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science Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words25 30.8 16.6 9.9 29.1 20.7 4.4
Number of occurrences8060 11 1 5 2 1
Number of authors37 25 6 1 2 2 1

Occurrences of science in Corpus

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Central

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
use at aw. A'm marchin by the science buildin n past tech. A kin se on page 45

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Clark, Thomas Eemis Stane 2 - Editorial: A Twa Wey Street, (Eemis Stane 2023) Central, prose
wey it's happened is ayont aw science o mine, but sae whit? We dinn on page 3

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Hubbard, Tom The Flechitorium, (Grace Note 2017 ISBN: 9781907676932) Central - East Central, poetry
Certes, his science wis his ain; Wha forged his i on page 7

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Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
ays she's bein "Guided by the science" aw you see are an array ae u on page 55

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Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
orner ootside D stairs an the Science Department. Whit is it, ah sa on page 37
upit data collection thing in Science last week where wi had tae wr on page 67
f he'd had an accident in the Science Department: Christopher, he s on page 77
ae the century. Yesterday oor Science teacher thought sumdy'd let a on page 89
my doon the drain ootside the Science department, an then ah felt d on page 99
Also on pages 140, 161, 162, 163, 169
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Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
Combined religion, science, common sense, on page 18

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Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
But that's yer science for ye... on page 105
Frae science or the craft o the sage-femme on page 134

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Allan, Alasdair Scots Language Policy, (Scots Parliament 2015) Central, government
Meenister for Lairnin, Science an Scotland's Leids on page 1

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Morton, Elaine Hamethocts, (Evertype 2010 ISBN: 978-1782012399) Central, poetry
aud life athin, cauldly bidin science: on page 34

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Robinson, Christine Lallans 73 - Historical Lexicography and the Records of the Parliaments of Scotland to 1700, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, prose
It will still nae be an exact science but at least we are movin in on page 16

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Eagle, Andy Lallans 56 - Stravaigin the Wab, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, prose
k a daunder throu the airt an science o Brigadoonery - the fire-ed on page 15

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Horsbroch, Dauvit A gang-roond oor Sun Grid, (Scots Language Centre 2020) Central, blog
aw thaim that's in the fay o science that the Yird is 4.543 billio
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Wilson, Rab Lallans 62 - Cormilligan, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, poetry
Combined religion, science, common sense,
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Eagle, Andy Lallans 62 - Stravaigin the Wab, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
the universe an the foonds o science an ingineerin. Dae ye ken tha
whit is aiblins the grandest science o thaim aw acause it inrowes
http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/space/myspace/localspace/scot
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Douglas, Sheila Lallans 63 - The Smithsonian Folklife Festival 2003, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
resteegious centre o culture, science an eddication. We hinnae mony
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Horsbroch, Dauvit Are The Onybody Ither?, (Scots Language Centre 2022) Central, blog
nooadays wad caw a wark o lee-science wis Tamas Erskine 1st baron E
iks an ideas o a 1950’s lee-science picture oot o Hollywood – a
legsome veesion o this in lee-science warks sic as First Men in the
tween impires, technology, an science, that oor dreid wis born o th
eids the Centre for Exoplanet Science, an wirks alang wi the SETI I
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Malgrati, Paul Ayont the Fake and the Leal: Let's Free the Leid, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central, blog
cently exheebitit Scots as a 'Science Fiction project': a pastless
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Burnett, Colin Boris Johnstone, (colinburnett.co.uk 2021) Central - East Central, prose
’s bein ‘’Guided by the science’’ aw you see are an array
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Smith, Jamie William Playfair: faither o data visualisation, (Mak Forrit 2019) Central - Edinburgh, blog
sae kenspeckle in economics, science an business the day — an ge
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Heather, Alistair The Body Snatchers, (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Angus, blog
But ae field o science couldnae mak ony advancement
ak ony advancement at aa: the science o medicine. Young doctors cou
hristian tae gie yer body tae science efter ye’d dee’d. Fowk th
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Dempster, Michael DIGNITY, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, poetry
maths an science,
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Smith, Jamie Animal Ferm: Chapters I to III, (Mak Forrit 2021) Central, prose
es (this haes been pruiven by Science, feres) haes intil them subst
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Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
ey hung on til a capacity for science - bit wi’oot the ethical c
aa richt, we aa ken that. Bit science is hale, science is the Sea o
is hale, science is the Sea o Knawledge that a
oncert, unner the direction o science, eradicatit smallpox. There w
Scientifica - the Regimen o Science - on juist that principle.
7 matches

Matthews, Lily A SPARK O INSPIRATION, (Scots Hoose 2021) Central, weans
m our understanding of modern science.”
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Donati, Colin Universal Declaration o Human Richts, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Central, government
ae share in the advancement o science and its benefits.
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astrothsknot The Auld Man O Jerah, (archiveofourown.org 2018) Central, prose
aw aboot the historie an the science an the nature aw the Ochils,
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Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 4, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
t me, eh? the fuckin doactur. Science, a scientific fact! cunts yae
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@Chazzbat tweeted
a ill. They dinnae believe in science, so let thum dei. Fuckin eeji(2020) search twitter

@bigandymccoll tweeted
, ye've got tae jist BELIEVE. Science, reason and critical thinking (2022) twitter link

@rattlecans tweeted
row some if I wanted to study science. Wee lassies can't grow balls (2022) twitter link

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
exactly - ffs its no rocket science! (2021) twitter link

Doric

Innes, Brian P. Tales Fae The Doric Side - Thochts o a Teacher, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
onythin? Weel, I wirkit as a science teacher at Inverurie Academy, on page 49
cond eer, an at that time wir Science Department got a special awar on page 50

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Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
kie aat Ah'd made in Domestic Science - adorned wi fadit embroider on page 79

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Uri, Antonia Bidin awa: City Breaks, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Doric - Aberdeen, newspaper
ub, gairdens an a three-fluir science museum built tae resemmle the on page 3
is its museums. For luvers o science, a veesit tae CERN ('The Euro on page 6
emblem o faith in the pouer o science. Veesitors can wak throu the on page 13

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Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
the windae, English, Latin an Science jotters lay at his neive. Whi
1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
at, insteid o biggin an Eden, science hid vrocht a charnel hoose o
1 matches

Gray, Kath Lallans 63 - Aikey Brae Fair – 1962, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Doric, prose
anks to the great advances of science we can now live without our h
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@Franwella tweeted
o 80p for droppin a beaker in science. I cane times are tough bit r(2011) search twitter

Orkney

Giles, Harry Josephine WHIT TAE WRITE NOU?, (https://harryjosephine.com/ 2015) Orkney, blog
nither warld. Fantasy warlds, science fiction warlds, parallel warl
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Shetland

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
e fae Oxford in some aspect a science at I coodna even understaand, on page 13

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@helenmoncrieff tweeted
I love doin my peerie bit for science, especially on a day lik dis (2020) search twitter
RSPB. Great stories, amazing science and potential solutions tae h(2019) search twitter
dis I nearly forget tae do da science bit #beachedbirdsurvey #scien(2019) search twitter

Southern

Purves, David Lallans 67 - Editorial, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Southern - Selkirk, newspaper
r best a brig atween airts an science, creator an mercat, stelled i on page 5

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Rodger, Matt The Borth’ick Waitter, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Roxburgh, prose
nert English is the langage o science an commerce, bot dis at raeli
1 matches

Ulster

Crozier, Ian Recomendations fer an Ulster-Scots plen fer oor leid, heirskeip an’ culture, (communities-ni.gov.uk 2022) Ulster, government
olitics, education, industry, science ir the airts fer tae inspire on page 23

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