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experience Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words47.4 54 43.7 29.8 11.6 72.4 26.6
Number of occurrences152105 29 3 2 7 6
Number of authors79 54 13 3 2 5 2

Occurrences of experience in Corpus

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Central

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
is absolutely correct. In my experience of gang violence, such action on page 57

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Brown, Ian Lallans 70 - The Scots leid in modren Scots drama, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
here is the twentieth century experience. Whit is mair, A'm no luikin on page 37

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Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
'Work experience,' he said. on page 1

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Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
an wide. Wi his lang years o experience at getherins an conventicles, on page 34

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Cohen, Susan Wee Scottish Book o' Pure Stoatin' Joy, (The Wee Book Company 2019 ISBN: 978-1916491588) Central, prose
en ye watched a group o' fowk experience the very same thing, a' at wa on page

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Sayers, Ross Daisy on the Outer Line, (Gob Stopper (Cranachan) 2020 ISBN: 978-1911279778) Central - Glasgow, prose
and disappears. In ma limited experience, ahve found that men urr inca on page 1

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Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
hoarse. Frankie wis yasin his experience tae keep the lazy bastard mov on page 39
He kent fae personal experience that life itsel is the bigges on page 88
n it taegither. They goat tae experience suttin that in some small wey on page 89
otter but ah ken fae personal experience he's a ruthless cunt when it on page 125

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Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
h've discovered, through lang experience, Miss Honey, that the lugs o on page 146

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McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
ut sae wuid aulder lads wha's experience an wisdom were weel-kennt bi on page 31
these new fowk had a braider experience an unnerstandin o life fer ma on page 48
paragons o virtue, steepit in experience o maitters cultural an aw lou on page 74
ae see a particklar kintra an experience a culture that's no the same on page 88
ye get an 'authentic cultural experience' whan the tourists ootnumber on page 89
Also on pages 90, 94
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Douglas, Sheila Lallans 59 - Rants and Foys, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, newspaper
s a maist halesome an leesome experience. We hae tae tak tent o the fa on page 56

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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
distillit essence o community experience'. Nou that's a bit o a mouthf on page 10

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Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
and hertenin in thon range o experience frae birth tae beyond. on page ix

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Donati, Colin Scots A Statement o Principles, (Scots Parliament 2003 ISBN: 978-1-899920-02-1) Central, government
y nummer o aspects o Scottish experience an character that canna be sa on page 8

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Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
ed a few weeks ago. Ma retail experience fae Tesco stood ma applicatio on page 34

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Armstrong, Kate Lallans 58 - Herman Und Dorothea, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
Biggin on ain experience, aye, an on a that we hae o t on page 43

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Monahan Brown, Ricky Eemis Stane 1 - The Mindin, (Eemis Stane 2022) Central, prose
ruly unique five-star visitor experience. Unlock the on page 9

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Niven, Liz Stravaigin, (Luath 2001 ISBN: 978-1905222704) Central, poetry
ions aboot sharin his Vietnam experience. His baseball cap nods ower d on page 23

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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 167, (self-published 2007) Central, newspaper
eachers wis positive that the experience wis beneficial tae the lairni
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 178, (self-published 2008) Central, newspaper
ithers, is foondit on his ain experience warkin as a jyner. His wark i
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Gillon, Karen Report on Inquiry intil the role o, (Education, Culture an Sport Comatee 2003) Central, government
) theretil tae unnerstaun hoo experience o the world
‘real’ an ‘valid’ as experience o the world
e bairn’s braidenin range o experience.
dence an mak learnin a cantie experience.”12
the knawledge an experience o memmers o the group micht m
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Fleemin, Sandy Report on Inquiry intil the role Submission, (Education, Culture an Sport Comatee 2003) Central - East Lothian, government
Scots spaekers that haes nae experience o Scots as a langage hinners
on o Scots. It wad be a grand experience for the bairns.
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Somerville, Shirley-Anne Scots Government Commitments tae Gaelic an Scots an Scots Langages Bill: consultation, (gov.scot 2022 ISBN: 978-1804358313) Central - Holyrood, government
ee makkin siccar thit the GME experience is hailly immersive, ettlin t
GME as a three tae echteen experience an GME continuity
gies a guid quality education experience tae aw young fowk in GME. Sae
e o the three tae echteen GME experience an whit parents kin expect fa
lig functions giein their ain experience o whit weys they wirk in prac
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Macafee, Caroline Lallans 63 - Auld plain Scottis, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
de by minds whose attitude to experience and whose speculative and ima
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Falconer, Gavin Lallans 63 - Richt Scots an Pithy Scots, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
ective geographical an social experience o the Lawlands, the Norlin Is
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Marenich, Margaret Lallans 76 - The Factory, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Central, prose
lane ilka day, for I haed nae experience o drivin on the muckle
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Robinson, Christine Lallans 70 - The Language o the Glasgow Unity Plays, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
writin that depictit the rael experience o ordinar Glaswegians, wi the
dge wife who had considerable experience in the business. She was a so
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Haddow, Kris Haud the Bus - No In-gleesh, (The Wee Paper 2022) Central, prose
lkan time, an A’m aboot tae experience ma furst delay.
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Clark, Thomas Wha's Like Us?, (Bella Caledonia 2017) Central - Bellshill, blog
r, which will be kind o a Zen experience, an mair than mony o the lave
in oot for - some first-team experience. An gin we had that, gin we c
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Clark, Thomas Scots an the smit: a language unner lockdoun, (Bella Caledonia 2020) Central - Bellshill, blog
Weel, the actual experience haes lairnt me ithergates, an
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Fitt, Matthew Fae Mooth tae Page, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Central, blog
s closest tae yer hert or yer experience and wark wi that. Look for ex
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Bennett, Peter The Bools, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
e his hauf an contemplatin ma experience, ‘. . .there’s bastarts o
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Bennett, Peter Rude Awakenings (Part one of two), (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
cept gie him a wide berth. If experience has taught me anythin though,
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 117, (self-published 2003) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
lied. Gin ye're a teacher wi experience o teachin Scots in the clessr
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 119, (self-published 2003) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
2003. He spake aboot his ain experience in his hamelt Italian airt o
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 175, (self-published 2008) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
ons refleckin ilka poet's ain experience, history an vyce.
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Philips, Cally Wha's feart o' the library?, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Turriff, prose
we’d even hud a chance tae experience their ‘culture’. Ah cudna
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Geraghty, Martin The Pusher, (TheCommonBreath.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
Experience tells mae it wul bae two tae
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McKillop, Roger The Staff, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
b phone, an’ jist enjoy the experience?” The student, unchasten, r
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McKillop, Roger Educational (Mis)Communication, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
fog made it a gie forgettable experience. Except for twa wicked pieces
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Hodgart, John A Catalogue o Sair Neglect, (Bella Calledonia 2016) Central - North Ayrshire, blog
lings of belonging and shared experience, Scotland’s languages, thei
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Capener, Jack This laund wis wrocht for you an me, (Mak Forrit 2021) Central - Edinburgh, blog
e, or aiblins acause they hae experience o the mental an physical heal
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Dempster, Michael DIGNITY, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, poetry
experience
growin experience
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Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
e with Beatrice’s traumatic experience, of course, but it is getting
his sails. Bit Bill filed the experience awa in his mind as a warnin t
wisna spickin fae first-haun experience. Weill, gin Bill thocht he ke
“Yes, my clinical experience would say the same. Plus ther
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Davidson, Alistair The Mitterand Plan, (The Sair Fecht 2016) Central, blog
tae Socialism. Airguably his experience tells us whit micht hae happe
renment. Sadly, Callaghan’s experience replayed itsel. By 1983 capit
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Puchowski, James Frae Norrowa ower the faem, (The Sair Fecht 2016) Central, blog
that faur mair fowk here hae experience as toon cooncillors an cammat
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McClurg, Fernando Weill, weill, weill, (The Sair Fecht 2016) Central, blog
ogmanay. It haed nae govrenin experience, nae press support an a lairg
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Ewen, Allan The “Auld Lang Syne” Paradox, (The Sair Fecht 2014) Central, blog
r national confidence as fowk experience culture i their ain voice. Pr
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 101, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
ries and witnesses, as dailie experience did witness."
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Monahan Brown, Ricky Dùn Èideann, (The Scores 2020) Central, prose
omethin in him. He wanted tae experience the azaleas, an beeried his f
talk o a warld ootside o his experience.
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Curt_Kenobi Mates, (archiveofourown.org 2016) Central, prose
n playin hero? - - That's an experience. Ah secretly covet ehs compli
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Connelly, Gordon Celebrating Ithers, a letter tae somebody wirth celebratin, (Scottish Book Trust 2021) Central, blog
ye’re able tae dae noo and experience wi them and how that maitters
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 86, (self-published 2001) Central, newspaper
e. Still, forget your 'French Experience' and 'Suenos' – this is the
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Bennett, Peter Arabian Monkfish (Part One), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central, prose
know whit ah mean? That last experience in the dockyerds at Rosyth wi
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Douglas, Ashley The Maitland Quarto and Poem 49, (wee-windaes.nls.uk 2021) Central, prose
uscript also speik tae female experience in life and luve. Fur exemple
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Facebook link ( 2021) Central
nary men wi nae real military experience.

Facebook link ( 2019) Central
id.... She's richt. It wis an experience an as much fun as ah've hud i

Heather, Alistair Tartan Tourism nae mair, (The Herald 2018) Central, newspaper
ge tae ameliorate the visitor experience.
er Deeside” intae the hotel experience. Tae achieve this, the busine
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Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 3, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
oin some soartae oot ae boady experience. Broat oan by the kick in the
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@FaetheRye tweeted
you cooled doon fae the hair experience. Wis it worth it? (2022) twitter link

@jax6754 tweeted
o66 Well daid Jeff! An fae ma experience it's what you think that matt(2015) search twitter
Ed Fringe and enjoy Festival Experience or see you at Muss oot here i(2015) search twitter
ne hand.? Much mare fun in ma experience! Hee hee! X(2015) search twitter

@rosa_alba_macd tweeted
tes announced "Trump [. ] has experience of CoronaVirus, Joe Biden doe(2020) search twitter

@Chazzbat tweeted
they gie thur accoont o thur experience. They felt sae helpless an ab(2020) search twitter
er ma wecht. Ah hed a similar experience wi the same ootcome. 40 years(2020) search twitter
the characters iver learn fae experience. Thur aa eejits! #Corrie(2020) search twitter
t folk hae tae think aboot an experience racist shit fae a young age. (2020) search twitter

@fairpechtoot tweeted
folk that, nae doot, must hae experience in education and/or linguisti(2017) search twitter

@bigandymccoll tweeted
y kids that huvnae oor "lived experience" Clem ?? https://t.co/CUAIOcS (2022) twitter link

@LairnScots tweeted
Scots leid is embeddit in the experience o whit maks us Scots...' Fine (2020) twitter link

@MizLiot tweeted
ONINI @AlbaParty Talking frae experience are ye? (2021) twitter link

@ThonJacobite tweeted
xperts say ah kin tell ye fae experience that its IMPOSSIBLE tae stop (2021) search twitter

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
w - its true - had the same experience (2020) twitter link

Doric

Robertson, George C. Lallans 87 - Bluid An Banter, (Lallans Magazine 2015) Doric, script
Bruce: No thanks. Ah've hid experience o wee Glesca hairies in the p on page 40

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Reid, Adeline Tales Fae The Doric Side - A Clootie Duff, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, poetry
A lifetime o experience an nae a thochtie missin on page 20

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Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
is life - it wis a hale new experience. on page 39
letely safe, no risk, tanning experience. We've had quite a few bookin on page 81
nd it to be the most relaxing experience you've ever had - some peopl on page 82

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Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
r ain - I ken aat fae bitter experience. Wi're aa born wi one arsehol on page 75
lence. "But I don't want this experience to put me off men forever. I on page 76

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Uri, Antonia Bidin awa: City Breaks, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Doric - Aberdeen, newspaper
be wirth gaun alang jist tae experience the atmosphere. If the Valenc on page 3
mirkie stout an get a lairnin experience at the same time, for less th on page 8

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Leslie, Deborah Doric: Alive an Kickin 2, (Argo Publishing 2006 ISBN: 978-0954615321) Doric - Inverurie, prose
a bittie brichter, "an in my experience, a lack o choice equals despe on page 37

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Vettese, Raymond Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Doric - Montrose, prose
n brimmin wi virr, gutsie for experience, wha stairted wi ae shop in G on page 125
ellers; yon wis rare! A great experience for us aa. Lomond Press hae g on page 126

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Vettese, Raymond Lallans 73 - Reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Doric, prose
n brimmin wi virr, gutsie for experience, wha stairted wi ae shop in G
ellers; yon wis rare! A great experience for us aa. Lomond Press hae g
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Elphinstone Institute Aiberdeenshire Cooncil – Scots Leid Guidelines, (Aberdeenshire Council 2017) Doric, government
* Experience a curriculum enthrowe they la
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Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
boorachies o fowk. Bi bitter experience, she kent they'd be there fur
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Hamilton, Roddy Lallans 63 - The Bruntie Cat, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Doric, prose
ind o ghillie, wi his years o experience in maitters o the wilderness,
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Uri, Antonia The birds an the bees, (Mak Forrit 2018) Doric - Aberdeen, blog
rocht back fond memories o ae experience in partícular o practicin ma
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Uri, Antonia Here's the problem wi the trad wife muivement, (The National 2020) Doric, newspaper
shoud be a balanced an equal experience. Thou, as previous statistics
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@d_anderson878 tweeted
first gen non-spikkers, in my experience. Them fae oot an aboot wint t(2020) search twitter

@DoricPhrases tweeted
e jis £32. Ye hiv guaranteed experience or yer siller back an aire is(2018) search twitter

@72redz1903 tweeted
ay that I found Covid a weird experience - felt almost drugged, a wei (2022) twitter link
int a backroom with even less experience was criminal (2022) twitter link
the ‘real world’ ? Or, life experience? Fit experience counts and fa (2020) twitter link

@beast_afc tweeted
r or the Red Barron. Plenty o experience aroond tae keep em right. #Ab(2020) search twitter

@cligeey tweeted
going on the moussaka n Ouzo experience for a filee but wer nae even (2020) search twitter

Orkney

Orkney Voices Group Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
a learning experience, on page 123

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Hall, Simon W. Lands o Twatt, (Brisk Northerly 2018) Orkney, blog
Me own recent experience o the district o Twatt is as
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Giles, Harry Josephine WHIT TAE WRITE NOU?, (https://harryjosephine.com/ 2015) Orkney, blog
tal tae the minority language experience: language nostalgia forders l
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Shetland

De Luca, Christine Lallans 58 - seiven poems bi Christine de Luca, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Shetland, poetry
his wilderness experience; wrat his epic on page 19

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Watt, Valerie Cheerio for eenoo . . ., (Shetland Times 2011) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
iver Chinese kerry-oot wis an experience A’ll niver forgit. A’m ni
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Southern

Purves, David Lallans 67 - The Incomparable Li Po (701-762), (Lallans Magazine 2005) Southern - Selkirk, poetry
ms inti Scots wes a rewairdin experience. It brocht the author in touc on page 34

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Purves, David Lallans 59 - Five Poems frae the Chinese o Po Chu-I, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Southern - Selkirk, poetry
poems in Scots is a spiritual experience. It brings a bodie in touch w
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The Westender Mairchers did oor toon prood, (The Hawick Paper 2007) Southern, newspaper
a'm share that'll hev been an experience they wull niver forget, for t
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@jamie_ginger tweeted
its past now it wasni a nuce experience #shitmabreeks(2012) search twitter

@StuartPoet tweeted
Aye, we're speakin fae experience, traditions guid and bad, a f (2020) twitter link

@MartyMacMurtrie tweeted
liam07491650 Nae, a huv a bad experience with sum sae-called JW kept k (2021) twitter link
o that!? ?? but a huv a shock experience when a spotted a fuckin rat i(2020) search twitter

Ulster

Crozier, Ian Recomendations fer an Ulster-Scots plen fer oor leid, heirskeip an’ culture, (communities-ni.gov.uk 2022) Ulster, government
penel hes mair nor 100 yeirs experience waarkin in an' wi' the Ulster on page 34
The penel knaws fae experience at monie o' the curns in the on page 37
hit haird fer experience o' Ulster-Scots specific fund on page 38
experience). A screevit submission wus g on page 53
Tourists wantin tae experience the culture o' an airt maun h on page 65

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Depairtment fur Commonities Hargey announces heidwie oan plens fer Airish an’ Ulster-Scots, (communities-ni.gov.uk 2022) Ulster, government
wealtht o’ knowledge an’ experience alang wi’ thair wide range
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