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Use in varieties of Scots

mission Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words10.3 11.8 6 9.9 17.4 10.3 4.4
Number of occurrences3323 4 1 3 1 1
Number of authors25 17 4 1 1 1 1

Occurrences of mission in Corpus

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Central

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
nd cos Am chargin ahead, on a mission. By this time, most cunts in on page 44

1 matches

Mc, Keeks Contermacious Temerity, (Dreich 2023 ISBN: 978-1-873-412190) Central, poetry
sae Ah'm awready dreidin the mission on page 14

1 matches

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
oks as if he's a madman oan a mission, headin straight oor wey. on page 112

1 matches

Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
eis on a mission we fuck all ti lose on page 7
this izna meh mission in life. on page 47

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Morton, Elaine Hamethocts, (Evertype 2010 ISBN: 978-1782012399) Central, poetry
That licht o mission purpose gart her learn on page 9

1 matches

Kay, Billy Lallans 78 - Thochts on the bonnie broukit bairn at hame an abroad, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, prose
rcassia tae stert a Christian mission an convert the local tribes. on page 11

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McMillan, Hugh Whit If? Scotland's History as it Micht Hiv Bin, (Luath 2021 ISBN: 9781910022900) Central, poetry
frae the mission hoose. on page 58

1 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit A gang-roond oor Sun Grid, (Scots Language Centre 2020) Central, blog
6. In July 1969 the Apollo 11 mission flichtit fae the USA wis the
1 matches

Gillon, Karen Report on Inquiry intil the role o, (Education, Culture an Sport Comatee 2003) Central, government
ts publication “A Vision an Mission for 2000-2005”, the Welsh L
anguage Board: “A Vision an Mission for 2000-2005” 17 Submissio
Vision an Mission for 2000-2005” that ootline
age Board (2000) A Vision and Mission for 2000-2005
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Somerville, Shirley-Anne Scots Government Commitments tae Gaelic an Scots an Scots Langages Bill: consultation, (gov.scot 2022 ISBN: 978-1804358313) Central - Holyrood, government
ndary domines an pupils. Hits mission is for tae heeze attainment b
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Haddow, Kris Haud the Bus - No In-gleesh, (The Wee Paper 2022) Central, prose
tion is suddenly turnin intae Mission Impossible. Am huvin tae jook
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Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
e deidly serious, intent on a mission o utter despair, the unsexin
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Wallace, Lorna An Ode Tae Tinder, (lornalouwriting.wordpress.com 2020) Central - Ayrshire, poetry
If that’s yir mission.
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Facebook link ( 2016) Central
aks aff on his field preachin mission. Ane ither preacher, an aulde

Burnett, Colin Cardboard Gangster - Part 1, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central, prose
, no hard enough tae dae this mission oan his lonesome, eh? And luc
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@g_hibby tweeted
... Away tae crack oan wi' ma mission... :) ?? (2022) twitter link

@RickHJohnston tweeted
ing should/must be a national mission IMO. Not as a financial trans (2022) twitter link

@billykayscot tweeted
Street, Edinburgh 1978? (the Mission?)(2020) search twitter

Doric

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 90 - Mrs Cadwallader’s Conversion, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Doric, prose
Ah cried in at the Mariners' Mission for a cuppa. on page 38

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Smith, Alex A Fer Chauve, (self-published 2005) Doric, prose
soldiers goin out on a mission tonight, but the officer in c
1 matches

Uri, Antonia The birds an the bees, (Mak Forrit 2018) Doric - Aberdeen, blog
aye some kind o animal rescue mission gaun on. The story o Fiona an
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@cligeey tweeted
em coupit this morning rescue mission the nicht(2020) search twitter

Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
tae wark fur eight o clock, a mission that's doomed tae fail. on page 83

1 matches

Shetland

@helenmoncrieff tweeted
kie. After a seamless welfare mission, it's in da best place it can(2020) search twitter
Anidder Maalie rescue mission complete. Peerie brat didna t(2018) search twitter
ey looked like they were on a mission aroond 0730.(2020) search twitter

Southern

Purves, David Lallans 67 - Editorial, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Southern - Selkirk, newspaper
n ither museums, sen it's oor mission ti tak tent o the haill cultu on page 5

1 matches

Ulster

Robinson, Philip Oul Licht, (Ullans Press 2017 ISBN: 978-1905281305) Ulster - Larne, poetry
He'd tak ye tae a Mission Haw, on page 55

1 matches

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