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Use in varieties of Scots

bookshelf Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words2.5 2.1 3 0 11.6 0 0
Number of occurrences84 2 0 2 0 0
Number of authors7 3 2 2

Occurrences of bookshelf in Corpus

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Central

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
k his heid oot fae behind the bookshelf. Aha, he said, Yi didnae see on page 106
. Harpreet wis staunin at the bookshelf behind us kiddin on she wis r on page 107

2 matches

Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
A bonnie bookshelf on the waw. on page 159

1 matches

@billykayscot tweeted
@LiamMcIlvanney A braw bookshelf! Bide forever young. https://(2020) search twitter

Doric

Maitland, Andrew Tales Fae The Doric Side - The Auld Mannie, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
set his een oan. A vast broon bookshelf crouched in the distance, wi on page 76

1 matches

Hutchison, Pat Mrs Clushet o Faaldydykes, (McStorytellers.com 2018) Doric - Banffshire, prose
thing he wint inaboot tae his bookshelf o medical beuks an selected y
1 matches

Shetland

Johnson, Laureen Alice's Adventirs in Wonderlaand, (Evertype 2012 ISBN: 978-1782010081) Shetland - Voe, prose
at dev wir filt wi presses an bookshelf; here an dere shö saa maps a on page 9

1 matches

@helenmoncrieff tweeted
Sometimes I go to my bookshelf, pick a book at random (this (2020) search twitter

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