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appointment Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words23.2 14 3 0 11.6 0 14.5
Number of occurrences7728 2 0 2 0 3
Number of authors17 12 1 2 1

Occurrences of appointment 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

Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
e mind,' he shrugged. 'Got an appointment at the job centre. They'll te on page 1

1 matches

Kennedy, Julie Ma Mum and William Wordsworth, (Howkin Words Press 2024 ISBN: 978-1399988971) Central, prose
oming with me to the doctor's appointment.' on page 8
disnae say anythin. Hope this appointment disnae take lang. on page 10

3 matches

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
en yae phone fur a_ doactur's appointment durin the winter guaranteed s on page 38
" she hud said "Let's make an appointment at RBS." on page 60

2 matches

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
wpin intae action. 'Get me an appointment wi yer hairdresser this minut on page 58

1 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
this afternoon cause he'd an appointment wi a social worker. Later, ah on page 169

1 matches

Gillon, Karen Report on Inquiry intil the role o, (Education, Culture an Sport Comatee 2003) Central, government
Gaelic-Medium Education, the appointment o twa Gaelic pairlamentary of
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Rude Awakenings (Part two of two), (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
‘Daniel Coyle mate. Ma appointment’s at twenty tae. Cuttin it
tae phone in an make another appointment. . .’ he sais but ah’m aw
e fur wan. ‘Ah’ve goat an appointment.’ ah sais, like it needed t
You’ll have to book another appointment and I’m sure I don’t have
may be in luck. His ten forty appointment looks like a no-show. If you
6 matches

Bennett, Peter Rude Awakenings (Part one of two), (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
bin sayin if ye miss another appointment they’re gonae stoap yer mon
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 119, (self-published 2003) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
he Hospital Kitchen aifter an appointment wi the OT, Sanctuary Time an
1 matches

McKillop, Roger The Staff, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
noo Jack, A’ve an urgent appointment wi’ a weel chilled Pino Gri
1 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
“After you’ve kept the ID appointment, Beatrice - ” he sklentit a
e. “After you’ve kept the appointment, you'll go to Noida District
2 matches

Haddow, Kris Ronnie's Story, (words.krishaddow.com 2011) Central, prose
oon. She said she’d made an appointment wi’ Doctor Laidlaw tae get
1 matches

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 1, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
e go through jist tae git the appointment, by the wey. A degradin line
. And on your way out make an appointment to see me again on Friday for
Hill sais ah’ve tae book an appointment fur this Friday’’ ah tell
tantly huntin doon a suitable appointment fur me. An action which inadv
4 matches

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 3, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
ry busy today and you need an appointment’’
1 matches

@jax6754 tweeted
w as hae a treck tae hospital appointment fir a set o injections tomorr(2015) search twitter
'll be in touch soon tae book appointment wi yir guid self!?? xxx(2016) search twitter

Doric

@72redz1903 tweeted
That wid be a slightly ironic appointment (2022) twitter link
e was a key part of the Glass appointment. Tricky if a new man comes in (2022) twitter link

Shetland

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
I said firmly, "Cood I mak an appointment fur a chat, ta see what's inv on page 59

1 matches

Nicholson, James Lallans 58 - Do whit du’s telt, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Shetland, poetry
me boy A'll try in git dee a appointment liter on - A'm just glad hit on page 17

1 matches

Ulster

Dickey, William Yarns 3 - Annual General Report, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2024) Ulster - Ballymena, prose
y minded that she had anither appointment and was therefore unable to s
ly minded that he had anither appointment and wus therefore unable tae
suddenly minded he ad anither appointment an was therefore unable tae s
3 matches

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