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Use in varieties of Scots

olives Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words5.3 3.6 7.5 0 5.8 0 17.7
Number of occurrences177 5 0 1 0 4
Number of authors8 4 2 1 1

Occurrences of olives in Corpus

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Central

Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
thir wiz nae grapes or olives on page 120

1 matches

Clark, Thomas The Boggin Beginnin, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303524) Central, weans
w we need tae dae is fry some olives, capers, anchovies, garlic, c on page 40
street booth, they bocht some olives efter tastin loads o differen on page 41
aes and took the pits oot the olives. Sunny dundert on a pot wi a on page 44

3 matches

Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
Her dumplins an beef olives made the denner simply grand.
1 matches

Rennie, Susan The Hoose o Haivers, (Itchy Coo 2002 ISBN: 978-1902927442) Central, weans
nostrils as she wove, an the olives she saw ripenin ootside her w
t o hyacinths, an the taste o olives swam in her mooth; as her een
2 matches

Doric

Hay, Gordon M. The Doric New Testament, (Gordon M Hay 2012 ISBN: 978-0957351516) Doric - Banff, prose
any at e hill ca'ed e Moont o Olives, he sent on twa o his discipl on page 112
eld oot tae bide i the Moont, Olives. An ilka mornin airly, e fowk on page 116
s wis his wye, till e Moont o Olives, alang wi his disciples. An f on page 117

4 matches

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@brucemcconachie Gettin' beef olives for supper an findin' they're(2019) search twitter

Shetland

Greig, Charles A Shetland Bible, (Saint Andrew Press 2009 ISBN: 978-0715209158) Shetland - Lerwick, prose
a git some paece on da Hill o Olives - bit he fan non. He prayed on page 145

1 matches

Ulster

Ulster-Scots Language Society Tha Fower Gospels, (Ullans Press 2016 ISBN: 978-1-905281-25-1) Ulster, prose
xt tha hïll caad tha Moont o Olives, he sent on twa o hïs follae on page 102
t iverie nicht on tha Moont o Olives. An aa tha fowk cum at tha fu on page 106
de hïs róad tae tha moont o Olives, as he wus ïn tha habit o da on page 107

4 matches

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