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Use in varieties of Scots

phone's Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words2.9 3.2 3.2 0 0 0 4.4
Number of occurrences96 2 0 0 0 1
Number of authors6 3 2 1

Occurrences of phone's in Corpus

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Central

McQueer, Chris HWFG, (404 Ink 2003 ISBN: 978-1912489107) Central, prose
'Aw, eh, mah phone's in the caravan.' on page 18
'My phone's in there,' says Dolly. She's on page 19

3 matches

Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
ook like a richtmess, bute ma phone's slid down ma propped-up bed. on page 83
Ma phone's alarm hud jolted me awake. Us on page 87

2 matches

@weenell3 tweeted
rfaestoney @DarrenLittle34 My phone's gaun oot the windae ?? (2022) twitter link

Doric

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 73 - The Bigger Hoose, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Doric - Aberdeen, prose
eyn o the toon, bit the hoose phone's nae workin ev noo." Bit wi th on page 104

1 matches

Ireland, Mark Wi A Facey Like Yours, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric - Banff, prose
"Oh well, my phone's deid mam."
1 matches

Ulster

Dornan, Stephen Tha Jaa Banes, (Ulster-Scots Academy 2020 ISBN: 978-1-9163758-1-9) Ulster - Comber, poetry
Were skailt owre tha phone's glawin screen: on page 11

1 matches

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