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pension Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words17 18.7 21 0 5.8 10.3 8.9
Number of occurrences5537 14 0 1 1 2
Number of authors22 13 6 1 1 2

Occurrences of pension in Corpus

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Central

Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
yin shop,' as he gies me the pension ower. 'Less it's this yin.' G on page 1

3 matches

McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
s, social security, the state pension an the NHS itsel will be but on page 51
in Spain that still got their pension; hou did the MsM keep ignorin on page 93
he railways, an the new State Pension set up in 1948 follaein the B on page 95
han at onie time afore - the Pension, the Gpo, British Rail, Briti on page 96
The entitlement tae the state pension in the haill o the UK is prot on page 138
Also on pages 139
9 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
e. Ah Ah'll be pure drawin ma pension soon, said Laura. on page 169

1 matches

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
A pension, worth three million, his rew on page 13
ften work oan e'en when thair pension's aa made up. Bi l40 this dis on page 103
they'll hae a bit pension tae retire oan, and can rest on page 105

3 matches

Townsley, Jane Joe's Cloud an Ither Stuff, (lulu.com 2014 ISBN: 978-1326001612) Central - Perth, prose
ons. Nae kippers. There wis a pension book, payable tae Miss Isa Bu on page 40
d tie it tae Isa, or him. The pension book wid hiv to be destroyed. on page 41
id o the rest o it. First the pension book. Nae chances. He wis gau on page 43
, Isa, has been collectin her pension an buyin twenties. Then the t on page 46

6 matches

Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
much ah could dae wi a state pension, but ah wis thrifty enough ta on page 77

2 matches

McPartlin, John Lallans 68 - Black Staff , (Lallans Magazine 2006) Central, poetry
o lang life. An wi a pension! Whit's on page 112

1 matches

Peffers, Bob Whit Aboot Ma Ceevil Richts?, (peffers50.freeserve 2002) Central - Fife, poetry
Ah canna pey it frae ma pension.
1 matches

Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
Tae draw his auld age pension.
1 matches

Bennett, Peter The Bools, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
n tae the Post Office fur his pension. Tam rolls the jack up the gr
‘Ye still get yer pension though daint ye?’ ah ask hi
2 matches

Bennett, Peter TA Hauf an a Hauf, (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
Ah’m gaun tae collect ma pension fae the Post Office, ye see.
1 matches

Grae, Emma Billy's Ghost Dug, (liarsleague.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
tae fork oot hauf a week’s pension fur a ‘Custom Conjuration o
d flog it fur hauf a week’s pension oan eBay? God. Ah kin see it
2 matches

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 2, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
Cos yae kin bet yur grannies pension oan the fact that ma sins oot
1 matches

@DABArbuckle tweeted
Boris 'gettin by' oan ma wee pension.(2020) search twitter

@pmcm1355 tweeted
n Fowk wha peyed intae the UK pension bit live abroad noo get the U (2022) twitter link

Doric

Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
tae mention she's near on the pension on page 15

2 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
le mortgage an a lang stannin pension plan. on page 28

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
got te look forrit till on a pension - anither twinty year o Tesc on page 86

1 matches

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 79 - The Tattiebogle, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Doric - Aberdeen, prose
at wis a bloody shame. An nae pension, of course. on page 18

1 matches

Hutchison, Pat The Three Cannels, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
the the navy hid stoppit his pension for some reason. The pension
for some reason. The pension wiz a pittance but the fyowe
son and tae apologise for his pension bein stopped. The man said th
hey were gan tae backdate his pension and gie him ivvery penny he w
4 matches

Hutchison, Pat Catty, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
eein she’d lost a lot o her pension package but she’d loved her
Next day wiz pension day so she made her wye doon
2 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
o an auld body’s purse wi a pension buik. Whyles she’d traivell
1 matches

@fittiecrooners tweeted
ossiemouth! Fit she need a my pension for! ????(2016) search twitter
ges tae try tae dee me oot ma pension! Full transcript follows. Thi(2018) search twitter

Shetland

Williamson, Christie Continuous at sea defence, (damagnifyingless.wordpress.com 2015) Shetland, poetry
affshore pension pots, wid du no
1 matches

Southern

Wilson, Rab Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Southern - Dumfries, poetry
A pension, worth three million, his rew on page 218

1 matches

Ulster

Ulster Scots Agency Ulster Scots Census, (census.gov.uk 2021) Ulster, government
oul age (gin ye’r draain a pension or no)
1 matches

@OrangRuth tweeted
ave my gold plated Greenfinch pension.(2019) search twitter

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