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failure Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words10.3 12.2 8 19.9 0 10.9 4.4
Number of occurrences3223 5 2 0 1 1
Number of authors26 17 5 2 1 1

Occurrences of failure in Corpus

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Central

Rennie, Susan The Wee Prince, (Edition Lintenfass 2017 ISBN: 978-3946190592) Central, prose
rtist. I wis disjaskit by the failure o my Drawin Nummer Ane an my on page 10

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Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
ack, fashd an angert by their failure tae ding doun the steadfast w on page 33

1 matches

Douglas, David Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Galloway, poetry
The penality fer failure is simple on page 45

1 matches

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
yae and laughin at yur every failure. The yin whisperin intae yur on page 15
kes a sip fae the fountain ae failure. Yae see, it's in oor DNA tae on page 21
his wis jist another glorious failure fur the club. "Useless Mother on page 99
hese feel gid pairty goers. A failure that hus left me somewhat puz on page 169

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Horsbroch, Dauvit Scots Warks - Uphaud an guidance for screivars, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Central, government
spelling. This isna a sign o failure - it is a sign o respect for on page 16

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Kate O Shanter's Tale: And Other Poems, (Luath 2003 ISBN: 978-1842820285) Central, poetry
'Dundee Man Bound Over (dash) Failure To Pay Fines' on page 33

1 matches

Calder, Bob Lallans 67 - Reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
need it, and at real cost in failure o better provision). It's aa on page 97

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Clark, Thomas Yes Nae Mair, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Central - Bellshill, blog
Ally McLeod notion o glorious failure. That's the sang we're used t
1 matches

Capener, Jack No Guid Eneuch, (Bella Caledonia 2019) Central, blog
nt action is naehin short o a failure tae enshair linguistic equali
1 matches

Davidson, Alistair The Mitterand Plan, (The Sair Fecht 2016) Central, blog
nial, preferrin tae blame oor failure on individual bad fowk, frae
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McClurg, Fernando Tae see oorsels as we see ithers, (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
ph o the Tories, the pathetic failure o Labour an the fently amusin
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McClurg, Fernando Thon Survation poll..., (The Sair Fecht 2014) Central, blog
y guid results, wad leuk like failure. They wull hae lairned the le
he maist saets, wis seen as a failure acause they didna tak Glesca,
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Bennett, Peter Arabian Monkfish (Part One), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central, prose
t involved, we wur doomed tae failure. Oor insatiable appetite an w
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Wallace, Lorna Jock Tamson Goes tae the Doactir, (lornalouwriting.wordpress.com 2019) Central - Ayrshire, poetry
That he wis not a failure
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Heather, Alistair Tak tent o the Cabrach, (The Herald 2018) Central, newspaper
e Cabrach, fir its success or failure will echo far ootside its ain
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Heather, Alistair Tartan Tourism nae mair, (The Herald 2018) Central, newspaper
mair nor an echo o the past. Failure, hoanever, could stap sic an
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@Seperatist_No1 tweeted
nk so, nothing about you is a failure janey ?? you inspire people, (2020) search twitter

@rosa_alba_macd tweeted
airiHunter Go Andrew with yer failure to inderstaun the thrawn of t(2020) search twitter

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
cannae beat a club rewarding failure - am all for that! (2021) twitter link

Doric

Byrne, Catherine Alice's Mishanters in e Land o Farlies, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010609) Doric - Caithness, prose
ainst id, at attempt proved a failure. Alice heard id say till idse on page 34

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Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 73 - TROUBLE WI WITTGENSTEIN, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Doric - Aberdeen, prose
al o pomposity, "An tell him, failure to fulfil this condition will on page 90

1 matches

Hamilton, Roddy Lallans 63 - The Bruntie Cat, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Doric, prose
note that Abbie considert the failure o the enterprise tae be solel
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Murray, Campbell Dinna Quat, (Doric Future 2020) Doric - Aberdeen, poetry
Success is failure tirned inside oot;
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@daleser23 tweeted
shower min. Wash the smell of failure off ma. #disgraceful(2013) search twitter

Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
Poor Jock near hid hert failure when I speerd the lass the pr on page 73

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Giles, Harry Josephine Deep Wheel Orcadia: A Novel, (Picador 2021 ISBN: 978-1529066609) Orkney, poetry
y say. Brenna is soor fae her failure at the Ting, an says, "Sheu i on page 98

1 matches

Southern

Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
st eet, that attempt proved a failure. Ahlice heard eet say tae its on page 35

1 matches

Ulster

Crozier, Ian Recomendations fer an Ulster-Scots plen fer oor leid, heirskeip an’ culture, (communities-ni.gov.uk 2022) Ulster, government
oan display in Norlin Airlan. Failure tae tak' thon chanst in 2026 on page 64

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