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Use in varieties of Scots

telegram Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words2.2 1 4.5 9.9 5.8 0 0
Number of occurrences72 3 1 1 0 0
Number of authors5 1 2 1 1

Occurrences of telegram in Corpus

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Central

Docherty, John F. Lallans 81 - Lang Summer Days, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Central, prose
h'll never forget the day the telegram came, ma mither, Goad rest he on page 76

2 matches

Doric

Hutchison, Pat The Three Cannels, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
ver since they’d gotten the telegram fae the Admiralty. She rose u
hame. A couple o wiks later a telegram hid cam fae the Admiralty tel
2 matches

@DoricPhrases tweeted
opent - send in yer bets bi telegram or carrier cushie-doo!(2018) search twitter

Orkney

Norquoy, Greer Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
A list o presents and telegram wishes. on page 43

1 matches

Shetland

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
am bukksin troo da snow wi da telegram. Alec wis deid. It destroyed on page 20

1 matches

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