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Use in varieties of Scots

sixpence Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words2.2 0.5 3 0 5.8 0 13.3
Number of occurrences71 2 0 1 0 3
Number of authors6 1 2 1 2

Occurrences of sixpence in Corpus

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Central

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
erruptin him,) "Ah'll gie him sixpence. Ah don't hink it means anyhi on page 119

1 matches

Doric

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 68 - Gordon’s Gairden, (Lallans Magazine 2006) Doric, prose
er crack, an me chippin in mi sixpence worth noo an then, fan there on page 35

1 matches

Byrne, Catherine Alice's Mishanters in e Land o Farlies, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010609) Doric - Caithness, prose
erruptan him,) "A'll give him sixpence. A dinna believe air's an ato on page 117

1 matches

Shetland

Johnson, Laureen Alice's Adventirs in Wonderlaand, (Evertype 2012 ISBN: 978-1782010081) Shetland - Voe, prose
va ta brak in), "A'll gie him sixpence. I dunna believe der a eetimt on page 122

1 matches

Ulster

Ullans Speakers Association Nursery Rhymes for Weans, (Ulster-Scots Agency 2008 ISBN: 978-0955791697) Ulster, weans
Sing a Sang o Sixpence on page 30

2 matches

Gibson, Darren Oul money, (Ullans Magazine 2013) Ulster, prose
worth twal pence. Then cum a sixpence caa’ed a tanner an a threep
1 matches

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