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Use in varieties of Scots

merchant Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words10.9 14.4 4.5 9.9 5.8 0 8.9
Number of occurrences3528 3 1 1 0 2
Number of authors22 16 3 1 1 1

Occurrences of merchant in Corpus

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Central

Rennie, Susan The Wee Prince, (Edition Lintenfass 2017 ISBN: 978-3946190592) Central, prose
'Guid mornin, said the merchant. This merchant sell pills int on page 76

4 matches

Smith, Donald Saut and Bluid: A Scotsaga, (Luath 2022 ISBN: 978-1804250341) Central, prose
ing wis she, bit a settler an merchant in hir ain richt.' on page 14

1 matches

Sayers, Ross Daisy on the Outer Line, (Gob Stopper (Cranachan) 2020 ISBN: 978-1911279778) Central - Glasgow, prose
ard ye were a bit ae a windup merchant. on page 1

1 matches

Douglas, David Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Galloway, poetry
Could priggle a merchant down in price thruppence or l on page 36

1 matches

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
n hoarse. Or, oan some bottle merchant fitbaw player who hus jist se on page 27

1 matches

McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
ses in Embra an the successfu merchant class o Glescae micht weel ha on page 64

1 matches

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
the fall o the year that the merchant had sent oot his ain boat the on page 34
dizzen o his faimlie wis the merchant. Takkin aff his hat as he cam on page 35

6 matches

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
ioneer's agent or as a kind o merchant. White'er the case, he wis de on page 100

1 matches

Morton, Elaine Hamethocts, (Evertype 2010 ISBN: 978-1782012399) Central, poetry
Ere I wis merchant Mary peyin lair on page 7

1 matches

Fleemin, Sandy Report on Inquiry intil the role Submission, (Education, Culture an Sport Comatee 2003) Central - East Lothian, government
"r": airch, Airchie, mairch, merchant, orchard, stairch.
1 matches

Bennett, Peter The Bools, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
ELLY, COYLE YA FUCKIN WIND UP MERCHANT!’ he screams, his face redd
1 matches

Rennie, Susan The Hoose o Haivers, (Itchy Coo 2002 ISBN: 978-1902927442) Central, weans
fou o the colours an cries o merchant ships – wis thrang wi bronz
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 116, (self-published 2003) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
glish accent. He then meets a merchant, a gamie, a watter-muller, a
1 matches

Muir, Glenn David of Seafield, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Linlithgow, prose
ae her fiancé wha wis in the merchant navy. Faither wid pick up the
1 matches

Philips, Cally Jings, crivens, help ma Boab, it’s independence!, (McStorytellers.com 2013) Central - Turriff, prose
choice o’ pitting hum in a merchant company scuil and payin the f
1 matches

Facebook link ( 2016) Central
llage o Falkland, the son o a merchant an weel brocht up. He went ta

Facebook link ( 2021) Central
llage o Falkland, the son o a merchant an weel brocht up. He went ta

McDonald, Hamish The Girnin Gates - Chapter 12, (Itchy Coo 2003) Central, prose
"You're a total wind-up merchant Mr Gobbs. Baker's shoap ma er
1 matches

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 2, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
k him. Jist like some boattle merchant contestant who chokes oan the
1 matches

Begg, James A. Lallans 74 - The Killie Fleshers - 1786, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
d be thenkit.’ murmured the merchant as his haun dipped intae his
1 matches

Doric

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 90 - Mrs Cadwallader’s Conversion, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Doric, prose
an he widna let up. 'Ay, the Merchant Navy cruises arna jist the ma on page 44

1 matches

Lawrie, Alistair Caal Cries, (Drunk Muse Press 2023 ISBN: 978-1399964678) Doric - Stonehaven, poetry
the fermers, hirds, the merchant's creeshy beens my only sepul on page 10

1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
t fur ane o yon multinational Merchant Bank companies an wirkit frae
1 matches

Orkney

Cormack, Kevin Toonie Void, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
egg-merchant Corinthian, back fae Canada on page 17

1 matches

Shetland

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
back tae da fishin, or tae da merchant navy. Dan it wis da turn a da on page 92

1 matches

Ulster

Ulster Scots Agency Ulster Scots Census, (census.gov.uk 2021) Ulster, government
Tha like o bodie ahint a merchant’s coontèr (RETAIL ASSISTAN
Tha like o claes merchant (CLOTHING RETAIL), oweraa osp
2 matches

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