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Use in varieties of Scots

dies Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words2.8 1.5 1.5 9.9 11.6 10.3 4.4
Number of occurrences93 1 1 2 1 1
Number of authors8 3 1 1 1 1 1

Occurrences of dies in Corpus

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Central

Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
Whan luve dies, they twa wad mak a michty bo on page 81

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Kate O Shanter's Tale: And Other Poems, (Luath 2003 ISBN: 978-1842820285) Central, poetry
the hert o aathin tines and dies on page 77

1 matches

Robb, Fraser Lallans 61 - Jimmy Bond, (Lallans Magazine 2002) Central, weans
And in The Moon Never Dies on page 9

1 matches

Doric

McGregor, Iain Lallans 76 - Loch Skeen, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Doric, prose
he pairk, jist lik oor Dinkie-dies it hame!”
1 matches

Orkney

Butler, Vera Gallows Ha - Maggie o Quoys and Bessie o Gyre , (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
ses and the soond o the crowd dies awey. Feetsteps are heard gaa on page 20

1 matches

Shetland

Facebook link (Wir Midder Tongue 2016) Shetland
sitting at nights making "büdies" fae dokkens. It was differen
d when she spoke aboot da "büdies". It soonded shorter and deep

Southern

Thompson, James My Borderlands, (Richardson and Son Printers 2023) Southern - Hawick, poetry
t treasured thought, it never dies on page 47

1 matches

Ulster

Burgess, Wilson Dae Ye See: Ulster-Scots Poems, (Scots Language Centre 2007 ISBN: 978-0955791604) Ulster - L'Derry, poetry
The busy bo'dies hae foun' oot on page 32

1 matches

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