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Use in varieties of Scots

moves Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words10.6 12.9 3 9.9 5.8 0 22.1
Number of occurrences3425 2 1 1 0 5
Number of authors24 18 2 1 1 2

Occurrences of moves in Corpus

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Central

Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
, ither back gairdens. Nothin moves. No even a cat shifts. He ban on page 1

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Sayers, Ross Daisy on the Outer Line, (Gob Stopper (Cranachan) 2020 ISBN: 978-1911279778) Central - Glasgow, prose
She moves her notepad fae the armrest a on page 1

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Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
Shi moves an handles irsel well. on page 84

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Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
In Night Moves wi Jobson's 'Armoury Show', on page 61

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Townsley, Jane Joe's Cloud an Ither Stuff, (lulu.com 2014 ISBN: 978-1326001612) Central - Perth, prose
rature or somethin. Furniture moves like that, so it dis. That's on page 61

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Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
wean who moves here is askin fur trouble. It on page 81

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Milne, W. S. Lallans 78 - Mary, Queen o Scotland, Pairt I, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, script
(Mary moves ti the front o the stage, sla on page 35

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Hubbard, Tom Minoritie Status, (Tapsalteerie 2017) Central - Kirkcaldy, poetry
Ilk o us moves in his ain private wey, on page 22

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Niven, Liz Stravaigin, (Luath 2001 ISBN: 978-1905222704) Central, poetry
twin tae the olive trees she moves unner, teeth broon as her ben on page 23

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Calder, Bob Lallans 58 - Allmairshall, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
n wi the ane juist rippit, he moves to extricate... on page 72

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Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
Dear maister, see hoo fast he moves,
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Bennett, Peter Clyde Built, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
tae the door. A shadowy blur moves aboot behind the frosted glas
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Bennett, Peter The Party ay the Year (Part One), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
in the music, he rhythmically moves tae the beat, which is bein p
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 174, (self-published 2008) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
hae braid Scots accents, but moves easily atween staundart Engli
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Donovan, Anne Buddha Da - Chapter 1 Anne Marie, (Canongate 2009 ISBN: 978-1847673459) Central - Glasgow, prose
wan they'll train up when he moves on.'
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Bennett, Peter Wan Goal tae the Good, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
it. Every bastart in the waiy moves, clearin a path an we’re ba
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Facebook link (Changed Times Historical Novel By Ethyl Smith 2022) Central
Noo it’s odd whit moves folk. In Renwick’s case it

@jax6754 tweeted
may be the step that finally moves you forward! WOW! That just c(2015) search twitter

@rosa_alba_macd tweeted
your ChaChaCha and majorette moves to assuage the binary deities(2020) search twitter

@PeoplesPoet77 tweeted
wee Martin. Tunnneeee and the moves! ?????????????? https://t.co/ (2022) twitter link

Doric

Whyte, Brian The Bottles, (Independently published 2020 ISBN: 979-8612647218) Doric, poetry
Somethin in i'wie she moves on page 181

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@DoricPhrases tweeted
Queen Street Aiberdeen moves tae a new police station! htt(2018) search twitter

Orkney

Butler, Vera Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
feel the mattress sink as he moves onto it. And ! want to get up on page 85

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Shetland

I Hear Dee Shaetlan A primer - v. 1.1, (I Hear Dee 2022) Shetland, prose
man troops is left in Britain moves oot an maks deals wi mercenar on page 13

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Ulster

Crozier, Ian Recomendations fer an Ulster-Scots plen fer oor leid, heirskeip an’ culture, (communities-ni.gov.uk 2022) Ulster, government
festival at moves tae differ venues acroass the on page 65

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Ferguson, Roy Rhymes frae Rathfrilan: A Wheen o Poames, (self-published 2022 ISBN: 979-8796193099) Ulster, poetry
As life moves ain an ain. on page 27
As time moves ain forbye. on page 28
That change as life moves ain. on page 53
Fur life moves ain an disnae stap, on page 55

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