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Use in varieties of Scots

insurance Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words5.3 4.6 7.5 19.9 0 0 4.4
Number of occurrences179 5 2 0 0 1
Number of authors12 7 3 1 1

Occurrences of insurance 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 no jist another national insurance number oan the books. Sure, o on page 125

1 matches

Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
thi've no got a national insurance number on page 90

1 matches

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
Ah wis oan insurance richt through the Strike, on page 76

1 matches

Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
ed why when ah got sicker. No insurance company in their right mind w on page 43

1 matches

Waddell, John Lallans 58 - Three Waddins and Fowr Funerals - a monologue, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
again. There wis a wee bit o insurance - A'd made shair o that - b on page 59

1 matches

Fleemin, Sandy No on BBC, (sandyfleming.org 2003) Central - East Lothian, prose
a story. The maist successfu insurance advert o aa time wis based on
her man, seein's he haed guid insurance an aa that. Aiblins the'r a s
2 matches

Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
"Oh, John, did ye pey the insurance?
1 matches

Bennett, Peter McShane's Reprieve, (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
orporate executives, lawyers, insurance brokers, accountants - fucki
1 matches

Doric

Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
Ye'1l hae plenty insurance when I weer awa" on page 15

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
. Div Ah need te leuk oot the insurance policies?" on page 22

1 matches

The Flying Pigs There’s nae reassurance over national insurance, (Press and Journal 2022) Doric, newspaper
this wik’s rise in national insurance, but nae me. I dinna hae insu
, but nae me. I dinna hae insurance on ma car, so I dinna see fit
e enough. For me, “national insurance” is simply the name on a re
3 matches

Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
No insurance in Orkney wid touch hid - an on page 41
Or speiran aboot your insurance while your tatties and mince on page 84

2 matches

Ulster

Ferguson, Roy Rhymes frae Rathfrilan: A Wheen o Poames, (self-published 2022 ISBN: 979-8796193099) Ulster, poetry
Fur Saga life insurance, on page 54

1 matches

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