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Use in varieties of Scots

runner Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words6.9 9.3 1.5 19.9 5.8 0 0
Number of occurrences2218 1 2 1 0 0
Number of authors17 13 1 2 1

Occurrences of runner in Corpus

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Central

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
sure the moose disnae take a runner.' Well, cept fir the fact," A on page 34

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Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
put the kybosh oan him daen a runner. on page 1

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Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
t didnae help that yin ae his runner's hud been pinched wae two oo on page 97

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Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
dead set like a lang-distance runner wha's sichted the finishin li on page 124

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Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
in lik that. Wid you no dae a runner, said Charlene, If your cousi on page 133

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Haddow, Kris Haud the Bus - Nuhin is Certain, Except, (The Wee Paper 2022) Central, prose
t blue, lik a scene fae Blade Runner crossed wae the bog bit in Tr
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Haddow, Kris Haud the Bus - Where Dae Ye Catch the Bus Tae Sarajevo?, (The Wee Paper 2022) Central, prose
oot me efter A hud tae dae a runner aa the way doon hill fae ma d
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Haddow, Kris Haud the Bus - The Stert ae World War III?, (The Wee Paper 2022) Central, prose
hae a quick shower and dae a runner (but no afore checkin directi
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Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
Ma runner beans are no sae braw -
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Gilmour, Rosie Bak Tae Schuil, (Scots Hoose 2015) Central, weans
e last bell rings I'm daein a runner
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Bennett, Peter Liberties (Part One), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
e man. That’ll be you a non-runner fur the morra, nae doubt.’
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McKillop, Roger Ma Heroes o' Sport, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
eel, ye sometimes get thon “Runner’s high” when the pavement
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Shoor Caan, Angus Coont Thum: A hunner an' oad McLimericks, (self-published 2012 ISBN: 978-1480242425) Central - Ardrossan, poetry
e Tam the Bam, the bookie’s runner Fronted up wi’ jeest seevin
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Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 2, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
oond sense ae happiness is ma runner’s up prize. The fuckin silv
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@mcfarlane_irene tweeted
The Kite Runner (kite - the Scots ward ma fa(2018) search twitter

@raiphsays tweeted
leFart Aye wee Steve win aw a runner up prizes!(2020) search twitter
ripeUK She wid a been a luvvy runner up! :)(2020) search twitter
er @Sir_Norman Naw he wis 1st runner up!(2020) search twitter

Doric

@fittiecrooners tweeted
g staff. He says he is a good runner, especially fae the Polis(2016) search twitter

Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
en-niled binnack and a foosty runner bean. on page 56

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Bruce, Lorraine Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
Wur last runner the day is That Man Wae the C on page 86

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Shetland

Cumming, John Kirsten, (Shetland For Wirds 2006) Shetland, prose
r big. 'Shö's wantin ta be a runner,' her midder says. 'Is dat ri
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