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shark Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words7.4 8.5 1.6 9.9 17.4 10.9 4.4
Number of occurrences2316 1 1 3 1 1
Number of authors16 10 1 1 2 1 1

Occurrences of shark in Corpus

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Central

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
in contemptuous tones ae the Shark: on page 103

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Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
, mate, Wee Kenzie says wae a shark smile. The fact that he's eve on page 32

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Begg, James A. Alison's Jants in Ferlieland, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010845) Central, prose
an bummin, he bad-mouths the Shark: But, as shuin's the tide ris on page 44

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Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
screams "No an actual fuckin shark" he says, almost at a murmur on page 179

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Tollick, Margaret Tapsalteerie and Ither Tales, (Windfall Books 2008 ISBN: 978-0955726422) Central, weans
in a shark-infested ocean on page 9

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Hodgson, Brent Lallans 67 - Reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
the answer tae yon! A baskin shark kythes on blad 150, whan a fu on page 91

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Eagle, Andy Lallans 63 - Stravaigin The Wab, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
irsels but at ‘Scotland’s Shark capital’ (www.deepseaworld.
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Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
an landed on a shark.
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Bennett, Peter Carpe Diem, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
they black, deid eyes like a shark, vacant an inscrutable. It ba
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Bennett, Peter The Guru an Zander, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
atin shoes an a blue Paul and Shark polo shirt.
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McKillop, Roger Educational (Mis)Communication, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
thin’ in it.” “It’s a shark!” “Naw! Bit yer richt wi
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Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 2, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
t in Edinburgh. A great white shark as it wur, eh? crusin in an o
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Doric

Byrne, Catherine Alice's Mishanters in e Land o Farlies, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010609) Doric - Caithness, prose
alk in contemptuous tones o e Shark: on page 100

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Orkney

Cormack, Kevin Toonie Void, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
Tacketie, shark-eyed an shifty, I stryte awey on page 7

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Shetland

Johnson, Laureen Alice's Adventirs in Wonderlaand, (Evertype 2012 ISBN: 978-1782010081) Shetland - Voe, prose
An da laeks o a shark he will skyimp an decry: on page 105

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De Luca, Christine Thule Revisited, (Shetland For Wirds 2007) Shetland, poetry
wi a piece o shark: mam wid spread da maet,
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Southern

Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
lk in contemptuous tones o th Shark: on page 103

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Ulster

Morrison-Smyth, Anne Alice's Carrants in Wunnerlan, (Evertype 2013 ISBN: 978-1-78201-011-1) Ulster - Ballymoney, prose
ak in carnaptious tones o the Shark: on page 104

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