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Use in varieties of Scots

backgrund Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words10 14.4 0 0 11.6 20.7 0
Number of occurrences3228 0 0 2 2 0
Number of authors15 13 1 1

Occurrences of backgrund in Corpus

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Central

Marenich, Margaret Lallans 84 - Awa wi’t, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
wis recedin slawlie inti the backgrund, an it wis increasinly the ki on page 17

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McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
leetical opinion but o age an backgrund on page 104

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Kay, Billy Lallans 78 - Thochts on the bonnie broukit bairn at hame an abroad, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, prose
imistic comes fae my Ayrshire backgrund as a wean an the knawledge th on page 6

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Eagle, Andy Lallans 67 - Stravaigin the Wab, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
o the kye'). A bit historical backgrund tae this roch an birsie kintr on page 65

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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 168, (self-published 2007) Central, newspaper
in Ayrshire but her nor-east backgrund influences her wark. She's a
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Gillon, Karen Report on Inquiry intil the role o, (Education, Culture an Sport Comatee 2003) Central, government
Backgrund
backgrund. Ae group wis learnit ainly S
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Horsbroch, Dauvit Are The Onybody Ither?, (Scots Language Centre 2022) Central, blog
egnal that wis weel abuin ony backgrund noise. Appearinly the seegnal
1 matches

Falconer, Gavin Lallans 81 - Scots an Mid-Ulster Inglish, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Central, prose
-Inglish. A sib reason is the backgrund o fowk investigatin langage i
e, or, atweel, buid tae hae a backgrund in Irish an micht
ae thaim o an Ulster Unionist backgrund acause o mair complicate reas
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Marenich, Margaret Lallans 76 - The Factory, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Central, prose
backgrund. Our darg at the factory wisn
bit reeshie in the backgrund for the weary drive hame. Eft
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Eagle, Andy Lallans 71 - Stravaigin the Wab, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
’s time afore things in the backgrund sic as biggins, flouers, tree
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Heather, Alistair Bravehert: The truth anent William Wallace (pairt 1), (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Angus, blog
he wisnae the first son. This backgrund pit him firmly ablo the real
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 147, (self-published 2006) Central, newspaper
tamsonsbairns' paintit ower a backgrund o mock tartan in A New Blend
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 116, (self-published 2003) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
oond o the wind gurled in the backgrund, biggin up tae a crack o thun
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 119, (self-published 2003) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
unes playin canny like in the backgrund, a respeckfu an eydent crowd
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 176, (self-published 2008) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
in him oot o his tradeitional backgrund an in daein this makin him cl
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Scots Language Center Crackin aboot politics, (Scots Language Centre 2020) Central, blog
ings oot the poyem, oxtert wi backgrund comment an langage notes, tha
appenin in 1650, thegither wi backgrund an ither jottings.
the oreeginal text oxtert wi backgrund an langage jottings.
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 100, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
It's agin this backgrund that thochts anent the Scotti
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 106, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
speckle fowk wi an eddication backgrund thare, the likes o Janet Pais
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Douglas, Ashley Scotland’s Linguistic Landscape - Scots and Gaelic, (Translation Services 24 2022) Central, prose
n their particular historical backgrund and geography. The author lui
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@OliphantWullie tweeted
ikin it disnae hae a literary backgrund wi great novels & poetry tae (2022) twitter link

@Chazzbat tweeted
o music acause it's uised as backgrund music on (2020) search twitter
t white text on a white/light backgrund wis a guid idea(?) Ah cannae (2020) search twitter

Shetland

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
t wi gentle white waves, an a backgrund o a cloodless blue sky. An da on page 71
orse, sic a continuous joyous backgrund presence at I tak him fur gra on page 92

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Southern

Purves, David Lallans 75 - Gie Us Back Oor Place Names, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Southern, prose
an insult its haill faimilie backgrund.
Agin the backgrund o national consciousness brei
2 matches

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