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forces Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words14 19 7.5 0 0 10.3 8.9
Number of occurrences4537 5 0 0 1 2
Number of authors27 23 2 1 1

Occurrences of forces in Corpus

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Central

Hubbard, Tom The Flechitorium, (Grace Note 2017 ISBN: 9781907676932) Central - East Central, poetry
O oor sexual market forces: on page 34

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Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
e we're taiglin wi mysterious forces, pet, that we ken naethin abo on page 173

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McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
n example fer the progressive forces in England, nae maitter their on page 82
k insteid at the support 'oor Forces' need an get. | on page 120
enerals an admirals leave the forces tae sit on the boards o yon c on page 121
owk in Government, the airmed forces, the airms industry, an the b on page 122

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Hubbard, Tom Lallans 59 - Leids and Lieder: Walcome ti Helvetiscots, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, newspaper
eid wis unner threit frae the forces o 'progress'. My owersettin o on page 5

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Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
The equilibrium o cosmic forces - on page 57
Wi full command o ma daurk forces, on page 94
as o divinity he is speakin o forces within us aa - luve or poure on page 102

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Rennie, Susan Kat an Doug on Planet Perjink, (Itchy Coo 2002 ISBN: 978-1902927565) Central, weans
anti-clart covers. A special-forces team wis on standby tae wheec on page 21

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Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
Sent back hame by market forces on page 88
It hauds yer heid and forces ye roond, mak's ye see, girni on page 127

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Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
he rest of your party!' David forces a smile. on page 14

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Calder, Bob Lallans 58 - Allmairshall, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
'Haein seen thon,' Delaney forces through the wrunkled-up wince on page 72

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Robinson, Christine Lallans 70 - The Language o the Glasgow Unity Plays, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
and memmers gaein aff tae the forces, Unity got aff tae a shoogly
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Kay, Billy Born In Kyle, (Burnawn Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-9993309-4-1) Central - Kyle, prose
edd the kintrae o the English forces o occupation. It wis illustra
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Clark, Thomas Wha's Like Us?, (Bella Caledonia 2017) Central - Bellshill, blog
names. An aw the unstoppable forces we're telt the warld is in ho
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Heather, Alistair Bravehert: The truth anent William Wallace (pairt 2), (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Angus, blog
Edward brocht his forces (mebbe sae mony as twinty tho
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Heather, Alistair Bravehert: The truth anent William Wallace (pairt 1), (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Angus, blog
re a great strang laddie. The forces needit tae pou back the bow s
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Handy, Robbie Forked Tongues, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Central - Dunfermline, blog
la war against British Empire forces an still bide in an independe
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Bennett, Peter McShane's Reprieve, (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
ly, it’s inevitable. Market forces. That’s whit these cunts ur
eeled charlie bandits? Market forces, man.
ace is hoachin wae it. Market forces man.
t he’s talkin aboot. Market forces man. Let the market decide.
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Capener, Jack This laund wis wrocht for you an me, (Mak Forrit 2021) Central - Edinburgh, blog
laundscape bein biggit on the forces that brocht aboot clearance,
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Scots Language Center Crackin aboot politics, (Scots Language Centre 2020) Central, blog
a. At the hinnerend, thir twa forces clasht ower the heid o thair
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Durie, Nick The Best o the Baith o Thaim, (The Sair Fecht 2016) Central, blog
o the tift o whit reactionary forces she coud mebbe caw tae the po
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Ewen, Allan Pairt twa: Janus leuks aheid, (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
sis disna jist encourage, but forces social interaction. Social in
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 101, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
d, they've setten up twa task-forces an were noo blithe tae rejeck
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Monahan Brown, Ricky Dùn Èideann, (The Scores 2020) Central, prose
ssed intae the grun by unseen forces. Ayont the fleein beasties, h
Gathering of NATO forces off Korean Coast Denounced:
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grandeicedcoffees Do You Wanna Touch, (archiveofourown.org 2021) Central, prose
’ his hand oan ma bare skin forces a whimper oot ay us, an’ ah
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 125, (self-published 2004) Central, newspaper
e o WW2 thare wis Free Polish forces fechtin in mony theatres o th
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Bennett, Peter Arabian Monkfish (Part One), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central, prose
h’m always sayin – market forces, man. The market will decide.
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@OliphantWullie tweeted
'nae been infiltrated by Dark Forces fae Westminster. Ye'll fund o (2022) twitter link

@bigandymccoll tweeted
self-fulfilling prophecy. It forces us tae the left. Self-ID ??. (2022) twitter link

Doric

Benzie, Lesley Tales Fae The Doric Side - Pictur o Misery, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, poetry
backed bi regional an global forces, on page 68

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@DoricPhrases tweeted
a fa are takkin part in Armed Forces Day events. We are gye bigsie(2016) search twitter
tae abidy takin part in Armed Forces Day events in Aberdeen an the(2017) search twitter
Happy Armed Forces Day! Thank ye fur yer service(2018) search twitter

Southern

The Westender Mairchers did oor toon prood, (The Hawick Paper 2007) Southern, newspaper
ife that oo still need airmed forces and oor awfi lucky that oo he
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Ulster

Ulster Scots Agency Ulster Scots Census, (census.gov.uk 2021) Ulster, government
, or bes memmers o tha Airmed Forces, gin this bes their bidin or
* memmers o tha Airmed Forces;
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