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Use in varieties of Scots

earnt Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words3.1 3.1 4.5 0 5.8 0 0
Number of occurrences106 3 0 1 0 0
Number of authors8 5 2 1

Occurrences of earnt in Corpus

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Central

Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
But well earnt, like a hard day's graft on page 73

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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
nae doot that the whalin lads earnt ivvery penny they were paid. on page 41

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Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
Fowk wha owned pubs earnt money fae miners, on page 67

2 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit Scots Warks - Uphaud an guidance for screivars, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Central, government
Hooanever, this practice haes earnt the teename the 'apologetic a on page 32

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Watt, George T. Lallans 74 - Distempered, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, poetry
ner spent a groat thay hadna earnt
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Doric

Whyte, Brian The Bottles, (Independently published 2020 ISBN: 979-8612647218) Doric, poetry
spendin sim billies hard earnt pey. on page 192

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@beast_afc tweeted
r who wiznae iwise a hero but earnt #hero an #legend status fae m(2020) search twitter
oon an geein a deal tae 2024. Earnt in spades. ?????? #standfree (2020) search twitter

Shetland

Watt, Valerie An onkerry for a kerry oot, (Shetland Times 2010) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
said Meenie. “I paid a weel earnt trowie shillin for dis.”
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