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petrol Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words10.6 6.2 24.1 19.9 11.6 20.7 0
Number of occurrences3412 16 2 2 2 0
Number of authors21 9 9 1 1 1

Occurrences of petrol in Corpus

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Central

Scott, Colin nobody remembers the birdman - Empty Nest, (Association for Scottish Literature 2022) Central, poetry
wi a petrol-soaked cloot he said on page 171
the stink o petrol hung for oors efter he left on page 172

2 matches

Donaldson, Gordon Lallans 90 - Echty-Echt, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Central, prose
cud aa chip in ti pey for the petrol. Dagmar, the french-horn play on page 36

1 matches

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
ys. "That mut's jist lucky ma petrol wis oan the rid. Or he wid hu on page 164

1 matches

Townsley, Jane Joe's Cloud an Ither Stuff, (lulu.com 2014 ISBN: 978-1326001612) Central - Perth, prose
ry, Shuggie. I dinnae hae ony petrol money fer ye. But fer daein m on page 24
m the truth - she didnae hae petrol money tae gie us, Finally the on page 28

2 matches

Haddow, Kris Haud the Bus - The Stert ae World War III?, (The Wee Paper 2022) Central, prose
stopped fur a lavvy brek and petrol in the mountains, and he’d
1 matches

Muir, Glenn Pet-gilante, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Linlithgow, prose
id frae the five gallon can o petrol. By the time she had doused h
ime she had doused him wi the petrol he wis shaking and straining
2 matches

Bennett, Peter Time, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
tenance, pourin a wee tate ay petrol oot the jerry can oan tae a r
1 matches

@iainnicol tweeted
@Emz1964 Stock up on petrol and fuid afor ye gang!(2020) search twitter

@ThonJacobite tweeted
hats me done it. Ah've poured petrol richt alang the border and ah(2021) search twitter

Doric

Morrison, Gordon Thi Lyfe An Tyme's O An Enshoar Loon, (Authorhouse 2006 ISBN: 978-1425955397) Doric - Boddam, prose
g, thi smell o paraffin, eil, petrol an injin's. Now eis injin's w on page 5

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
hert till a halt, the smell o petrol fullin the aif. on page 81

1 matches

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 75 - The Petrol Tanker, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Doric, prose
The Petrol Tanker
he hid a Timpo garage set, wi petrol pumps an cars an Belisha beac
wis the big six wheeler Esso petrol-tanker, the prize piece o his
box. A shiny, spleet new Esso petrol-tanker, wi glossy blaik tyres
l dae it – if ye gie me the petrol-tanker.”
5 matches

Smith, Alex A Fer Chauve, (self-published 2005) Doric, prose
said, "Petrol an fuel wis ower dear onywye
1 matches

Hamilton, Roddy Lallans 63 - Beggerey’s Greenhoose, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Doric, prose
ephone box an a pre-war Shell Petrol pump that doubled as a watter
1 matches

Hutchison, Pat Catty, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
ached tae a canister fulled o petrol and dissolved plastic tae mak
1 matches

McDonald, Charlie , (Facebook 2022) Doric, poetry
So aff tae the petrol station tae fill up the tunk
Ere wis mair petrol stations, in fact loads
've tae search aboot, fan yer petrol rins doon
Sellin petrol cheaper at the pump
4 matches

Uri, Antonia Flooery achievement for the Scots Government, (The National 2019) Doric, newspaper
els on the AWPR. If diesel an petrol cars are phased oot in Scotla
1 matches

The Flying Pigs There’s nae reassurance over national insurance, (Press and Journal 2022) Doric, newspaper
ing and food costs rising and petrol costs rising and a war on and
1 matches

Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
A roosty owild can, filled wi petrol hid swashed oot aal ower the on page 41
He asked me tae pay fur the petrol when we gaed fur a run in his on page 43

2 matches

Shetland

Watt, Valerie Birsie’s Brunt Bed, (Shetland Times 2008) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
ey’re dowsing da bonfire wi petrol,” I whispered. “Bide here
Thankfully da man wi da petrol turned an headed for da crood
2 matches

Southern

Thompson, James My Borderlands, (Richardson and Son Printers 2023) Southern - Hawick, poetry
Petrol, oils and paraffin on page 40

2 matches

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