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Use in varieties of Scots

durin Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words57.1 74.4 37.3 0 34.9 41.3 13.3
Number of occurrences186148 25 0 6 4 3
Number of authors72 52 11 5 1 3

Occurrences of durin in Corpus

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Central

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
a YT wan, oot gittin a smoke durin the week n on-it at the weeke on page 23

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Beekman, Tony Lallans 85 - The Belt, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
'it's a cola cube A wis eatin durin the brek. It wis nearly feeni on page 39

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Purdie, David C. Lallans 68 - The Fower Jyners o the Apocalypse, (Lallans Magazine 2006) Central, prose
is in the Dreerieshire Rifles durin the war an thinks he's a soje on page 26

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Clark, Thomas Animal Fairm, (Luath 2023 ISBN: 978-1804250396) Central, prose
pigs noo lat it be kent that durin the past three months they ha on page 6

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Mc, Keeks Contermacious Temerity, (Dreich 2023 ISBN: 978-1-873-412190) Central, poetry
durin donkey matin saison on page 10

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Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
Durin the terrible years frae 1680 on page 39
body in ten sterved tae daith durin thae seiven ill years. on page 63
, like a real mither, in 1696 durin The Sezven Il! Years o famine on page 65
brithers gaed awa tae Ireland durin the Ill Years. . . efter my f on page 69
e'd prayed for sae earnestly. Durin the short, cauld, damp winter on page 71
Also on pages 74
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Sayers, Ross Daisy on the Outer Line, (Gob Stopper (Cranachan) 2020 ISBN: 978-1911279778) Central - Glasgow, prose
ae want us tae be judgemental durin his birthday week' on page 22

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Johnstone, Shane The Gods of Frequency, (Arkbound 2020 ISBN: 978-1912092826) Central, prose
ice, before the last verse an durin the last chorus. It must be a on page 3

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Hubbard, Tom The Flechitorium, (Grace Note 2017 ISBN: 9781907676932) Central - East Central, poetry
ie. Nick said he picked it up durin the war. There were a lot o t on page 69

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Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
fur a_ doactur's appointment durin the winter guaranteed some an on page 38
aty Jock hud done awey wae me durin the night and crawled up nixt on page 56
"You'll see fur yursels durin the match" he tells us "but t on page 102
winner swallows their tongue durin the acceptance speech. on page 117
thy debate. Emotions run high durin such hings, eh?" on page 131
Also on pages 188
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Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
Durin the first week o Matilda's vi on page 10
llach, nae doubt. Miss Honey, durin ma lang speal as a dominie, a on page 79
ell cat and rat and moose. So durin each lesson ah'll gie ye wan on page 84
and no tak tent o the teacher durin the lesson. But bairns o that on page 95
nsia said, 'a few days efter, durin prayers, aw o a sudden, the T on page 101
Also on pages 103, 106, 153
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McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
9 the Westminster government, durin the time o Tony Blair as Prim on page 24
process which had accelerated durin the Enlightenment wi them tha on page 60
ainstream poleetical pairties durin the 2014 referendum campaign. on page 102

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McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
DURIN THE PERIOD o the Napoleonic W on page 25
afore had cheengit some time durin the previous winter an aw tha on page 90
e its hame amang Jocks' claes durin his sojourn in the watters of on page 94
gin on in their wee bit house durin thae terrible weeks an months on page 97
ckert but it didnae gang oot. Durin the lang years o the wars agi on page 124

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Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
Ah let wan go durin library period the day. Ah di on page 89
vin a flatulation competition durin Geography while the teacher w on page 90
h this video aboot wur bodies durin Guidance, whilst the boys got on page 93
ther thing she likes dacin is durin swimmin she goes up an tries on page 94
d intae an emergency assembly durin third period. We aw thought i on page 98
Also on pages 110, 126, 130, 132, 157, 158, 169
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Docherty, John F. Lallans 81 - Lang Summer Days, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Central, prose
ered hoo ma brithers kep gaun durin the war. It must hae been hel on page 76

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Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
, and baney as skeletons, and durin the day, until Chairlie made on page 9
wis shooglie and shilpit, and durin the day he didnae speak much on page 12
sat quietly in the clessroom durin playtime, restin himsel, whil on page 49

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Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
Durin eichty-fowr ma knees wir away on page 76
It wis durin this time that he publisht hi on page 101

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Clark, Thomas The Boggin Beginnin, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303524) Central, weans
y - were richt on the money. Durin the first few days efter the on page 28
Onythin? Likesay, mairryin me durin the morra nicht's performance on page 107
ster, tae make her mair comfy durin the nicht. The muckle craitur on page 114
e. And if onythin gangs wrang durin the performance the nicht, ye on page 132

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Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
ot it faster than they bolted durin the Blitz. on page xv
esperately tried no tae cough durin the sermon. Ah could see his on page 44
o the village. It wis bombed durin the Blitz, and when it wis re on page 112

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Kay, Billy Lallans 78 - Thochts on the bonnie broukit bairn at hame an abroad, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, prose
eg invention in the leid tae. Durin the cauld winter wather a pic on page 6

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Douglas, Ashley Eemis Stane 1 - Editorial: Scots Belangs Tae Awbodie And Naebodie, (Eemis Stane 2022) Central, prose
Durin the saxteenth century, the Sc on page 4

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Sneddon, Duncan Lallans 83 - Biggin Brigs – Nummer 3: Cornish, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, prose
close parallel wi the debates durin the Irish Revival, whan there on page 108

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Fitt, Matthew Hercules: Bampots and Heroes, (Itchy Coo 2005) Central - Dundee, weans
ts had killed and scoffed him durin the battle. on page 37

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Hodgson, Brent Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, prose
olunteer', fechtin in Fraunce durin the Gryte Weir wrait hame tae on page 119
n's Whispers. Ither war dytit durin a veisit Sheena made tae Pomp on page 120

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Docherty, John F. Lallans 82 - Lang Summer Days Pairt 2, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, prose
nae say whit it had been like durin the war, Ah mean it was years on page 43
er talked aboot whit happened durin the war. The only reason we k on page 47

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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 167, (self-published 2007) Central, newspaper
n thair behaviour an attitude durin lessons in Scots. Tho thae po
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Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 74 - Editorial, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
the internationallie-mindit). Durin foregetherins wi Scots leid p
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Gillon, Karen Report on Inquiry intil the role o, (Education, Culture an Sport Comatee 2003) Central, government
countries that taen pairt durin 2001. The three heid messages
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gov.scot Biggin a strang future for Gaelic an Scots, (Scottish Government 2022) Central, government
Stertin aff the consultation durin a visit tae the GME unit at G
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Falconer, Gavin Lallans 81 - Scots an Mid-Ulster Inglish, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Central, prose
noonced furm in Ulster. Deed, durin the twintiet century a want o
categories that’s redd oot. Durin the twintiet century, the Sco
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Hardie, George Lallans 76 - Tammy an the Cheese Plant, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Central, prose
felt the caa o nature sumtime durin the nicht but, on
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Marenich, Margaret Lallans 76 - The Factory, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Central, prose
cryed aabodie in about him. Durin the hurl inti the ceity, he h
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Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 71 - Review - Auld Campaigner: A Life of Alexander Scott, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
t afore verra lang, an it wes durin the operatioun ti claer Reich
here that Scott’s skreivin durin the weir wes an assertioun o
ctiouns at ‘The Citizens’ durin this decade: ‘Right Royal
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Robinson, Christine Lallans 70 - The Language o the Glasgow Unity Plays, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
Durin the war wi aa the shortages a
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Douglas, Ashley Whae Were the Pechts, (Dig It Scotland 2023) Central, prose
en Roman and no-Roman Britons durin the time o the Roman inbidin
e at Rhynie in Aiberdeenshire durin the 2015 excavations (Croon C
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Clark, Thomas Mindin on Willie McIlvanney, (Bella Caledonia 2015) Central - Bellshill, blog
o his experiences campaignin durin the 1979 referendum, when Sco
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Clark, Sara Scot Free -The Psychic Cost O Uisin Scots, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central, blog
in a Yorkshire minin village durin the 80's, ah wis never encour
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Clark, Sara Indyref 2: Aulder, Wiser, Kinder, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central, blog
hale wide rainbow o emotions durin the indyref. Emotions sae pur
Ah felt pyne durin the referendum anaw. Readin "
it'd be the word "divisive". Durin the referendum, it wis hauled
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Burnett, Colin Boris Johnstone, (colinburnett.co.uk 2021) Central - East Central, prose
aty Jock hud done awey wae me durin the night and crawled up nixt
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Smith, Jamie Soonds o the kirk an court: early airt muisic in Scotland, (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Edinburgh, blog
ives belangs the 13t century, durin a time muisic scholars caas t
nummer o componers wis active durin Mary’s ring, includin Andro
Ae muisician durin the Baroque period wi guid po
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Heather, Alistair Trains approachin?, (Mak Forrit 2017) Central - Angus, blog
ns — ane wi a train station durin a century, the ither withoot
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Thoumire, Elizabeth Makkin a muckle o a mickle, (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Edinburgh, blog
rent fae whan I wis growin up durin the 1940s an 50s.
an fuid rationin like we haed durin the war an for years efter. S
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 149, (self-published 2006) Central, newspaper
Durin the daurk bleck-oot days o WW
r, takin a len o Addie Hitler durin the war wisnae the only patri
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Bennett, Peter Carpe Diem, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
boays. Their keyboardist died durin the makin ay the album the si
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Grae, Emma Jimmy and his wee darlin Alexa, (unbound.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
arted oot in a body bag an aw durin the first wan. Ma heart broke
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Grae, Emma Dancin wi the Rhona, (unbound.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
e that. Goin tae the hospital durin a plague would o been a piece
pub, shakin his heid. “Even durin the Blitz, the boozer wis ope
2 matches

Grae, Emma Billy's Ghost Dug, (liarsleague.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
ing ah’ve learnt aboot life durin lockdoon. Doesnae matter whet
attached tae it. Ah gat a dug durin lockdoon, and ah dinnae ken w
auld haun at usin the Google durin lockdoon.
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McKillop, Roger The Flemings o’ Dalnoid, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Edinburgh, poetry
sed in the shower at Dalnoid, durin' a ski-weekend wi' the colleg
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McKillop, Roger The Builders, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
Back tae Adie, durin’ their classes the Paintin
bein’ re-told many times durin’ ma Furst Aid classes, o’
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McKillop, Roger Ma Heroes o' Sport, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
ntary, at the Melrose Sevens. Durin’ a yin sided tie he used th
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McKillop, Roger Ma Heroes o' Music, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
on when the crowds at Hampden durin’ the auld Home Nations Cham
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Hodgart, John A Catalogue o Sair Neglect, (Bella Calledonia 2016) Central - North Ayrshire, blog
sixties wis gey patchy, while durin ma ain career as an English t
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Crawford, Ross Awa in a Dwam, (Medium 2021) Central - Stirling, prose
her ane wurds jist fine. Even durin her sleep-walkin, she wis vag
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Matthews, Lily A SPARK O INSPIRATION, (Scots Hoose 2021) Central, weans
fur her lost dug in the Howff durin a storm. The puir lassie git
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Seth-Smith, Niki Chynge o sum kind is comin either wey, but a vote tae leave wad empooer Europe’s faur richt, (The Sair Fecht 2016) Central, blog
hs o institutional corruption durin the incredible ‘negotiation
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Durie, Nick The Best o the Baith o Thaim, (The Sair Fecht 2016) Central, blog
rword, that they’d ramed at durin wir independence referendum,
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McClurg, Fernando “Blood Upon the Grass” – merk twa?, (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
turn its back on Sooth Africa durin the Apartheid period, likewey
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Macdonald, Ileene Fit’s it aa aboot?, (The Sair Fecht 2014) Central, blog
n Twitter played their pairts durin the referendum campaign but s
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Ewen, Allan The “Auld Lang Syne” Paradox, (The Sair Fecht 2014) Central, blog
special occasions. Ower aften durin the referendum campaign the w
rae Better Thegither promised durin the campaign, devolution is a
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Connelly, Gordon Celebrating Ithers, a letter tae somebody wirth celebratin, (Scottish Book Trust 2021) Central, blog
el heid-on tae helpin ye heal durin a haird time.
reend a source o licht tae ye durin an especially dairk time in y
2 matches

Crawford, Ross At Stake, (productmagazine.co.uk 2022) Central - Stirling, prose
is could happen at ma school, durin playtime nae less.
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Facebook link ( 2016) Central
tant ye’ll se why the morn. Durin his field preachin Cameron wu

Facebook link ( 2021) Central
This taen place durin whit wis cawed the ‘Killin

Facebook link ( 2019) Central
Troopers arrived durin the nicht, barged intae the m

@OliphantWullie tweeted
hat bairn said tae me wan day durin a Scots Leid lesson in the Au (2022) twitter link

@billykayscot tweeted
ma Ayrshir covenanter history durin the Kullin Times when the hil(2020) search twitter

@Chazzbat tweeted
Wha's bin cutting Gary's hair durin lockdoon? Or, rether, Mikey N(2020) search twitter
her folk wur kept in the datk durin a pandemic?! Whit an absolute(2020) search twitter
e no hed a guid luik at Aalia durin this programme, which is a sh(2020) search twitter

@DABArbuckle tweeted
oan the telebox worth watchin durin ma purritch. Ah switched ower(2020) search twitter

@fairpechtoot tweeted
mebody stepped oan ma fingers durin a ‘scramble’... no a wean e(2018) search twitter

@raiphsays tweeted
, said by yer electit leader, durin a pandemic, wis important enu(2020) search twitter

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
t lothian on a saturday nicht durin the covvy - a jist feel noo (2020) twitter link

Doric

Robertson, George C. Lallans 87 - Bluid An Banter, (Lallans Magazine 2015) Doric, script
. That's gawn tae be mah baid durin the nicht. Ah'm fed up sleepi on page 40

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Mitchell, Rhona Tales Fae The Doric Side - The Wye it Wis, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
double bed in the livinroom. Durin the day it wis a settee, bit on page 16

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Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
Durin the aifterneen, Isobel gat ro on page 30

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Uri, Antonia Bidin awa: City Breaks, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Doric - Aberdeen, newspaper
t bi tourists. Unless ye gang durin festival time that is, fan ai on page 3
92, Joan of Arc made her base durin the siege of Orléans, the fi on page 18

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Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 75 - The Petrol Tanker, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Doric, prose
ae be the ship he’d been on durin the war. Onywye we got up tae
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Smith, Alex A Sair Fecht, (self-published 2003) Doric, prose
Noo ere's a spit or twa durin the day.
Durin the day you cood easy get wee
Durin the day ere's a licht shoor o
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Smith, Alex A Fer Chauve, (self-published 2005) Doric, prose
Ere's a shoor or twa durin the foreneen,
intae roon rucks durin the hairst, an it teen twa la
Some lichtsome shoors durin the day.
ed up we wull be fine an cosy durin the winter months."
see durin the neest twa or three days,
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Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
He hid bocht the zither durin the twa three days that the b
. In fit queer kintra she wis durin thon time naebody iver kent,
2 matches

Johnston, Mary Lallans 81 - A Day at Edinbro Feestival, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Doric, prose
car but parkin wis diabolical durin e Feestival she said. Efter a
buses nor cars wun up an doon durin e Feestival an it disna hae t
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Uri, Antonia Widney’s Fuil, (Mak Forrit 2017) Doric - Aberdeen, blog
d aboot a month ago. Nae ance durin ma seiven year o education at
1 matches

Hutchison, Pat The Three Cannels, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
he mined shippy in the Aegean durin the Great War. He made his wy
1 matches

@FaeFoggie tweeted
Nivvir been. Hopin ti nip awa durin i tattie holidays. Gonna leav(2019) search twitter

@beast_afc tweeted
illhaus jist hid this blaring durin may dener. Dauntin is word fu (2020) twitter link

Shetland

Cumming, John Kirsten, (Shetland For Wirds 2006) Shetland, prose
coach I couldna spaek tae her durin da competeeshin. No at shö w
1 matches

@Julie_Dennison tweeted
ate video conferencin cliché durin da DCC meeting dastreen... co (2020) twitter link

@tattooedselkie tweeted
Jumpin on durin me dennir brak tae let you aa(2021) search twitter

@helenmoncrieff tweeted
ed folk to survive starvation durin a dark time in Scottish histo(2014) search twitter
n exhibition, Microsculpture, durin my visit tae Edinburgh. https(2019) search twitter

@RedValkyrie84 tweeted
ealth to hae dat chunk o time durin da day to be by mesel and git (2020) twitter link

Southern

@MartyMacMurtrie tweeted
@heresDaibhi Durin’ 60/70’s, a can remember as(2020) search twitter
ch Horn fur Northern Sinfonia durin that time afore we moved doon(2020) search twitter
help me to knock ma heid aff durin sleep patterns?(2020) search twitter
d me that sumane bothered him durin the nichts. Nae me, sleep lik(2020) search twitter

Ulster

Morrison-Smyth, Anne Alice's Carrants in Wunnerlan, (Evertype 2013 ISBN: 978-1-78201-011-1) Ulster - Ballymoney, prose
A wunner if A hae bin changed durin the nicht? Let mae see noo! W on page 19

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Ulster-Scots Language Society Tha Fower Gospels, (Ullans Press 2016 ISBN: 978-1-905281-25-1) Ulster, prose
oarn ïn Bethlehem ïn Judea, durin tha time that Herod wus Kïng on page 2

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Crozier, Ian Recomendations fer an Ulster-Scots plen fer oor leid, heirskeip an’ culture, (communities-ni.gov.uk 2022) Ulster, government
accoontability durin' implementin'. on page 27

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