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Use in varieties of Scots

flu Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words12.5 12.3 15.1 9.9 11.6 10.3 8.9
Number of occurrences4024 10 1 2 1 2
Number of authors20 13 2 1 1 1 2

Occurrences of flu in Corpus

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Central

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
see .. . so this was your bad flu?' he says, glancin towards ma on page 54

1 matches

Connor, Charles P. Lallans 90 - Serendipity, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Central, prose
han ye hae a guid dose o the 'flu, anely athoot the ill side ef on page 27

1 matches

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
kickin aboot fur the Spanish Flu. on page 140

1 matches

Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
Wi thon Asian flu. on page 115

1 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit Scots Warks - Uphaud an guidance for screivars, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Central, government
* A've got the flu; on page 30

1 matches

Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
here's naebody that wants the flu.
Wi constant wipin wi the flu
Tae win the battle wi the flu.
A'm fair forfochen wi the flu.
4 matches

Grae, Emma Dancin wi the Rhona, (unbound.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
t could be a common cold, the flu, and you might have heard abo
1 matches

Lehane, Matt Mair Licht, (bandcamp 2006) Central - Ayrshire, poetry
tae fend aff yer flu
1 matches

@jax6754 tweeted
on Aljaz! At least its no man-flu??. Hugggggsssss fae Scotland.(2015) search twitter

@rosa_alba_macd tweeted
that is when mid-winter am wi flu an a forbye the hale shebang (2020) search twitter

@billykayscot tweeted
e tae traivel somewhaur for a flu jag, micht as weel tak in som(2020) search twitter

@DABArbuckle tweeted
ha micht hae hud the cauld or flu or, mair likely in oor faimil(2020) search twitter

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
it nxt - a cannae even get a flu jag lol (2020) twitter link
inburghpaper is that the bird flu or the asian flu lol (2020) twitter link
s a pleasure to pop in for my flu jab this morning - thanx! (2020) twitter link
ans ffs n a cannae even get a flu jab lol (2020) twitter link
@Ryanflanagan97 mind ur flu jag noo brother lol (2020) twitter link
and 2 other occurrences.

Doric

Whyte, Brian The Bottles, (Independently published 2020 ISBN: 979-8612647218) Doric, poetry
It disna hae bird flu on page 62
r me fit wie, I feel I've got flu on page 67

5 matches

@fittiecrooners tweeted
I've hid affa flu fer the last 10 days or so, c(2016) search twitter
r blades being at it! Aye the flu bug is back. Fit tae dee tae (2016) search twitter
Fit a wik. I’ve hid man flu a’wik & got nae sympathy fae(2017) search twitter
ing fer a few wiks as hid man flu! Gets worse as ye get tae be (2018) search twitter
a wee bit as hid yon blooming flu that wis gan aboot! Still hin(2019) search twitter

Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
he morneen or a sudden bout o flu on page 70

1 matches

Shetland

I Hear Dee Shaetlan A primer - v. 1.1, (I Hear Dee 2022) Shetland, prose
ɛɪ /ˈmɛɪˌfluər/ (meyflooer) on page 24
m bilabial nasal /ˈmɛɪˌfluər/ (meyflooer) on page 26

2 matches

Southern

@MartyMacMurtrie tweeted
! Since then, a was an annual flu jabber until last year. The r(2020) search twitter

Ulster

Warwick, Matthew Tha Feardie Geng hae tae bide at hame, (Sensory Attachment Centre 2020) Ulster - Ballymena, weans
kens whut gettin smit wi tha flu’s lake, sae they dinnae wan
1 matches

Robinson, Philip Tae a Virus, (no publisher recorded 2020) Ulster, poetry
Bubonic, bird flu, and TB,
1 matches

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