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fuel Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words14 7.7 33.2 29.8 17.4 10.3 4.4
Number of occurrences4515 22 3 3 1 1
Number of authors22 9 7 2 2 1 1

Occurrences of fuel in Corpus

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Central

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
ant to treat her, n heat it n fuel it. Won't you?' on page 37

1 matches

Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
now em fuel-injected on page 114

1 matches

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
s, the steel for drillin, the fuel needit tae keep the rig goin on page 48
wuid say, 'an A necd a lot o fuel, gie's anither platefu..." He on page 58
We neither wanted meat nor fuel, on page 114
re an aw thro that nicht mair fuel wis addit tae it, keepin it b on page 127

4 matches

Jamie, Kathleen Eemis Stane 1 - Whimbrel, (Eemis Stane 2022) Central, prose
rs thrangin it aw day. Burnin fuel, burning thro their conceit o on page 5

1 matches

Perrie, Walter Lallans 73 - The Tod an the Stoat, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, poetry
has burnt oor verra Wuid for fuel. on page 54

1 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit Are The Onybody Ither?, (Scots Language Centre 2022) Central, blog
t soonds muckle like a reek o fuel. At ane pynt a sma object cam
1 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
“Ah suppose the fuel catched fire. Ah mean, Ah din
istit halp tae cairry sacks o fuel briquettes an buckets o watte
he had been takin stock o the fuel store. It wis on the faur sid
oot thaim. They waitit as the fuel canisters in the back o the l
4 matches

@rosa_alba_macd tweeted
could it not be turned intae fuel o some ilk?(2020) search twitter

@raiphsays tweeted
h Ats weerd! Mibbe burnin aff fuel? Or mibbe takin fotees! A can(2020) search twitter

Doric

Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
An get some winter fuel" on page 15

1 matches

Benzie, Lesley Fessen Reared, (Seahorse 2020 ISBN: 978-1916214538) Doric, poetry
tae fuel the lifestyle tae which on page 20

1 matches

Smith, Alex A Sair Fecht, (self-published 2003) Doric, prose
their sheds wi winter fuel. Jonsar Eck kent it widnae be
ws at ae end o it. "Open your fuel tank" he asked Jonsar. Efter
2 matches

Smith, Alex A Fer Chauve, (self-published 2005) Doric, prose
FUEL CRISIS
wis a'a aboot fuel bein ower dear, the mannie on
said, "Petrol an fuel wis ower dear onywye an, if t
T.V. in o a queue waitin for fuel. Sometimes the queue seemed t
fuel bit nae the price o their car
14 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
less an less each year. Chaip fuel wisna chaip fin it tuik sae l
1 matches

Strachan, Shane Standing Stone, (northwordsnow.co.uk 2016) Doric, prose
teens that dinna mak for good fuel. The grun is dubby and sucks
1 matches

McDonald, Charlie , (Facebook 2022) Doric, poetry
Ye can buy fuel, firewid an' much more
1 matches

@Manuforti1968 tweeted
@FaeFoggie Is er enough fuel tae keep e genny gyan e day?(2019) search twitter

Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
I said, "Hid's a block in me fuel pump and a piston brokk, furb on page 41
Fuel fur the poor, cowld body - a on page 75

2 matches

Giles, Harry Josephine Deep Wheel Orcadia: A Novel, (Picador 2021 ISBN: 978-1529066609) Orkney, poetry
s biggid tae wirk, hintan the fuel at fuels, the oyl at oyls on page 24

1 matches

Shetland

Watt, Valerie Tochts fae Tushie Truncherface: Sky high fuel prices maks trows lie low, (Shetland Times 2008) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
at da increases in da price o fuel is even budderin trows? An we
1 matches

Watt, Valerie Trowie time flees an aa, (Shetland Times 2009) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
on da hills. Da risin price o fuel sent humans back ontae da pae
1 matches

@Julie_Dennison tweeted
h, an da first time am gotten fuel since da 21st March, whit a n (2020) twitter link

Southern

Thompson, James My Borderlands, (Richardson and Son Printers 2023) Southern - Hawick, poetry
And tae yer fuel gauge always look on page 40

1 matches

Ulster

Ferguson, Roy Rhymes frae Rathfrilan: A Wheen o Poames, (self-published 2022 ISBN: 979-8796193099) Ulster, poetry
An hae ye seen the price o fuel? on page 37

1 matches

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