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Use in varieties of Scots

tests Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words8.7 7.7 15.1 0 5.8 0 8.9
Number of occurrences2815 10 0 1 0 2
Number of authors15 9 4 1 1

Occurrences of tests in Corpus

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Central

Pennie, Len Poyums, (Canongate Books 2024 ISBN: 978-1805301387) Central - Aberdeen, poetry
awfy stress ae pishin oan the tests, on page 79

1 matches

McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
policy tae comment on Trident tests. This, whan in the past the on page 55

1 matches

Clark, Thomas Diary o a Wimpy Wean, (Itchy Coo 2018 ISBN: 978-1785302145) Central, weans
When they gied is the tests at the end o last year, I did on page 14

1 matches

Grae, Emma The Tongue She Speaks, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, poetry
get full makes oan ma spellin tests, and ah could wipe the table on page 16

1 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit Are The Onybody Ither?, (Scots Language Centre 2022) Central, blog
r baith men took lee detector tests on the TV an thair stories ch
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Grae, Emma Dancin wi the Rhona, (unbound.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
“We’re going to run some tests, yes.”
rt from that. Remember, these tests are just a precaution. Your o
, but there’s a shortage of tests so we can’t confirm if it
3 matches

McKillop, Roger The Builders, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
s worried aboot failin’ his tests because o’ his literacy pro
1 matches

McKillop, Roger Wee Roge Boobs, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
gym, we were daein’ several tests in class an’ A wis usin’
tae go roond the circuit o’ tests. In this group Carol wis reco
2 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
if ! could just run some dna tests on those red
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Haddow, Kris Ronnie's Story, (words.krishaddow.com 2011) Central, prose
help me. A had a couple o’ tests done, was asked a few persona
1 matches

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 1, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
I will still need to run some tests, just to be sure. A blood tes
t nine times out of ten these tests come back normal.
2 matches

Doric

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
pick up faither fir is bleed tests. My faither embodies aa that on page 7

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Smith, Alex A Fer Chauve, (self-published 2005) Doric, prose
the doctor he got a'a sort o tests. He wis telt tae
throo a fer dibber dabber. Tests, aye tests o a'a kind. Yon op
, aye tests o a'a kind. Yon optician ferr
he held a'a sorts o different tests. Efter
4 matches

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
ion wis big business noo. The tests war inno three pairts: bluid-
leevin donor. The cross-match tests, taen frae the health profile
ikk – efter a twa-three wee tests, tae makk siccar ye're up tae
side o Mars, efter pucklies o tests, they liftit the boxie's lid
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Wilson, Katie Becus a hae a sister a hae a friend, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric - Buckie, prose
miss yur mess yi leave aawye. Tests ma patience fan yi dee at and
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Shetland

Sutherland, Hazel Biggin Da Dess, (Shetland For Wirds 2004) Shetland, prose
t, hit's passed Mam's dryness tests an wir ready ta bigg. First,
1 matches

Ulster

Crozier, Ian Recomendations fer an Ulster-Scots plen fer oor leid, heirskeip an’ culture, (communities-ni.gov.uk 2022) Ulster, government
Scots propones agin the thrie tests o' empourement, mainstreamin' on page 5
'tests' tae justify daein naething. on page 60

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