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Use in varieties of Scots

treason Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words4.5 6.4 0 0 0 10.9 4.4
Number of occurrences1412 0 0 0 1 1
Number of authors5 3 1 1

Occurrences of treason in Corpus

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Central

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
recognised as an act ae class treason. on page 91
CLASS TREASON on page 129
says "You've committed class treason, here. Fuckin big promotion, on page 136

3 matches

McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
nce o Scots law bi passin the Treason Act o 1709. This statit that on page 17
obs at Westminster passit the Treason Act in1708 that said that oni on page 42
ye ready tae find sedition an treason gin they cuid. An the Jacobit on page 71

5 matches

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
he gallows.' This wis clearly treason an he was haulit afore a meet on page 122

1 matches

Facebook link (Changed Times Historical Novel By Ethyl Smith 2022) Central
ng an government again an wis treason. Aifter that he wis chased ha

Facebook link ( 2016) Central
hat Cameron wis guilty o high treason an pit up a bounty o 5,000 me

Facebook link ( 2019) Central
sentenced tae death fur high treason.

Southern

@MartyMacMurtrie tweeted
a have a link to bloody ane? Treason, ma erse!(2020) search twitter

Ulster

Dornan, Stephen The Widenin Sheuch, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Ulster, blog
he'd been clodded in jail for treason. An Ayrshire Laird caaed Hugh
1 matches

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