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sortit Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words15.9 19.5 16.6 0 11.6 0 0
Number of occurrences5138 11 0 2 0 0
Number of authors36 26 8 2

Occurrences of sortit in Corpus

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Central

Robertson, James Precious and the Puggies, (Itchy Coo 2011 ISBN: 978-1845023324) Central, weans
de the hoose a place whaur he sortit fence stobs and did orra bits on page 70

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Marenich, Margaret Lallans 84 - Awa wi’t, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
ssuir him that she wad git it sortit, tellin him no ti fash hissel on page 31

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Rennie, Susan The Wee Prince, (Edition Lintenfass 2017 ISBN: 978-3946190592) Central, prose
w verra weel; but I haena yet sortit my plane; I hae naething mair on page 76

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Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
kpot. That's his full weekend sortit. These cunts drank bottles ae on page 12
ck it, mate, that's our drink sortit, ye ha!' on page 13

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Connor, Charles P. Lallans 85 - D.I.Y. Doctor , (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
'Wheesht. Ah'l hae it sortit in a meenit. Noo haud stull a on page 35

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Begg, James A. Alison's Jants in Ferlieland, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010845) Central, prose
inch. She shu got it oot, an sortit oot: "no that it maitters," s on page 44

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Clark, Thomas Animal Fairm, (Luath 2023 ISBN: 978-1804250396) Central, prose
in mair thing that has tae be sortit first.' on page 6

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McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
deficit, ane that cin only be sortit bi takkin back oor independen on page 102
e EU an the rest o the warld, sortit, whit fer wuid a Scottish pas on page 143

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McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
us a while tae get the dennir sortit. But fair eneuch we got it th on page 73

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Robertson, James The Sleekit Mr Tod, (Itchy Coo 2008 ISBN: 978-1845021986) Central, weans
a glisk, jist whenever we've sortit oot a few ither wee bits o bu on page 42

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Clark, Thomas The Boggin Beginnin, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303524) Central, weans
a wee fit o hoastin. "It's aw sortit," he said eventually, "Yese a on page 14
hree had better get yer stuff sortit, then. Edgar, Albert, gie's a on page 16
But wanice ye've got this tip sortit oot, yese hiv tae gang straic on page 52
his in the mornin, wance I've sortit yese a guid brekfast." on page 159

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Purdie, David C. Lallans 58 - The Dumb Jyner, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
eel!" says Ernie, "Noo that's sortit oot, it's time ye wes lairnin on page 65

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Kay, Billy Lallans 78 - Thochts on the bonnie broukit bairn at hame an abroad, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, prose
stound is waur, we'll get ye sortit oot gey shuin I'm shuir." on page 10

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Fitt, Matthew Hercules: Bampots and Heroes, (Itchy Coo 2005) Central - Dundee, weans
sortit oot crabbit lions by tyin the on page 3

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Clark, Thomas The Itchy Coo Book o Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales in Scots - A Tale o Three Dugs, (Itchy Coo 2020) Central, weans
w the new freens he made soon sortit that. on page 37

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McMillan, Hugh Whit If? Scotland's History as it Micht Hiv Bin, (Luath 2021 ISBN: 9781910022900) Central, poetry
Whan pipers sortit wars on page 51

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Connor, Charles P. Lallans 73 - Waashin Day Weirriors, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, prose
Wullie sortit oot thair swither. on page 64

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Eagle, Andy Lallans 74 - Stravaigin the Wab, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
ogle chynged hou the hits wis sortit. The affcome o chyngin the se
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Robertson, Colin Lallans 81 - Wildlaw, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Central, prose
r it is argied at oor laws ir sortit aroun the praiferences o fowk
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Haddow, Kris Haud the Bus - The Stert ae World War III?, (The Wee Paper 2022) Central, prose
ng if the energy crisis isnae sortit oot), so it wis a bit hard ta
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Thoumire, Elizabeth Than an nou — poverty, makkin dae, an leukin oot for ilk ither, (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Edinburgh, blog
whaur this wis a faut tae be sortit at the scuil. Bindin the offe
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Muir, Glenn Al Fresco, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Linlithgow, prose
Carnwath, so that wis oor tea sortit.
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Crawford, Ross Awa in a Dwam, (Medium 2021) Central - Stirling, prose
nnae ye worry, we’ll get it sortit. And ignore yer da, he gets a
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Neil, Gabriel The Green Pairty: Holyrood’s nixt opposition?, (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
they’ve got their majority sortit, ye can vote for whaever ye l
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Coyne, Hilary The giant’s wife – or Ailsa the irked, (hilarycoyne.com/ 2021) Central, prose
e wrong, I’m awfie glad she sortit it like she did, but she was
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Douglas, Ashley Scotland’s linguistic launscape – Scottish Staunart English and Scots, (languagereach.com 2021) Central, prose
and. These can fur ordinar be sortit intae ‘covert’ and ‘ove
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@mcfarlane_irene tweeted
n! Hope ye hae got thon troch sortit, and that it disnae end up am(2018) search twitter

@Chazzbat tweeted
l, WTF ur ye thinkin?! Get it sortit! #HolbyCity(2020) search twitter

@pmcm1355 tweeted
@STVNews Sortit it fir thum..... https://t.co (2022) twitter link

@johnstone_shane tweeted
w in a wee "ah" number an yir sortit. (2020) twitter link

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
cause a stooshie n get things sortit (2021) twitter link

Doric

Kynoch, Douglas Lallans 84 - The Ferlie, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Doric, prose
ard chiel in front gat himsel sortit oot. on page 77

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Skinner, Alison C. Tales Fae The Doric Side - Leaves, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
n brickle, tummelt oot as she sortit throwe her granmither's buiks on page 23

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Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
the tube {'ll seen get athing sortit" on page 15

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Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
"Hmmph." Dottie sortit the pleats oan er skirt an ad on page 69

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Hay, Gordon M. The Doric New Testament, (Gordon M Hay 2012 ISBN: 978-0957351516) Doric - Banff, prose
t. Syne they held awa hame an sortit oot spices an intments; syne on page 120

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Leslie, Deborah Doric: Alive an Kickin 2, (Argo Publishing 2006 ISBN: 978-0954615321) Doric - Inverurie, prose
d is magic an the problim wis sortit. on page 50

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Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
keepit in the fe4rmhoose...it sortit aathin frae kink-hoast tae te
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Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
tter left alane an nae tae bi sortit.
she'd hae telt the Sisters an sortit oot a kist, an signed the ric
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@FaeFoggie tweeted
larted in summin. A guid bath sortit him out. Fan he wis muckit, h(2019) search twitter

@JamieFairbairn1 tweeted
Sortit! Later A can raise a gless ta (2020) twitter link

Shetland

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
"Weel yun's yun sortit, ah'll just nip doon tae da s on page 52

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Jamieson, Robert Alan Lallans 58 - Eicht poems bi Robert Alan Jamieson, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Shetland, poetry
Da tekkil sortit, on page 27

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