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Use in varieties of Scots

pencils Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words3.1 2.6 3 0 5.8 10.3 4.4
Number of occurrences105 2 0 1 1 1
Number of authors9 4 2 1 1 1

Occurrences of pencils in Corpus

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Central

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
the shock, an their slates an pencils'd aw been fun an gave back ta on page 115

1 matches

Begg, James A. Alison's Jants in Ferlieland, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010845) Central, prose
heir box, an their sclates an pencils fand an haundit back tae thai on page 44

1 matches

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
hope ye've aw brocht yer ain pencils,' she said. on page 62
n wis ready. Lavender pit her pencils back in her drookit pencil-ca on page 134

2 matches

Logan, Kirsty Lego, (Scots Hoose 2017) Central, weans
ce, but you could hear ah the pencils gan, as if a wee army o ants
1 matches

Doric

Byrne, Catherine Alice's Mishanters in e Land o Farlies, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010609) Doric - Caithness, prose
-an upset, an their slates an pencils hed been found an handed back on page 113

1 matches

Johnson, Mary Lallans 59 - Furst Time, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Doric - Aberdeenshire, prose
gh whit the fuck A waanted wi pencils and notepads. When wid A ivve
1 matches

Shetland

Johnson, Laureen Alice's Adventirs in Wonderlaand, (Evertype 2012 ISBN: 978-1782010081) Shetland - Voe, prose
headie-craa, an der slates an pencils wis been fun an haandit back on page 118

1 matches

Southern

Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
pled ower, an their slates an pencils hae bin funnd an gien back ta on page 116

1 matches

Ulster

Morrison-Smyth, Anne Alice's Carrants in Wunnerlan, (Evertype 2013 ISBN: 978-1-78201-011-1) Ulster - Ballymoney, prose
aein upset, an thir slates an pencils had bin fun an haundet baak t on page 117

1 matches

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