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Use in varieties of Scots

sailor Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words6 3 4.4 9.9 17.4 0 33.9
Number of occurrences206 3 1 3 0 7
Number of authors13 5 2 1 3 2

Occurrences of sailor in Corpus

In order to avoid violating copyright law and abide by 'fair use', only up to the first five occurrences of the search term are displayed for each article.

Central

Rennie, Susan The Wee Prince, (Edition Lintenfass 2017 ISBN: 978-3946190592) Central, prose
mair alane nor a shipwreckit sailor on a raft in the mids o the o on page 11

1 matches

Smith, Donald Saut and Bluid: A Scotsaga, (Luath 2022 ISBN: 978-1804250341) Central, prose
Ah mind ilka turn lik a sailor kens the sea. Thon nicht kyth on page 14

1 matches

Clark, Thomas The Boggin Beginnin, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303524) Central, weans
is wheecht richt intae a blue sailor suit that wis itchy as onythi on page 135
dress, The ither wumman pit a sailor's bunnet on Klaus, wha goved on page 138

2 matches

Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
Sailor Laddie
1 matches

Shoor Caan, Angus Coont Thum: A hunner an' oad McLimericks, (self-published 2012 ISBN: 978-1480242425) Central - Ardrossan, poetry
Intae care Tinker, Sailor, Sodjer, Thief Ye’d fun thu
1 matches

Doric

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
or neebour's heidboard like a sailor oan leave." on page 16
ulled inte the car park o the Sailor's Arms. on page 58

2 matches

@JamieFairbairn1 tweeted
o the seas, Were the dreepin sailor-men. William Soutar #macduffa (2020) twitter link

Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
I danced the 'Sailor's Hornpipe' bit me eyes were on page 4

1 matches

Shetland

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
ame i da voar. Willie da real sailor, no laek him, wi his asthma, on page 71

1 matches

De Luca, Christine Parallel Worlds: Poems in Shetlandic and English, (Luath 2005 ISBN: 978-1905222131) Shetland, poetry
cot: 'go ashores' fur a young sailor. on page 100

1 matches

Peterson, George P.S. Nannie Georgedaughter, (Shetland For Wirds 2002) Shetland, prose
da flör, an footch ale ta da sailor men, an göd aboot dis an dat
1 matches

Ulster

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
"I'm as sttrang as Popeye the sailor man!" blustert Hughie. "I'm g on page 13
sturdy airm. "I'm Popeye the Sailor man. Toot Toot." on page 14
laitnin him tae be Popeye the sailor man! Toot toot!" on page 19

6 matches

Dornan, Stephen Tha Jaa Banes, (Ulster-Scots Academy 2020 ISBN: 978-1-9163758-1-9) Ulster - Comber, poetry
Tha sailor knows a broch on tha mune on page 24

1 matches

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