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Use in varieties of Scots

pierced Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words3.4 3.5 3 9.9 5.8 0 0
Number of occurrences117 2 1 1 0 0
Number of authors10 6 2 1 1

Occurrences of pierced in Corpus

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Central

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
air, shaved sides n both ears pierced wae gold hoops in. A'd say A' on page 9

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Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
chocolate? Jyned the Tories? Pierced yer lug? Aye, Jackanory. on page 77

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Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
een wide an feart. That luik pierced Jennet's hert like a trooper' on page 76

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Pennie, Len Poyums, (Canongate Books 2024 ISBN: 978-1805301387) Central - Aberdeen, poetry
ick grinding ache ae ma flesh pierced by blades; on page 6

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McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
lin o a herd o metallic pigs, pierced thru the air. on page 51

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Crawford, Ross At Stake, (Medium 2021) Central - Stirling, prose
t (or wrang) angle, it’d be pierced right through ooter leather a
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Crawford, Ross At Stake, (productmagazine.co.uk 2022) Central - Stirling, prose
snae oan yer side, it’ll be pierced right through ooter leather a
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Doric

Hamilton, Roddy Lallans 63 - The Bruntie Cat, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Doric, prose
e an Abbie Reid an buckelt an pierced by the tooth, some say, o a g
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Hutchison, Pat Tarrarra boomby ae, This is my dying day, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
knocked fae him as the bullet pierced low doon in his left side. He
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Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
e hid barely a bit that wisna pierced and sportan a stud or a chain on page 58

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Shetland

Ratter, Peter Da Perishin Nort, (Young Shetland Writer 2010) Shetland, prose
pierced his lugs. Da freezin abyss be
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