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Use in varieties of Scots

portsoy Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words3.3 1.5 11.8 0 0 0 0
Number of occurrences113 8 0 0 0 0
Number of authors6 1 5

Occurrences of portsoy in Corpus

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Central

Bolland, John Lallans 71 - Line of Sight – excerpt fae a novel in progress, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
noo - ye kin walk there fae Portsoy three months in the year. The
Portsoy wiz niver meant tae be secure
as that cover aa the centre o Portsoy. Ah switcht the primary back
3 matches

Doric

Smith, Alex A Sair Fecht, (self-published 2003) Doric, prose
Een or twa year back, atween Portsoy an Cullen ere wis a new sign
1 matches

Hutchison, Pat Angels Ten, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Doric - Banffshire, prose
started again at this side o Portsoy but even mair coorse than afo
e shooting on the road atween Portsoy an Banff and aboot me how ill
2 matches

@72redz1903 tweeted
my wifeÂ’s contributions tae Portsoy folk sessions. Thing I like a (2022) twitter link
’d had a few pints in Shories PortsoyÂ… (2022) twitter link
The Portsoy magician, fit a player. Ryan (2020) twitter link

@cligeey tweeted
dy_40 @JackElphinstone Na Fae Portsoy ti Buckie 6 harbour walk min (2020) search twitter

@JamieFairbairn1 tweeted
yed e older loonÂ’s story fae Portsoy aboot loadin pineapples in e (2019) twitter link

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