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dorothy Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words15.1 15 10.4 0 0 62 33.9
Number of occurrences5030 7 0 0 6 7
Number of authors10 3 3 2 2

Occurrences of dorothy in Corpus

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Central

Purdie, David C. Lallans 68 - The Fower Jyners o the Apocalypse, (Lallans Magazine 2006) Central, prose
d aroun lik he wis singin tae Dorothy Lamour in a Road picter, on page 26

1 matches

Hodgson, Brent Lallans 67 - Reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
wud suiner turn tae the soor Dorothy Parker for a richt guid belly on page 91

1 matches

Muir, Glenn Ozsome, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Linlithgow, prose
Dorothy (a doppelganger o Nicola Stur
Dorothy wis brocht uptae speed by Gli
Dorothy telt her that she wisnae a wi
magicked the baffies oan tae Dorothy’s feet, the Wicked Witch o
nt. She wis gey pit oot aboot Dorothy getting the magic tartan baff
28 matches

Doric

Mitchell, Rhona Tales Fae The Doric Side - The Wye it Wis, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
At wis fin she gid tae Auntie Dorothy's tae bide. That wis the wye on page 15

3 matches

Whyte, Brian The Bottles, (Independently published 2020 ISBN: 979-8612647218) Doric, poetry
e wiz a gay tipper, friend of Dorothy on page 101

3 matches

Hamilton, Roddy Lallans 58 - Cyaard, the Tattie Doodle, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Doric, prose
nt spinnin intae the air like Dorothy's hoose in The Wizard o Oz, i on page 118

1 matches

Southern

Rodger, Matt The Borth’ick Waitter, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Roxburgh, prose
bairns, Scott and Dorothy. Is bairns wei wur affen up a
The dochter, Dorothy, mairriet ae Paul Hunter, the
Paul an Dorothy, on his paurents sheep statio
knawledge, Dorothy is still tae the fore oot yon
hed twae dochters, Eileen an Dorothy. The Meenister’s
5 matches

@StuartPoet tweeted
mm_ Gey braw (very good) post Dorothy. As a native (white) Scots la(2020) search twitter

Ulster

McCahon, Aileen Yarns 3 - Rid Button, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2024) Ulster - Ulster, poetry
A thocht A wus Dorothy
1 matches

Bennett, Hazel Tha Near Cut, (Ullans Magazine 2001) Ulster, prose
“It cudnae be,” Dorothy argied. “We cum tha direck
Bilfawst in nae time ava.” Dorothy glaid her fit cannielik on ta
e cum on his fizog? Thrawnlik Dorothy pu’ed tha steerin wheel wit
“Sairie,” Dorothy wis richt an thraw. “We aa
“O coorse, Dorothy. We winnae. Dinnae fash yerse
6 matches

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