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Use in varieties of Scots

pleasures Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words3.4 2.1 6 0 0 10.3 8.9
Number of occurrences114 4 0 0 1 2
Number of authors11 4 4 1 2

Occurrences of pleasures in Corpus

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Central

McQueer, Chris HWFG, (404 Ink 2012 ISBN: 978-1912489107) Central, prose
n like me. A wummin ae simple pleasures, Mah three favourite hings us on page 1

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McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
tae tak advantage o the oorie pleasures tae be haud there. Ordinary f on page 118

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McPartlin, John Lallans 68 - Black Staff , (Lallans Magazine 2006) Central, poetry
FOR OUR PLEASURES lN OUR HUMBLE HOME" - on page 112

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McKillop, Roger Ma Heroes o' Music, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
Thank you for pleasures gone by,
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Doric

Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
Wi nivver a thocht for the pleasures they'd missed on page 15

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Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
te really enjoy life's simple pleasures; foo te lach tull the watter on page 20

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Uri, Antonia Bidin awa: City Breaks, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Doric - Aberdeen, newspaper
onsists o aa the fine, guilty pleasures that mak life delicious. on page 14

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@JamieFairbairn1 tweeted
@DrMDempster Een o ma great pleasures is tellin bairns aboot letter (2021) twitter link

Southern

Thompson, James My Borderlands, (Richardson and Son Printers 2023) Southern - Hawick, poetry
Sic pleasures and delight on page 39

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Ulster

Campbell, Robert Lock Doon Poyams, (Independently 2021 ISBN: 979-8742155812) Ulster, poetry
Pleasures held wi'in yer thought. on page 20

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@HurchinHome tweeted
There are few pleasures as profound as hearing the pr(2017) search twitter

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