A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

retirement Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words4.7 4.6 9 0 0 0 0
Number of occurrences159 6 0 0 0 0
Number of authors9 6 3

Occurrences of retirement in Corpus

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Central

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
a bad heart so he took early retirement. Haha, taid Charlene, Magine on page 97

1 matches

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
pit a wee bittie by fir their retirement. But sic men aften work oan e on page 103

1 matches

Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
Postie Kemp, Contemplatin Retirement
1 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
ot lattin servants spen thair retirement in thair maisters’ hooses.
him a place in a servants’ retirement complex in a modren suburb, i
ot lattin servants spen thair retirement in thair maisters’ hooses.
him a place in a servants’ retirement complex in a modren suburb, i
4 matches

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 3, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
grins ‘’Well, that’s my retirement fund taken care off’’
1 matches

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
ut our working lifes and into retirement! (2021) twitter link

Doric

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
Roy's Retirement on page 84
warld o employment...an mebbe retirement's nae fir aabody, eh? Ah'm pl on page 88

2 matches

Kynoch, Douglas Lallans 83 - The Umman, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Doric, prose
r wark in nursin an tak airly retirement on gruns o ull health.
1 matches

Hutchison, Pat Catty, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
imes and Mabel hid teen early retirement tae look aifter her. In so de
ff cuts so she’d teen early retirement.
on the Buchan coast and early retirement.
3 matches

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