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Use in varieties of Scots

prophet Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words4.4 4.1 1.5 19.9 5.8 20.7 0
Number of occurrences148 1 2 1 2 0
Number of authors9 4 1 1 1 2

Occurrences of prophet in Corpus

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Central

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
Alexander Peden - 'Peden the Prophet' tae the kintrae folk o the s on page 29
s ploys o the great Peden the Prophet . . . fearlessly preachin the on page 30
Auchencloich whaur Peden the Prophet wis born. She had paused ther on page 67

3 matches

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
eading them lik some biblical prophet, on page 18
sits lik some auld testament prophet, on page 87

2 matches

Purdie, David C. Lallans 73 - The Gowden Gate Til Samarkan, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central - Midlothian, poetry
Lik God's ain Prophet eats in Paradise on page 31

1 matches

Wilson, Rab Lallans 62 - Cormilligan, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, poetry
eadin them like some biblical prophet,
1 matches

Handy, Robbie Forked Tongues, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Central - Dunfermline, blog
ll blow yer heid right aff. A prophet is never welcome in his ain l
1 matches

Doric

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 82 - Beyond The Pale , (Lallans Magazine 2013) Doric - Aberdeen, prose
alin oot o him lik he wis the prophet Elijah, tellin us we wis livi on page 75

1 matches

Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
ight, hid wis there - like a prophet o doom on page 16
ted genius, maister poet - a prophet, though he didna know it. on page 77

2 matches

Shetland

Greig, Charles A Shetland Bible, (Saint Andrew Press 2009 ISBN: 978-0715209158) Shetland - Lerwick, prose
he said. 'Dis is whit da owld prophet said wid wan day happen. on page 17

1 matches

Southern

Purves, David Lallans 75 - On War, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Southern, prose
Inglish o Kahlil Gibran (The Prophet)
1 matches

Rodger, Matt The Borth’ick Waitter, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Roxburgh, prose
throwe an refleckin upo. The prophet wis leal til his caain an
1 matches

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