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Use in varieties of Scots

charm Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words9.6 3 31.5 0 11.6 10.3 4.4
Number of occurrences316 21 0 2 1 1
Number of authors14 5 5 2 1 1

Occurrences of charm 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

Harvey, Tracy Anne Lallans 90 - The Missus, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Central, poetry
A braw birkie, fou o charm, on page 11

1 matches

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 67 - Reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central - Prestwick, prose
ading; but you hae broken the charm now, an' they'll never be sun on page 116

1 matches

Bolland, John A Chocolate Cowboy, (From Glasgow To Saturn 2008) Central, prose
ae Johnny Morris gies-a-mango charm aboot it.
1 matches

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 71 - Review - Auld Campaigner: A Life of Alexander Scott, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
tho shuirlie no ayeweys). ‘Charm’, says Robb, is a key-wurd
1 matches

Burnett, Colin Cardboard Gangster - Part 1, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central, prose
oor heels fur the auld Brucie charm offensive. Well, she’s only
1 matches

@billykayscot tweeted
read ower ilka rig o corn/tae charm oor rovin een...” https://t.(2020) search twitter

Doric

Lawrie, Alistair Tales Fae The Doric Side - Kelpie, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, poetry
an whispert owre a charm on page 12

1 matches

Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
- aye ~ That's me - a lucky charm! on page 15

1 matches

Morrison, Gordon Thi Lyfe An Tyme's O An Enshoar Loon, (Authorhouse 2006 ISBN: 978-1425955397) Doric - Boddam, prose
"BAGGY AN THI CHARM" on page 9
em't tae gin richt aboord thi Charm, so a didna wunt tae spik owe on page 10
geang, Baggy wid fyre up thi Charm an we wid gein en pursoot, th on page 11
s funnul. So Baggy poppet thi Charm ena geer an we tried tae stee on page 12
geang oot en thi Charm. Thi busk eit thi wer marroon on page 13
Also on pages 46
16 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
ot here. They're a gweed luck charm - keeps evil awa." on page 14
hn..." Ah say yer name like a charm, ma een fullin as Ah find the on page 45

2 matches

@72redz1903 tweeted
Aye fitiver min, nae doot tae charm the fairmers and fishing magn (2020) twitter link

Shetland

Tait, John M Lallans 58 - Sheltie Prattle an da Blue Lowe (a Pantomime) , (Lallans Magazine 2001) Shetland, prose
well - it would spoil their charm - that particular quality of on page 35

1 matches

De Luca, Christine Parallel Worlds: Poems in Shetlandic and English, (Luath 2005 ISBN: 978-1905222131) Shetland, poetry
a charm fornenst da grummel on page 45

1 matches

Southern

Thompson, James My Borderlands, (Richardson and Son Printers 2023) Southern - Hawick, poetry
The Water Boarde offensive charm on page 10

1 matches

Ulster

Campbell, Robert Lock Doon Poyams, (Independently 2021 ISBN: 979-8742155812) Ulster, poetry
glide thra air wi poise an charm. on page 32

1 matches

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