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Use in varieties of Scots

plait Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words1.9 0.5 4.5 0 5.8 0 4.4
Number of occurrences61 3 0 1 0 1
Number of authors5 1 2 1 1

Occurrences of plait in Corpus

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Central

Docherty, John F. Lallans 82 - Lang Summer Days Pairt 2, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, prose
rench: 'Aidez nous, s'il vous plait.' Ah kin jist see Sidney gest on page 47

1 matches

Doric

Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
"Irois maquereaux s'il vous plait" said she "Hold on" said dad on page 15

1 matches

Morrison, Gordon Thi Lyfe An Tyme's O An Enshoar Loon, (Authorhouse 2006 ISBN: 978-1425955397) Doric - Boddam, prose
an plappet eit doon ontae ma plait, an awbudee weis jist stairre on page 40
aye pet sum mushroom's on ma plait an a spottet a luvlee looken on page 41

2 matches

Shetland

De Luca, Christine Parallel Worlds: Poems in Shetlandic and English, (Luath 2005 ISBN: 978-1905222131) Shetland, poetry
I plait mi hair, wip hit on page 56

1 matches

Ulster

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
ord. A wumman wi a lang dairk plait rinnin doon yin shouler. She on page 34

1 matches

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