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Use in varieties of Scots

pats Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words5 6.7 1.5 0 0 20.7 0
Number of occurrences1613 1 0 0 2 0
Number of authors11 9 1 1

Occurrences of pats in Corpus

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Central

Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
ks in the mirror oan the waw, pats his hair an tries oot a grin. on page 1

2 matches

McQueer, Chris Hings - Short Stories 'n That, (404 Ink 2017 ISBN: 978-0995623866) Central - Glesga, prose
wist an pull it oot,' Then he pats me oan the back an off he goe on page 1

1 matches

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
hassle he gets. But he smugly pats hissel oan the back on page 112

1 matches

Grae, Emma The Tongue She Speaks, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, poetry
She pats the empty space next tae hur on page 28

1 matches

Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
, but she shakes hur head and pats the empty cushion next tae hu on page 45

1 matches

Hubbard, Tom Minoritie Status, (Tapsalteerie 2017) Central - Kirkcaldy, poetry
He neither pats my heid nor kicks my erse: on page 22

1 matches

Purdie, David C. Lallans 73 - The Gowden Gate Til Samarkan, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central - Midlothian, poetry
An gustie pats o jeely aa sae braw on page 31

1 matches

Connor, Charles P. Lallans 82 - Nae Guid Ettle, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, prose
lery wi its sinkfae o creeshy pats an plates. He made eneuch rui on page 18

1 matches

Forde, Iain W D Hale Ir Sindries - Buik Twa, (Fons Scotiae 2000) Central, prose
causies an the clink o pats an pans med up the lave o the
ither wey, an the twa chimla-pats
intra, sowtherin brunt cuikin pats, fettlin laikie
3 matches

@g_hibby tweeted
auld... :) So it's steak, and Pats home made tattie salad for te (2023) twitter link

Doric

Strachan, Shane Beyond the Sea, (Scottish Book Trust 2023) Doric, prose
stin runs ower tae his dad fa pats him lightly on the shooder. Y
1 matches

Southern

Purves, David Lallans 67 - Editorial, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Southern - Selkirk, newspaper
irtefacts ar pentit staneweir pats, like the ane on the page for on page 5

2 matches

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