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pressure Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words20.4 24.5 20.8 19.9 11.6 0 0
Number of occurrences6346 13 2 2 0 0
Number of authors40 28 9 2 1

Occurrences of pressure in Corpus

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Central

McQueer, Chris HWFG, (404 Ink 2003 ISBN: 978-1912489107) Central, prose
all it. Ah start exertin mair pressure but his airms no fur movin ev on page 13

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Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
ot only will this put immense pressure on yourselves and other famil on page 56

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Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
idied an bruised, under great pressure an trapped by slee questions, on page 45

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Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
t skippin a beat and ma blood pressure seems tae huv went up a notch on page 37
nae gid, ah kin feel ma blood pressure reachin new heights efter rea on page 119
"Agrees wae what exactly?" ah pressure him tae on page 136

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Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
t the tap and pump it tae get pressure fur the flame. on page 180

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McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
n no likely tae dae yer bluid pressure muckle guid. on page 29

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Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
But this pressure that wi canna see on page 29
O so yi feel thi pressure ready ti on page 111

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McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
pt it, an wi the tiredness an pressure it hadnae been noticed an had on page 52

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Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
yir temperature or yir blood pressure an write aw yir details doon on page 151

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Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
hin against his bahookie. The pressure wis awfie. Somethin had tae g on page 85

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Donati, Colin Scots A Statement o Principles, (Scots Parliament 2003 ISBN: 978-1-899920-02-1) Central, government
Mony minority languages thole pressure frae the meikle languages sic on page 10
gger anes, are unner critical pressure as the effecks o globalisatio on page 17

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Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
uns turn reid wi the amount o pressure he's puttin oan them. on page xv

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Macafee, Caroline Lallans 61 - Glesca dialeck i the modren warld, (Lallans Magazine 2002) Central, prose
ther is intelligibeility. The pressure pit on Scots spickers tae chy on page 9

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McAlpine, Joan Meeting of the Parliament, (The Scottish Parliament 2019) Central, government
in the school. Doric is under pressure and has been under pressure a
and has been under pressure aa these years. I would love
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McClelland, Ben Chicagof Island, (Scots Hoose 2020) Central - Ayr, prose
' tree o'er fae th' trio. Th' pressure wis oan. Howfur wid thay esca
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McKinlay, Kieran Walk Way to Fame, (Scots Hoose 2020) Central - Dunfermline, prose
e penalty… "it’s a lot of pressure oan the wee man".
The pressure wis mad. Ah could feel the ee
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Bennett, Peter The Sacrificial Doo, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
splutterin an chokin wae the pressure oan its throat but it’s ins
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Bennett, Peter Graftin, (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
le tae go tae University. Nae pressure then.
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Stewart, Anna An Alien Feeling, (Scots Hoose 2019) Central, prose
– soft but made hard coz o pressure. It stretched its fingers tae
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McKillop, Roger Wee Roge Boobs, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
er tae take students’ blood pressure. The class were split intae g
avage done this tae yer Blood pressure?” At which Carol got up, ca
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Hodgart, John A Catalogue o Sair Neglect, (Bella Calledonia 2016) Central - North Ayrshire, blog
tho probably mair due to ASLS pressure) the Higher Still Support Uni
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Bennett, Peter Time, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
nditions? Diabetes? Low blood pressure?’
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Ewen, Allan Murphy’s Law, (The Sair Fecht 2014) Central, blog
tairtit significant political pressure fir Hame Rule alang wi repres
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Heather, Alistair Tak tent o the Cabrach, (The Herald 2018) Central, newspaper
guid laird fun himself unner pressure tae let fowk flit intae thum,
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@g_hibby tweeted
e can do it, wi' a wee bit o' pressure... (2023) twitter link

@ionafyfe tweeted
ntin tae jyne a minority leid pressure group! @nicmharcuis https://t(2020) search twitter

@Chazzbat tweeted
wi in life withoot the added pressure o needin tae conform tae an a(2020) search twitter

@bigandymccoll tweeted
than that ??). Seriously, nae pressure - put it low doon on yer tod (2022) twitter link
us out of this madhouse. Nae pressure pal, but YOUR superpower is o (2022) twitter link

@LairnScots tweeted
est! He raises the pynt o the pressure tae 'speak proper'. Dae folk (2020) twitter link

@ThonJacobite tweeted
g and mumbling when put under pressure reminds me of my days marking(2020) search twitter
The Tories are pittin pressure oan Doris tae reopen the scho(2021) search twitter

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
usual for you guys m8 - nae pressure - but brora rangers could be (2021) twitter link
n awaits nikki n jason - nae pressure likes lol (2020) twitter link
current circumstances - nae pressure - get oot there wae fire in (2020) twitter link
lexmassie @NicolaSturgeon the pressure on the fm is big time - get (2020) twitter link
nae turn up let me ken - nae pressure eamonn lad lol (2021) twitter link
and 2 other occurrences.

Doric

Benzie, Lesley Tales Fae The Doric Side - Vadim Shysimarin, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, poetry
his resistance caved as the pressure on page 65

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Uri, Antonia Bidin awa: City Breaks, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Doric - Aberdeen, newspaper
biggit, in 1886, tae release pressure fae a nearby hydraulic plant, on page 5

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Smith, Alex A Sair Fecht, (self-published 2003) Doric, prose
pressure awa hine up.
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Smith, Alex A Fer Chauve, (self-published 2005) Doric, prose
his blood pressure risin at a affa rate. Fit did
T.V. mannie says pressure low,
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McGregor, Iain Lallans 76 - Wullie’s Wife: The Hoaspital Veisit, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Doric, prose
mornin an A wis haen ma bluid pressure
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Uri, Antonia Fit tae dae aboot obesity?, (Mak Forrit 2018) Doric - Aberdeen, blog
ulation’s health an tak the pressure aff oor NHS? Foo can we pit a
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Hutchison, Pat Tarrarra boomby ae, This is my dying day, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
weel kent he’d need tae pit pressure on it so bit by agonising bit
and the baff sound as the air pressure passed ower his shell hole. S
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@d_anderson878 tweeted
A'm gaun tar boo tae the pressure: A'll awa an get a neep faan (2020) search twitter

@beast_afc tweeted
word fur me bit ya never Ken, pressure is aff the wi at bunch ir pla (2020) twitter link

@cligeey tweeted
@Ali_Leith Pressure treated timmer(2020) search twitter

@Manuforti1968 tweeted
@cligeey Pressure gettin til em alriddy?(2020) search twitter

Orkney

Butler, Vera Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
et up but I can't. I feel the pressure of someone turning in behind on page 85

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Hall, Simon W. Lamborghini: Cult o the Bull, (Brisk Northerly 2015) Orkney, blog
ure meets market. And anither pressure point might be the emissions
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Shetland

Watt, Valerie A skoit trowe da shops, (Shetland Times 2008) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
wan shop left tae veesit. Da pressure wis on as I traipsed oot ower
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Watt, Valerie An onkerry for a kerry oot, (Shetland Times 2010) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
I said lyin back tae aese da pressure.
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