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Use in varieties of Scots

halo Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words3.4 4.5 3 0 0 0 0
Number of occurrences119 2 0 0 0 0
Number of authors10 8 2

Occurrences of halo in Corpus

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Central

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
es it look momentarily like a halo. 'Hi, son, how's you?' the an on page 39

1 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
rsty, he said, Ah don't see a halo floatin above your heid. Ah'v on page 128

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Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
Ithers tae hae loast thair halo, on page 45

1 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit Scots Warks - Uphaud an guidance for screivars, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Central, government
Sea for Breakfast an The Loud Halo. But wi regaird tae Scots in on page 61

1 matches

Morton, Elaine Hamethocts, (Evertype 2010 ISBN: 978-1782012399) Central, poetry
Lyart hair, halo gowd? on page 20

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Hubbard, Tom Minoritie Status, (Tapsalteerie 2017) Central - Kirkcaldy, poetry
Thon halo's nae mair ower his heid. on page 15

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Horsbroch, Dauvit Are The Onybody Ither?, (Scots Language Centre 2022) Central, blog
A ‘great brugh’ or halo, the fact that it wis seen th
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Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
feel the halo o his hair an beird kittlin h
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Donovan, Anne Hieroglyphics and Other Stories - All that Glistens, (Canongate 2004 ISBN: 1841955191) Central, prose
stood oot roon ma heid like a halo, glisterin and dancing in the
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Doric

Strachan, Shane Beyond the Sea, (Scottish Book Trust 2023) Doric, prose
sun glares ahin her so that a halo seems tae circle roon her dar
1 matches

@JamieFairbairn1 tweeted
Moon halo wurds: broch, bruch, cock's e (2021) twitter link

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