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purpose Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words24.7 26.7 18.1 9.9 11.6 10.3 48.7
Number of occurrences7952 12 1 2 1 11
Number of authors47 31 9 1 2 1 3

Occurrences of purpose in Corpus

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Central

Curran, Doug Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Galloway, poetry
tae suit his purpose. on page 21

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Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
"D'ye no mean 'purpose'?" said Alice. on page 101

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Donati, Colin The Student and the Pawnwife , (Itchy Coo 2003 ISBN: 978-1902927817) Central, prose
its, clearer thochts, steiver purpose! Hyech, the Deil can hae't!.. on page 140

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Begg, James A. Alison's Jants in Ferlieland, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010845) Central, prose
"Dae ye no mean 'purpose'?" said Alison. on page 44

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Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
, lass. It wad serve nae guid purpose. For whit is ordained shall c on page 43

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Cohen, Susan Wee Scottish Book o' Pure Stoatin' Joy, (The Wee Book Company 2019 ISBN: 978-1916491588) Central, prose
roond it an' set aboot it wi' purpose. Joy's sumthin' ye deserve! I on page

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Pyper, Hugh S. The Five Scrolls, (Handsel Press 2023 ISBN: 978-1912052790) Central, poetry
maist fittin vehicle fur his purpose. It wis a walcome but seconda on page vi

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Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
s joinin Twitter fur the sole purpose ae tweetin what a vile evil c on page 54
he left us tae figure oot oor purpose oan this earth. Try and answe on page 89
e up, ken? They do so wae the purpose ae furgettin that the system on page 90
y. Oor and oor again. Wae the purpose ae makin some posh cunt rich. on page 101
they git tae finally serve a purpose in society. Everboady's a win on page 133

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Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
lue this thing tae ma heid on purpose?' on page 27
s. She'd made it difficult on purpose and she kent there were gey f on page 70

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McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
governance that isnae fit fer purpose weel, no fer onie purpose ith on page 56

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Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
Whuts thi purpose? on page 93

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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
an auld bed brocht in fer the purpose, wis the corpse o Cossack Joc on page 93

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McPartlin, John Lallans 81 - Fower Australian Poems, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Central - Dollar, poetry
markin his purpose lack at hame, on page 18

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Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
A Sense o Purpose on page 140

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Fitt, Matthew Geordie's Mingin Medicine, (Itchy Coo 2007 ISBN: 978-1845021603) Central, weans
it on purpose! I'm gonnae clype on ye tae y on page 36

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Donati, Colin Scots A Statement o Principles, (Scots Parliament 2003 ISBN: 978-1-899920-02-1) Central, government
The purpose ahint the 'Universal Declarat on page 17

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Robertson, James The Hoose at Pooh's Neuk, (Itchy Coo 2010 ISBN: 978-1845022945) Central, weans
ccidentally cawed yin ower on purpose, and Kanga said, "Richt noo, on page 112

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Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
uid Catholic Jassie who'd wan purpose in this world. Mammy and Dadd on page 52
d came intae this world fur a purpose. It's not like ma dream is th on page 89

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Morton, Elaine Hamethocts, (Evertype 2010 ISBN: 978-1782012399) Central, poetry
That licht o mission purpose gart her learn on page 9
Than wabs, some giant purpose in his hert on page 45

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Kay, Billy Lallans 78 - Thochts on the bonnie broukit bairn at hame an abroad, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, prose
An purpose in plenty tae guide it. on page 9

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Morton, Elaine Lallans 61 - Twa poems, (Lallans Magazine 2002) Central - Lothian, poetry
Than wabs, some giant purpose in his hert on page 60

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Hershaw, William Eemis Stane 1 - The Laverock’s Nest, (Eemis Stane 2022) Central, prose
ained wey and haurdly fit for purpose. Ither anes were biggit wi ca on page 18

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Sneddon, Duncan Lallans 83 - Biggin Brigs – Nummer 3: Cornish, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, prose
k taewards the kind o unity i purpose that a minority language need on page 109

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Hardie, George Lallans 67 - Ane Amang Monie, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central - Hamilton, poetry
could ye see the purpose clearly on page 143

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Calder, Bob Lallans 58 - Allmairshall, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
ld be an envelope for anither purpose entirely, fae a hailly differ on page 72

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Wilson, Rab Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, prose
oot lood. Gin the anely true purpose o poetry is, lik Dryden said, on page 134

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Jarvie, Gordon Lallans 74 - Ballad o an Irish student, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, poetry
o a purpose lang forgot,
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Somerville, Shirley-Anne Scots Government Commitments tae Gaelic an Scots an Scots Langages Bill: consultation, (gov.scot 2022 ISBN: 978-1804358313) Central - Holyrood, government
heir wirk wi the Government's Purpose an National Ootcomes.
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Robinson, Christine Lallans 70 - The Language o the Glasgow Unity Plays, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
n had joined the club for the purpose of purchasing goods from an E
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Clark, Thomas Wha's Like Us?, (Bella Caledonia 2017) Central - Bellshill, blog
think back tae the political purpose that informed oor lives in 20
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Clark, Sara Scot Free -The Psychic Cost O Uisin Scots, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central, blog
the grund up, wi the express purpose o uising it tae communicate,
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Burnett, Colin Boris Johnstone, (colinburnett.co.uk 2021) Central - East Central, prose
rs joinin twiter fur the sole purpose ae tweetin what a vile evil c
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Smith, Jamie William Playfair: faither o data visualisation, (Mak Forrit 2019) Central - Edinburgh, blog
ce. I found it answer[ed] the purpose beyond my expectation, by bri
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Bennett, Peter The Sacrificial Doo, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
re, Stevie. It’s served its purpose. Ye get me?’ he sais.
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Bennett, Peter Carpe Diem, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
e as though that’s its sole purpose; like the waiy Ivan the Terri
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Bennett, Peter Just Another Minute, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
y reminder ay the buildin’s purpose.
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Bennett, Peter Rude Awakenings (Part two of two), (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
that serve nae real practical purpose other than stoappin people ga
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Bennett, Peter Park trife, (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
xtension) is so devoid ay any purpose or direction, that bein reacq
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Crawford, Ross Awa in a Dwam, (Medium 2021) Central - Stirling, prose
the grass, movin wae greater purpose and assurance wae every step.
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Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
- in slavery, for nae ither purpose nor tae dae manual lawbour.
se in the mornin wi a sense o purpose. Guzul made her eat breakfast
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Donati, Colin Universal Declaration o Human Richts, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Central, government
determined by law for the ae purpose o makand the due kenning and
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Ahmad, Nyla How We Celebrate – scrievin prompt, (Scottish Book Trust 2021) Central, blog
scrievin that has a practical purpose ahint it, sic as recipes, adv
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@kennethbryce184 tweeted
@Bluebell_FC am a multi purpose guy lol x (2020) twitter link

Doric

Kynoch, Douglas Lallans 87 - Andy, (Lallans Magazine 2015) Doric, prose
oot, micht hae haed nae ither purpose. on page 30

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Benzie, Lesley Fessen Reared, (Seahorse 2020 ISBN: 978-1916214538) Doric, poetry
for the purpose o strong white State on page 26
propaganda, the purpose o religion, on page 60

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Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 79 - The Tattiebogle, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Doric - Aberdeen, prose
y jist seem tae hae nae ither purpose in life. Ay, there's mony a t on page 12

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Byrne, Catherine Alice's Mishanters in e Land o Farlies, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010609) Doric - Caithness, prose
"Dinna ee mean 'purpose'?" sade Alice. on page 99

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Vettese, Raymond Lallans 63 - Reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Doric, prose
nterest frae the authors. The purpose, as Murray skrieves, ‘ ...
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Elphinstone Institute Aiberdeenshire Cooncil – Scots Leid Guidelines, (Aberdeenshire Council 2017) Doric, government
s unnerstan the importance an purpose o Doric in their lives;
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Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
It's nae as if I'd deen't on purpose!'
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@72redz1903 tweeted
ying. The PPE was not fit for purpose, some of it was 2nd hand and (2021) twitter link
o mince made up with a clear purpose in mind, tae provoke a ridicu (2020) twitter link
orm and has probably served a purpose in wisening ahbody up - we s (2020) twitter link

@beast_afc tweeted
AnthonyRJoseph Wid defeat the purpose o the change. If anything, th(2020) search twitter

Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
at the Ring o Brodgar, hid's purpose isna plain. on page 37

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Shetland

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
. Shü raise wi a new sense a purpose, her heid mirrlin wi plans. S on page 26

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@tattooedselkie tweeted
ere tae hide ahint wi da sole purpose o firin dug's abuse at fokk. (2021) search twitter

Southern

Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
"Div ee no mean 'purpose'?" said Ahlice. on page 102

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Ulster

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
rae hir ain scullery? An what purpose did the vast atray o stores d on page 42

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Morrison-Smyth, Anne Alice's Carrants in Wunnerlan, (Evertype 2013 ISBN: 978-1-78201-011-1) Ulster - Ballymoney, prose
fish wud go oniewhur wi'oot a purpose." on page 102
"Dae yae naw mean 'purpose'?" said Alice. on page 103

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Ni Chuilin, Caral Roadin furtae Bring Forrits an Graith tha ULSTER-SCOTCH Leid, Heirskip an Cultur, (Mannystrie o Fowkgates, Airts an Aisedom 2015) Ulster, government
purpose an jonick. on page 16
akkin weirin mizhures tae tha purpose.9 This Patent, steidit oan th on page 17
Claught Lear Ontak Core fur a purpose-like wye o fordèrin claught on page 28
nin atween hans 'at's tae tha purpose fur dominies warkin thenoo 'a on page 33
tches o tha Chairtèr tae tha purpose bes implymentit. on page 46
Also on pages 54, 55
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