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nicola Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words42.1 63.2 0 0 46.5 31 4.4
Number of occurrences135123 0 0 8 3 1
Number of authors23 19 1 2 1

Occurrences of nicola 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
der ae the tartan mafia. That Nicola Sturgeon, cow. Takin every op on page 55
might end bein an advisor tae Nicola Sturgeon. Come tae hink ae it on page 93

2 matches

McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
ver, een tho A like an admire Nicola Sturgeon, there is a danger t on page 33
t some o the fowk advisin Oor Nicola ~ that even monie fowk in Eng on page 44

2 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
ist tae confuse the teacher). Nicola Buchanan. Here. Yvonne Byres. on page 46
s in ma class fancy him (even Nicola Gibson an she supports crappy on page
s in a wheelchair. Her name's Nicola Buchanan an she sits next tae on page 75
Charlene an Nicola huvnae haltet tellin folk abo on page 76
h said, Whit yi implyin. Well Nicola's ma got me mine, she said, I on page 77
Also on pages 78, 83, 87, 90, 93, 94, 96, 100, 101, 110, 115, 116, 117, 118, 152, 153, 156, 159, 169
88 matches

Purdie, David C. Lallans 73 - The Gowden Gate Til Samarkan, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central - Midlothian, poetry
For Nicola Jane, ma gowden bairn on page 30

1 matches

Clark, Sara Indyref 2: Aulder, Wiser, Kinder, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central, blog
ly seek when she listened tae Nicola Sturgeon talkin on the telly.
1 matches

Burnett, Colin Boris Johnstone, (colinburnett.co.uk 2021) Central - East Central, prose
der ae the tartan mafia. That Nicola Sturgeon, cow. Takin every op
1 matches

Muir, Glenn Ozsome, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Linlithgow, prose
Dorothy (a doppelganger o Nicola Sturgeon) and her wee dug Tot
Nicola Sturgeon woke up wi a start,
2 matches

Philips, Cally Gonnae No Dae That, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Central - Turriff, prose
e dream will never die’ and Nicola took ower. Ah’m fed up o’
st o’ respect fer Alec, and Nicola, bit it all looks a bittie li
2 matches

Philips, Cally Jings, crivens, help ma Boab, it’s independence!, (McStorytellers.com 2013) Central - Turriff, prose
n that. If ye listen tae that Nicola Sturgeon. Though, if they dae
hinks Alec is marriet on that Nicola Sturgeon, cos they’re aeway
2 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit The Embra Greement, (Scots Language Centre 2012) Central, government
chael Moore MP The Richt Hon. Nicola Sturgeon MSP
1 matches

McClurg, Fernando Thon Survation poll..., (The Sair Fecht 2014) Central, blog
memmers wull gie, it’ll be Nicola Sturgeon that enjoys her Chri
1 matches

@DavidJWood2 tweeted
Everyone on here slagging aff Nicola Sturgeon for banning drinking(2020) search twitter
Got back hame for Nicola’s announcements. Fair enough(2020) search twitter

@jamieonkeys tweeted
ect spellin is "It leuks like Nicola wants tae shut doun The Natio(2018) search twitter

@jax6754 tweeted
@nicolaveighey Hi Nicola! Awwww thank you! Had a quik (2015) search twitter
er @itvthismorning That he IS Nicola! Blessed tae hae him as ma Co(2015) search twitter

@rosa_alba_macd tweeted
frankly I want @JaneyGodley's Nicola Sturgeon to be unleashed on h(2020) search twitter
@fergusmuirhead Aye and Nicola will do a schottische with ke(2020) search twitter

@Angela1Sinclair tweeted
@duncanwilliam11 Aye, but Nicola widnae see them in her road.(2020) search twitter
hame. Bit, if we awe dae whit Nicola says, will awe be safe an en (2020) search twitter

@billykayscot tweeted
tion of Alex, Joanna, Angus & Nicola & we need them all fighting f(2020) search twitter

@DABArbuckle tweeted
y Well, I ken for a fact that Nicola Sturgeon WAS watching because(2020) search twitter
e tae face debate wae him and Nicola. He'd need tae be wearing his(2020) search twitter
it yon big palooster thinks o Nicola. As far as I can see, naebody(2020) search twitter
@iScotNews Nicola would've asked for his resign(2020) search twitter
I'd love tae ken whits in Nicola Sturgeon's mind this morning.(2020) search twitter

@annieones tweeted
@Lenniesaurus You an oor Nicola (FM) ur the oany tae people a (2021) twitter link

@ThonJacobite tweeted
C will be oan nixt sayin "Yes Nicola Sturgeon and the SNP 'kent' a(2021) search twitter
atience wae fowk compared tae Nicola Sturgeon. Ah hae ma ain ideas(2020) search twitter

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
@45albannach @FionaPe74999377 nicola surgeon - i cant remember lo (2021) twitter link
land game - give them nothin nicola n its football who need it mo (2020) twitter link

Shetland

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
Davina an Nicola on page 17
it wis da wye dey spakk aboot Nicola at medd it aa come back sae v on page 20
"It'll be OK," Nicola answered, as I cood see da ta on page 21

8 matches

Southern

Wilson, Rab Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Southern - Dumfries, poetry
An Nicola's task is no nae cinch, on page 213

1 matches

@StuartPoet tweeted
ing her books. Watch the post Nicola, grand stuff on its way inc m(2020) search twitter
od list but oooft, nae poetry Nicola ??(2020) search twitter

Ulster

@MarkThompStuff tweeted
ing planes and airports. Hope Nicola lets me back owre the border (2020) search twitter