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Use in varieties of Scots

decades Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words14.8 18.2 6 9.9 17.4 41.3 0
Number of occurrences4836 4 1 3 4 0
Number of authors29 19 3 1 3 3

Occurrences of decades in Corpus

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Central

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 76 - Editorial, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Central, prose
reivars ower a period o fower decades. This nou haes its awn catalo on page 3

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Brown, Ian Lallans 70 - The Scots leid in modren Scots drama, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
is is that, in the last eicht decades, contemporary pley scrievin - on page 33

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Mc, Keeks Contermacious Temerity, (Dreich 2023 ISBN: 978-1-873-412190) Central, poetry
oer twa decades aby on page 15
fae thase Ah've kennt fur decades on page 30
game o Risk, decades aby on page 50

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Hubbard, Tom The Flechitorium, (Grace Note 2017 ISBN: 9781907676932) Central - East Central, poetry
Decades flickering back, who'd see th on page 60

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McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
S BEEN made ower the past few decades o the economic importance o t on page 23
OWER THE PAST couple o decades the phrase 'The Bottom Line' on page 35
ral revival ower the past few decades. An historie is a cornerstone on page 62
groups ower the past couple o decades. on page 79
rties ower the past twa-three decades, sic things are no secure at on page 95
Also on pages 101, 120, 137
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McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
s went on fer near enough twa decades afore 1840 but, jist as it se on page 104
ie micht weel hae pit in four decades o loyal on page 109

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Donati, Colin Scots A Statement o Principles, (Scots Parliament 2003 ISBN: 978-1-899920-02-1) Central, government
education system. Till recent decades bairns routinely had the lang on page 8

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Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
Granny sighs. Almost two decades o friendship huv been undone on page 27

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Kay, Billy Lallans 78 - Thochts on the bonnie broukit bairn at hame an abroad, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, prose
an wes abandoned efter a few decades. In the 1870's houever a jour on page 11

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Gillon, Karen Report on Inquiry intil the role o, (Education, Culture an Sport Comatee 2003) Central, government
renent the world in the neist decades is faur greater nor the
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McFarlane, Ishbel Maun we mak new wirds fir a chyngin warld?, (The National 2020) Central, newspaper
h equivalents his bin oan fir decades? A spiered at some deaf fowk
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Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 71 - Review - Auld Campaigner: A Life of Alexander Scott, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
n Aige’, an in the follaein decades. Actors an producers becam ra
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Corbett, John Lallans 70 - Owersettins o Modren Drama intae Scots, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
tress thon arc ower the five decades that separates thir plays. Ma
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Kay, Billy Born In Kyle, (Burnawn Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-9993309-4-1) Central - Kyle, prose
n did ye bide there?" as thae decades o the 1950s an 1960s are byor
ars aw ower Scotland a puckle decades later, didnae seem tae affect
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Clark, Thomas Yes Nae Mair, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Central - Bellshill, blog
heir pensions than fower hale decades o the European Union. But the
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Clark, Thomas Scots an the smit: a language unner lockdoun, (Bella Caledonia 2020) Central - Bellshill, blog
stery ye could scry intae for decades. Cyclists swerve tae the oppo
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Capener, Jack No Guid Eneuch, (Bella Caledonia 2019) Central, blog
n their ain vyce mauger o twa decades o devolution shuid be an affr
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Heather, Alistair Trains approachin?, (Mak Forrit 2017) Central - Angus, blog
ructur that’s oot o date by decades.
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McKillop, Roger Wee Roge Boobs, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
asgow an’ noo efter several decades in Canada, an’ her accent s
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McKillop, Roger Ma Heroes o' Sport, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
Many decades, stones an’ follicles ago A
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McClurg, Fernando The USA: Whit happened tae the Guid Guys?, (The Sair Fecht 2014) Central, blog
e apartheid state o Israel, o decades o tichtenin the screws o econ
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MacMinto, Gregor Apartheid in Ohio, (wordpress 2021) Central, blog
In 1974, like twa decades or apartheid in Sooth Africae
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@rosa_alba_macd tweeted
dea how to spell it. Too many decades since I bided or had tae dae (2020) search twitter

@bigandymccoll tweeted
alk Not thought aboot them in decades. That photie shot me back tae (2022) twitter link

Doric

Strachan, Shane DWAMS, (Tapsalteerie 2024 ISBN: 978-1916214880) Doric, poetry
ough, throughoot the past twa decades sometimes it's been ower toug on page 17

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Benzie, Lesley Fessen Reared, (Seahorse 2020 ISBN: 978-1916214538) Doric, poetry
hivnae hid a war for several decades because o them! on page 23

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@DoricPhrases tweeted
i generations aberdonians fur decades thanks tae hard work @Aberdee(2016) search twitter

Orkney

Giles, Harry Josephine Deep Wheel Orcadia: A Novel, (Picador 2021 ISBN: 978-1529066609) Orkney, poetry
e." Sheu's siccar wi a dizzen decades o haadan an spaekan her mind. on page 58

1 matches

Shetland

Tait, John M Shaetlan is Daed - Lang live Dialect, (Shetland Dialect Conference 2004 2004) Shetland, prose
y an language development for decades, an baith him an John Law wis
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Williamson, Christie Da Problem o dese Paerts, (Scots Language Centre 2022) Shetland, prose
oyitry purist fur nigh on twa decades, I wis bidden ta makk twartre
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@shaetlan_rose tweeted
hetlandArts A collection ower decades courtesy o my dad ??(2019) search twitter

Southern

Thompson, James My Borderlands, (Richardson and Son Printers 2023) Southern - Hawick, poetry
O'er mony decades, death it nears on page 34

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@officialAliRed tweeted
arents were foster carers for decades and are among the loveliest p(2019) search twitter

@StuartPoet tweeted
or kids, first of its kind in decades @thebookseller @TesScotland @(2020) search twitter
now, @scotslanguage champ for decades, geeat poet. Gie Josie yee vo(2020) search twitter

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