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Use in varieties of Scots

stoory Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words5.9 4.6 7.5 29.8 0 0 8.9
Number of occurrences199 5 3 0 0 2
Number of authors10 5 1 3 1

Occurrences of stoory in Corpus

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Central

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
da managed tae haul a raither stoory and girnie-faced parrot doon on page 42

1 matches

Connor, Charles P. Lallans 82 - Nae Guid Ettle, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, prose
r tae the windae, dichtit the stoory pane wi the sleeve o hes blec on page 18

2 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 167, (self-published 2007) Central, newspaper
NE vairsion is cried Whuppity Stoory. The neist is a traivellers t
1 matches

McClelland, Ben Chicagof Island, (Scots Hoose 2020) Central - Ayr, prose
mile wi' th' beasts oan thair stoory. Thay climbed up a tree. Than
1 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
They leukit doon on a stoory scrublan. Ata short distance,
wirkin. Alane in this cauld, stoory laun on the edge o the desert
there cud be a thoosan mile o stoory desert till ye won tae the Bo
t’s a meeserable win-swept, stoory hellhole. A bit lik Xinjiang
4 matches

Doric

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
nds an lanes an streets o the stoory toun. The auld man's empire o
r o the barn, an sclimmed the stoory timmer stairs o the barn in t
quines cooriet doon in their stoory hideyhole, at a soon as if a
l in a circle roon him on the stoory fleer o the laft. Ilkie een h
4 matches

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
oungaun fur aa kins o pechin, stoory traffic tae toun an kintra. T
1 matches

Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
The lad browt oot a stoory box. "Noo, sir, we're back on on page 47

1 matches

Johnston, Barbara Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
stoory above the stove on page 46

1 matches

Hall, Simon W. Lamborghini: Cult o the Bull, (Brisk Northerly 2015) Orkney, blog
e toon an mak wur wey along a stoory country road, we’re thrille
1 matches

Ulster

Fenton, James On Slaimish, (Ullans Press 2009 ISBN: 9781905281299) Ulster, poetry
The glancin jab an stoory flail o the forks, on page 27
The rodden's stoory stur lang smoored; on page 43

2 matches

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