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electricity Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words8.4 10.3 4.5 9.9 11.6 0 4.4
Number of occurrences2720 3 1 2 0 1
Number of authors19 12 3 1 2 1

Occurrences of electricity in Corpus

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Central

Rennie, Susan The Wee Prince, (Edition Lintenfass 2017 ISBN: 978-3946190592) Central, prose
ll ye that afore the income o electricity there needit tae be a muckle on page 58

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Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
hings oot. They'd even pit in electricity so they'd huv light, heat, an on page 1

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Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
afty" He says "There's enough electricity in this hing tae power the na on page 199

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Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
maistly in her een. A kind o electricity seemed tae be gaitherin insid on page 158
swith than ever she felt the electricity gaitherin and the power sweel on page 168
uickly this time she felt the electricity stertin tae on page 204

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McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
sation o sic things as gas an electricity (meanin prices are aye gangin on page 137

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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
tie upset. In thae days afore electricity, public illuminations were a on page 125

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Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
are shot oot intae the sky by electricity. In the sky, they gang wheech on page 143

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Fitt, Matthew Geordie's Mingin Medicine, (Itchy Coo 2007 ISBN: 978-1845021603) Central, weans
A jangle o electricity flisked doon the length o Geo on page 10

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Travers, Martin A Nappie Lassie Blethers tae a Fritter, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, script
it unner the table. White hot electricity atween us. Ken? Whan the wait on page 2

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Steele, Gregor Dinnae Mak Me Laugh, (Scots Hoose 2021) Central, weans
Electricity and magnets pit thegither awf on page 10

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McKillop, Roger The Builders, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
students had tae learn aboot electricity safety. The Lecturer had expl
inni’ touch them, cause the electricity is still flowin’ an’ you
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Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
internet. An precious little electricity. Foo lang at a time wad that
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Bennett, Peter Time, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
gh the marra ay ma bones like electricity, pulsin intae ma consciousnes
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grandeicedcoffees Do You Wanna Touch, (archiveofourown.org 2021) Central, prose
touch on ma thigh is sending electricity directly to ma cock and ah’
feel braw under Si’s touch, electricity shooting through us from whir
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Fitt, Matthew Matthew Fitt: a word aboot 'bad' language, (Scottish Book Trust 2021) Central, blog
hones or even the invention o electricity.
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Doric

Mitchell, Rhona Tales Fae The Doric Side - The Wye it Wis, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
hings tae yer haed tae dee wi electricity. Richt eneuch ye widna think on page 18

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Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
e Bennachie. He lookit it the electricity pylons aat cut across the cou on page 92

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Hamilton, Roddy Lallans 58 - Cyaard, the Tattie Doodle, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Doric, prose
eeks ago it'd been chargit wi electricity. Extreme atmosheric condeeshu on page 118

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Orkney

@peediepuss tweeted
d to the impossible amount of electricity being released up there. I al (2020) twitter link

Shetland

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
de shop, it wis just afore da electricity cam, an we aa got da paraffin on page 14

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Watt, Valerie Tochts fae Tushie Truncherface: Sky high fuel prices maks trows lie low, (Shetland Times 2008) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
hoose wi paets dis winter. Wi electricity mebbe tae geng up bi 40 per c
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Ulster

@Angelinekking tweeted
V for she couldnae afford the electricity!(2020) search twitter