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Use in varieties of Scots

gallon Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words4 2.5 9 0 5.8 10.3 0
Number of occurrences135 6 0 1 1 0
Number of authors11 4 5 1 1

Occurrences of gallon in Corpus

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Central

Fitt, Matthew Geordie's Mingin Medicine, (Itchy Coo 2007 ISBN: 978-1845021603) Central, weans
LEES. MELL YIN SPOONFU IN YIN GALLON O WATTER AND SPLAIRGE IT OWER on page 29

1 matches

Robertson, James The Sleekit Mr Tod, (Itchy Coo 2008 ISBN: 978-1845021986) Central, weans
-gut batter, and Beek had twa gallon o cider. Aw three o them kept on page 31
ose flair, each yin oxterin a gallon jaur. 'Cheerio, Ratton!' they on page 71

2 matches

Eagle, Andy Lallans 63 - Stravaigin The Wab, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
rwatter tunnel ablo a million gallon indoor ocean. You’ll can se
1 matches

Muir, Glenn Pet-gilante, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Linlithgow, prose
unscrew the lid frae the five gallon can o petrol. By the time she
1 matches

Doric

Morrison Murray, Harold Doric, Historic and Humorous, (Peters and Sons 2024) Doric, poetry
Mony a gallon o' petrol has gone throo yer on page 11

1 matches

Hay, Gordon M. The Doric New Testament, (Gordon M Hay 2012 ISBN: 978-0957351516) Doric - Banff, prose
maister?' He says, 'A hunner gallon o ile'. 'Here's yer accoont,' on page 108

1 matches

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 73 - The Bigger Hoose, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Doric - Aberdeen, prose
er that diz twal mile tae the gallon? Dod steps oot an opens the d on page 105

1 matches

Smith, Alex A Fer Chauve, (self-published 2005) Doric, prose
l Jonsar Eck jist hid aboot a gallon o fuel left
their motors fer foo fin twa gallon wid hae deen. Jonsar Eck stop
2 matches

@cligeey tweeted
ae been for a few years a few gallon donated though(2020) search twitter

Shetland

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
t a sensible time a day, wi a gallon flask at did wis fur a while, on page 14

1 matches

Southern

Thompson, James My Borderlands, (Richardson and Son Printers 2023) Southern - Hawick, poetry
Which sold in wee one gallon tins on page 40

1 matches

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