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kindness Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words14.7 14.4 15.1 29.8 34.9 0 0
Number of occurrences4728 10 3 6 0 0
Number of authors26 20 3 2 1

Occurrences of kindness in Corpus

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Central

Robertson, James The Mannie, (Scottish Book Trust 2018) Central, prose
she thocht, oot o habit. The kindness in his face mindit her o her on page 6

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Robertson, James Naebody'd Seen Him, (Scottish Book Trust 2018) Central, prose
aboot luve then, its kindness and its cruelty? Aboot on page 18

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Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
nkin it was the milk ae human kindness, no waantin tae keep the wean on page 1

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Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
aret, a guid freen in Grizel, kindness frae auld Peggy Aird the cook on page 67

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Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
and starts clappin. An act ae kindness which somehow sets oaff a cha on page 57

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Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
eis kecks an tak a cup o kindness on page 3

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McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
tle an fou o the milk o human kindness, as weel as whisky, Jamie wis on page 31

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Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
An the kindness we goat fae evriwan! on page 74

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Townsley, Jane Joe's Cloud an Ither Stuff, (lulu.com 2014 ISBN: 978-1326001612) Central - Perth, prose
an thanked them aa fer their kindness, but if they wid jist gie him on page 94

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Robertson, James The Hoose at Pooh's Neuk, (Itchy Coo 2010 ISBN: 978-1845022945) Central, weans
d tae be, he wantit as muckle kindness as Roo. on page 30

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Morton, Elaine Hamethocts, (Evertype 2010 ISBN: 978-1782012399) Central, poetry
Tae dae a neibour kindness, on page 21
The trauchle wins smaa kindness, life is tint on page 31

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Armstrong, Kate Lallans 58 - Herman Und Dorothea, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
e, an wi wards fu o baum an o kindness on page 43

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Milne, W. S. Lallans 78 - Mary, Queen o Scotland, Pairt I, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, script
Kindness here will find them! on page 19

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Thoumire, Elizabeth Than an nou — poverty, makkin dae, an leukin oot for ilk ither, (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Edinburgh, blog
maist fowk war guid an fou o kindness; juist daein their best tae g
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Bennett, Peter Sharks, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
ity or a random act ay bloody kindness, efter he gied me it ah sorte
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McKillop, Roger The Flemings o’ Dalnoid, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Edinburgh, poetry
many skiers owe a lot tae the kindness o' this wonderful, wee woman.
An' frae it springs kindness,
The kindness an' courage,
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Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
Bapu, I don’t deserve this kindness.”
ou are rather apt to let your kindness be imposed upon.” She gied
ye. “This is a... kindness that ye’re daein me,”
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Connelly, Gordon Celebrating Ithers, a letter tae somebody wirth celebratin, (Scottish Book Trust 2021) Central, blog
ely tae be treatit insteid wi kindness. Wis a freend a source o lich
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Wallace, Lorna Jock Tamson Goes tae the Doactir, (lornalouwriting.wordpress.com 2019) Central - Ayrshire, poetry
Wi kindness an’ support fae aw
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Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 2, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
ma sins ootnumber ma acts ae kindness a million tae yin. And ma onl
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@billykayscot tweeted
lang syne, we’ll tak a cup o kindness yet for auld lang syne, or in(2020) search twitter

@weenell3 tweeted
ea You've a huge heart ?? and kindness oozes oot of you x (2022) twitter link

@ThonJacobite tweeted
ters is sublime. The care and kindness they display is truly humblin (2021) twitter link

Doric

Goodall, Phyllis J. Lallans 59 - Last May a Braw Wooer, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Doric, newspaper
esh air. Syne she min't. Adam Kindness wid be phonin at her, seekin on page 94

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Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
brither Matty, her mither wis kindness hersel, the cauld win cudna b
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Hutchison, Pat The Three Cannels, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
he settle. Whether it wiz the kindness she’d been shown or the abs
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Hutchison, Pat The Seven Coins o Kineddart, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Doric - Banffshire, prose
t! Jessie thanked her for her kindness and soon cleared the plate.
in a month aa thanks tae the kindness o Laird Braco faa’s policy
2 matches

Orkney

Giles, Harry Josephine Deep Wheel Orcadia: A Novel, (Picador 2021 ISBN: 978-1529066609) Orkney, poetry
fer Inga an Øyvind's maet an kindness - until fair intae the meal on page 83

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Hall, Simon W. Lands o Twatt, (Brisk Northerly 2018) Orkney, blog
ale have shown me nothing but kindness, and have given me their unco
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Giles, Harry Josephine An Excerpt From Deep Wheel Orcadia: A Future Fantasy, (The Bottle Imp 2019) Orkney, poetry
maet an kindness – until fair intae the mael
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Shetland

Greig, Charles A Shetland Bible, (Saint Andrew Press 2009 ISBN: 978-0715209158) Shetland - Lerwick, prose
I held dem in aboot wi graet kindness. I lifted dem up an kerried d on page 69
ht; ta help idders wi an open kindness; an ta live paeceably, mindin on page 75
note o da göd you dö an da kindness you shaa. on page 93
or a drap o kindness on page 165

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