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Use in varieties of Scots

exam Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words6.1 6.9 6.4 0 11.6 0 0
Number of occurrences1913 4 0 2 0 0
Number of authors11 7 2 2

Occurrences of exam in Corpus

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Central

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
d this conversation aboot wur exam results a million times, aboo on page 169

5 matches

Calderwood, Lynsey Cantsmell, (From Glasgow To Saturn 2020) Central, prose
got full marks in the General exam an then a two fur her investi
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 111, (self-published 2003) Central, newspaper
question wis optional in the exam an disappyntment wis mintit o
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Graftin, (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
The mornin ay wan such exam fur English, McDade an Pearce
Ah went intae ma exam, school polo shirt near hingi
2 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 106, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
S.E. DUffs First Language Exam
1 matches

@IshbelMcF tweeted
s on the cairds tae be an SQA exam an aw.(2018) search twitter

@LairnScots tweeted
Burns fir the Higher English exam? Try oot oor online, interact (2019) twitter link

@ThonJacobite tweeted
reminds me of my days marking exam papers where the kids didn't (2020) search twitter

Doric

Skinner, Alison C. Tales Fae The Doric Side - Leaves, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
el sat atween twa nuns in the exam hall. The holly, stuck wi yal on page 23

1 matches

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 73 - TROUBLE WI WITTGENSTEIN, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Doric - Aberdeen, prose
Jeems took the exam paper fae the invigilator, ca on page 85
up his pen, an stared at the exam paper again. Syne he looked d on page 86
ffa weel, he hidna passed the exam either. His brain buggered bi on page 91

3 matches

Shetland

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
tely wi dee shargin aboot her exam results night an day." on page 24

1 matches

@Julie_Dennison tweeted
ns you see on fb postin aboot exam results is da proud parents (2020) twitter link

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