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Use in varieties of Scots

cheque Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words6.5 1.6 20.8 9.9 0 10.9 8.8
Number of occurrences203 13 1 0 1 2
Number of authors10 3 3 1 1 2

Occurrences of cheque in Corpus

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Central

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
chaps. Better to just write a cheque." on page 50

1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 168, (self-published 2007) Central, newspaper
Please mak yer cheque oot tae Scots Tung an post ta
1 matches

Robinson, Christine Lallans 70 - The Language o the Glasgow Unity Plays, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
’ peying up he gies me this cheque’. We get a rather mair freq
1 matches

Doric

Kynoch, Douglas Lallans 84 - The Ferlie, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Doric, prose
his bunk caird fae him an the cheque he haed tae haan ower; syne, on page 78
'A haed tae deposit a cheque,' says Fergie. on page 79

2 matches

Kynoch, Douglas Lallans 90 - The Trump, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Doric, poetry
Sae he oots wi his cheque beuk an oots wi his pen on page 34

1 matches

Smith, Alex A Sair Fecht, (self-published 2003) Doric, prose
oney. I hiv some money an the cheque book, wid that nae dee?" The
cheque. Jonsar said." I thocht you s
hree days efter an the damned cheque bounced. Every time
a month later in come anither cheque, wi a richt nesty letter sayi
nsar went tae the bank wi the cheque, waited a day
5 matches

Smith, Alex A Fer Chauve, (self-published 2005) Doric, prose
I'm nae in I'll send you up a cheque, Weel the wifie wisnae in
1 matches

Hamilton, Roddy Lallans 63 - Beggerey’s Greenhoose, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Doric, prose
but he wis flappin aboot wi a cheque book, an sayin, “this is in
every noo an then haudin the cheque up tae the licht an gazin at
wife. He had in his pocket a cheque that wid see him tidily aff t
d report that the value o the cheque wis for a hunner an fifty tho
4 matches

Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
leaned breeks - we'll send a cheque in 2-3 weeks. Really can't sa on page 75

1 matches

Southern

Wilson, Rab Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Southern - Dumfries, poetry
t o the jyle, Ower thon dodgy cheque, on page 214

1 matches

Ulster

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
"Aye, I did git the cheque an I got the letter."? Maisie on page 1

1 matches

McDonald, Fiona Frae Cowie's Cragg, (Ulster-Scots Academy Press 2021 ISBN: B0949GXX7K) Ulster, poetry
ha shaps. Ye may hoak oot yer cheque buik." on page 19

1 matches

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