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Use in varieties of Scots

twig Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words5.6 5.7 7.5 9.9 0 10.3 0
Number of occurrences1811 5 1 0 1 0
Number of authors14 8 4 1 1

Occurrences of twig in Corpus

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Central

Morton, Elaine Lallans 59 - In Dispraise o Eden, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, poetry
winter's daith, the sprootin twig on page 91

1 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
ornin. Ah wis sure she'd pure twig right away but she jist rippe on page 17

1 matches

Morton, Elaine Hamethocts, (Evertype 2010 ISBN: 978-1782012399) Central, poetry
winter's daith, the sprootin twig on page 53

1 matches

Morton, Elaine Lallans 59 - In Dispraise o Eden, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, poetry
winter's daith, the sprootin twig on page 91

1 matches

Docherty, John F. Lallans 82 - Lang Summer Days Pairt 2, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, prose
t the hut an took a blackened twig fae the deid fire an scrawled on page 47

1 matches

Higgs, Jo The tale of how Evan Evans scrapped wi Evan Nichols, (berfrois 2022) Central - Edinburgh, prose
™ve been told, he wiz a right twig though. Perhaps on account of
1 matches

Calderwood, Lynsey Mumbo Jumbo, (Litro magazine 2006) Central, prose
nin. Ah wis sure she’d pure twig right away but she jist rippe
1 matches

Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
He fluttered roon, fae twig tae twig,
tae twig,
2 matches

Rennie, Susan The Hoose o Haivers, (Itchy Coo 2002 ISBN: 978-1902927442) Central, weans
raivelt up wi bits o leaf an twig. But Hippomenes thocht she wi
1 matches

Smith, Jamie Animal Ferm: Chapters I to III, (Mak Forrit 2021) Central, prose
tters gey trigly oot o bits o twig, and wad syne decore them wi
1 matches

Doric

Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
the decibels a hike An if tae twig fowk warna quick He thocht th on page 15

1 matches

Morrison, Gordon Thi Lyfe An Tyme's O An Enshoar Loon, (Authorhouse 2006 ISBN: 978-1425955397) Doric - Boddam, prose
uss oot fit wuty Ronalt didna twig fit happint. Onywuiy eit wis on page 17

1 matches

Kynoch, Douglas Lallans 79 - The Bonnie Lintie, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Doric - Aberdeen, prose
minister, tae see gin he cud twig a sign at he haed fun his vyc on page 26

1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
it. In her twa wee hauns the twig wis a deid, fooshunless thing
s, the hazel lowpit. Syne the twig pulled doon wi a force like m
2 matches

Orkney

Grieve, Issy Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
Did ye no twig hid wis ferfal thick? on page 62

1 matches

Southern

Thompson, James My Borderlands, (Richardson and Son Printers 2023) Southern - Hawick, poetry
A frozen twig it snaps on page 15

1 matches

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