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africa Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words10.9 14.9 6 0 0 10.3 4.4
Number of occurrences3529 4 0 0 1 1
Number of authors24 18 4 1 1

Occurrences of africa in Corpus

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Central

Niven, Liz Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central, poetry
the warm hairt o Africa. on page 3

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Robertson, James Precious and the Puggies, (Itchy Coo 2011 ISBN: 978-1845023324) Central, weans
doon towards the nether end o Africa, richt in the middle. This me on page 2
backartywise intae the hert o Africa. When it raxes tae the saunds on page 4
or mibbe even in the haill o Africa. Ka...chow"' Like this. on page 17

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Rennie, Susan The Wee Prince, (Edition Lintenfass 2017 ISBN: 978-3946190592) Central, prose
he Indies. Syne the anes frae Africa an Europe. Syne them frae Soo on page 58
'On the Yird, in Africa, the serpent answert. on page 59

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Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
doon deid fae want o scran in Africa. A Royal wean is whalpit, oh on page 77

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Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
The stench ae Lynx Africa comin fae him as he drew near on page 198

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Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
feerichin lives. She gaed tae Africa wi Ernest Hemingway and India on page 15

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McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
ile rebellious Boers in South Africa. An they were white fowk, no on page 21
rithers an sisters in Europe, Africa, America an the rest o the wa on page 67

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Robertson, James The Hoose at Pooh's Neuk, (Itchy Coo 2010 ISBN: 978-1845022945) Central, weans
ornin ben the hoose, gaun tae Africa and back, and he wis jist eft on page 8

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Morton, Elaine Hamethocts, (Evertype 2010 ISBN: 978-1782012399) Central, poetry
For Africa, for Vietnam, on page 71

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Purdie, David C. Lallans 58 - The Dumb Jyner, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
n wi the Eighth Army in North Africa an Italy. Frae whit he telt I on page 65

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Kay, Billy Lallans 78 - Thochts on the bonnie broukit bairn at hame an abroad, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, prose
o, tae Charles Murray's Sooth Africa, fae the Monte Grand colony i on page 11

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Hodgson, Brent Lallans 67 - Reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
Echt o the poems here hes Africa as a backgrun. The white dres on page 91

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Gillon, Karen Report on Inquiry intil the role o, (Education, Culture an Sport Comatee 2003) Central, government
tland (see Australia an Sooth Africa), that
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Clark, Thomas A Scots Pairlament?, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Central - Bellshill, blog
it can be done. Leuk at Sooth Africa, whase granite mashles throu
the wey it is here. In Sooth Africa, English, if onythin, is serv
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Malgrati, Paul Ayont the Fake and the Leal: Let's Free the Leid, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central, blog
Empire, fae India tae Suddron Africa, whaur it wis exportit amang
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Holton, Brian An Owresetter’s Tale, (Bella Caledonia 2015) Central - Galashiels, blog
4, an never gaed back ti West Africa. Scotland in the fifties, gri
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Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
service on the Border atween Africa (Black an Rational) an the no
ed the jaggit line that split Africa north an sooth. “They only
ey only send real men oot tae Africa,” he sayed. “Nae lassies.
ntit. “Quhan Ah wis in Wast Africa, Ah saw ancient earthwarks th
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McClurg, Fernando “Blood Upon the Grass” – merk twa?, (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
et tae turn its back on Sooth Africa durin the Apartheid period, l
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@ThonJacobite tweeted
that denner, there's weans in Africa wha'd be gled o' it".(2021) search twitter

Doric

Robertson, George C. Lallans 87 - Bluid An Banter, (Lallans Magazine 2015) Doric, script
zette. A tribe o cannibals in Africa are lookin fir a cook. Ah'll on page 40

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Wood, Evelyn Tales Fae The Doric Side - Carlo, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
oner o war, captured in North Africa an brocht aa the wye tae Mony on page 27

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@cligeey tweeted
@muddy_40 Ye still in Africa will be affa het(2020) search twitter

@daleser23 tweeted
hie hawtin live at somewhere, africa. Ats actually fit its cad. Ha(2013) search twitter

Southern

@jamie_ginger tweeted
and she appears wi an XL Lynx Africa. Fuck a dini think a hev used(2018) search twitter

Ulster

Dornan, Stephen Tha Jaa Banes, (Ulster-Scots Academy 2020 ISBN: 978-1-9163758-1-9) Ulster - Comber, poetry
While Africa maun thole a dose o Ebola. on page 39

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