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pleesure Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words6.8 5.8 12.8 0 0 10.9 4.4
Number of occurrences2111 8 0 0 1 1
Number of authors16 8 7 1 1

Occurrences of pleesure in Corpus

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Central

McGregor, Iain Lallans 85 - Archie Dodds, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
ocht tae masel. A leuk o fent pleesure, afore he steekit his een aga on page 25

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Connor, Charles P. Lallans 90 - Serendipity, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Central, prose
ka day synsyne's brocht anely pleesure. on page 32

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McGregor, Iain Lallans 90 - Sally, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Central, prose
r baith geeglin an kecklin wi pleesure, bit the dafferie wis suin lo on page 59
its weet bleck neb fidgit wi pleesure, hoverin a blink in yin posee on page 63

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Hershaw, William Lallans 59 - Review Lang Syne in the East Neuk o Fife, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
rical reasons or just for the pleesure o hearin pure Scots wi nae se on page 54

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Beckett, Mavis Duncan Lallans 59 - Auntie Aggie, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
had nae time fur dramers. Tae pleesure her ye had tae wark non stoap on page 118

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Watt, George T. Lallans 73 - Wir we that young!, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, poetry
brocht tae thaim a fell pleesure. on page 48

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Hodgson, Brent Lallans 67 - Reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
leastweys thaim wha taks nae pleesure frae readin the wark o Irvine on page 91

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McPartlin, John Lallans 67 - Efter the Bonspiel, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, poetry
chawed me tae howk deep fur pleesure. on page 63

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Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
Tae look for lastin pleesure is jist askin for the mune.
there's nae pleesure in it.
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Doric

Johnston, Mary Lallans 82 - Life Spang, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Doric, prose
fruit, an jist fen I kin tak pleesure in livin, I hae ti dee. Oh Lo on page 26

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Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 90 - Mrs Cadwallader’s Conversion, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Doric, prose
oardly Cromdale, the bonniest pleesure cruiser on the east coast.' on page 44

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Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
s fin ye'v hid te pey fir the pleesure." on page 49

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Hay, Gordon M. The Doric New Testament, (Gordon M Hay 2012 ISBN: 978-0957351516) Doric - Banff, prose
mies, cause it's yer Fadder's pleesure tae gie ye e keengdom. Sell y on page 102
s he culd, an wilcomed him wi pleesure. An fan e fowk saw iss, they on page 111

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Shepherd, Robbie Harknin tae the braw souns, (John Benjamin 2000) Doric, newspaper
onfidence tae perform for the pleesure o ithers.
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Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
kle hinneycaimb, designed tae pleesure near aa a body's needs, the l
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McGregor, Iain Lallans 76 - Wullie’s Wife: The Hoaspital Veisit, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Doric, prose
braw. A nivver haid as muckle pleesure
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Southern

Rodger, Matt The Borth’ick Waitter, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Roxburgh, prose
the pleesure it gies thaim, whan yin speak
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Ulster

Bennett, Hazel Tha Near Cut, (Ullans Magazine 2001) Ulster, prose
o earlier. Conor blethered wi pleesure. Gerald jined in. Dorothy spa
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