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Use in varieties of Scots

lobsters Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words11.5 3.6 10.6 0 52.3 72.4 31
Number of occurrences377 7 0 9 7 7
Number of authors6 1 1 2 1 1

Occurrences of lobsters in Corpus

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Central

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
"_chinge lobsters, an go back in the same oarde on page 98
See how eagerly the lobsters an the turtles aw advance! on page 99
that they used tae go wae the lobsters tae the dance. So they goat t on page 100

7 matches

Doric

Byrne, Catherine Alice's Mishanters in e Land o Farlies, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010609) Doric - Caithness, prose
"- change lobsters, an retire in e same order," on page 96
y take us up an throw us, wie lobsters, oot till sea!" on page 97
Gryphon, "at they wid go wie lobsters till e dance. So they got thr on page 98

7 matches

Shetland

Johnson, Laureen Alice's Adventirs in Wonderlaand, (Evertype 2012 ISBN: 978-1782010081) Shetland - Voe, prose
" - change lobsters, an step back ida sam oarder, on page 100
Aa da lobsters an da turtles is dat aaber fo on page 101
tak wis up an fire wis, wi da lobsters, oot ta sea!" on page 102
yphon, "at dey wid geng wi da lobsters ta da dance. So dey got: fire on page 103

7 matches

Sinclair, James Yarnin, (Shetland For Wirds 2001) Shetland, poetry
hailed da creel, we got tree lobsters
an hed sixteen lobsters fur wir day.
2 matches

Southern

Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
" - chainge lobsters, an retire in same order," ca on page 98
Sei how keenly th lobsters an th turtles aw advance! on page 99
tak oo up an chuck uz, wi th lobsters, oot tae sea!" on page 100
, "that they would gaun wi th lobsters tae th dance. Sae they got ch on page 101

7 matches

Ulster

Morrison-Smyth, Anne Alice's Carrants in Wunnerlan, (Evertype 2013 ISBN: 978-1-78201-011-1) Ulster - Ballymoney, prose
"- change lobsters, an retire in the same order, on page 99
See hoo eagerly the lobsters an the turtles aal advance! on page 100
tak iz up an clod iz, wi the lobsters, oot tae sea!" on page 101
Gryphon, "they wudnae gae the lobsters tae the dance, sae they got c on page 102

7 matches

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