defensive | Corpus occurrences | Central | Doric / Northern | Orkney | Shetland | Southern | Ulster | |
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Occurences normalised per million words | 3.1 | 3.5 | 4.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Number of occurrences | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Number of authors | 7 | 5 | 2 |
Johnstone, Shane The Gods of Frequency, (Arkbound 2020 ISBN: 978-1912092826) Central, prose
e that we wear It wi arrogant defensive pride. It's a wee parasite th on page 3
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Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
remark which sends me oan the defensive. on page 63
appears tae send him oan the defensive, "I know it's not an ideal si on page 126
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McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
cht fer sittin on. It his nae defensive properties whitsaivver, bein on page 32
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Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
wey tae clachans, laid oot in defensive postures, wi the ooter waas o
e that time they were in guid defensive poseetions. They made the ine
2 matches