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followers Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words12 12.2 16 0 17.4 0 4.4
Number of occurrences3723 10 0 3 0 1
Number of authors20 12 6 1 1

Occurrences of followers in Corpus

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Central

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
e appyntit Sabbath, hunners o followers o the Covenant wad mak their on page 28
Robert Hamilton an his crouse followers said they were ready tae mair on page 38
ichard Cameron an aicht o his followers. Stout Dauvit Hackston, hero on page 40

3 matches

Fitt, Matthew Kate O Shanter's Tale: And Other Poems, (Luath 2003 ISBN: 978-1842820285) Central, poetry
like the followers o a coffin on page 23

1 matches

McMillan, Hugh Whit If? Scotland's History as it Micht Hiv Bin, (Luath 2021 ISBN: 9781910022900) Central, poetry
The Sma' Fowk were the 'camp followers' at Bannockburn who, accordin on page 35

1 matches

McKillop, Roger Uprisin' an' Doonfa', (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Edinburgh, poetry
e, wi’ a haun’ fu’ o’ followers, greeted us in an accent sae
1 matches

Macdonald, Ileene Fit’s it aa aboot?, (The Sair Fecht 2014) Central, blog
nders have become organisers, followers have become leaders, politics
1 matches

Facebook link (Changed Times Historical Novel By Ethyl Smith 2022) Central
e. Tae prove his defiance his followers persuaded him tae pit up a de

Facebook link ( 2016) Central
2nd June 1680 alang wi twenty followers he rides intae the wee toun o

Facebook link ( 2021) Central
e 22nd. Dis Sir Robert or his followers realise whit’s aheid? Maist

@Seperatist_No1 tweeted
e enough hassle monitering my followers ??(2020) search twitter

@DavidJWood2 tweeted
y need tae up my game with my followers, and who I follow. Some of th(2020) search twitter

@jax6754 tweeted
nd. Please can you RT tae yir followers tae raise awareness! X http:/(2015) search twitter

@MizLiot tweeted
em tae hae taen oan a wheen o followers the day - weel, ye’re aa ve (2021) twitter link

@ThonJacobite tweeted
e dizzy heights o' a thoosand followers. Tae some thats a drap in the(2021) search twitter

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
t must b gettin desperate for followers now - hees even liking his o (2020) twitter link
have faith in the fm and her followers after all the latest disaster (2020) twitter link
th that statement defo - snp followers wont get independence either (2021) twitter link
ae worries fat boy - only 21 followers - a wonder why lol (2020) twitter link
es awe the goodie 2 shoes snp followers noo - wee nikki husnae got a (2020) twitter link
and 3 other occurrences.

Doric

Maitland, Andrew Tales Fae The Doric Side - The Auld Mannie, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
leader marchit aff wi his twa followers trailin ahint him, mutterin o on page 74

1 matches

Benzie, Lesley Fessen Reared, (Seahorse 2020 ISBN: 978-1916214538) Doric, poetry
their soucht aifter media followers on page 26

1 matches

@DoricPhrases tweeted
Anely twae mair followers an it ah'll be a satisfying t(2016) search twitter
es tae wear an show tae their followers - here is ma pounlund stocki(2017) search twitter
ik page is aboot tae rax 4444 followers. Fitever ye dee dinnae Share (2018) search twitter
#ad If ye hiv ower 3 thoosand followers on Facebook, Twitter or Insta(2020) search twitter

@FaeFoggie tweeted
w in anither een if I hit 800 followers...(2020) search twitter

@72redz1903 tweeted
tation, hero worshipped fae ‘followers’ in the end, nae an asset ta (2020) twitter link

@fittiecrooners tweeted
tag #fittie I get a'this new followers wee next tae nithing on fae t(2017) search twitter

Shetland

@tattooedselkie tweeted
hink yun's me hit the 100 new followers mark noo, 24 hours eftir yun (2021) search twitter
70 new followers fae I pat yun tweet oot last (2021) search twitter
dialect I'm gained 150ish new followers, brawly blyde aboot yun.(2021) search twitter

Ulster

@OrangRuth tweeted
anrebel Nat if you have loyal followers who cherish your right to get(2019) search twitter