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Use in varieties of Scots

whiskey Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words5.3 3.1 12.1 9.9 0 0 8.9
Number of occurrences176 8 1 0 0 2
Number of authors7 2 2 1 2

Occurrences of whiskey in Corpus

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Central

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
says. Aw bright eyed and wae whiskey drippin doon his weasel like on page 183

1 matches

Grae, Emma Billy's Ghost Dug, (liarsleague.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
- naw, twa - guid bottles o whiskey, and ye wur desperate enough
1 matches

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 4, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
t death. Ah’m no normally a whiskey drinker, eh? Oan accoont the
the ever decreasin boattle ae whiskey. Ah casually pour massel a to
e through another moothful ae whiskey.
a four hunner quid boattle ae whiskey sittin there. She broat that
4 matches

Doric

@fittiecrooners tweeted
tried ma best tae lay aff the whiskey & stuck tae brandy but made n(2016) search twitter
t coal. Need tae keep aff the whiskey(2016) search twitter
ne & half way though a bottle whiskey. Nae in 1 night!(2017) search twitter
ure the Queens flask hid mare whiskey in it than mine(2017) search twitter
I caint yon new whiskey that the heed barmaid his tac(2018) search twitter
and 2 other occurrences.

@McGoo1888 tweeted
Pished...wi Whiskey in the jar oan...yeejaw...hap (2022) twitter link

Orkney

@HJosephineGiles tweeted
ae burns nicht fer the scotch whiskey society an the snp an nou ma (2021) twitter link

Ulster

Logan, Liam Thon Ulster Scots Book, (Galdanagh 2014 ISBN: 978-0992881405) Ulster - Dunloy, prose
er ain breed. An made her ain whiskey tae. These wus baith activiti on page 46

1 matches

McDonald, Fiona Frae Cowie's Cragg, (Ulster-Scots Academy Press 2021 ISBN: B0949GXX7K) Ulster, poetry
Aye weel-kent fur her whiskey - an early on page 1

1 matches

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