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Use in varieties of Scots

actress Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words6.3 5 13.3 0 5.8 10.3 0
Number of occurrences2110 9 0 1 1 0
Number of authors11 7 2 1 1

Occurrences of actress in Corpus

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Central

Marenich, Margaret Lallans 84 - Awa wi’t, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
ean haed ettelt efter bein an actress. She greined for bricht licht on page 28

1 matches

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
t maire stains oan it than an actress auditionin fur Harvey Weinste on page 13
the hoaspital ah even hud an actress gone oan telly wishin me deat on page 54

2 matches

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
a and aw, as she wis no a bad actress. They stared roond the room. on page 41

1 matches

Clark, Thomas The Boggin Beginnin, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303524) Central, weans
I've ayeweys wantit tae be an actress, ever syne I wis a wee lassie on page 86

1 matches

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 71 - Review - Auld Campaigner: A Life of Alexander Scott, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
bi naukit picturs o the named actress, an actuallie cam afore hir d
1 matches

Clark, Sara Indyref 2: Aulder, Wiser, Kinder, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central, blog
when it cam on. The snickerin actress, tryin tae mak oot that her w
he meenit yon puir unnerpeyed actress rolled her een has been embla
2 matches

Burnett, Colin Boris Johnstone, (colinburnett.co.uk 2021) Central - East Central, prose
the hoaspital ah even hud an actress gone oan telly wishin me deat
1 matches

@Chazzbat tweeted
lliestopshate is an excellent actress. Ah hope they dae a sequel ta(2020) search twitter

Doric

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
e eyn o ae monsoon sizzen, an actress cam ower fae England tae ente
eneuch tae keep a wee English actress in braw frocks an ootins at t
st the thing tae pit a greedy actress wi a love o jewels intae a bi
laes wi a name like thon. The actress wis gleg wi the needle, it wi
her frae rinnin awa…gin the actress hid really winted her, she'd
8 matches

Hutchison, Pat Catty, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
captured by the Gestapo. The actress wiz Virginia Mackenna and she
1 matches

Shetland

Tait, John M Lallans 58 - Sheltie Prattle an da Blue Lowe (a Pantomime) , (Lallans Magazine 2001) Shetland, prose
ttin on a bit o a keckle. "An actress as well, I see - you almost on page 35

1 matches

Southern

@StuartPoet tweeted
an yer a weel kennt but skint actress - a rookit dame in Crookitha(2020) search twitter