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Use in varieties of Scots

poseetion Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words9.1 12.9 3 0 5.8 10.3 0
Number of occurrences2925 2 0 1 1 0
Number of authors11 8 2 1 1

Occurrences of poseetion in Corpus

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Central

McGregor, Iain Lallans 90 - Sally, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Central, prose
esure, hoverin a blink in yin poseetion for its rewaird. on page 63

1 matches

Brown, Ian Lallans 70 - The Scots leid in modren Scots drama, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
exaimples of the wey a defaut poseetion cin wirk wi regard tae Scots on page 33
pint here is that her defaut poseetion cin be seen tae be determined on page 34
tae want tae resist a defaut poseetion that screivin fir the stage h on page 35
, an speirit-numbin - defaut poseetion. A planned tae rax tae the to on page 36
at he wis misunnerstaunin the poseetion. Certes, noo we cin say he di on page 40
Also on pages 44
9 matches

Purdie, David C. Lallans 58 - The Dumb Jyner, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
t he wes haudin slidder oot o poseetion for the umpteenth time kis it on page 65

1 matches

Connor, Charles P. Lallans 82 - Nae Guid Ettle, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, prose
shionless haund frae ma sated poseetion oan the flair. on page 17

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Horsbroch, Dauvit A gang-roond oor Sun Grid, (Scots Language Centre 2020) Central, blog
heevens, but as thay chenged poseetion ower days, diskythed, an kyth
ctor. It is jaloused that the poseetion o Jubiter some 3.8 billion ye
er took up its present stellt poseetion, its muckle gravity actit tae
s tilt. Acause o this byordar poseetion ae pole is airtit at the Sun
4 matches

Eagle, Andy Lallans 74 - Stravaigin the Wab, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
or troke, whit maiters is the poseetion a company comes up in a wab s
1 matches

Hodgart, John Scots Language Act: Oor weans hae richt tae see mither tung respectit, (The National 2021) Central - North Ayrshire, newspaper
this is nae longer a tenable poseetion as it wid be daft ayont belie
1 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
he micht hae enjoyed. And her poseetion in the hoose wis a queeriorum
rridor an gaed intil the yoga poseetion cried ‘stringin the bow’:
some body in an influential poseetion, a frein o her faither’s -
He muved intae a kneelin poseetion an tane her be the shoothers.
e bastarts wis aareadies in a poseetion tae blaw up a shaft - they m
7 matches

Doric

McGregor, Iain Lallans 78 - Scots Teegars, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Doric, prose
deid! A whiles played in this poseetion whan ackin the daft laddie, a on page 80

1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
nal affront tae himsel an his poseetion as an office bearer in the ki
1 matches

Shetland

Tait, John M Shaetlan is Daed - Lang live Dialect, (Shetland Dialect Conference 2004 2004) Shetland, prose
wye o shoardin up da existin poseetion o English as da onnly languag
1 matches

Southern

@StuartPoet tweeted
the airts an we're in a richt poseetion o virr tae heize it mair.(2020) search twitter