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Use in varieties of Scots

proves Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words4.4 2.6 1.5 9.9 11.6 10.3 17.7
Number of occurrences145 1 1 2 1 4
Number of authors10 4 1 1 1 1 2

Occurrences of proves in Corpus

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Central

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
"That proves he's guilty," said the Queen: on page 117

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Townsley, Jane Joe's Cloud an Ither Stuff, (lulu.com 2014 ISBN: 978-1326001612) Central - Perth, prose
in the lavvies didnae see me. Proves nuthin. on page 43

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Philips, Cally Jings, crivens, help ma Boab, it’s independence!, (McStorytellers.com 2013) Central - Turriff, prose
‘Aye, bit it proves that Alec Salmond wid be Oor
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@kennethbryce184 tweeted
othian should too - the data proves both areas should clearly be (2020) twitter link
gov @NicolaSturgeon this data proves the fm has lost it - thanx f (2020) twitter link

Doric

Byrne, Catherine Alice's Mishanters in e Land o Farlies, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010609) Doric - Caithness, prose
"At proves his guilt, o course," sade e on page 115

1 matches

Orkney

Hall, Simon W. Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, prose
nguage writing, and the group proves itsael here tae be a powerful on page 1

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Shetland

Johnson, Laureen Alice's Adventirs in Wonderlaand, (Evertype 2012 ISBN: 978-1782010081) Shetland - Voe, prose
"Dat proves he's guilty," said da Wheen. on page 120

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Southern

Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
"That proves heis guilt, o course," said t on page 118

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Ulster

Morrison-Smyth, Anne Alice's Carrants in Wunnerlan, (Evertype 2013 ISBN: 978-1-78201-011-1) Ulster - Ballymoney, prose
"Thon proves haes guilt, o coorse," said t on page 119

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Ulster-Scots Language Society Tha Fower Gospels, (Ullans Press 2016 ISBN: 978-1-905281-25-1) Ulster, prose
aers!' But daein whut's richt proves tha wusdom o God's wyes." on page 9
, cast oot ïll spïrits, ït proves that tha Kïngdom o God ïs h on page 89

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