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Use in varieties of Scots

killer Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words7.5 8.7 3 19.9 17.4 0 0
Number of occurrences2417 2 2 3 0 0
Number of authors19 13 2 2 2

Occurrences of killer in Corpus

In order to avoid violating copyright law and abide by 'fair use', only up to the first five occurrences of the search term are displayed for each article.

Central

McQueer, Chris HWFG, (404 Ink 2012 ISBN: 978-1912489107) Central, prose
w bastard. Feel like a serial killer or suhin. Ah feel like it's m on page 60

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Clark, Thomas Eemis Stane 2 - Editorial: A Twa Wey Street, (Eemis Stane 2023) Central, prose
s a leid a leid. They are the killer apps o Scots, its USP. Withoo on page 3

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Strachan, Shane DWAMS, (Tapsalteerie 2024 ISBN: 978-1916214880) Central, poetry
ud on - fit if it's a serial killer? on page 7

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Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
ld gee an orgasm tae a fuckin killer whale so it could." on page 65
. The bordome's been a fuckin killer, likes. Only saviour is that on page 142

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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
r a michty Dreadnaucht hunter killer on page 71

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Fitt, Matthew Hercules: Bampots and Heroes, (Itchy Coo 2005) Central - Dundee, weans
try and serve us up tae thae killer cuddies." Hercules grabbed hi on page 35

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Heather, Alistair The Body Snatchers, (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Angus, blog
eathered flesh o this hideous killer in the toun museum on the Roy
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Thoumire, Elizabeth Kintrae livin, (Mak Forrit 2019) Central - Edinburgh, blog
the richt medicine, TB wis a killer, an aabody wis feart o it. Sp
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Muir, Glenn Pet-gilante, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Linlithgow, prose
interest, a psychotic serial killer wis jist whit they needit. Th
nte Exclusive”, “Deranged Killer At Large”, that wis some o
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Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 4, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
fuckin bowel cancer. A silent killer’’ ah inform him as ah mum
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@Seperatist_No1 tweeted
the windows, that stuff is a killer nae pun intended ??(2020) search twitter

@SusiBriggs1 tweeted
ked again. ?? it was a career killer moment.(2020) search twitter

@Chazzbat tweeted
referrin tae the transgender killer as "he". It's really pissin m(2020) search twitter
e, but Ah dinnae think he's a killer. He jist gets aff on aa the a(2020) search twitter

@changed_days tweeted
@D4RNS_ @D4RNS Which is a killer, plus anybody a have refollow (2021) twitter link

Doric

Hutchison, Pat Catty, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
the coals for nae catchin the killer. Poor man hid jist teen it on
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@fittiecrooners tweeted
ds seem tae laugh at ony weed killer sprayed on em. In fact they a(2017) search twitter

Orkney

Butler, Vera Gallows Ha - Maggie o Quoys and Bessie o Gyre , (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
ken she's no witch, no child killer. Tell her...' Bit I couldn't on page 20

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Giles, Harry Josephine Deep Wheel Orcadia: A Novel, (Picador 2021 ISBN: 978-1529066609) Orkney, poetry
ore the laast twatree year. A killer, a mistry, an noo a godssend. on page 26

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Shetland

Tait, John M Lallans 60 - Da Odyssey (1-75), (Lallans Magazine 2002) Shetland, poetry
wi Hermes, da glig-eed giant-killer,
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@helenmoncrieff tweeted
da merest chance o spottin a killer whale let alone seein one ???(2016) search twitter
I hear there's killer whales headin nort fae #Sumbu(2016) search twitter

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