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Use in varieties of Scots

depths Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words4.8 4 5.9 9.9 11.6 0 4.8
Number of occurrences168 4 1 2 0 1
Number of authors15 7 4 1 2 1

Occurrences of depths in Corpus

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Central

Johnstone, Shane The Gods of Frequency, (Arkbound 2020 ISBN: 978-1912092826) Central, prose
with insight and unreachable depths because ay ma sadness. Wanker on page 3

1 matches

McDowell, Diane Drummond (Ma's Bairns), (Independently Published 2021 ISBN: 979-8592734588) Central, prose
o her frock, feelin intae the depths o her simmet. "Juist gies a m on page 1

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Niven, Liz Stravaigin, (Luath 2001 ISBN: 978-1905222704) Central, poetry
o her boondaries, kennin her depths. Pine circles watter's edge t on page 51

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Bennett, Peter The Party ay the Year (Part One), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
Driven intae the murky depths by Bambi’s big brother. A d
1 matches

Seth-Smith, Niki Chynge o sum kind is comin either wey, but a vote tae leave wad empooer Europe’s faur richt, (The Sair Fecht 2016) Central, blog
unds o the EU, like I saw the depths o institutional corruption du
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Douglas, Ashley The Smeddum o Scots, (languagereach.com 2021) Central, prose
heir ain cairry oniewhaur the depths or sindry dimensions o ‘scu
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Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 2, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
nd staired straight intae the depths ae the abyss. Yit ah retained
1 matches

Doric

Petrie, Kimberley Tales Fae The Doric Side - A Letter Tae Ma Younger Sel, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
fit beauty lies in the icy depths aneth. on page 26

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Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
rashin an crashin in the dark depths o The Divvel's Caauldron. on page 21

1 matches

Benzie, Lesley Fessen Reared, (Seahorse 2020 ISBN: 978-1916214538) Doric, poetry
livin unseen in the depths on page 25

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Hutchison, Pat The Three Cannels, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
ortured Devil’s imps in the depths o despair hid carved them ath
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Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
Did he dwell in the depths in a dark, secret place? Wid on page 72

1 matches

Shetland

De Luca, Christine Parallel Worlds: Poems in Shetlandic and English, (Luath 2005 ISBN: 978-1905222131) Shetland, poetry
brotch hit could geng tae da depths o da ocean, on page 66

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@helenmoncrieff tweeted
it would dive into da watery depths to drown them @FolkloreThurs (2019) search twitter

Ulster

Ulster-Scots Language Society Tha Fower Gospels, (Ullans Press 2016 ISBN: 978-1-905281-25-1) Ulster, prose
neck an tae be droont ïn tha depths o tha sea! on page 9

1 matches

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