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figures Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words15.1 18.7 6 9.9 5.8 10.3 22.1
Number of occurrences4937 4 1 1 1 5
Number of authors29 19 3 1 1 1 4

Occurrences of figures in Corpus

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Central

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
"Ah never did hiv a heid fir figures!" An wae that she stairtit nu on page 60

1 matches

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
oay. Amid the snow, two black figures. The wee blue squares ae a ra on page 34
son wae new eyes. Hur facts n figures cannae add up tae explain thi on page 55

2 matches

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
had wan o thae bumflie fozie figures whaur the flesh appears tae b on page 21
'Scrieve these figures,' the faither said, readin fa on page 44
rtynine fifty. Ye got aw thae figures doon, son?' on page 46

3 matches

McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
mean eer syne 1707, check the figures), aince we tak back oor indep on page 81
itics. Yon included weel-kent figures like Hamish Henderson an Geor on page 107
eople, an the role o sic-like figures as George Buchanan or John Kn on page 125
Weel, the Government figures cried GERS shair mak it look on page 127
did still publish the simple figures o whit Scotland pit in an got on page 134

7 matches

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
ier legendary or mythological figures. Be aw that as it may our Jam on page 30
ssor Millar o Glescae, leadin figures in whit is nouadays cried the on page 123

2 matches

Macafee, Caroline Lallans 61 - Glesca dialeck i the modren warld, (Lallans Magazine 2002) Central, prose
h on langage an politics. His figures for nummers o Scots spickers on page 9

2 matches

Douglas, Ashley The Itchy Coo Book o Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales in Scots - Sweet Sang o the Widd, (Itchy Coo 2020) Central, weans
is mirk cloak, and ither unco figures cam alang wi him, ef some bon on page 107

1 matches

Robinson, Christine Lallans 73 - Historical Lexicography and the Records of the Parliaments of Scotland to 1700, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, prose
the preferred spellin. (Thae figures include the inflectit forms t on page 16

1 matches

Hershaw, William Lallans 56 - In The Classroom, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, prose
on, 2C. We're going to revise figures of speech. Alanna, what's the on page 37

1 matches

Clark, Thomas Radge Against the Machine: Deid Wirds, Deid Warlds, an Why Scots Maitters, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central - Bellshill, blog
cots has lang seen oor public figures haunle it tentily, if at aw;
1 matches

Thoumire, Elizabeth In defence o SNHS, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central - Edinburgh, blog
an hud intendit tae quote the figures fir a year she micht hae adde
1 matches

Rennie, Susan Kat an Doug on Planet Fankle, (Itchy Coo 2002 ISBN: 978-1902927459) Central, weans
tin his neb at twa approachin figures. ‘I think the Fankelites ha
1 matches

Crawford, Ross Awa in a Dwam, (Medium 2021) Central - Stirling, prose
ssy knowe surroondit by wispy figures, whose claithes wur spun fae
hem, like a chant. Wan ae the figures stood in the centre ae the kn
in, she remembert the shadowy figures fae her dream, clear as day.
than pursed lips. Wan ae the figures swam towards her, lang tendri
4 matches

Geddes, Jenny Fling the creepie in January, (McRenegade.Scots 2018) Central, blog
beelin'... so the 'facts an' figures' will hae to wait... oan wha'
1 matches

Mackintosh, Henrietta A Tale o Twa Leids: Gaelic, Scots an smoorin wi luve, (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
ughter’? Are Gaels romantic figures, stravaigin aboot misty glens
1 matches

Douglas, Ashley The Maitland Quarto and Poem 49, (wee-windaes.nls.uk 2021) Central, prose
i poems by ither contemporary figures whae were also faimily associ
1 matches

Facebook link ( 2016) Central
tae caw up the anger, see the figures lowpin frae tussock tae tusso

@jack_capener tweeted
he maist eloquent an informed figures in British politics the noo. (2018) search twitter

@OliphantWullie tweeted
ybody tae mak ony sense o the figures???? 19%-20%-21% - £23k per (2022) twitter link

@Chazzbat tweeted
dnews Riiiiight. So the daily figures ur lies then, aye(?) Muppet. (2020) search twitter

@pmcm1355 tweeted
r tae spend in Scotland? GERS figures are only relevant tae Scotlan (2022) twitter link

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
m8 - look at the spiralling figures (2020) twitter link
reat to see this n expose the figures - have the independence vote (2020) twitter link

Doric

Mitchell, Rhona Tales Fae The Doric Side - The Wye it Wis, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
s, an glower in at the little figures o the pigs for ages. Ae time on page 16

1 matches

Byrne, Catherine Alice's Mishanters in e Land o Farlies, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010609) Doric - Caithness, prose
Duchess; "A never could abide figures!" An wi at she began nursan h on page 57

1 matches

Hutchison, Pat The Three Cannels, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
’ and the yard wiz fulled o figures carved fae driftwid in weird
1 matches

Hutchison, Pat The Tabby Sooker, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
cknowledgments tae the seated figures while the chairman opened the
1 matches

Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
hey'd likely be watchan their figures - weel, I wid soon see aboot on page 58

1 matches

Shetland

Johnson, Laureen Alice's Adventirs in Wonderlaand, (Evertype 2012 ISBN: 978-1782010081) Shetland - Voe, prose
Duchess; "I never could stick figures!" An wi dat shö began wirkin on page 61

1 matches

Southern

Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
uchess; "Ah ne'er could abide figures!" An wi that she sterted nurs on page 59

1 matches

Ulster

Morrison-Smyth, Anne Alice's Carrants in Wunnerlan, (Evertype 2013 ISBN: 978-1-78201-011-1) Ulster - Ballymoney, prose
e Duchess. "A niver cud thoal figures!" An wi that, shae stairtet n on page 60

1 matches

Burgess, Wilson Dae Ye See: Ulster-Scots Poems, (Scots Language Centre 2007 ISBN: 978-0955791604) Ulster - L'Derry, poetry
Workin' oot al' the figures, on page 35

1 matches

Campbell, Robert Lock Doon Poyams, (Independently 2021 ISBN: 979-8742155812) Ulster, poetry
Facts an figures fade sae fast, on page 20

1 matches

Crozier, Ian Recomendations fer an Ulster-Scots plen fer oor leid, heirskeip an’ culture, (communities-ni.gov.uk 2022) Ulster, government
The latest pre Covid figures shewed at fower million visit on page 63
haire wus a wee change in the figures fae 2018 tae 2019 the owreaa on page 66

2 matches

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