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nation Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words50.4 72.3 17.6 59.6 5.8 10.9 4.4
Number of occurrences156136 11 6 1 1 1
Number of authors58 45 8 3 1 1 1

Occurrences of nation in Corpus

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Central

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
s had tae thole whit the hale nation came tae caa 'The Seiven IH Y on page 63

1 matches

Hubbard, Tom The Flechitorium, (Grace Note 2017 ISBN: 9781907676932) Central - East Central, poetry
was dead A terror struck the nation, on page 6
Throu ilka nation baur his ain High heidyins wa on page 7
e ti save Some relics fir the nation. on page 17
Nation Grows wi each ejaculation! on page 34

5 matches

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
Ah live in the sixth richest nation in the world. And yit, ah kin on page 15
ae Hogwarts annoonce tae the nation that seein me droon in povert on page 16

2 matches

McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
the ongaun despoilation o the nation's capital bi carpet-bagger pr on page 9
her status as an independent nation, in or oot o the Eu, havenae on page 11
hey are biggit on centralized nation states that hae biggit up bai on page 21
n tae be a prood, independent nation that cin tak its richt place on page 33
that is supposed tae haud the nation-state thegithe an the idea th on page 38
Also on pages 50, 52, 55, 64, 66, 81, 84, 94, 100, 102, 114, 115, 119, 121, 127, 145
23 matches

Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
rest o thi nation. on page 16
One nation, many lang-widges on page 17
eh've been clockin thi nation. on page 38
but em still pert o thi nation, on page 47
Eh am thi nation! on page 48
Also on pages 51, 90
8 matches

Niven, Liz Lallans 59 - Painting the Forth Bridge: A Search for Scottish Identity, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, newspaper
Mind ye, onie livin, vibrant nation wid be constantlie self-asses on page 84

2 matches

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
Picts an Scots intae a single nation in the ninth «century. Nouad on page 14
the enemy o the haill British nation. Nou eftir monie years o war on page 91

2 matches

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
were sent tae crush a nascent nation. on page 41
r faith or creed, whit'er the nation, on page 93

2 matches

Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
aboot the rebirth o the auld nation o Scotland and oor Weir on th on page v
hat people on their ain mak a nation again, on page 19
By the nation on page 82
In warlds o thocht for every nation, on page 102
hills and byweys o a trachelt nation. on page 133

5 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit Scots Warks - Uphaud an guidance for screivars, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Central, government
time an aboot 30% o the Scots nation reportit that thay cuid speak on page 6

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Kate O Shanter's Tale: And Other Poems, (Luath 2003 ISBN: 978-1842820285) Central, poetry
swallae their nation's urge tae shoogle and fail on page 24

1 matches

McCrory, Pat Lallans 56 - The Tale ae a Worm, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central - Cowcaddens, poetry
certain, are the best in the nation. on page 114

1 matches

Gilliland, Sam Lallans 83 - Cochise o the Apache Nation, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, poetry
Cochise o the Apache Nation on page 25

1 matches

Sprott, Gavin Lallans 68 - Gairdens, (Lallans Magazine 2006) Central - Edinburgh, poetry
otions sib til the notion o a nation, on page 98

1 matches

McMillan, Hugh Whit If? Scotland's History as it Micht Hiv Bin, (Luath 2021 ISBN: 9781910022900) Central, poetry
deith o the Scottish nation. on page 29
f a things, an the deith of a nation, the end o an auld song, Yon on page 45
fir freedom an a rainbow nation. on page 57
Perfect totems fur a non-nation, a drunken rammie, a chunk o on page 75
oor heritage, they sauve oor nation's furnitur whiles ignorin oor on page 81

7 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit Lallans 67 - Reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
egiments, that Scotland wis a nation born tae be 'bonnie fechters' on page 110

3 matches

Watt, George T. Lallans 73 - Nae Tae Be Taein, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, poetry
As a nation wie nae validity, nae richts, on page 41

1 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, prose
he Making and Unmaking of the Nation, Volume 5, Major Documents, e on page 130
the springheid o Scotland the nation, throu makkin uiss o mirky ch on page 131

2 matches

Wilson, Rab Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, prose
wi aa the greats o this great nation's leeterary tradeetiouns; wha on page 134

1 matches

Macafee, Caroline Lallans 57 - Lea the leid alane, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, prose
ough, o as in women, ti as in nation)? Staundart English is monoli on page 56

3 matches

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 82 - Editorial, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central - Prestwick, prose
an qualitie o a laun ... an a nation, an in 'Hamecomin', Rowena M. on page 7

1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 103, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
stuid bi the feck o the Scots nation an ane that raxes aw the wey
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 168, (self-published 2007) Central, newspaper
cultural wants o the Scottish nation, still aye treats the Scots l
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 178, (self-published 2008) Central, newspaper
ill only survive if the Scots nation yaises it for ilka-day spoken
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Thochts o Speakin Scots, (peffers50.freeserve 2001) Central, prose
biggin up the prosperity o a nation an naethin beirs the gree bet
1 matches

Gillon, Karen Report on Inquiry intil the role o, (Education, Culture an Sport Comatee 2003) Central, government
contribute tae the nation’s economic virr.
1 matches

Fleemin, Sandy Report on Inquiry intil the role Submission, (Education, Culture an Sport Comatee 2003) Central - East Lothian, government
ettle at gaun the wey muckle nation-state langages like French, E
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS nummer 109, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
o's veesion o a multiliterate nation - but that's mibbes a puckle
The Scottish Nation - Tom Devine
2 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit Are The Onybody Ither?, (Scots Language Centre 2022) Central, blog
portit UFO sichtings ower oor nation. In 2021 Scotland haed 47 sic
1 matches

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 71 - Review - Auld Campaigner: A Life of Alexander Scott, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
ter 7, ‘Broadcasting to the Nation’ is fairlie short. As Robb
1 matches

Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
They're a puir benighted nation
1 matches

Clark, Thomas Wha's Like Us?, (Bella Caledonia 2017) Central - Bellshill, blog
itizens" o the sel-proclaimed nation o Liberland actually took up
t we dinnae even need oor ain nation state tae let oor voice be he
2 matches

Clark, Sara Scot Free -The Psychic Cost O Uisin Scots, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central, blog
tae accept. Whit wey would a nation wha are sae acceptin o ithers
1 matches

Clark, Sara Indyref 2: Aulder, Wiser, Kinder, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central, blog
isive question ye can ask o a nation, is it no?
1 matches

Smith, Jamie The dingin doun o devolution, (Mak Forrit 2020) Central - Edinburgh, blog
e be a normal, self-governing nation. I howp we get tae mak that c
1 matches

Heather, Alistair Bravehert: The truth anent William Wallace (pairt 1), (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Angus, blog
ey ate the stores o the enemy nation, an the sodgers learnt firsth
1 matches

Thoumire, Elizabeth In defence o SNHS, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central - Edinburgh, blog
afore broadcastin it tae the nation! But if she mispoke an hud in
1 matches

Campbell, Karen Gie it laldy, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Central - Glasgow, blog
an the promise o that better nation, and then it aw went soor. A
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 147, (self-published 2006) Central, newspaper
ll hae the hail Scots speakin nation ahint her an that she'll gie
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 149, (self-published 2006) Central, newspaper
did for his kintrae, for his nation an for his culture.
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 119, (self-published 2003) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
famous men, the heroes of our nation's history..."
1 matches

McKillop, Roger Uprisin' an' Doonfa', (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Edinburgh, poetry
oor Nation, intae bondage slide,
1 matches

McKillop, Roger Ma Heroes o' Music, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
United oor nation in song,
glish team 13-7 tae win the 5 Nation Championship, Calcutta Cup an
Oor nation's pride, sung loud an' long,
agreed. An Anthem is aboot a Nation’s he’rt, jist mind the pr
Oor Nation's course, at last, was drawn,
6 matches

Philips, Cally Gonnae No Dae That, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Central - Turriff, prose
heir wee herts oot ‘to be a nation again’. Nae fuckin’ chanc
hance. We’re no gonnae be a nation again. No wan that stands up
ntity. We’ve came oot, as a nation, as North British an’ prood
see that we are an oppressed nation simply and purely because we
assessment o’ the Scottish nation as it stonds. No you pal, o
7 matches

Geddes, Jenny Fling the creepie in January, (McRenegade.Scots 2018) Central, blog
y CS... an' the 'state o' the nation' oan culture... fer noo ah've
1 matches

Puchowski, James Frae Norrowa ower the faem, (The Sair Fecht 2016) Central, blog
din muckle reforms across oor nation – impruivin social mobility
dily, is makkin its wey tae a nation unner the control o the fowk
2 matches

Durie, Nick The Best o the Baith o Thaim, (The Sair Fecht 2016) Central, blog
m, and at the Kirk door o the nation forby. Lang an owerword, that
1 matches

Ewen, Allan Review: Saltire: Invasioun, (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
the threteenth clan an “oor nation made flesh and bane”. He em
1 matches

McClurg, Fernando The USA: Whit happened tae the Guid Guys?, (The Sair Fecht 2014) Central, blog
are aboot the actual wey the nation operates. But even sae, we ca
wi crimes that wad shame onie nation, the pooer o the rhetoric o f
fowk tae scrutinise their ain nation ower closely, the myth wis be
3 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 125, (self-published 2004) Central, newspaper
Pairlament fit for the Nation?
1 matches

Douglas, Ashley The Smeddum o Scots, (languagereach.com 2021) Central, prose
s history and encoonters as a nation, the Scots leid has a guid ha
1 matches

Facebook link (Changed Times Historical Novel By Ethyl Smith 2022) Central
this boy the Renwick that the nation hath been sae muckle troubled

Kay, Billy Time for Reflection, (archive2021.parliament.scot 2022) Central, government
A nation whaur naebodie is excludit an
1 matches

Haddow, Kris On Times Austere, (words.krishaddow.com 2012) Central, poetry
While Bankers bleed the nation
1 matches

Burnett, Colin Cardboard Gangster - Part 1, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central, prose
hangin the minds ae the Leith Nation is nae easy task, though, eh?
1 matches

Douglas, Ashley Scotland’s Linguistic Landscape - Scots and Gaelic, (Translation Services 24 2022) Central, prose
development intae a medieval nation state.
1 matches

@IshbelMcF tweeted
ties is the pooerhoose o this nation, nae joke(2020) search twitter

@RickHJohnston tweeted
ds.. sic parcel o rogues in a nation! Maist kintraes are quite joc (2022) twitter link
and votes for, we get too. No nation should be ruled by another. T (2022) twitter link
.. sic a parcel o rogues in a nation! Rabbie was right all these y (2022) twitter link

@rosa_alba_macd tweeted
t coalesce the parliament and nation woman ... with the press behi(2020) search twitter

@billykayscot tweeted
neless rogues in our Scottish nation. Beware! if the tweets dinnae(2020) search twitter

@pmcm1355 tweeted
p saetit resentment o yer ain nation an thon feelin thit fowk in S (2022) twitter link
recognise thit Scotland is a nation in it's ain richt.. https://t (2022) twitter link

@LairnScots tweeted
question that aye divides the nation at Hallaeen... is it a neep, (2018) twitter link

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
@edinburghpaper the nation awaits nikki n jason - nae p (2020) twitter link
asion brother n u n the whole nation should b oot clapping in the (2021) twitter link
ay - auld phil n lizz - the nation adores you guys (2021) twitter link

Doric

Kynoch, Douglas Lallans 84 - The Ferlie, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Doric, prose
Sall a nation be brocht forrit on page 81

2 matches

Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
on Fae France oor neeperin EC nation Cam fae father, weel fa ither on page 15

1 matches

Uri, Antonia Bidin awa: City Breaks, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Doric - Aberdeen, newspaper
vík ilka November) an 'Urban Nation' (a German on page 11

1 matches

Smith, Alex A Sair Fecht, (self-published 2003) Doric, prose
HENCE THE MOURNIN O' THE NATION.
1 matches

Murdoch, Steve Schrödinger’s Leid?, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Doric - St Andrews, blog
in search of the soul of the nation” he aince said. An sae a gr
1 matches

Uri, Antonia Will virus crisis mean a fresh stairt for Scots produce?, (The National 2020) Doric, newspaper
tae maintain the health o the nation. The wiks an months tae cam a
1 matches

The Flying Pigs There’s nae reassurance over national insurance, (Press and Journal 2022) Doric, newspaper
wye I hiv to insure the hale nation.
1 matches

@72redz1903 tweeted
aboot power, devolved at the nation/‘state’ and the local. (2020) twitter link
crash of an address to the ‘nation’ and nae think, the man’s a (2020) twitter link

@glenlivetloon tweeted
n't need those wi no faith in nation. #indyref(2014) search twitter

Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
e Euro and the troubles o the nation on page 64
Scots, the night, across the nation, meet in mutual celebration on page 77

2 matches

Hall, Simon W. Haggis tasting notes, and whisky pairings, (Brisk Northerly 2019) Orkney, blog
The Olivebank Haggis, Island Nation o Stronsay, Orkney
1 matches

Hall, Simon W. The Boy That Lived - Chapter Wan, (Brisk Northerly 2015) Orkney, prose
rywhere hiv reported that the nation’s cattie-faces hiv been act
1 matches

Giles, Harry Josephine The future of Scots, (https://www.opendemocracy.net/ 2015) Orkney, prose
ieties o cless an identity an nation – sheu wis scunnert. Tae me
t: whan the Italian an German nation-staetes firmed, thay browt to
2 matches

Shetland

Greig, Charles A Shetland Bible, (Saint Andrew Press 2009 ISBN: 978-0715209158) Shetland - Lerwick, prose
an wan day dey'll mak a graet nation. My blissins 'll be apo dee a on page 9

1 matches

Southern

Wilson, Rab Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Southern - Dumfries, poetry
Whit's taen the mind up o the nation? on page 210

1 matches

Ulster

Ulster-Scots Language Society Tha Fower Gospels, (Ullans Press 2016 ISBN: 978-1-905281-25-1) Ulster, prose
'This nation honours me wi thair on page 9

1 matches

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