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Use in varieties of Scots

grows Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words12.5 11.3 12.1 9.9 29.1 31 4.4
Number of occurrences4022 8 1 5 3 1
Number of authors32 20 5 1 3 3 1

Occurrences of grows in Corpus

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Central

Niven, Liz Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central, poetry
as the year grows. on page 8

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Philip, Andrew Lallans 70 - Fower Poems, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, poetry
l his left the wey that roses grows amang the olive branches. on page 55

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Burns, John Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Galloway, poetry
the muin grows pale. on page 59

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Hubbard, Tom The Flechitorium, (Grace Note 2017 ISBN: 9781907676932) Central - East Central, poetry
Nation Grows wi each ejaculation! on page 34

1 matches

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
irn's property when he or she grows up.' on page 198

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Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
Parent benefits, an whit baby grows she wis gaunnae buy wane her on page 58

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Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
' Mr Wonka cairried on, 'that grows on the cacao tree, happens ta on page 80

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Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
he roarin spate in dowie linn grows caum; on page 149

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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
Watterin aw that grows unner its reign on page 13
That grows oot o me and you, on page 133

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Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
Maw's breathin grows deeper, angrier. on page 15

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Morton, Elaine Hamethocts, (Evertype 2010 ISBN: 978-1782012399) Central, poetry
An green grows ilka leaf an bled on page 36

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Goodbrand Saunders, Donald Lallans 67 - Twa Owresettins frae Heine, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, poetry
e boldint yon rottan clan nou grows on page 55

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Niven, Liz Stravaigin, (Luath 2001 ISBN: 978-1905222704) Central, poetry
in days tae come, as the year grows. on page 70

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Holton, Brian Lallans 67 - The Nine Sangs: Brian Holton, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, poetry
the gloamin greys, ay, an day grows bricht on page 27

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Horsbroch, Dauvit A gang-roond oor Sun Grid, (Scots Language Centre 2020) Central, blog
llion, an growin yet. As this grows we weir throu mair an mair re
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Durie, Nick Votin Seestems, (peffers50.freeserve 2003) Central - Glasgow, prose
z thair saets: constitouensie grows fir tae win at a bettert, mai
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Higgs, Jo The tale of how Evan Evans scrapped wi Evan Nichols, (berfrois 2022) Central - Edinburgh, prose
bastard. Yer slinky wee heart grows as thick n meaty as ma very o
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Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
(Fate, iver kind, grows kinder yet,
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Ewen, Allan Review: Saltire: Invasioun, (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
read i Scots whan thae bairns grows up. Wi this in mind, the Salt
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@g_hibby tweeted
ppy enough.. And Mrs H's hair grows too quick.. That's the proble (2023) twitter link

@rosa_alba_macd tweeted
here's no a bonnie floor that grows By fountain shaw or green The(2020) search twitter

Doric

Skinner, Alison C. Tales Fae The Doric Side - The New Leviathan, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, poetry
grows bigger ilka year on page 84

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Benzie, Lesley Fessen Reared, (Seahorse 2020 ISBN: 978-1916214538) Doric, poetry
She grows auld on page 60

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Whyte, Brian The Bottles, (Independently published 2020 ISBN: 979-8612647218) Doric, poetry
Grows in i'park on page 188

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Goodall, Phyllis J. Berryhill, (timberford.demon 2000) Doric, poetry
Tourism noo is the crap that grows
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Strachan, Shane Standing Stone, (northwordsnow.co.uk 2016) Doric, prose
ll be out here, where nothing grows, and this climate... it’s u
ee branches aroon us. The air grows waarmer as we approach the mo
The noise fae the helicopter grows to a loud thumping. I stand u
l back doon on it – ma body grows hivvy, as though it’s ancho
4 matches

Orkney

Norquoy, Greer Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
That grows near Yesnaby on page 118

1 matches

Shetland

Greig, Charles A Shetland Bible, (Saint Andrew Press 2009 ISBN: 978-0715209158) Shetland - Lerwick, prose
Man even sees ta da girse dat grows wild - tink you will he no t on page 95

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Jamieson, Robert Alan Lallans 58 - Eicht poems bi Robert Alan Jamieson, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Shetland, poetry
Grows up grien, dan widdirs awa - on page 27

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Sutherland, Hazel Biggin Da Dess, (Shetland For Wirds 2004) Shetland, prose
arrowin o da sides as da dess grows an grows. Higher an higher he
an grows. Higher an higher he grows, a
. Higher an higher he grows, absorbin endless scurtfoos a
3 matches

Southern

Thompson, James My Borderlands, (Richardson and Son Printers 2023) Southern - Hawick, poetry
How strange this feeling grows on page 6

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Neill, Willie Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Southern, poetry
ang year's dune, an the druim grows stey on page 140

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Wilson, Rab Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Southern - Dumfries, poetry
he roarin spate in dowie linn grows caum; on page 216

1 matches

Ulster

Dornan, Stephen Tha Jaa Banes, (Ulster-Scots Academy 2020 ISBN: 978-1-9163758-1-9) Ulster - Comber, poetry
Then, och-na-nee, it grows - on page 21

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