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Use in varieties of Scots

pretence Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words2.7 3 1.5 0 0 10.3 4.8
Number of occurrences96 1 0 0 1 1
Number of authors7 4 1 1 1

Occurrences of pretence in Corpus

In order to avoid violating copyright law and abide by 'fair use', only up to the first five occurrences of the search term are displayed for each article.

Central

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
While bitty hauns make sma pretence Oor wannerins tae guide. on page 5

1 matches

Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
solve the Union, thon glaikit pretence whaur orders stert eftir a bo on page 77

1 matches

Connor, Charles P. Lallans 73 - Waashin Day Weirriors, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, prose
rin ahent the fechter, an wi pretence o ettlin tae pairt thaim, sle on page 67

1 matches

Clark, Thomas Aw Aboard! The fecht for the Scots language stairts the day!, (Bella Caledonia 2019) Central - Bellshill, blog
his dumfoonerin absence o ony pretence at equality - unless an unti
1 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
,” sayed Iqbal, drappin the pretence. “Ah wirk for the Chinese.
,” sayed Iqbal, drappin the pretence. “Ah wirk for the Chinese.
2 matches

Doric

Byrne, Catherine Alice's Mishanters in e Land o Farlies, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010609) Doric - Caithness, prose
While peedy hans make a kinda pretence Wur wanderans till guide. on page 5

1 matches

Southern

Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
While wee hauns mak vain pretence on page 5

1 matches

Ulster

Morrison-Smyth, Anne Alice's Carrants in Wunnerlan, (Evertype 2013 ISBN: 978-1-78201-011-1) Ulster - Ballymoney, prose
While toty hauns mak vain pretence on page 5

1 matches

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