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google Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words26.5 37.8 11.2 19.9 0 0 8.8
Number of occurrences8271 7 2 0 0 2
Number of authors25 17 5 2 1

Occurrences of google in Corpus

In order to avoid violating copyright law and abide by 'fair use', only up to the first five occurrences of the search term are displayed for each article.

Central

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
and then. So, ah decided tae Google ma symptoms. It turns oot ma on page 25
ir fallen joackey's hoose oan google maps. Then, she sprung fae he on page 32

2 matches

Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
For Saturnalia's the rule in Google-laund on page 61

1 matches

Grae, Emma The Tongue She Speaks, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, poetry
t wanted a chance tae use the Google tae find books that wurnae in on page 30

1 matches

Watt, George T. Lallans 73 - Buffalo Bill, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, poetry
Google-eed we wains on page 62

1 matches

Eagle, Andy Lallans 74 - Stravaigin the Wab, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
n set thair new search ingine Google gaun ten year syne thay chyng
dy on the planet is shawn the Google inpit field, the chances is t
ch. While aw this is gaun on, Google hauds an ee tae’t, upbiggin
tion is the foremaist ettle o Google — ingaitherin personal info
Ae affcome o Google’s owerins o the warld-wide
43 matches

Falconer, Gavin Lallans 63 - Richt Scots an Pithy Scots, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
ae be putten intae Inglish bi Google will ken.
1 matches

Haddow, Kris Haud the Bus - The Stert ae World War III?, (The Wee Paper 2022) Central, prose
wis a bit hard tae navigate. Google Maps widnae gie me directions
1 matches

Clark, Thomas Wha's Like Us?, (Bella Caledonia 2017) Central - Bellshill, blog
ist leuk up the Rio Grande on Google Maps. Hell! Mebbe they'll eve
1 matches

Grae, Emma Dancin wi the Rhona, (unbound.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
sgow to London train” intae Google. There’s wan leavin an hoor
ver ye dae, dinnae consult Dr Google.
Ah google ‘coronavirus symptoms’. T
’ve spent enough time wi Dr Google. If ah’m a goner, ah huv ta
4 matches

Grae, Emma Billy's Ghost Dug, (liarsleague.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
come an auld haun at usin the Google durin lockdoon.
1 matches

Shoor Caan, Angus Coont Thum: A hunner an' oad McLimericks, (self-published 2012 ISBN: 978-1480242425) Central - Ardrossan, poetry
Google A’d say a wis the yon wye,
Bit a cannae dae withoot that Google Fifteen gig a’ Broadband fu
2 matches

Ahmad, Nyla How We Celebrate – scrievin prompt, (Scottish Book Trust 2021) Central, blog
laces for yer relationship on Google maps and tell yer story thon
1 matches

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 3, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
wrong died wae yin search oan google. Ah’ve goat every single sy
1 matches

@DavidJWood2 tweeted
About 6 hrs went in tae that. Google, shopping, prep, and a few st(2020) search twitter

@rosa_alba_macd tweeted
eopath is, forbye? Aye awa an google. Richt ye are.(2020) search twitter

@OliphantWullie tweeted
ixie Deans = 379 accordin tae Google. Ye mixin up English wi Briti (2022) twitter link

@fairpechtoot tweeted
gibberish.' There y'are. :-) Google 'comma splice' fir further gu(2020) search twitter

@pmcm1355 tweeted
@SkyNews A quick "Google" search will have Vladimir Pu (2022) twitter link
s... if Putin dis a wee quick Google search he'll be keechin his d (2022) twitter link

@LairnScots tweeted
BetheneC This resource yaises Google translate, which disnae hae # (2021) twitter link
p, available fae the Apple an Google Play stores, fae @ScotsDictio (2021) twitter link

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
@bbcweather @EdinburghRecord google apps - a hackers paradise lo (2021) twitter link
@HPSelf google x /firefox x/bing x/yahoo x - (2020) twitter link
@iainpope73 all the google apps r renowned for data brea (2020) twitter link

Doric

Gray, Kathleen Tales Fae The Doric Side - The Ootlin, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
ken fit that is, wee , awa an Google it. Folk like ma cousin's gra on page 57

2 matches

@FaeFoggie tweeted
honest. Wint straight ti yon Google ??(2019) search twitter

@cligeey tweeted
@aduncan59 Snoot spoor jist google at(2020) search twitter
@Ali_Leith Watch fit ye Google ??(2020) search twitter

@fittiecrooners tweeted
better than a few taps intae Google! Green final made ma Saturday(2019) search twitter

@JamieFairbairn1 tweeted
een very clearly when you set Google maps from a Danes eye view! h (2020) twitter link

Orkney

Miller, Alison Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, prose
slip that you'll check him on Google on page 89

1 matches

Grieve, Issy Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
Google solves the problem in a nutsh on page 104

1 matches

Ulster

@the_gellick tweeted
Scots in it: the hail o it on Google Books. (2015) twitter link
- They hae the haill text on google books if that's ony use. (2014) twitter link