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Use in varieties of Scots

shapes Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words13.1 13.9 10.6 29.8 5.8 10.3 13.3
Number of occurrences4227 7 3 1 1 3
Number of authors33 21 6 2 1 1 2

Occurrences of shapes in Corpus

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Central

Niven, Liz Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central, poetry
heapt heich wi shiny shapes, on page 6

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Clark, Sara Echo and Narcissus, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012702) Central, poetry
Mirkenin shapes on the emerant shaw. on page 100

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McGregor, Iain Lallans 87 - The Neep Lantern, (Lallans Magazine 2015) Central, prose
n the shaddaes intae eldritch shapes. Ghaists stertit sweemin in m on page 22

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Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
ramskeerie shapes rejig thirsels on page 54

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Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
le chains, an the lourin grey shapes o horsemen loomed eerily oot on page 45

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Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
oat ae bad news comes in many shapes and colours but the departmen on page 116

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Bryden, Hugh Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Dumfries, poetry
its ain shapes an form, on page 104

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Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
1, it said on it. WHIPS - AW SHAPES AND SIZES. on page 98

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Rennie, Susan Kat an Doug on Planet Perjink, (Itchy Coo 2002 ISBN: 978-1902927565) Central, weans
st rows o hovernuts o various shapes an sizes. on page 20

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Fitt, Matthew Geordie's Mingin Medicine, (Itchy Coo 2007 ISBN: 978-1845021603) Central, weans
iturs o this earth intae unco shapes ...' on page 10

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Clark, Thomas The Boggin Beginnin, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303524) Central, weans
oodles in aw kinds o fantoosh shapes, and they asked the wumman ri on page 42
he noodles in aw the fantoosh shapes and Violet cairryin the pot o on page 51

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McPartlin, John Lallans 68 - Black Staff , (Lallans Magazine 2006) Central, poetry
their shapes were shadda'd in the Auld Tol on page 112

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Douglas, Ashley The Itchy Coo Book o Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales in Scots - Sweet Sang o the Widd, (Itchy Coo 2020) Central, weans
chtingale sang, the bletherin shapes aroond the on page 108

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Sprott, Gavin Lallans 73 - In Liverpool Cathedral, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, poetry
It is croun't wi shapes on page 102

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Calder, Bob Lallans 56 - Greenfield the Name O The Pit, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, poetry
like aa the shapes a nicht-time coal fire spins on page 107

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Horsbroch, Dauvit A gang-roond oor Sun Grid, (Scots Language Centre 2020) Central, blog
claimed that cheens o bumfled shapes seen unner an electron micros
arn'- rocks o sindry sizes an shapes. The fower biggest anes that
cuidna jist mak oot the orra shapes by Seturn – whiles jalousin
eils o aw kin kind o sizes an shapes, Plutock bein ane o the bigge
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Eagle, Andy Lallans 71 - Stravaigin the Wab, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
Uisers shapes this warld throu deegital eem
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Fenton, Janet A Guid New Year tae yin and a!, (Bella Caledonia 2019) Central, blog
id like a struck bell, wi the shapes and soonds o the words ringin
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Bremner, Stewart Haud Yer Wheesht?, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central, blog
is like a struck bell, wi the shapes and soonds o the words ringin
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Bennett, Peter McShane's Reprieve, (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
n near hypnotic states, makin shapes tae aw manner ay electronic m
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Crawford, Ross Awa in a Dwam, (Medium 2021) Central - Stirling, prose
and. A circle ae wispy, human shapes formed fae a mist that wisnae
ugh it emanated fae amorphous shapes rather than pursed lips. Wan
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Seth-Smith, Niki Chynge o sum kind is comin either wey, but a vote tae leave wad empooer Europe’s faur richt, (The Sair Fecht 2016) Central, blog
Britain shapes an is shaped by Europe. Latâ€
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Doric

Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
atch He cut it in a the wrang shapes on page 15

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Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
in-laaw an lookit doon it the shapes an swirls aat the tay leaves on page 37
Ah'd helpit Mam clip oot the shapes an syne stitch them aa thegit on page 79

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McDonald, Charlie Doric Scots Books an Poems, (Facebook 2022) Doric, poetry
A cloot, brushes o' a' shapes tae keep 'em clean
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Martin, Keiron Ma Worst Nicht Oot, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric - Forres, prose
crowd in. There wis fowk o a shapes and sizes fae bairns tae auld
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Hutchison, Pat The Three Cannels, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
carved fae driftwid in weird shapes as if tortured Devil’s imps
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@cligeey tweeted
e still get a tune n cut some shapes https://t.co/L2ghGVaexl(2020) search twitter

Orkney

Giles, Harry Josephine Deep Wheel Orcadia: A Novel, (Picador 2021 ISBN: 978-1529066609) Orkney, poetry
somtheen more, but this teum shapes is jeust the waant o starns. on page 34

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Johnston, Barbara Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
findan groaties, shapes o driftwid on page 49

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Shetland

Watt, Valerie Meenie’s Viking spoon, (Shetland Times 2010) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
rds? Dey ir aawye eenoo in aa shapes an sizes. Some hae joost a pe
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Southern

Thompson, James My Borderlands, (Richardson and Son Printers 2023) Southern - Hawick, poetry
The shapes that will transpire on page 39

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Ulster

Fenton, James On Slaimish, (Ullans Press 2009 ISBN: 9781905281299) Ulster, poetry
The shrood-white shapes stan wawvin, on page 44

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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
mair siccar shapes owerby tha Ulstèr-Scotch lei on page 21
rowe'th o mair couthie patent shapes an respeck fur tha Ulstèr-Sc on page 37

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