedy Central soon! Does this get me a RT @(2014) search twitter
ill_Official If your doin any Central Scotland appearances I'll def(2015) search twitter
naw is oan its way up here in Central belt anyway!?? xxx(2016) search twitter
ive at the Apollo" oan Comedy Central! Guid job as always @IAmChris(2016) search twitter

@ClashCityClarky tweeted
s... Which kind of misses the central point here, a little? Maybe? (2018) search twitter

@OliphantWullie tweeted
in oor village circa 1964 wi CENTRAL HEATIN !!! Ya beauty !!! (2022) twitter link

@billykayscot tweeted
014 Am urnae wis aw ower west central Scots.(2020) search twitter

@Chazzbat tweeted
Ma cludgie hus become spider central. ?? https://t.co/mqo7fpHZjO(2020) search twitter

@fairpechtoot tweeted
yaised in this context in the central belt.(2019) search twitter
s Major thunder-plumps in the central belt thenight!(2018) search twitter
guire This also exists in the central belt! ‘He’s aye bummin hiss(2018) search twitter

@annieones tweeted
drewmoment Weil hen a live in central Scotland, and huv dun maist e (2021) twitter link
enniesaurus Snap, and I'm fae central Scotland. Huv never heird eed (2021) twitter link

@LairnScots tweeted
phenomenon occurs within the central belt, ye can read aw aboot ho (2021) twitter link
a #Scots speaker outwith the central belt, or an English speaker, (2021) twitter link

@ThonJacobite tweeted
treet, walked doon tae Glesca Central, boarded the train for Johnst(2021) search twitter

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
ecast for sat at the san siro central park - crackin day for it li (2020) twitter link
o - and everyone else in the central belt cannae play lol crazy ti (2020) twitter link
ill they get tae cowdie m8 - central park is a shocker likes - it (2020) twitter link

Doric

Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
e glow Brocht on by ower much central heatin on page 15

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Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 82 - Beyond The Pale , (Lallans Magazine 2013) Doric - Aberdeen, prose
. 'They ken fine neen o's has central heatin. Forby, hiv ye forgott on page 76

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Smith, Alex A Fer Chauve, (self-published 2005) Doric, prose
hoose wis heated wi ile central heatin. It wis a auld system
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Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
Association, a director o the Central Mart, an officer o the United
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Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
the Duguids' cosy hame in the Central Belt.
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The Flying Pigs The ‘Naked Cleaners’ idea is appalling. It’s sexist, demeaning, and at £80 an hour, steep, (Press and Journal 2018) Doric, newspaper
any’s only operating in the central belt, a plan began tae form.
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@72redz1903 tweeted
e, but it is generally a West/Central Scotland problem. The north e (2021) twitter link
economic alternative tae the central belt (2020) twitter link
ae condemn this familiar west central Scotland behaviour. Only the (2020) twitter link

@cligeey tweeted
Affa Central here https://t.co/62ydO7adNa(2020) search twitter

@daleser23 tweeted
k. I widna mind gan tae grand central. Iv got a good record there(2013) search twitter

@_DawnLeslie tweeted
h It wis a serious kirn. Dubs central. Hame noo wi yirdit sheen and(2019) search twitter

@JoanHenry7 tweeted
en a Highlander. He's fae the Central Belt. He inherited that place (2022) twitter link

Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
Sheu hid no central heateen there tae warm her ac on page 35

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Giles, Harry Josephine Deep Wheel Orcadia: A Novel, (Picador 2021 ISBN: 978-1529066609) Orkney, poetry
hids Central Staetion tirlan yet on page 3
stroks, the airms o Central Staetion skoot on page 17
irms an bolas gaithered roond Central. on page 18
an the yoles at a pierheid on Central, cosh i'the neuk anunder a pi on page 47

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Hall, Simon W. No the Six o Clock News, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Orkney, blog
reens. Shetland soonds pretty Central Belt-ish a lot o the time, an
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Miller, Alison The Point o Tinsal, (Dictionaries of the Scots Language 2021) Orkney, poetry
Sittan in the waarmth o central-haeteen,
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Shetland

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
rbye. An dan da bairns fae da Central Skule fan oot aboot dem, an d on page 75

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I Hear Dee Shaetlan A primer - v. 1.1, (I Hear Dee 2022) Shetland, prose
a low central unrounded vowel /hɛntɪla:g on page 23

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Tait, John M Shaetlan is Daed - Lang live Dialect, (Shetland Dialect Conference 2004 2004) Shetland, prose
a spellin on wan dialect - a central Mainland ene, say - an dat e
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Southern

Rodger, Matt The Borth’ick Waitter, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Roxburgh, prose
kis o it bein central tae saivrel waittergate, Jock
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Ulster

Crozier, Ian Recomendations fer an Ulster-Scots plen fer oor leid, heirskeip an’ culture, (communities-ni.gov.uk 2022) Ulster, government
erin - Academic research bes central tae accessin aa oor wealtht o on page 6
reatives an' academics. Hit's central on page 21
Academic research bes central tae accessin' aa o' oor wealt on page 23
e in Bilfawst at isnae onie a central location fer locails an' visi on page 46
roass the kintra, linked wi'a central hub in Bilfawst wud heft wi' on page 47
Also on pages 58, 60, 71
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