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Use in varieties of Scots

porter Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words5.4 4.5 5.9 0 0 0 24.2
Number of occurrences189 4 0 0 0 5
Number of authors13 7 2 4

Occurrences of porter in Corpus

In order to avoid violating copyright law and abide by 'fair use', only up to the first five occurrences of the search term are displayed for each article.

Central

Johnstone, Shane The Gods of Frequency, (Arkbound 2020 ISBN: 978-1912092826) Central, prose
Thirr's fuck all but kitchen porter positions, which is aw I'm qu on page 3

1 matches

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
A porter cam tae Geordie's door. on page 112

1 matches

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
The Porter's keys jangle't oan evri step on page 51
Ah work as a hospital porter nou, on page 78

3 matches

Sneddon, Duncan Lallans 83 - Biggin Brigs – Nummer 3: Cornish, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, prose
case), an i Lallans 82 Steven Porter gied us a braw insicht intae on page 107

1 matches

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 82 - Editorial, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central - Prestwick, prose
ges Athort the Warld', Steven Porter taks tent o 'Galician', an in on page 7

1 matches

Porter, Steve Lallans 74 - Gone Wi The Windae, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
owerset by Steve Porter
1 matches

Forde, Iain W D Hale Ir Sindries - Buik Twa, (Fons Scotiae 2000) Central, prose
“Porter, I’ve got a tin chest!”
1 matches

Doric

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
ease, nice couple." A grinnin porter siddenly appeart, liftit bait on page 8

3 matches

McGregor, Iain Lallans 76 - Wullie’s Wife: The Hoaspital Veisit, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Doric, prose
ng afore A wis feenishit an a porter cam ta tak iz
1 matches

Ulster

BardOfMilebush Untitled poem, (Reddit 2017) Ulster, poetry
urns's fame Men like Thomson, Porter, Orr, the Rhyming weavers all
1 matches

Morrow, Rob Yarns 3 - Kirk and Ceilidhe Memorial, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2024) Ulster - Poyntzpass, poetry
An’ think on Qugh Porter’s speel
1 matches

@the_gellick tweeted
@CalJamieson I ken James Porter fae Greba was hanged ootside (2014) twitter link

@HurchinHome tweeted
. 'Mae Mither’s Tunge'. Hugh Porter 'The Muse Dismissed'(2015) search twitter
Hugh Porter's 'Author's Preface' which fo(2018) search twitter

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