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flight Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words14.2 13.3 16 49.7 5.8 10.9 8.8
Number of occurrences4425 10 5 1 1 2
Number of authors30 14 8 4 1 1 2

Occurrences of flight in Corpus

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Central

Robertson, James Naebody'd Seen Him, (Scottish Book Trust 2018) Central, prose
s sheepishly, walked the next flight like a sensible, powerful man on page 14

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Brown, Ian Lallans 70 - The Scots leid in modren Scots drama, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
Masson: the former, Sebastian Flight, a tate camp; the ither, Stev on page 33

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Mc, Keeks Contermacious Temerity, (Dreich 2023 ISBN: 978-1-873-412190) Central, poetry
sae feart tae miss the flight on page 52

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Douglas, David Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Galloway, poetry
his gait is lik the swift flight of a brace o swans on page 43

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Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
turns awey tae heid doon the flight ae stairs. Appearin a wee bit on page 141

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Niven, Liz Stravaigin, (Luath 2001 ISBN: 978-1905222704) Central, poetry
intae the slipstream - gull flight, salmon swim, mayfly dart - on page 22
er's got up, A'm jist in full flight. The drink maks ye blether an on page 41

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Waddell, John Lallans 58 - fower poems bi John Waddell, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, poetry
Anither flight is near the end. on page 62

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Marenich, Margaret Lallans 76 - The Factory, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Central, prose
hrou the years o the “white flight” follaein on frae
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Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
Anither flight is near the end.
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Bennett, Peter The Party ay the Year (Part One), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
trigger fur the auld fight or flight response, flight bein the sel
response, flight bein the selected option. No
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Bennett, Peter The Bothy (Part One), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
such responses; the majestic flight ay a golden eagle; the enrapt
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Bennett, Peter Coyle Loyal, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
opellin oorsels doon the next flight, no lookin back. Ah hear the
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Shoor Caan, Angus Coont Thum: A hunner an' oad McLimericks, (self-published 2012 ISBN: 978-1480242425) Central - Ardrossan, poetry
ses So eether wye yer pit tae flight.
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Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 2, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
and make ma wey up the small flight ae stairs. And wae each passi
eye ae the tiger instinct. Aw flight and nae fight. And tae be com
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Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 5, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
The women descends doon the flight ae stairs leavin me wae ma he
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@jax6754 tweeted
MattRichardson3 Hope yi get a flight awericht.......and dinae forg(2014) search twitter
3 @VirginAtlantic Hae a fabby flight oh an change intae warmer clo(2015) search twitter
IJ could include free return flight tae and from Scotland!??????.(2018) search twitter

@MartinBroon tweeted
Whitsup? Yeez canny get a flight back fae Dubai oan time? ????(2020) search twitter

@WhenDidADidny tweeted
ergy so don't eat nuts on the flight. 2 hours later the air hostes (2018) twitter link

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
our selfs and pop oan the nxt flight to cloud cookoo land lol (2021) twitter link

Doric

Robertson, George C. Lallans 87 - Bluid An Banter, (Lallans Magazine 2015) Doric, script
n, please. The next departure flight frae Transylvania Internation on page 40

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Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
ot speaking. Welcome on board Flight BY599A to Palma, Majorca. We on page 41
The flight back te Aiberdeen proved univ on page 46

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Uri, Antonia Bidin awa: City Breaks, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Doric - Aberdeen, newspaper
Jist a twa an a hauf oor flight awa fae Embra, Reykjavík is on page 11

1 matches

Strachan, Shane Hoast, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric, prose
fae Thailand on an emergency flight this mornin. But no. Summin h
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Shearer, Gillian Skitin Oan Thin Ice, (northwordsnow.co.uk 2019) Doric - Alford, prose
thrust back lik a craa taakin flight. Ruaraidh cuid nae believe hi
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@FaeFoggie tweeted
@MiniMcD1 @Wattiejwattie Fit flight did ye get?(2019) search twitter

@72redz1903 tweeted
ae spikin toon centre but the flight fae that centre has been grow (2020) twitter link
rry ?? never been oot the top flight for that one team in the city (2020) twitter link

@daleser23 tweeted
in iday. Kca gan to pay for a flight oot for um(2013) search twitter

Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
a. Hid me fantasies taen some flight? on page 82

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Cormack, Kevin Swiet Haar, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
Sometheen taks flight, on page 4

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Cormack, Kevin Toonie Void, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
per, I birl oan me heels, tak flight. on page 17

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Johnston, Barbara Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
An lift off intae me lazy flight on page 142

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Hall, Simon W. Crackan the troughs, (Brisk Northerly 2021) Orkney, blog
nd Buntings accompanied me in flight for a hunder metres or so, ke
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Shetland

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
e fur her, on foo ta book her flight. What a blissin dis moadern t on page 78

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Southern

@StuartPoet tweeted
@Angelinekking Naw, flicht = flight. Flit is tae move hoose aye.(2020) search twitter

Ulster

Campbell, Robert Lock Doon Poyams, (Independently 2021 ISBN: 979-8742155812) Ulster, poetry
Day-dreym oo flight melt in tha sun, on page 33

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Ferguson, Roy Rhymes frae Rathfrilan: A Wheen o Poames, (self-published 2022 ISBN: 979-8796193099) Ulster, poetry
nt I thoct A wud hae tae take flight, on page 36

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