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Use in varieties of Scots

destruction Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words5.7 6.9 4.4 0 5.8 0 4.8
Number of occurrences1914 3 0 1 0 1
Number of authors17 12 3 1 1

Occurrences of destruction in Corpus

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Central

Johnstone, Shane The Gods of Frequency, (Arkbound 2020 ISBN: 978-1912092826) Central, prose
late tae stoap years ay self destruction. But it's fine! on page 3

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Ellet, Tom Lallans 104 - Smirr, (Lallans Magazine 2024) Central, prose
Ilka day brocht mair destruction wi't. The landward airts wis on page 20

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Watt, George T. Lallans 104 - Ordnar Fowk, (Lallans Magazine 2024) Central, poetry
e be meisured, Radii o deith, destruction, seikness. But in St Andras, on page 88

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Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
's come tae save the toon fae destruction. It wisnae even his dramatic on page 100
if he's goat a weapon ae mass destruction stuffed inside his coat. on page 124

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McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
ntit norie o Mutually Assured Destruction? on page 129

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Hershaw, William Lallans 73 - Proverbs o Hell, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, poetry
than the cuddies o destruction dire. on page 81

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Calder, Bob Lallans 56 - Greenfield the Name O The Pit, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, poetry
swirls the starry harvest in destruction on page 107

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Hawkins, Rudi None Shall Rest Easy, (Scottish Book Trust 2023) Central - Stirling, prose
lefield o’errun by enemies; destruction a’ roon me; confusion in th
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 142, (self-published 2005) Central, newspaper
seen the destruction o thae minority leids as nece
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Heather, Alistair Bravehert: The truth anent William Wallace (pairt 1), (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Angus, blog
rnt firsthaund o the deith an destruction that wad be their lot. They c
1 matches

Thoumire, Elizabeth The killin fields!, (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Edinburgh, blog
d tak pairt in sic deliberate destruction an cry it sport. But there’
ed intae a truck. Sic hellish destruction, an aw duin in the name o ‘
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Ewen, Allan Pairt Ane: Janus leuks back, (The Sair Fecht 2014) Central, blog
e save maist o the School fae destruction and effectively dealin wi a h
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Doric

Shearer, Gillian Tales Fae The Doric Side - Guernica, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
said, 'he wanted to show the destruction caused by the bombing...lives on page 40

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Strachan, Shane DWAMS, (Tapsalteerie 2024 ISBN: 978-1916214880) Doric, poetry
weapons o mass destruction on page 17

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Benzie, Lesley Fessen Reared, (Seahorse 2020 ISBN: 978-1916214538) Doric, poetry
Flirtin wi destruction, on page 8

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Shetland

Tait, John M Lallans 60 - Da Odyssey (1-75), (Lallans Magazine 2002) Shetland, poetry
- dem at wis skyuggit sheer destruction -
1 matches

Ulster

Ulster-Scots Language Society Tha Fower Gospels, (Ullans Press 2016 ISBN: 978-1-905281-25-1) Ulster, prose
ïs tha róad that leads tae destruction, an monies a yin gaes that wy on page 8

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