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Use in varieties of Scots

damage Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words14 12.3 21.1 19.9 23.2 0 4.4
Number of occurrences4524 14 2 4 0 1
Number of authors30 17 7 2 3 1

Occurrences of damage in Corpus

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Central

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
ce, affrontit: "there's storm damage there, right enough!" An she on page 58
"Whit's the damage?" shoutit the Queen. on page 80

2 matches

McQueer, Chris HWFG, (404 Ink 2012 ISBN: 978-1912489107) Central, prose
caravan could dae some right damage.' on page 23

1 matches

Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
canal yards recently. Lot ae damage done. Equipment stolen. Expen on page 1

1 matches

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
Miss Honey. 'Ye'll dae him a damage, fur sure! Ye'll rive his lug on page 147
Ye could dae them a permanent damage, Miss Trunchbull,' Miss Honey on page 149
nk it could actually dae me a damage? Is that whit ye're thinkin, on page 174

3 matches

McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
here are monie examples o the damage that the in-biggit tendency o on page 29

1 matches

Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
that done thi damage. on page 90

1 matches

Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
bandages and asks how bad the damage is. Ah sigh, finkin o aw the on page 88

2 matches

Purdie, David C. Lallans 59 - Terry Fae Brooklyn, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central - Aryshire, prose
d up in the hospital wi liver damage, an dinnae expeck us tae be r on page 136

1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 167, (self-published 2007) Central, newspaper
wey, ye micht cuid undae the damage bi crossin yer fingers an tou
1 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
Ah dinna ken exackly whit the damage wis. Bit we were gaun tae cra
rtainly ruein it noo, bit the damage is duin.”
qbal, “That cud dö a lot o damage!”
Maistly they’re sweir tae damage the merchandise. Quhilk gies
4 matches

Duncan, Robert The Oor-Wulliefication o Scots?, (autumnvoices.co.uk 2022) Central, blog
iclike had never wrocht their damage. But my harns say thon’s th
1 matches

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 1, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
fur the room tae inspect the damage. Ah’m ah’m stood there lo
1 matches

@jax6754 tweeted
his pocket money tae fix the damage. Happy weekend tae awe! X(2015) search twitter

@iainnicol tweeted
@AFaulds Whit is the damage?(2020) search twitter

@OliphantWullie tweeted
at Granny's Heilin Hame. The damage on the base by some folk tryi (2022) twitter link

@weenell3 tweeted
he wasnae in the car when the damage was done ?? (2022) twitter link

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
the area - alas has done the damage (2020) twitter link

Doric

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
lant and beware of accidental damage to either yourself or - " on page 37
e rest o the nicht's aa aboot damage limitation. on page 62

2 matches

Uri, Antonia Bidin awa: City Breaks, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Doric - Aberdeen, newspaper
Fluid o Valencia in 1957. Sic damage was dane tae baith the Valenc on page 3

1 matches

Hamilton, Roddy Lallans 58 - Cyaard, the Tattie Doodle, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Doric, prose
prehendit on a coont o wilful damage. 'We hid tae forcibly pull hi on page 118

1 matches

Smith, Alex A Fer Chauve, (self-published 2005) Doric, prose
steen the stick broke an nae damage wis deen tae the ridgers. It
shock fin they seen the damage that hid been deen throo the
Puckles o damage nae a welcome sicht.
Damage deen it's nae a welcome sicht
4 matches

Fowler, Ross Sunday Fitba wi ma Faither, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric - Forres, prose
an git a better idea fit the damage wis.
1 matches

Hutchison, Pat Tarrarra boomby ae, This is my dying day, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
ee bittie so he could see the damage but seering agony passed thro
1 matches

Hutchison, Pat Angels Ten, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Doric - Banffshire, prose
work tae see if there wiz ony damage. But apart fae the normal bas
1 matches

Uri, Antonia Flooery achievement for the Scots Government, (The National 2019) Doric, newspaper
t is really daein maist o the damage tae the environment is the ha
In order tae mak up for ony damage daen tae the environment that
2 matches

@fittiecrooners tweeted
yone I know. Gan tae dee some damage the nicht #bar(2016) search twitter

Orkney

Baikie, R. M. Mair Fairming Tales, (Baikie 2000 ISBN: 978-0953156412) Orkney - Hackland, prose
could hae a good leuk at the damage. That's whin wae noteeced tha on page 14

1 matches

@peediepuss tweeted
ged efter. Dinna see ony bone damage so likly no Otter, and they w(2020) search twitter

Shetland

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
t him what I wis said, bit da damage wis dune, an dey wir an atmos on page 73

1 matches

@tattooedselkie tweeted
1 Same here, dir doin so much damage tae the indy movement's credi(2021) search twitter

@helenmoncrieff tweeted
te change, pollution, habitat damage, bycatch, rats and stuff. We'(2018) search twitter
o inspect and deal wi da wind damage tae my veggies. Poor peas dun(2013) search twitter

Ulster

Mc Donnell, John Joogins, (no publisher recorded 2020) Ulster, prose
m rushin in an luckked at tha damage...then straight oot again...a
1 matches

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