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Use in varieties of Scots

power Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words51.4 59 35.2 149 17.4 21.9 26.5
Number of occurrences159111 22 15 3 2 6
Number of authors64 36 13 6 2 2 5

Occurrences of power in Corpus

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Central

Burnett, Mikey nobody remembers the birdman - It's Ladle, (Association for Scottish Literature 2022) Central, prose
tae explode, or an unexpected power cut tae happen. Ah decided ta on page 34

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Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
ers. Addison's maw hus a grey power skirt-suit on. Broonie's da l on page 51

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Muir, Glenn The McFables: Selected Aesop's Fables in Scots, (self-published 2015 ISBN: 978-1519739216) Central, poetry
"Help me? wi' a' my power on page 24

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Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
ck haunled knife. Dividin the power even as she conjured it, she on page 1

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Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
all be ascribed all majestie, power an glory, world without end, on page 36
ge - then endow her with the power of Thy Holy Spirit to give he on page 43

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Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
re ah um. As soon as a higher power or big bang or whatever yae b on page 21
. The greatest trick those in power ever pulled wis gittin the wo on page 24
oot what gave the elite their power, eh? it wisnae their lands or on page 91
ose who sit oan the throne ae power dinnae want the likes ae us h on page 92
they miraculously goat intae power. This is nae gid, ah kin feel on page 119
Also on pages 199
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Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
an awfie wee lassie, the only power Matilda had ower onybody in h on page 43
therin inside them. A sense o power wis growin there, smeddum wis on page 158
n oot fae her een, feelin the power that wis skymin straight fae on page 159
onybody in the world. By the power o her een alane she had made on page 161
electricity gaitherin and the power sweel and jow and the heat co on page 168
Also on pages 174, 185, 186, 204, 206, 207, 208, 219, 223
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McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
hy to ane Arbitrary Despotick power'. This My duin in order tae c on page 44
'colonists' (http://www.word-power.co.uk/viewPlatform. php?id=61 on page 73

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McQueer, Chris Hings - Short Stories 'n That, (404 Ink 2017 ISBN: 978-0995623866) Central - Glesga, prose
the kitchen an the two ae us power through the bag while we watc on page 2
fae the priest droning oan a power ae shite an ahm bored oot mah on page 76

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Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
Pride, power, castles an lands wir now on page 42
It's power that ei craves on page 62

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Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
ow Science Centre, Hunterston Power Station, Deep Sea World an Ed on page 161
Science Mall an the Scottish Power Planetarium an then the Imax on page 162
The power station wis quite borin like on page 163
DISAPPEAR ~WHAT'S YOUR SUPER POWER. on page 169

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Grae, Emma The Tongue She Speaks, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, poetry
In ither airts lie wealth and power, on page 32

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Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
he best o style. Ah said mair power tae us whenever we gat a judg on page xx

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Horsbroch, Dauvit Lallans 67 - Reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
n '... equated with that of a power centre in London from which S on page 110

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Higgs, Jo The tale of how Evan Evans scrapped wi Evan Nichols, (berfrois 2022) Central - Edinburgh, prose
his wurds lost none of their power in the eon between leaving hi
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 108, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
en eatin. As lang's there's a power or capacity o smilin on their
1 matches

Bolland, John Lallans 71 - Line of Sight – excerpt fae a novel in progress, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
very second tube tae save oan power. The brightness o the grocery
1 matches

Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
The Hevinly Power that rules on high
Bit then the Power that rules abune,
this Heavenly Power saw Adam's state,
fur her wad gie her power indeed.
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Fenton, Janet A Guid New Year tae yin and a!, (Bella Caledonia 2019) Central, blog
ors, they do a thing in their power tae stop fowk imagining ony i
ing any ideas aboot their ain power. The Irish hedge schools kept
2 matches

Smith, Jamie The dingin doun o devolution, (Mak Forrit 2020) Central - Edinburgh, blog
nds oot. Unner the heiding “Power to provide financial assistan
boot it as the ‘Westminster power grab’, but will they decair
2 matches

Handy, Robbie Forked Tongues, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Central - Dunfermline, blog
site got me thinkin aboot the power o language in Scotland an Jam
as (conveniently for those in power) maistly illiterate, was cert
lowed him tae speak truth tae power, no jist tae the man in the s
ye’ll get tae this genuine power is a cheap plastic keyring o
4 matches

Bennett, Peter The Party ay the Year (Part Two), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
coupon as though she hus the power tae influence me so.
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Rude Awakenings (Part two of two), (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
n drongo the slightest bit ay power; the merest wee hint ay autho
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Grae, Emma Dancin wi the Rhona, (unbound.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
ht switches aff. Ah’m oot o power.
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 115, (self-published 2003) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
us the night. Keep Thy arm o power about him, an O, I wish Ye wa
1 matches

McKillop, Roger Ma Heroes o' Music, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
Hae they no' heard o' people power?
ion’s he’rt, within their power.
“Oh, wad some power” this “gift tae gie us.
3 matches

Philips, Cally Gonnae No Dae That, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Central - Turriff, prose
rae the rooftaps. There was a power o’ us, ah ken. But we need
1 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
un. “It’s an auld nuclear power plant!”
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Wan Goal tae the Good, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
e Joe sais the other day, the power ay suggestion, man. Too late
1 matches

Geddes, Jenny Fling the creepie in January, (McRenegade.Scots 2018) Central, blog
timate irony is, we have some power tae try and subvert their pla
1 matches

Alston, Connor THE BLACK-EYED CHILDREN OF SCOTLAND, (Scots Hoose 2021) Central, weans
phone. She liftet it . . .The power went oot. The hoose startit s
children aff ‘n’ get the power back oan.
2 matches

Facebook link ( 2021) Central
ifter establishin a balance o power in Europe raither than makin

Facebook link ( 2021) Central
ied him spiritual an temporal power ower awthin an awbody. Camero

Bratchpiece, Neil The Wee Man Ft. Leo - Parliamo Glasgow, (YouTube 2014) Central - Glasgow, poetry
lour-coded scrapping like the power rangers
1 matches

Burnett, Colin Cardboard Gangster - Part 1, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central, prose
eh? And they clearly doot the power ae faitherhood. Cos it change
1 matches

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 1, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
onin fae a receptionist oan a power trip. Took aboot half a fucki
1 matches

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 2, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
t, he’s a proper picture ae power thesedays. Wae his muscular b
s goat a frightenin amoontae power fur a dug his size. And along
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Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 3, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
this feelin that some higher power hud granted the pair ae us yi
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Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 4, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
internet. Yin hing aboot the power ae technology is it doesnae s
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@jax6754 tweeted
ook a session cos we all have power tae move forward. xxx(2015) search twitter

@RickHJohnston tweeted
h of this. Well done and mair power tae yer elbuck. And let's STO (2022) twitter link

@rosa_alba_macd tweeted
are not talking a monarchy in power under the precept of Divine R(2020) search twitter

@billykayscot tweeted
Hearing about the latest Tory power grabs, illegality and Brexit (2020) search twitter

@bigandymccoll tweeted
who think the monarchy has no power these days dinnae ken their o (2022) twitter link
hat YOU produce - that could power a town the size of Paisley al (2022) twitter link
he people have always had the power - if leaders let us down, re (2022) twitter link

@LairnScots tweeted
k them tae see the ‘Pith and Power’ exhibition at the Saltire S (2018) twitter link

@ricky_ballboy tweeted
lawyer, A’m gey aware o the power o a leid that’s codified or (2020) twitter link
m o leid in order tae hiv ony power. A leid is a dialect wi a fla(2019) search twitter

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
e - ad pay tae c that lol - power 2 the people - but gee wee n (2020) twitter link
@EdinburghLive_ brilliant - power to the people lol (2020) twitter link
ell with lockdowns anymore - power to the people! (2021) twitter link
we should not be in tier 3 - power to the people (2021) twitter link
inburghpaper this man is on a power trip guys - fae the first ti (2020) twitter link
and 13 other occurrences.

Doric

Robertson, George C. Lallans 87 - Bluid An Banter, (Lallans Magazine 2015) Doric, script
in real life. Ee cerries the power lead wi im in eez poacket. on page 40

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Gilbert, Jo Tales Fae The Doric Side - Introduction, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
fae ony o the pieces, then aa power tae yer pen. on page 10

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Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
An sic wis the power 0's imagination aat he cud se on page 91

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Hamilton, Roddy Lallans 58 - Cyaard, the Tattie Doodle, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Doric, prose
uiet, tinklin wi an invisible power the one minute, then grey an on page 118

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Smith, Alex A Sair Fecht, (self-published 2003) Doric, prose
distance. Fin Jonsar seen the power an the shots
1 matches

Smith, Alex A Fer Chauve, (self-published 2005) Doric, prose
nae power, He then cleaned them an made
momin he took the power-saw wi him an spent a oor in
2 matches

Strachan, Shane Hoast, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric, prose
fae the lobby socket and lost power. Grunny has probably been dee
1 matches

Hutchison, Pat The Tabby Sooker, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
ood up tae excuse masel fin I power vomited aa ower the place. My
1 matches

Hutchison, Pat Angels Ten, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Doric - Banffshire, prose
ut as they were ower near the power lines they hid tae come doon.
1 matches

Chapman, Henry , (Facebook 2018) Doric, poetry
id turn back the clock if the power it wis mine, jist tae listen
1 matches

The Flying Pigs Multiple choice voting leaves city cooncil facing, (Press and Journal 2022) Doric, newspaper
means they will hiv tae share power, fit is kent as a collision.
1 matches

@FaeFoggie tweeted
n an infinite loop and hid ti power it aff at the wa'. Jet Set Wi(2020) search twitter

@72redz1903 tweeted
s porridge min ?? love it. Ah power tae ye loon ????? (2022) twitter link
the identity bit? It’s aboot power, devolved at the nation/‘sta (2020) twitter link
@aberdeencity @RansomFA All power tae this loon. Talented, arti (2020) twitter link
been pondering an east coast power base - Aiberdeen and Dundeh (2020) twitter link

@cligeey tweeted
Ony power cuts in Ellon gone dark..?(2020) search twitter
@onceuponashire Power tools are oot(2020) search twitter
_anderson878 Ach we can get I power tools oot https://t.co/WX1SeZ(2020) search twitter

@Manuforti1968 tweeted
p fit fad..The Gentleman Jack Power Walk. Late Georgian attire op(2019) search twitter

Orkney

Norquoy, Greer Gallows Ha - The Weather Dance, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
I haad thim aal within me power. on page 29

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Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
As hid uses far less power, whit a money we wid save. on page 24
e is unaffected when we hae a power cult! on page 44
hoose and they hid no bath or power. He guffed cheust like a bill on page 68

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Cormack, Kevin Swiet Haar, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
Power on page 10

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Cormack, Kevin Toonie Void, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
A power cut. on page 14
Wave Power on page 35

3 matches

Butler, Vera Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
the power o the sea, the hills o Hoy da on page 27

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Norquoy, Greer Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
Water power on page 36
Wir weel prepared fur a power cut on page 115
er, I haad thim aal within me power. on page 155

3 matches

Hall, Simon W. The Boy That Lived - Chapter Wan, (Brisk Northerly 2015) Orkney, prose
l Harry Potter, Voldemort’s power somehow broke – an that’s
1 matches

@peediepuss tweeted
@JaneyGodley The restorative power of a peedie greet is a thing (2020) search twitter
Aal yin slavers will do it a power o guid!??(2020) search twitter

Shetland

Williamson, Christie Continuous at sea defence, (damagnifyingless.wordpress.com 2015) Shetland, poetry
If du hed da power
1 matches

Williamson, Christie Da windirs o technology, (The Bottle Imp 2019) Shetland - Yell, poetry
presets (aa da power du haes)
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@helenmoncrieff tweeted
HS money, carbon... ?? Flower power ??(2019) search twitter

Southern

Neill, Willie Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Southern, poetry
The Power Of Advertising on page 141

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@MartyMacMurtrie tweeted
e better understanding of the power from the these small countrie (2021) twitter link

Ulster

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
nor sound. A jawb at the new power station had him up ilka day a on page 1

1 matches

Fenton, James On Slaimish, (Ullans Press 2009 ISBN: 9781905281299) Ulster, poetry
In wechty books, a despert power: on page 40

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Dornan, Stephen Tha Jaa Banes, (Ulster-Scots Academy 2020 ISBN: 978-1-9163758-1-9) Ulster - Comber, poetry
Ablow a bog, Ave unco power, on page 7

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Burgess, Wilson Dae Ye See: Ulster-Scots Poems, (Scots Language Centre 2007 ISBN: 978-0955791604) Ulster - L'Derry, poetry
Instead o' men thit hae th' power on page 36
If yae hae the will power tae stae. on page 48

2 matches

Gillen, Charles Whun A’ The Kye Had Names, (Ullans Press 2005) Ulster, poetry
’d lake, if ye only had the power,
1 matches

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