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Use in varieties of Scots

scars Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words2.9 3.7 1.6 0 0 0 4.4
Number of occurrences97 1 0 0 0 1
Number of authors8 6 1 1

Occurrences of scars in Corpus

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Central

Crichton, Tam Lallans 84 - Ower the Faem Pairt Twa: Doon the Watter, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
the seasoned fechters wi mair scars nor I haed hairs on ma chin, on page 56

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McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
e that his left deep cultural scars aw across Scotland tae this d on page 60

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Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
is is whar eis got eis battle scars. on page 9

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Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
ae be scarred fur life, those scars are a reminder o how lucky ah on page 88

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Fitt, Matthew Kate O Shanter's Tale: And Other Poems, (Luath 2003 ISBN: 978-1842820285) Central, poetry
beh hullfulls o Antarctic ice scars, on page 60

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Grae, Emma Jimmy and his wee darlin Alexa, (unbound.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
hauns. Ah’d ma fair share o scars, but ah wis still a strong la
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McKillop, Roger Ma Heroes o' Sport, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
it really hurts, he took the scars an’ pain!
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Doric

Hutchison, Pat The Three Cannels, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
hospital at Banff. Some o his scars hid gotten badly infected. Sh
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Ulster

Ferguson, Roy Rhymes frae Rathfrilan: A Wheen o Poames, (self-published 2022 ISBN: 979-8796193099) Ulster, poetry
Wae wounds an wae scars, that they'd niver get ower. on page 31

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