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Use in varieties of Scots

ov Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words18.4 4.6 73.9 0 0 10.3 0
Number of occurrences599 49 0 0 1 0
Number of authors6 3 2 1

Occurrences of ov in Corpus

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Central

Calderwood, Lynsey Lallans 68 - Barlinnie Gradyooits, (Lallans Magazine 2006) Central, prose
abilitait him. Riyt a vershun ov this intervyoo in wich yoo tr on page 41

3 matches

@MartinBroon tweeted
know This toon is an anagram ov Ma name... Ma maw reckoned th(2019) search twitter
Nice day fur a game ov Fitba! ??. ???????? https://t(2019) search twitter

@annieones tweeted
s Ya shud huv seen the colair ov ma hans, nails an evryhing ei (2021) twitter link
a wis jist yaesin an exemple ov the wurd. Didnae mean tae off (2021) twitter link
hud that for TMJ, but because ov ma EDS ma jaw muscles became (2021) twitter link
of yer ain country in favour ov an ither country an laid?? a (2021) twitter link

Doric

Morrison, Gordon Thi Lyfe An Tyme's O An Enshoar Loon, (Authorhouse 2006 ISBN: 978-1425955397) Doric - Boddam, prose
Jim an hee's canny nayter an ov coarse hee's Fower Mile Wreck on page 3
lump's, paraffin heeter's en ov coarse, oor fyne an cosy coal on page 4
thi fog horn, fin er weis fog ov coarse. Al nivver furgait thi on page 5
oot o thi pod's, "Majic." En ov coarse we wid tak wer veyg's on page 6
tae get aff an on thi licht, ov coarse cus o thi big tyde's w on page 7
Also on pages 9, 10, 12, 19, 21, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 38, 40, 41, 50, 51, 55, 56, 57, 60, 64, 65, 67, 68
48 matches

@beast_afc tweeted
maybe nae spot fur SWULB. Wid ov lost e plot for at opener(2020) search twitter

Southern

@StuartPoet tweeted
ome Aye it's a braw heize fir OV. Jist dinnae log in an read t(2020) search twitter