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police Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words24.3 17.5 40.7 9.9 63.9 41.3 4.4
Number of occurrences7834 27 1 11 4 1
Number of authors32 12 14 1 3 1 1

Occurrences of police in Corpus

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Central

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
gone. Should two Strathclyde police officers appear, yir fucked. on page 13
l resident phoned Strathclyde Police, who attended in number. The on page 55
th teachers and our community police officers, for a one-day gang on page 57

5 matches

Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
Murdered by MPD white Police Officer Derek Chauvin, Minnea on page 77

1 matches

McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
the cost. Gin it's a reform o police procedures, the hirin o new m on page 35

1 matches

Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
no influenced beh thi fashion police on page 14

1 matches

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
arst. By his time there wis a police force in existence, while ear on page 103
o randies on the loose an the police sent oot patrols tae the Dens on page 106
be seen fer whit it wis - a police action agin thae Jacobites th on page 121
hey were beat an went tae the Police Office in the buildin tae get on page 127

6 matches

Forde, Iain W D The Kirk, The Skuil, The Buik (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2007) Central, prose
The ettil o ma pross is ti police a hale-heidit Scots inhauddin on page 10

1 matches

Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
og chewin a wasp. Workin as a police ofhcer helped Cathy stay youn on page 6
ned me up tonight tae say the police wur in oor livin room, ah did on page 27
t wis OK fur them tae get the police involved? This family's hud w on page 28
'Hardly a reason tae call the police,' Bettie says, shakin hur hea on page 46
ur swearin and relay whit the police told me. on page 91

7 matches

Morton, Elaine Lallans 71 - The Concreit Bouer, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
“Police, police. And an ambulance,” she yam
1 matches

Forrest, Liam Hittin the Toon, (Scots Hoose 2020) Central - Dunfermline, prose
gonny get us stopped fae the police never mind no getting in the
1 matches

McKillop, Roger The Staff, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
e the course, when he spied a Police helicopter. It moved ower tae
1 matches

@DavidJWood2 tweeted
@WestBromEL She's ma police dug ??(2020) search twitter

@ThonJacobite tweeted
Boathouse' at Kilsyth and tae Police Scotland for their attention (2021) twitter link

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
on57 @TaysidePolice maybe the police could explain lol (2020) twitter link
fans - gonna b a hard one to police that is it no - enjoy the ga (2020) twitter link
g with people in authority - police officers there r basically tr (2020) twitter link
top drawer n in this case the police know they cant do anything (2020) twitter link
t the snp draconian rules and police interference - get oot there (2021) twitter link
and 1 other occurrences.

Doric

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 90 - Mrs Cadwallader’s Conversion, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Doric, prose
r. She wis brocht hame bi the police - only ti find the Jerries h on page 45

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
i fine te get awa fae the sex police fir a file." Morrice fun hims on page 6

1 matches

Kynoch, Douglas Lallans 83 - The Umman, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Doric, prose
an makkin a compleent tae the police aboot her, which, as ye ken,
1 matches

Smith, Alex A Sair Fecht, (self-published 2003) Doric, prose
police station, but everything else
phoned the police.
dizzen police cars, bobbies wi a kind o ran
3 matches

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
imited tae fowk in key joabs, police informers wad aften sikk hale
1 matches

Johnson, Mary Lallans 59 - Furst Time, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Doric - Aberdeenshire, prose
ouse. Quick! Quick! Phone the police” An A hears sumbdy dybin, h
1 matches

Hutchison, Pat Catty, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
Mabel thocht o gyan tae the police or maybe the cooncil aboot th
The fire engines, police and ambulance were on the sce
d helplessly and watched. The police said it wiz anither gang war
Police officers did a door tae door,
4 matches

Hutchison, Pat Angels Ten, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Doric - Banffshire, prose
ut my side wiz affa sair. The police came tae tak a statement. The
I wiz lucky tae be alive. The police that found me hid pushed dres
the things I couldna tell the police, aboot the strange flashes an
3 matches

Irvine, Owen Eldritch Story, (The Gaudie 2018) Doric - Banff, weans
The next morning the police found a mangilt corp doon by
1 matches

@DoricPhrases tweeted
Can a solicitor or police officer kindly spare a minute(2018) search twitter
Fit a shame Police Scotland - an inflatable bal(2018) search twitter
eet Aiberdeen moves tae a new police station! https://t.co/IH5M2oK(2018) search twitter
e an spik, ah’m helping the #police wi their enquires? Can ye gue(2018) search twitter

@FaeFoggie tweeted
cotCollege I mine apply for i police years ago fan I wis jist a yo(2019) search twitter

@72redz1903 tweeted
tae a higher force means the police and judiciary has tae be abov (2022) twitter link
r post Jim, yet also view the Police as an often corrupt and racis (2022) twitter link

@cligeey tweeted
Gaydog221170 Seen a Different Police van cruising aboot the day(2020) search twitter

@Franwella tweeted
on jist came hame we boxset o Police Academy ....... yae!(2012) search twitter

@JamieFairbairn1 tweeted
o / stal yer mangin, cuv, the police are heading your way...or som (2020) twitter link

Orkney

Hall, Simon W. Lamborghini: Cult o the Bull, (Brisk Northerly 2015) Orkney, blog
s haed been raided by Italian police while we were in Emilia Romag
1 matches

Shetland

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
pets back. Shü even hedd da police aside Maggie Ann, tinkin dir on page 16
ark Sarah wis gane. Neddir da police nor da Salvation Army cood tr on page 23
oor at wis traetenin me wi da police every time I complained aboot on page 27
da social services, an dan da police, an wis finally taen fae his on page 57
loss ony, till ae night at da Police drave up ta wir door wi fower on page 73
Also on pages 74, 75
8 matches

Cumming, John Da Whillie, (Shetland For Wirds 2010) Shetland, prose
p; an no a wird oot o him. Da police met wis at Blacksness, wi his
1 matches

De Luca, Christine Smootie gengs ta Lerrick, (SCOTS corpus 2003) Shetland - Bressay, weans
o persuadin an checkin wi da police an phonin dis een an dat Magn
le you dö dat, A'll phone da police an da SSPCA ta see if onybody
2 matches

Southern

The Westender Pipin for the Young Yins, (The Hawick Paper 2008) Southern, newspaper
andedness on the pairt o' the police. A de ken masel. A find eet h
where it's duin a suppose the police hev tae dae their job and fol
dae what they're telt be the police. Bit it got mei thinking. The
pe band practice. It's in the police station.
4 matches

Ulster

King, Angeline Weans o Latharna, (angelineking.com 2021) Ulster - Larne, weans
hae a job in the Metropolitan Police in London an there’ll be na
1 matches

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