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Use in varieties of Scots

ambulance Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words11.7 12.1 19.5 0 5.8 0 0
Number of occurrences3824 13 0 1 0 0
Number of authors23 13 9 1

Occurrences of ambulance in Corpus

In order to avoid violating copyright law and abide by 'fair use', only up to the first five occurrences of the search term are displayed for each article.

Central

McQueer, Chris HWFG, (404 Ink 2012 ISBN: 978-1912489107) Central, prose
'We should phone an ambulance,' says Angela, but in a way t on page 30

2 matches

Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
tae phone the polis, n'en the ambulance, n'en gie Mr Ferrier a haun t on page 1

1 matches

Cunningham, Lucy nothing but a set of eyes for stars - Swedish Fish, (Association for Scottish Literature 2023 ISBN: 978-1906841546) Central, prose
ked oot the window and saw an ambulance and men lifting a big bin bag on page 40

1 matches

McQueer, Chris Hings - Short Stories 'n That, (404 Ink 2017 ISBN: 978-0995623866) Central - Glesga, prose
When the ambulance came, the paramedic cunt aske on page 4

1 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
He tolt Charlene tae phone an ambulance but she wis that pished that on page 63
two strangers that phoned the ambulance cause Charlene had tae be hom on page 169

4 matches

Townsley, Jane Joe's Cloud an Ither Stuff, (lulu.com 2014 ISBN: 978-1326001612) Central - Perth, prose
"I'll, I'll get an ambulance," said Hughie, sprintin tae t on page 36
ollowin the cortege intae the ambulance. on page 37
a reward. An he'd phoned the ambulance. That must be worth somethin. on page 39

4 matches

Fitt, Matthew Kate O Shanter's Tale: And Other Poems, (Luath 2003 ISBN: 978-1842820285) Central, poetry
his ambulance, stapped wi baps, rolls, bann on page 45

1 matches

Jamie, Kathleen Eemis Stane 1 - Pine Wid, (Eemis Stane 2022) Central, poetry
lik a ambulance on page 6

1 matches

Sprott, Gavin Lallans 68 - Gairdens, (Lallans Magazine 2006) Central - Edinburgh, poetry
The pam-pon o an ambulance. on page 98

1 matches

Morton, Elaine Lallans 71 - The Concreit Bouer, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
r throu to sanctuary. Pollis? Ambulance? Pollis an ambulance baith, s
? Pollis an ambulance baith, shairly. She had niver
“Police, police. And an ambulance,” she yammered.
the ambulance gaein by on Monday.
4 matches

Grae, Emma Dancin wi the Rhona, (unbound.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
s nae way ah’m goin in an ambulance. The paramedics will be roond
1 matches

Fleemin, Sandy Lallans 59 - Bellin the Cat, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Central - Ormiston, prose
er the time the fire engines, ambulance an pòliss comes skirlin doun
1 matches

McKillop, Roger The Builders, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
ir burns an’ send fir an’ ambulance, if necessary. Gin someone ge
1 matches

@rattlecans tweeted
Might need an ambulance tae get her breathing again i (2022) twitter link

Doric

Philip, George Luikin Back, (Jas Gaesham 2008 ISBN: 978-1804250396) Doric, prose
doon the steen stair intul an ambulance. I wis tae spen siven wiks in on page 6

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
ack, it wis her at phoned the ambulance." on page 23

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric: Alive an Kickin 2, (Argo Publishing 2006 ISBN: 978-0954615321) Doric - Inverurie, prose
s he delivered the news. "The ambulance teen im awa the streen." on page 13

1 matches

Kynoch, Douglas Lallans 83 - The Umman, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Doric, prose
tell ye. Een o them caad th’ambulance that cairtit Mither aff tae h
1 matches

McGregor, Iain Lallans 76 - Wullie’s Wife: The Hoaspital Veisit, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Doric, prose
e gied doonstairs an caud the ambulance. A hae tae gie a haund tae
yon ambulance pair o boys thay wir it the h
n the dooble-bed whin the twa ambulance fowk
tae the ambulance. A wis strappit in a wee chee
4 matches

Harvey, Lewis Crash, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric - Forres, prose
hear the sirens and then the ambulance and bobbies arrived on the sc
1 matches

Bowie, Tyler Stookie, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric - Forres, prose
ng hauled intae the back o an ambulance and aff tae the hospital.
1 matches

Strachan, Shane Hoast, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric, prose
e mak sure that I rang for an ambulance if she ended up wi real diffi
1 matches

Hutchison, Pat Catty, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
The fire engines, police and ambulance were on the scene, they’d n
1 matches

The Mannie Fae Unco The Diary o a Feel at the Skweel, (unco.scot 2021) Doric, prose
as they waakit in front o an ambulance checkin for mines. Onywye it
1 matches

Shetland

@Julie_Dennison tweeted
lled over to at least let the ambulance get to the front and overtake (2018) twitter link