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Use in varieties of Scots

mantra Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words2.8 2.6 3 9.9 0 10.3 0
Number of occurrences95 2 1 0 1 0
Number of authors8 4 2 1 1

Occurrences of mantra in Corpus

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Central

McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
somethin is absolute, an the mantra 'SNP bad?' is still their slo on page 9
orate fer their opeenion. The mantra o sic 'democracie' is simple: on page 30

2 matches

McKillop, Roger The Staff, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
r. Noo there’s a teachin’ mantra, “Tell me an’ A forget! S
1 matches

@rosa_alba_macd tweeted
ead afore ye tweet maun be my mantra(2020) search twitter

@bigandymccoll tweeted
se tae it, and reply with the mantra "je suis Britannique par acci (2022) twitter link

Doric

McDonald, John Mou Her Name, (Evertype 2018 ISBN: 978-1782012054) Doric, poetry
treekit haun threips's cadgin mantra saftly tae the err tae You on page 3

1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
yne lood; syne looder – the mantra she'd catched an keepit, tae
1 matches

Orkney

Facebook link (Orkney Reevlers 2017) Orkney
Mind on, wur mantra is no tae be faered – spell

Southern

@StuartPoet tweeted
@ScotPlaywright Heeding the mantra - never get rid of anything!(2020) search twitter