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Use in varieties of Scots

drone Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words5.9 6.6 6 0 0 0 8.9
Number of occurrences1913 4 0 0 0 2
Number of authors10 6 2 2

Occurrences of drone in Corpus

In order to avoid violating copyright law and abide by 'fair use', only up to the first five occurrences of the search term are displayed for each article.

Central

Johnstone, Shane The Gods of Frequency, (Arkbound 2020 ISBN: 978-1912092826) Central, prose
g, wi Iona playin a left haun drone in C: huunnnggggag, that imme on page 3

2 matches

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
actory insteed ae servin as a drone in yin by pressin a button aw on page 22
Ah dae ma best tae drone these two oot. As they start on page 174

2 matches

McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
fence. Here'safew examples: a drone airplane fer surveillance pur on page 120

1 matches

Forde, Iain W D Hale Ir Sindries - Buik Twa, (Fons Scotiae 2000) Central, prose
frae smitts whan thai hard a drone, lik a mukkil ingine.
1 matches

Clark, Thomas Radge Against the Machine: Deid Wirds, Deid Warlds, an Why Scots Maitters, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central - Bellshill, blog
Metal Mickey. Maist o aw, the drone at Number 10, yon whirrin, ha
Dover. Ah'm talkin aboot the drone o white noise, the drone that
o white noise, the drone that's pittin us aw tae sleep
s pittin us aw tae sleep, the drone that's like a bomber owerheid
s like a bomber owerheid. The drone, ah mean, o English.
5 matches

Bennett, Peter Rude Awakenings (Part two of two), (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
, sprintin up the stairs, the drone ay his fuckin monotone voice
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Wan Goal tae the Good, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
. The mare familiar bustle an drone ay cunts talkin fills the roo
1 matches

Doric

Hutchison, Pat Bob the Dog fae the Bog, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
peared at the shank o the big drone so that wiz fit he wiz seekin
l in case it traiveled up the drone.
be nottin mair than a cracked drone fixed noo as he looked doon a
3 matches

The Flying Pigs Multiple choice voting leaves city cooncil facing, (Press and Journal 2022) Doric, newspaper
hings oot here, so I pity the drone fit buzzes aboot in the vicin
1 matches

Ulster

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
dure at the drone o the fectory!" "An why no2" on page 25

1 matches

Dornan, Stephen Tha Jaa Banes, (Ulster-Scots Academy 2020 ISBN: 978-1-9163758-1-9) Ulster - Comber, poetry
t stairts oot quait, a bummin drone, on page 21

1 matches

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