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Use in varieties of Scots

battery Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words7.2 1.5 25.6 0 5.8 20.7 0
Number of occurrences233 17 0 1 2 0
Number of authors16 3 10 1 2

Occurrences of battery in Corpus

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Central

Mc, Keeks Contermacious Temerity, (Dreich 2023 ISBN: 978-1-873-412190) Central, poetry
phone seems tae hae ran oot o battery on page 39

1 matches

Niven, Liz Stravaigin, (Luath 2001 ISBN: 978-1905222704) Central, poetry
d tae ancient hymns, wantin a battery, fun two in the Dj's guitar t on page 23

1 matches

McKillop, Roger The Staff, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
hat Maggie’s car had a flat battery. “We’re Jist awa tae star
1 matches

Doric

Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
ASSAULT AN BATTERY on page 15

1 matches

Morrison, Gordon Thi Lyfe An Tyme's O An Enshoar Loon, (Authorhouse 2006 ISBN: 978-1425955397) Doric - Boddam, prose
aa. A wyert thim up tae a car battery an a indicater unit tae maak on page 34

1 matches

Manson, John Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Doric - Dumfries, poetry
Lek a weet battery on page 121

1 matches

Smith, Alex A Sair Fecht, (self-published 2003) Doric, prose
THE BATTERY CHARGER
fit wis wrang. He tested the battery
s in Aiberdeen he bocht a new battery
charger. (jist in case the battery wis gettin a bittie flat) Jon
battery charger an asks. "Foo much?"
5 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
wk in tenements fa lived like battery hens, an the toffs an nibbery
1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
aw o biggins, mair suited tae battery hens nur fowk, sae caad the H
1 matches

Strachan, Shane Standing Stone, (northwordsnow.co.uk 2016) Doric, prose
wo if that’s okay? My house battery still hasn’t fully charged
1 matches

The Flying Pigs Multiple choice voting leaves city cooncil facing, (Press and Journal 2022) Doric, newspaper
Are these drones battery powered, and fit happens fan
1 matches

@FaeFoggie tweeted
hty, last time I wis at Torry Battery wi a quine she teen a full di(2020) search twitter
Balnagask...and at wisni at i Battery ????(2020) search twitter
et a wee vannie set up at the Battery for fowk who wint late night (2020) search twitter

@cligeey tweeted
@Ismcgr Ats nae the wireless battery though(2020) search twitter

@fittiecrooners tweeted
masel went o'er tae the Torry battery side o' the docks wee o'er au(2017) search twitter

Shetland

@Julie_Dennison tweeted
oin ta bed noo an my phone’s battery is still abün 40% (2019) twitter link

Southern

Thompson, James My Borderlands, (Richardson and Son Printers 2023) Southern - Hawick, poetry
But if yer battery should expire on page 40

1 matches

@jamie_ginger tweeted
fuckin right. So changed the battery on the scale and by fuck it w(2019) search twitter

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