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Use in varieties of Scots

oyster Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words7.7 8.6 3 29.8 5.8 10.3 4.4
Number of occurrences2517 2 3 1 1 1
Number of authors17 9 2 3 1 1 1

Occurrences of oyster in Corpus

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Central

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
"Ye'd try the patience ae an oyster, so ye wid!" on page 31

1 matches

Lang, Charles nobody remembers the birdman - Good Friday, (Association for Scottish Literature 2022) Central, poetry
oan Sunday. The world is oor oyster! on page 88

1 matches

Begg, James A. Alison's Jants in Ferlieland, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010845) Central, prose
-on wad try the patience o an oyster!" on page 30

1 matches

Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
ADDRESS TAE STRANRAER OYSTER FESTIVAL on page 77

8 matches

Hubbard, Tom The Flechitorium, (Grace Note 2017 ISBN: 9781907676932) Central - East Central, poetry
It's like a giant oyster shell, on page 63

1 matches

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
h, eh? The world really is ma oyster. on page 93

1 matches

McPartlin, John Lallans 81 - Fower Australian Poems, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Central - Dollar, poetry
But oan this oyster-sappy, dreezlin day, on page 16

1 matches

Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
And life is yin oyster, a cone in yer dream, on page 157

1 matches

Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
e aw thocht the world wis oor oyster, so there wis nae room tae sw on page 56
ey wanted tae marry wis their oyster. Me and the lassies at the bo on page 113

2 matches

Doric

Byrne, Catherine Alice's Mishanters in e Land o Farlies, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010609) Doric - Caithness, prose
ough till try e patience o an oyster!" on page 29

1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
ike a bonnie roon pearl in an oyster shell bit turned tae smile at
1 matches

Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
The wirld wis then me oyster - I wis free tae pick and ch on page 68

1 matches

Johnston, Barbara Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
oyster plants an daisies growan on page 49

1 matches

Norquoy, Greer Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
A pair o oyster catchers fly in unison ower t on page 16

1 matches

Shetland

De Luca, Christine Parallel Worlds: Poems in Shetlandic and English, (Luath 2005 ISBN: 978-1905222131) Shetland, poetry
abön da shörmal, an oyster plants crug on page 34

1 matches

Southern

Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
ough tae try th patience o an oyster!" on page 30

1 matches

Ulster

Morrison-Smyth, Anne Alice's Carrants in Wunnerlan, (Evertype 2013 ISBN: 978-1-78201-011-1) Ulster - Ballymoney, prose
nuch tae try the patience o a oyster!" on page 31

1 matches

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