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hospital Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words61.8 59.6 90.4 79.5 63.9 20.7 4.4
Number of occurrences198116 60 8 11 2 1
Number of authors53 29 14 4 3 2 1

Occurrences of hospital in Corpus

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Central

Marenich, Margaret Lallans 84 - Awa wi’t, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
Kate's faither haed been in hospital. Nou he haed been dischairged on page 31

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Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
While Ah'm in hospital gettin carvit on page 59

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Sayers, Ross Daisy on the Outer Line, (Gob Stopper (Cranachan) 2020 ISBN: 978-1911279778) Central - Glasgow, prose
ks. Maggie hud tae go tae the hospital and ah wis the only yin that on page 1

4 matches

Hubbard, Tom The Flechitorium, (Grace Note 2017 ISBN: 9781907676932) Central - East Central, poetry
deal of the train To the city hospital on page 54

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Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
him how his uncle Craig is in hospital. He sticks his paw oot fur me on page 176
t ootside the WH Smith in the hospital ah kin see aw ae these signs on page 177

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Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
eis actually in thi hospital on page 78

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Anderson, Elizabeth Lallans 59 - OBITUARY : ALISTAIR TAYLOR 1928 - 2001, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, newspaper
pril 5th, 2001, at Glen o Dee Hospital, Banchory. on page 4

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Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
ma ears. When ah came oot the hospital everythin seemed dead loud, t on page 21
an see us wanst ah'm oot the hospital, she said, Aye, ah said, That on page 58
Chris wis rushed tae the hospital an the polis took evrubdy els on page 63
e awright. He got let oot the hospital two days later an his ma came on page
Ah had tae go tae the hospital last night cause a fell on th on page 108
Also on pages 126, 141, 149, 150, 151, 152, 153, 154, 155, 156, 158, 159, 162, 169
32 matches

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
In the rin-doon hospital corridor on page 51
Ah work as a hospital porter nou, on page 78

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Townsley, Jane Joe's Cloud an Ither Stuff, (lulu.com 2014 ISBN: 978-1326001612) Central - Perth, prose
he Rescue", the auld wifie in hospital, shoppin bag in her hand. If on page 39

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Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
and Mrs Gillespie ended up in hospital wi smoke inhalation.' on page 28
e find one as ah lie oan this hospital bed. Ah've lost oot oan the s on page 83
and chocolates can make this hospital homely. on page 86

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Purdie, David C. Lallans 59 - Terry Fae Brooklyn, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central - Aryshire, prose
younger. Ye'll end up in the hospital wi liver damage, an dinnae ex on page 136

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Cameron, Peter Lallans 58 - The Cornfields o Lowdie, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
or the snaw fleein, gray as a hospital sark. on page 47

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Kay, Billy Lallans 78 - Thochts on the bonnie broukit bairn at hame an abroad, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, prose
o aw the leids spoken in the hospital, reflectin the braidth o the on page 10

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Niven, Liz Lallans 67 - Reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
complex battle is bein focht; hospital visits, operations, the chall on page 87

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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 178, (self-published 2008) Central, newspaper
A raicent spell in hospital, for aw that A'm gettin ower
1 matches

Calderwood, Lynsey Mumbo Jumbo, (Litro magazine 2006) Central, prose
ma ears. When ah came oot the hospital everythin seemed dead loud, t
1 matches

Morton, Elaine Lallans 71 - The Concreit Bouer, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
Na, he’ll no send ye to the hospital, wi the shortage
g awfy. Deed yesterday in the hospital, puir auld sowel. I heard
she wes dischairged frae the hospital to a nursing hame,
3 matches

Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
In Hospital
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Clark, Sara Indyref 2: Aulder, Wiser, Kinder, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central, blog
d intae yin o ma freends in a hospital waitin room the ither day an
1 matches

Holton, Brian An Owresetter’s Tale, (Bella Caledonia 2015) Central - Galashiels, blog
twin brothers, in the Cottage Hospital at Netherdale in Galashiels,
1 matches

Meikle, William Overheard in a Cemetery, (ABCTales.com 2004) Central - Ayrshire, prose
idnae mean tae pit him in the hospital - it wis jist that when ah s
1 matches

Grae, Emma Dancin wi the Rhona, (unbound.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
You’re in the Royal London Hospital. You’ve been in a coma for
Ah wis lucky tae walk oot the hospital wi ma life. Ah huvnae taken a
ve no been richt since that hospital visit. It’s like ma body wi
ke it’s been swiped fae the hospital. Ah need tae get ma hauns oan
“Can you get to the hospital, Miss McGee?” the nurse ask
16 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 119, (self-published 2003) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
aureen Sangster's 'The Unseen Hospital'
ion bi Kettilonia, The Unseen Hospital. The poems in the pamphlet wi
the pamphlet wis inspired bi hospital warkers that Maureen wis allo
at, tho on the mairches o the hospital's heidmaist ongauns, can stil
en in Scots: A Keek intae the Hospital Kitchen aifter an appointment
6 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 176, (self-published 2008) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
whan they come hame frae the hospital.
1 matches

McKillop, Roger The Flemings o’ Dalnoid, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Edinburgh, poetry
I ken't Ma was in hospital an' we dropped intae Perth Ro
1 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
“We have to get her into a hospital,” explaint the young man.
, you'll go to Noida District Hospital. You’re suffering from shoc
t Rongye,” he sayed. “The hospital is fairly secure - most of t
ilk day Rongye gaed intae the hospital. They saw fae the meenit they
ril tae at least gang tae the hospital. April wintit time tae think
15 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 75, (self-published 2000) Central, newspaper
ounced the closure of a major hospital in the capital." (an thon's a
1 matches

Donovan, Anne Hieroglyphics and Other Stories - All that Glistens, (Canongate 2004 ISBN: 1841955191) Central, prose
oon and we had tae go tae the hospital wi him. Ah’m awful sorry he
1 matches

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 1, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
e prospect ae a visit tae the hospital gees me the fuckin creeps.
1 matches

@jax6754 tweeted
.espicially as i'm sitting in hospital waiting room and hopefully ge(2014) search twitter
only 09.10am! An I'm orf tae hospital appoint! Hee hee! xxx(2014) search twitter
sleeps now as hae a treck tae hospital appointment fir a set o injec(2015) search twitter

@IshbelMcF tweeted
n top of an extra stay in the hospital for the bairn’s jaundice. Ad(2019) search twitter

@raiphsays tweeted
you! Aye a need tae go tae a hospital it wis a saliva duct hing! Ye(2020) search twitter
Chick Dae ye huv tae go tae a hospital? ??(2020) search twitter

@ThonJacobite tweeted
phoned ma wife fae Monklands hospital. Ah said: "Ah wis hit by a ta (2021) twitter link

Doric

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 90 - Mrs Cadwallader’s Conversion, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Doric, prose
dinghy, they were teen ti the hospital an treated for shock. But a f on page 45

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Shearer, Gillian Tales Fae The Doric Side - Guernica, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
in fur an extra shift aat the hospital and ma Da wid jist be finishi on page 41
and then got a job at the big hospital. Bit maist wikkends she'd cam on page 43

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Leslie, Deborah Tales Fae The Doric Side - Mabel, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
polished aff an haud inte the hospital." He shaks the reed saace an on page 95
extin Dad fir directions, The hospital stinks like cleanin stuff an on page 96

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Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
Doon at the hospital he tirrt the clean fit Stuck on page 15

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Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
is jist 'suffered' a month in hospital, uncomplainin an quaitly resi on page 7

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Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 81 - Pyntin the Been, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Doric - Aberdeen, newspaper
Martin. Fan Fergus cam oot o hospital, of coorse, Wollaston wis lan on page 8

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Kynoch, Douglas Lallans 79 - The Bonnie Lintie, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Doric - Aberdeen, prose
is wark. He was a doctor at e hospital; an haed nae ither option; bu on page 25

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Kynoch, Douglas Lallans 82 - Troke, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Doric, prose
an teen tull's bed? Is he in hospital wi his bledder? Or, waur nor on page 88

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Kynoch, Douglas Lallans 83 - The Umman, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Doric, prose
e that cairtit Mither aff tae hospital; an anither weesh some things
, fan Mither was teen fae the hospital till a nursin home, she helpi
2 matches

Smith, Alex A Sair Fecht, (self-published 2003) Doric, prose
n the e'e clinic in Aiberdeen hospital this day, he
k wis sittin in the Aiberdeen hospital. he wis
Fin Jonsar Eck came oot o the hospital he coodnae believe the differ
HOSPITAL
r Eck wis intae the Aiberdeen hospital visitin the Wee Wifie, in war
7 matches

Smith, Alex A Fer Chauve, (self-published 2005) Doric, prose
ago. "Foo lang wis you in the hospital" Asks Ned." Oh
e a thing. I wis teen tae the hospital
you see Ned instead o bein in hospital for twa or three weeks the
Fin you are at the hospital get his bloomin heid tested a
4 matches

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
They sat in the hospital café, steerin their coffee t
k his mither oot tae the lush hospital gairdens unner a muckle glais
he computer an socht ane. The hospital gaed pit-mirk in a glisk.
3 matches

Johnston, Mary Lallans 81 - A Day at Edinbro Feestival, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Doric, prose
rance – aye att’s far the hospital is noo, somethin ti dee wi Ma
you aboot ma stye in the new hospital in Little France anither time
2 matches

Dunnett, Nathan The Auld Asylum, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric - Forres, prose
o us wis the ruins o the auld hospital. A wis a bit disappointed cos
1 matches

Bowie, Tyler Stookie, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric - Forres, prose
an ambulance and aff tae the hospital.
Fan a got tae the hospital a got rushed tae x-ray abd th
2 matches

Hutchison, Pat The Three Cannels, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
later her man wiz teen intae hospital at Banff. Some o his scars hi
izzie visited him at Chalmers Hospital and spoke tae een o the docto
As she left the hospital, instead o makkin her wye ham
Banff she wint inby Chalmers Hospital tae speir foo Michael wiz. Sh
e wint tae see Michael at the hospital. The doctor tell her he wiz f
7 matches

Hutchison, Pat The Tabby Sooker, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
Next I kent I wiz in hospital. Ower the next fyowe weeks I
gnetic until I wiz leavin the hospital. As I walked oot I found forc
a magnetic an teen me tae the hospital. At the hospital they realise
. At the hospital they realised their mistake a
4 matches

Hutchison, Pat Angels Ten, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Doric - Banffshire, prose
next thing I kent I’m in a hospital bed wi tubes stickin oot o ma
e then rushed me tae Chalmers Hospital.
ndie, which had once been the hospital for the old wartime aerodrome
3 matches

@Doric_Bananaman tweeted
rn fit like & welcome tae oor hospital, yer awa tae hae yer bairn oa(2015) search twitter

@DoricPhrases tweeted
car space aat Royal Cornhill Hospital wi spleet parking restriction(2015) search twitter
ost of the Cambridge Military Hospital, to https://t.co/wK7C61dVcv h(2016) search twitter
ost of the Cambridge Military Hospital on Mon 31st Oct aat aboot 7:4(2016) search twitter
ost of the Cambridge Military Hospital https://t.co/VoVR0kHKr4 https(2016) search twitter
ost of the Cambridge Military Hospital added to https://t.co/fKjTutL(2017) search twitter
and 6 other occurrences.

@FaeFoggie tweeted
i Shire. I mind bein stuck in hospital on mi 40th too. Nivver got a (2019) search twitter

Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
Twa days I spent in hospital then home tae lie in bed. on page 24
If you wir taen tae hospital, they'd hae tae clip them aff on page 46
Icam home fae the hospital, delighted wi me lot. on page 60
visitor, when you're lyan in hospital seek. on page 83

4 matches

Cormack, Kevin Swiet Haar, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
driven up t'waard the hospital, or doon on page 3

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Johnston, Barbara Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
waet fur me Mum then weeks o hospital visits on page 43

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Garson, Sheila Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
hid soonds. At least he's in hospital an bein seen tae.' on page 38

2 matches

Shetland

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
e year fae shü wis lyin i da hospital at daeth's door wi on page 17
's been oot an in a Cornhill Hospital." on page 18
m, I am writing this from the hospital where I am to have a big oper on page 25
a wife yesterday wirkin at da hospital, whin I gude fur my check up. on page 43
ery penny on dem an lyin i da hospital deein a malnutrition! Do dey on page 44
Also on pages 53, 60
9 matches

Sutherland, Hazel Biggin Da Dess, (Shetland For Wirds 2004) Shetland, prose
in ta get da best taper, like hospital corners. It needs just da rig
1 matches

Laurenson, Hannah Lisa Da Maa's Eggs, (Hands Up For Trad 2019) Shetland, prose
on afore wan o you land in da hospital! Noo, git intae your beds and
1 matches

Southern

The Westender Loupin Salmon, (The Hawick Paper 2007) Southern, newspaper
side o' the river es the new hospital. Of, course a suin minded wha
1 matches

@jamie_ginger tweeted
t a leg and got sepsis in the hospital”. Eh a dini ask aboot her gr(2019) search twitter

Ulster

Ulster Scots Agency Ulster Scots Census, (census.gov.uk 2021) Ulster, government
IL), oweraa ospittle (GENERAL HOSPITAL), furst-heicht lear (PRIMARY
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