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Use in varieties of Scots

wards Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words9.4 10.1 11.2 9.9 0 10.9 4.4
Number of occurrences2919 7 1 0 1 1
Number of authors15 8 5 1 1 1

Occurrences of wards in Corpus

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Central

Niven, Liz Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central, poetry
e will fecht back wi briggs o wards. on page 11

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Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
aboot wae aw these different wards. Yins splattered in big bold on page 177

1 matches

McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
ecessity fer separate forms o wards fer Pairliamentary legislatio on page 18
land even oor local authority wards nummer in the tens o thoosans on page 29
THESE ARE THE wards o Reinhard Heidrich, the Dire on page 57
their presenters uisein Scots wards an ye cin hear their utter em on page 64
in the tawse fer uisein Scots wards in the schuil, sae ye cin see on page 65
Also on pages 103
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McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
amit the OIM, wi a few choice wards thrown in aboot. on page 51
ere wis a man that chowit his wards, wi his heid doun an his chin on page 74
it in her apron pocket wi the wards, on page 94
in reid letters the follaein wards, 'The king shall be brocht ta on page 122

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Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
e 'index-linked' - bi closin wards. on page 13

1 matches

Armstrong, Kate Lallans 58 - Herman Und Dorothea, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
Tae fin him some place, an wi wards fu o baum an o kindness on page 43

1 matches

Neill, Willie Lallans 61 - Three Tales frae the Brithers Grimm, (Lallans Magazine 2002) Central - Ayrshire, prose
es gey flettert wi thir douce wards an said; on page 42

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Corbett, John Lallans 70 - Owersettins o Modren Drama intae Scots, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
the rerr tear’s facility wi wards, the’r a mair serious thema
1 matches

Lehane, Matt Mair Licht, (bandcamp 2006) Central - Ayrshire, poetry
Goethe’s last wards where
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Lehane, Matt Mouse Eat Mouse World, (bandcamp 2006) Central - Ayrshire, poetry
a sang wi out wards an musie wi out (prison) bars
1 matches

Doric

Elphinstone Institute Aiberdeenshire Cooncil – Scots Leid Guidelines, (Aberdeenshire Council 2017) Doric, government
il). A farrer brakdoon by CAS Wards (Census Area Statistics Wards
(Census Area Statistics Wards), Appendix 1, shows that in m
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Uri, Antonia North East filmmakker feart for the futur o Doric, (Doric Future 2019) Doric, blog
l said: “Aires jist certain wards that Ah jist canna get a ward
d that aire’s a lot o Doric wards that Ah’m sure that Ah’ve
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Smith, Alex A Fer Chauve, (self-published 2005) Doric, prose
Fine an drochty aye tae wards nicht.
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Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
l-doers locked inno isolation wards. Likewyse, ilkie Sector hid i
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@DoricPhrases tweeted
e aroon then ging tae work on wards! https://t.co/uXFM50i9sP(2017) search twitter

Orkney

Miller, Alison Archipelagos : Poems from Writing the North, (University of Edinburgh 2014 ISBN: 978-0-7486-9755-7) Orkney, poetry
Thowt on the wards me mither said to me, on page 43

1 matches

Southern

Wilson, Rab Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Southern - Dumfries, poetry
e 'index-linked' - bi closin wards. on page 218

1 matches

Ulster

Burgess, Wilson Dae Ye See: Ulster-Scots Poems, (Scots Language Centre 2007 ISBN: 978-0955791604) Ulster - L'Derry, poetry
e lives haes life lukin' bak' wards. O the past hae can bae proud on page 43

1 matches

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