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Use in varieties of Scots

device Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words7.4 10.1 3 19.9 0 0 0
Number of occurrences2420 2 2 0 0 0
Number of authors12 10 1 1

Occurrences of device in Corpus

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Central

Mc, Keeks Contermacious Temerity, (Dreich 2023 ISBN: 978-1-873-412190) Central, poetry
The Device on page 17

9 matches

Rennie, Susan Kat an Doug on Planet Perjink, (Itchy Coo 2002 ISBN: 978-1902927565) Central, weans
, each wi a different cleanin device which skooshed watter an saip on page 10
she said. 'See that Declartin device o yours. Does it work on room on page 25

2 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit Scots Warks - Uphaud an guidance for screivars, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Central, government
' or 'settings' gauin bi whit device ye hae), or tae eik Scots wor on page 40

1 matches

Clark, Thomas The Boggin Beginnin, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303524) Central, weans
h tae pit thegither a rescuin device. There wis a sturdy metal rod on page 115
k o his hook, sent her rescue device clangin tae the grund. Noo Vi on page 123

2 matches

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 67 - Reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central - Prestwick, prose
t the 'Shepherd' was a writin-device aften uised i the 'Noctes Amb on page 116

1 matches

Falconer, Gavin Lallans 63 - Richt Scots an Pithy Scots, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
eteratur, wi its maist common device the arbitrar respellin an rin
1 matches

Thoumire, Elizabeth Bairns ootside, (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Edinburgh, blog
an Xbox or anither electronic device; aw their fun bein played oot
1 matches

Matthews, Lily A SPARK O INSPIRATION, (Scots Hoose 2021) Central, weans
ae Cook aboot the scary lecky device that Mr Baxter hud shown me i
1 matches

Monahan Brown, Ricky Dùn Èideann, (The Scores 2020) Central, prose
FIRST NEUROMAGNETIC PULSE DEVICE
1 matches

Facebook link ( 2019) Central
l the surgeon hus a screw lik device that he winds in till it conn

Doric

Hutchison, Pat Catty, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
ighted plate hit the grun the device wint up like a grenade dowsin
er seventies could mak such a device but it got much much worse as
2 matches

Orkney

Giles, Harry Josephine Deep Wheel Orcadia: A Novel, (Picador 2021 ISBN: 978-1529066609) Orkney, poetry
d steeks her een an haads the device on page 18

1 matches

Giles, Harry Josephine WHIT TAE WRITE NOU?, (https://harryjosephine.com/ 2015) Orkney, blog
d on the Universal Translator device steid o actually thinkan thro
1 matches

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