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Use in varieties of Scots

scar Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words5.4 5 1.5 0 11.6 0 24.2
Number of occurrences1810 1 0 2 0 5
Number of authors13 7 1 2 3

Occurrences of scar 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

Stevenson, Gerda Cat Wumman: Tales O Nine Lives - The Witch, (Luath 2025 ISBN: 978-1804252420) Central - Peebles, prose
haudin a weet cloot ower the scar; Maisie got frae the waa. on page 44

1 matches

McQueer, Chris Hings - Short Stories 'n That, (404 Ink 2017 ISBN: 978-0995623866) Central - Glesga, prose
ristmas ae aw times? That wid scar the poor cunts fur life. So a on page 175

1 matches

Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
I dreamt a scar wis gien me yet I didna even on page 76

1 matches

Hubbard, Tom Minoritie Status, (Tapsalteerie 2017) Central - Kirkcaldy, poetry
juist stares; w' its maim and scar on page 12

1 matches

Bennett, Peter Carpe Diem, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
’s gless eye an the silvery scar below it; the hallmark ay the
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Coyle Loyal, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
ntin the wee patches ay white scar tissue visible through his ha
1 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
s pynt, there wis a diagonal scar fae the waist on the tae side
ther side o his torso, an the scar slashed athort his breist. Ev
ruefully: Paro treisurin the scar that Devdas gied her. She dri
3 matches

@rosa_alba_macd tweeted
uncating saggy pouch creating scar, no menopausal waist thickeni(2020) search twitter

Doric

Hutchison, Pat Angels Ten, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Doric - Banffshire, prose
tae showin her the fist sized scar in my side. But fin I tellt h
1 matches

Shetland

Watt, Valerie A daander trowe Michaelswood, (Shetland Times 2008) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
es aboot her. “A’ll hae a scar o tay med in nae time!” Da
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@Julie_Dennison tweeted
Meid a point a goin 60 troo Scar Quilse daday seein as I’ll n (2021) twitter link

Ulster

Fenton, James On Slaimish, (Ullans Press 2009 ISBN: 9781905281299) Ulster, poetry
Frae crinin scar on page 11
The age-owl hantin scar nae scar ava, on page 42

3 matches

Ullans Speakers Association Nursery Rhymes for Weans, (Ulster-Scots Agency 2008 ISBN: 978-0955791697) Ulster, weans
An scar'd Miss Muffet awa. on page 13

1 matches

Campbell, Robert Yarns 3 - Brae / Sheugh / Cannae / Piece, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2024) Ulster - Ballymena, poetry
Scar flat tha taes
1 matches

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