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Use in varieties of Scots

reception Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words9.4 9.6 9.6 39.7 0 0 4.4
Number of occurrences2918 6 4 0 0 1
Number of authors14 7 3 3 1

Occurrences of reception in Corpus

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Central

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
tition screens roon these wee reception seats tae hide yi fae the res on page 51

1 matches

Hubbard, Tom The Flechitorium, (Grace Note 2017 ISBN: 9781907676932) Central - East Central, poetry
'The reception of Walter Scott's poetry in E on page 57
For 'the reception of Scott's poetry in Europe', on page 60

2 matches

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
s master's erse greeted us in reception. Ah could see by the glare in on page 17
ma poison. Oan accoont ae the reception on page 30
situated directly behind the reception desk. Where, he tells me, ah' on page 160
hind a desk at a computer oan reception. She cloacks me walkin in and on page 178
lly wankin me oaff she wis at reception. Engaged n aw, ah cloacked th on page 193

5 matches

Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
ers which stretched oot o the reception and intae the arcade. Granny on page 31

1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 176, (self-published 2008) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
hrou the front door intae the reception ha, he seen an auld wifie sit
1 matches

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 1, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
nt in the toilet nixt tae the reception desk.
isn’t a toilet next to the reception?’’.
ube. Return it to the desk at reception by tomorrow. And on your way
attin awey kin be heard in at reception. Annoyinly they seem in high
4 matches

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 3, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
timepiece. Surprisingly, the reception area is deserted but ma rare
. ‘’Now please vacate the reception area. I have other patients t
2 matches

@MartinBroon tweeted
e Oor best efforts at Hampden reception.Openin hou(2019) search twitter

@rosa_alba_macd tweeted
son @Jackson_Carlaw The phone reception is gey puir tae nane in Renfr(2020) search twitter

Doric

Cameron, Alan Lallans 90 - Drumtulloch, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Doric, prose
Bit he wis gettin affa gweed reception fae Radio F.M. Bella, jist at on page 84

1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Tales Fae The Doric Side - Overheard at Wetherspoons, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, poetry
So we sat doon at reception on page 32

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
she fun ersel stannin it the reception desk o Primp 'n' Pummel. on page 80

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
eps an jyned the queue it the reception desk. on page 7
eed-faced Morrice wis doon it reception on page 9
.." Morrice made his wye by a reception desk an seatin area. "Joyce.. on page 12

3 matches

Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
he TV antenna and knocked his reception fur six. on page 16
ae the pew, Then, aff tae the reception. Oh, my. Whit a splendid do. on page 73

2 matches

Norquoy, Greer Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
We woke up tae a frosty reception on page 115

1 matches

Giles, Harry Josephine WHIT TAE WRITE NOU?, (https://harryjosephine.com/ 2015) Orkney, blog
ll o writers, an enthusiastic reception – an most o aa, the night w
1 matches

Ulster

Crozier, Ian Recomendations fer an Ulster-Scots plen fer oor leid, heirskeip an’ culture, (communities-ni.gov.uk 2022) Ulster, government
Cairry oot research intae the reception, reach an' aptness o' media p on page 29

1 matches

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