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Use in varieties of Scots

eats Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words9.7 11.8 1.5 0 11.6 0 22.1
Number of occurrences3123 1 0 2 0 5
Number of authors22 16 1 1 4

Occurrences of eats in Corpus

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Central

Robertson, James Precious and the Puggies, (Itchy Coo 2011 ISBN: 978-1845023324) Central, weans
'It's weel-kent that if a hon eats a gadgie that's feelin crabbi on page 20

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Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
d mebbe chinge yer mind aboot eats if ye could only see her. She on page 22
grinned; fact, ah didnae know eats could grin." on page 59

2 matches

Clark, Sara Echo and Narcissus, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012702) Central, poetry
eats up ma scream, on page 9

1 matches

Clark, Thomas Intae the Snaw, (Gatehouse Press 2015 ISBN: 978-0992857370) Central, poetry
Whit thing it is that eats up sang an screed, on page 13

1 matches

Rennie, Susan The Wee Prince, (Edition Lintenfass 2017 ISBN: 978-3946190592) Central, prose
'Gin a sheep eats sma busses, dis it eat flooer on page 27
someplace.' But gin the sheep eats the flooer, belyve the starns on page 30

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Begg, James A. Alison's Jants in Ferlieland, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010845) Central, prose
ppens maist times when a body eats cake; but Alison had got sae on page 14

1 matches

McQueer, Chris Hings - Short Stories 'n That, (404 Ink 2017 ISBN: 978-0995623866) Central - Glesga, prose
unt disnae like anyhin. Aw he eats normally is chips. He's never on page 2

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Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
Pepsi. It's no even as if she eats a breakfast. She's never been on page 145
rlene, pure aw dead sarky, He eats drinks an shites lik the rest on page 158

2 matches

Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
'Wha eats fish and cabbage and tatties on page 129

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Grae, Emma The Tongue She Speaks, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, poetry
ing mirror. 'He talks like he eats pages fae the dictionary fur on page 13

1 matches

Robertson, James The Hoose at Pooh's Neuk, (Itchy Coo 2010 ISBN: 978-1845022945) Central, weans
If he never eats naethin he'll ayewis be meagr on page 28

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Milne, W. S. Lallans 78 - Mary, Queen o Scotland, Pairt I, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, script
Vain resentment eats up aa your hert. on page 25
Your zeal eats ye up, shairpens your enemies on page 35

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Purdie, David C. Lallans 73 - The Gowden Gate Til Samarkan, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central - Midlothian, poetry
Lik God's ain Prophet eats in Paradise on page 31

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Evie OOR WULLIE’S SEASON’S GREET, (Largs Writers Group 2015) Central - Largs, prose
They hud loats o Christmassy eats and drinks at the interval, b
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Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
live tae thee wi ilka bite he eats - thoo taks mait tae thy mou
1 matches

@rosa_alba_macd tweeted
@Scotpol1314 The coo eats grass an gives milk(2020) search twitter

@fairpechtoot tweeted
W, Ah bought MASEL a copy of 'Eats, Shoots...' then enthused abo(2016) search twitter
ie them awa wi free copies o 'Eats, Snoots and Leaves'?(2017) search twitter

@LowEndJardo tweeted
in ae spaghetti hoops he ever eats fir the rest ae his life are (2021) twitter link

Doric

Byrne, Catherine Alice's Mishanters in e Land o Farlies, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010609) Doric - Caithness, prose
e, iss often happens when wan eats cake; but Alice hed got so mu on page 14

1 matches

Shetland

Johnson, Laureen Alice's Adventirs in Wonderlaand, (Evertype 2012 ISBN: 978-1782010081) Shetland - Voe, prose
ek a moose, du kens. But does eats aet bats, I winder?" An here on page 10
st never mindit du didna laek eats." on page 22

2 matches

Ulster

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
'm strong to the finish cos I eats my spinach!" Hughie puult up on page 14

1 matches

Morrison-Smyth, Anne Alice's Carrants in Wunnerlan, (Evertype 2013 ISBN: 978-1-78201-011-1) Ulster - Ballymoney, prose
n a dreamy soart o a wye "Dae eats ait bats? Dae cats ait bats?" on page 10
uealt the moose. "Wud yae lik eats if yae wur mae?" on page 22

2 matches

Ulster-Scots Language Society Tha Fower Gospels, (Ullans Press 2016 ISBN: 978-1-905281-25-1) Ulster, prose
èr's no cum hame yit', an he eats an gets drunk an bates up aa on page 92

1 matches

Thompson, Mark The Lost Ness Monster, (clydesburn.blogspot.com 2009) Ulster - Ards Peninsula, poetry
So he eats thousands o fowk
1 matches

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