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Use in varieties of Scots

bananas Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words5.8 3.5 13.4 9.9 11.6 0 0
Number of occurrences197 9 1 2 0 0
Number of authors11 5 4 1 1

Occurrences of bananas 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

Robson, Frances Lallans 82 - The Locomotive, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, poetry
The fourth wagon is full o bananas; on page 30

1 matches

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
Johnson who we hud nicknamed Bananas oan account ae him being a lu on page 20

1 matches

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
es, seeven oranges and seeven bananas. How mony bits o fruit huv ah on page 211

1 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
onkeys but they aw either had bananas attached tae thir airms or th on page 154
aked spuds an baked apples an bananas wi meltet chocolate, no jist on page 169

2 matches

Grae, Emma Dancin wi the Rhona, (unbound.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
“Bananas in pyjamas are comin doon the
look at ma arm. Then that ‘Bananas in Pyjamas’ song pops intae
2 matches

Doric

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
yon banana diet: naethin bit bananas fir brakfaist, denner an supp on page 16

1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
halve the monkeys oxterfus o bananas. The monkeys ruggit aff the s
wi pleisur like bendy bananas, an his teeth an fuskers got
purple tissue paper. Bananas, yalla an hingin in boorichs,
3 matches

@Doric_Bananaman tweeted
age. Eejits min! Thon toon is bananas min!(2015) search twitter
bitty o' snaw and a'body goes bananas min! #WinterYeSleekitHoorYe(2015) search twitter
s a sair fecht fur a bunch 'o bananas min, perhaps I shid be seekin(2015) search twitter
(ahem, appairintly) lately! #Bananas #Strippers(2018) search twitter

@FaeFoggie tweeted
se's grunny used to serve twa bananas mushed up wi milk and a sprin(2020) search twitter

Orkney

Norquoy, Greer Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
Bath chaps and bananas fae Johnny Saeter's van. on page 42

1 matches

Shetland

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
rolley atween dem an da box a bananas da lass wis pricing doon. "Pe on page 43

2 matches

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