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Use in varieties of Scots

qu Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words9 1.6 3.2 0 0 0 101.7
Number of occurrences283 2 0 0 0 23
Number of authors8 2 1 5

Occurrences of qu in Corpus

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Central

Brown, Ian Lallans 70 - The Scots leid in modren Scots drama, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
ème est de choisir la langue qu'on devrait employer. on page 35

1 matches

@billykayscot tweeted
e old lady knows: “ce n’est qu’un au revoir mes frères, ce(2020) search twitter

Doric

@JamieFairbairn1 tweeted
usin words like pelao (loon), Qué vaina (fit a scunner), came (2021) twitter link

Ulster

Fenton, James On Slaimish, (Ullans Press 2009 ISBN: 9781905281299) Ulster, poetry
'Deil tak the day!' qu'she. on page 9
'Ay, richt,' qu' she, 'you on page 15
'Noo luk,' qu' he, 'whutiver they daen or w on page 16
Pat said. Qu' Rab, 'Ay so.' on page 19
Or 'Bliddy loass o time!' qu'she. on page 31

10 matches

Robinson, Philip Oul Licht, (Ullans Press 2017 ISBN: 978-1905281305) Ulster - Larne, poetry
"Wud ye quat yer spittin", qu' he, "whut's wrang"? on page 19

2 matches

Ulster-Scots Language Society Tha Fower Gospels, (Ullans Press 2016 ISBN: 978-1-905281-25-1) Ulster, prose
fferin ïn. Soart thïngs oot quïck wi yer enemie that ïs ta on page 5
ut tha taichers wur sayin, an quïzzin thaim. Aa that heerd h on page 73
ayed tae hïm, eftèr he haed quït, "Loard, lairn iz hoo tae on page 89
Whaniver Jesus quït taakin, tha Pharisees an t on page 91
ul hïs sarvin man, 'Gang oot quïck ïntae tha raas an tha en on page 95
Also on pages 97, 98, 99, 102
9 matches

Campbell, Robert Lock Doon Poyams, (Independently 2021 ISBN: 979-8742155812) Ulster, poetry
saison fleetin ain sae quïck. on page 13

1 matches

Bennett, Hazel Tha Near Cut, (Ullans Magazine 2001) Ulster, prose
n be richt,” Gerald reponed quäck.
1 matches

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