david | Corpus occurrences | Central | Doric / Northern | Orkney | Shetland | Southern | Ulster | |
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Occurences normalised per million words | 73.3 | 82.4 | 41.6 | 89.4 | 180.2 | 43.7 | 8.8 | |
Number of occurrences | 227 | 155 | 26 | 9 | 31 | 4 | 2 | |
Number of authors | 61 | 40 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 2 |
Beekman, Tony Lallans 84 - The Fate o the Philosopher, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
met richt awa wi the sicht o David Hume takin a shot at a billia on page 50
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Brown, Ian Lallans 70 - The Scots leid in modren Scots drama, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
. Some yaize Scots. Some like David Greig ir Anthony Neilson dinn on page 44
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Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
ne a muckle strang chiel caad David Hackston, an anither callant on page 35
mornin the 22nd o June 1679, David Leslie an Dauvit Hackston an on page 39
the third, their stout leader David Hackston o Rathillet, wis sen on page 54
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Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
ome a someboady yin day, that David did beat Goliath. The truth i on page 18
ith intae an animal that even David Attenborough wid consider a d on page 61
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McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
that micht jist be happenin. David Cameron hid nae need tae caw on page 10
clipse of Scottish Culture bi David Beveridge an Ronald Turnbull. on page 14
bangers - includin the VoW's David Dimbleby - unleashit the bai on page 112
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Hubbard, Tom Lallans 59 - Leids and Lieder: Walcome ti Helvetiscots, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, newspaper
is wark appearin in Scotland! David Kinloch, a makar an scholar w on page 5
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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
ll jist cry him Dave, tho Sir David micht hae been nearer the mai on page 76
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Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
the idiots in primary school. David Donald. Here. Eunice Garvie. on page 46
em. This boy in ma class cawd David Donald, his family are pure p on page 51
wore an Aran jumper, no even David Donald an he wis the pure rej on page 52
in the group (Tiger Jackson, David McManus an Murray Hart) an th on page 75
s an Navdeep's pal had on her David McManus T-shirt an a blue fly on page 116
Also on pages 117, 169
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Horsbroch, Dauvit Scots Warks - Uphaud an guidance for screivars, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Central, government
instance, gin a body's cryed David, daena chenge it tae the Scot on page 13
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Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
he be-all and end-all. Me and David sit in each other's company a on page 1
David toots the horn twice, and Maw on page 2
David sighs and starts the engine, on page 3
white hair is ootside before David's even hud a chance tae put t on page 4
annae get enough o the drink. David's near enough teetotal. We di on page 5
Also on pages 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 38, 43, 62, 113, 115
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Kay, Billy Lallans 78 - Thochts on the bonnie broukit bairn at hame an abroad, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, prose
the Scots/Yiddish dialect in David Daiches book Two Worlds, A Sc on page 8
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Begg, James A. Lallans 68 - 1841 – The Plouman, (Lallans Magazine 2006) Central, prose
guid freens! Young Jim wis wi David Arthur at Wellhill, an... The on page 17
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Calder, Bob Lallans 67 - Reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
Nannie K. Wells the stature o David Hume, or Edwin Muir. Gin ye d on page 96
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McMillan, Hugh Whit If? Scotland's History as it Micht Hiv Bin, (Luath 2021 ISBN: 9781910022900) Central, poetry
His forbeir King David on page 33
If David Barrie haednae dee'd on page 68
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Douglas, Sheila Lallans 67 - William Motherwell (1797 - 1836), (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
es of Ancient English Poetry, David Herd's Ancient and Modern Sco on page 69
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Horsbroch, Dauvit Lallans 67 - Reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
es. A mair wicelike essay, bi David Carter, vizzies Scotland's he on page 110
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Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central - Prestwick, prose
irst poem we encoonter is Sir David Graeme. As Hogg himsel awns u on page 137
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Law, John Lallans 56 - Editorial, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, prose
mer Editor o this journal, Dr David Purves, will hae space ti gie on page 4
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Horsbroch, Dauvit Lallans 56 - Cauld Kail Fae Embro, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, prose
e census, whyle the convenor, David Steel, haes aye been luewarm on page 121
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Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 82 - Editorial, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central - Prestwick, prose
David Purdie offers us a vairsion o on page 7
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 178, (self-published 2008) Central, newspaper
he Biggers and other poems by David C Purdie
DAVID C. PURDIE is a weel kent name
David C. Purdie
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Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 74 - Editorial, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
s new Hie Heid-yin) wad like David C. Purdie’s mindin o Dr. Ma
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Fleemin, Sandy Shudder at the Niffer, (sandyfleming.org 2003) Central - East Lothian, prose
n". Thir's weel-documentit in David Purves' "A Scots Grammar" (Be
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 108, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
aelic. The raison gien bi Sir David Steel's Corporate Body is tha
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS nummer 109, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
a prescriptive grammar (mair David Purves nor Jim Millar, wha et
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Douglas, Sheila Lallans 62 - The Cairryin Stream o Tradeetion, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
01738-583698 and tickets fae David Aird 01577-830370.
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Tait, John M Lallans 63 - Expository Scots (2), (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
bs taks syllabic - it endins. David Purves’s A Scots Grammar; I
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Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 71 - Review - Auld Campaigner: A Life of Alexander Scott, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
r: A Life of Alexander Scott, David Robb, Dunedin Academic
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Corbett, John Lallans 70 - Owersettins o Modren Drama intae Scots, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
n, Robin Lorimer, and wur ain David Purves. Purves’ is mibbes t
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Clark, Sara Indyref 2: Aulder, Wiser, Kinder, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central, blog
t physically sick when ah saw David Bowie askin Scotland tae 'sta
ssie no tae lea him? Ah luved David Bowie. An ah felt betrayed bi
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Smith, Jamie Soonds o the kirk an court: early airt muisic in Scotland, (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Edinburgh, blog
poners — sic as Andro Kemp, David Peebles an John Angus — tha
salms, hermonised by a sweirt David Peebles, is collectit in the
alm settins an ither warks by David Peebles. Image credit: Edinbu
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 119, (self-published 2003) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
Sir Jimmy Shand, sculpted bi David Annand, that wis the ootcome
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 176, (self-published 2008) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
souch. The umquhile Professor David Daiches said that "The New Te
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 175, (self-published 2008) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
e English bi Susan Masotty an David Colmer.
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 174, (self-published 2008) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
3 publisht bi Waverley Books, David Dale House, New Lanark, ML11
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Muir, Glenn David of Seafield, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Linlithgow, prose
a tan ee broos. That was how David of Seafield entered oor lives
According tae Miss Pullar, David had been raised by haun efter
im (his Sunday name was still David but we dropped the “of Seaf
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Scots Language Center Crackin aboot politics, (Scots Language Centre 2020) Central, blog
Salmond an UK Prime Meenister David Cameron met at St Andra’s H
wis signed bi Alex Salmond an David Cameron on 15 October 2012. I
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Horsbroch, Dauvit The Embra Greement, (Scots Language Centre 2012) Central, government
The Richt Hon. David Cameron MP The Richt Hon. Ale
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McClurg, Fernando Weill, weill, weill, (The Sair Fecht 2016) Central, blog
a brakdoon o polls suggestit David Coburn micht sneak a saet on
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McClurg, Fernando Tae see oorsels as we see ithers, (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
irty, the Conservatives unner David Kamerón haes surpreised comm
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Ewen, Allan Pairt Ane: Janus leuks back, (The Sair Fecht 2014) Central, blog
on the 19t September. It took David Cameron less than six hours e
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McClurg, Fernando The USA: Whit happened tae the Guid Guys?, (The Sair Fecht 2014) Central, blog
* David C. Purdie’s Scots owersetti
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 100, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
[NOTE: photograph here of David McLetchie in original]
David McLetchie MSP efter speirin t
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 101, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
tizenship, the Hame Secretar, David Blunket, acceppit the Welsh l
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 105, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
n bi the SPCB's convener, Sir David Steel.
B, includin the convener, Sir David Steel, is Lib-Dems (2), Lab (
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 106, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
bit crocodile wi clarty claes.David Eaglesham, general secretar o
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Facebook link ( 2021) Central
David Steel deid on this vera day
Ivvery year the David Steel Lodge Lodge frae Kirkmu
Facebook link ( 2019) Central
20th December 1685 David Steel frae Nether Skellyhill
David is named as a martyr tae the
In 1679 David focht at Bothwell Brig whaur
cam tae the farm an surprised David whae taen aff an tried tae es
David believes him and gies up.
Haddow, Kris Ronnie's Story, (words.krishaddow.com 2011) Central, prose
om. But a wisnae fast enough. David John McKeown chipped in first
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@DavidJWood2 tweeted
didnae sound right. Davie or David, aye, but Dave just doesnt (2020) search twitter
@FaetheRye tweeted
mur Couldny haud a caunle tae David Attenborough. Whit a guy, eh? (2021) twitter link
@g_hibby tweeted
ould have went tae specsavers David... :) (2023) twitter link
Mrs H stuck an egg on top tae David... She's efter somethin' I'll (2022) twitter link
@ClashCityClarky tweeted
@LeaskyHT Aw best, David. Ye'll be a muckle loss.(2019) search twitter
@WhenDidADidny tweeted
ut 1 listen to Three Lions by David Baddiel and the lads makes me (2018) twitter link
@OliphantWullie tweeted
p yir basic linguistic skills David, fir it's no that hard tae ma (2022) twitter link
@Chazzbat tweeted
in music. Ah cudnae hear whit David Attenborough or the scientist(2020) search twitter
ity ends at yer gairden gate. David is gonnae hae a massive bill (2020) search twitter
Why hus Ray got it in fer David? Whit did he dae tae incur hi(2020) search twitter
TheBobbyBall Ah thocht it wis David Jason in the photie. ??(2020) search twitter
David's t-shirt luiks like an oily (2020) search twitter
@DABArbuckle tweeted
able tae play the guitar like David Gulmore. Aw naw, wait . . .(2020) search twitter
@fairpechtoot tweeted
cr Goin recommend a 'starter' David Crystal book fir me please. I(2016) search twitter
@bigandymccoll tweeted
s of Hilda Murrel, Willie and David Kelly are looooong gone. We'v (2022) twitter link
@LairnScots tweeted
Hae a look at this, by poets David Eyre an @GeartTigchelaar http (2020) twitter link
Did ye ken that David Hume's famous list o 'Scottic (2019) twitter link
@kennethbryce184 tweeted
eynolds @MussyAmateursFC look david your no retiring surely n tha (2021) twitter link
annahB4LiviMP top drawer from david - great gesture! (2021) twitter link
otlandFA @BonnyriggRose thanx david n ur comment is spot on - wh (2021) twitter link
Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
eskins, Divot man Said Doctor David Giles on page 15
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Uri, Antonia Bidin awa: City Breaks, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Doric - Aberdeen, newspaper
Aretha Franklin, Marvin Gaye, David Bowie, Prince an Elton John. on page 6
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Blackhall, Sheena Lallans 73 - Obituary for David Ogston, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Doric, prose
The Reverend David Ogston 1947 - 2008 on page 12
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Blackhall, Sheena Lallans 73 - David, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Doric, poetry
David on page 13
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Blackhall, Sheena Lallans 63 - Shelts, (Lallans Magazine 2002) Doric, prose
“Chukkens!” cried David, warmin tae the game. “Fowe
this will doubtless be young David. Just you leave the little ch
“David dear,” she roared at him, a
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Uri, Antonia The birds an the bees, (Mak Forrit 2018) Doric - Aberdeen, blog
k tae the subject o bees, Sir David Attenborough nae lang ago wra
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Murdoch, Steve Schrödinger’s Leid?, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Doric - St Andrews, blog
ill-spoken”. But lang afore David Hume raxed his hairns for wey
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Hutchison, Pat The Stones That Turned, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Doric - Banffshire, prose
sie awa. Her tae an asylum an David tae seven years service in th
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Young, Morna The Twa Chrisses, (Scots Language Center 2021) Doric, prose
wis wee… Billy or Jimmy or David… and she’ll think…. Aye
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@DoricPhrases tweeted
@DavidMerson mony thanks David! xx(2014) search twitter
v an alfresco wee! Thanks tae David fur the contribution.(2015) search twitter
Ah cannae mind fit Craig David sang aboot - wis it Monday, (2018) search twitter
Can anyone help David pls: I used to do shooting (2018) search twitter
@72redz1903 tweeted
FCOfficial Congratulations on David Martindale being declared F (2021) twitter link
Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
mebody sent hid skywards wi a David Beckham keek And me bonny hat on page 74
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Garson, Sheila Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
o the effect that s/15840 Pte David ... Seaforth Highlanders was on page 38
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Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
'll be John, Sylvia, Peter an David. Poor sowels dey hedd mony a on page 11
David Attenborough wis right, Moira on page 27
oy, Peter, wis at university, David wis an apprentice plumber, an on page 42
"Ah'm hedd a terrible night, David," Claire slurred, as shü sta on page 51
t wid takk her mind aff o it. David Attenborough wis sittin in hi on page 52
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@RedValkyrie84 tweeted
@drl Awww David Im sorry to hear aboot dy r (2018) twitter link
@drl Wir auldies noo David (2021) twitter link
Rodger, Matt The Borth’ick Waitter, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Roxburgh, prose
, hae yersel ae leuk it Dr. David Purves’ observations, anens
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@officialAliRed tweeted
ppa @SkyNews Muckle weel din, David. From Damascus Drum tae the b(2020) search twitter
@StuartPoet tweeted
@yyesscotland Braw pic Billy, David and Sandie are braw fowk thir(2020) search twitter
Crozier, Ian Recomendations fer an Ulster-Scots plen fer oor leid, heirskeip an’ culture, (communities-ni.gov.uk 2022) Ulster, government
Dr. David Hume on page 4
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