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Use in varieties of Scots

sold Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words7.2 7.2 6 0 17.4 20.7 0
Number of occurrences2314 4 0 3 2 0
Number of authors20 14 2 2 2

Occurrences of sold in Corpus

In order to avoid violating copyright law and abide by 'fair use', only up to the first five occurrences of the search term are displayed for each article.

Central

Stevenson, Gerda Quines: Poems in tribute to women of Scotland, (Luath 2020 ISBN: 978-1913025502) Central, poetry
sold yon wild, crushed sweetness o on page 81

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McQueer, Chris Hings - Short Stories 'n That, (404 Ink 2017 ISBN: 978-0995623866) Central - Glesga, prose
if ah ever see the cunt that sold me thum again ahm gonnae kick on page 4

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Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
e tickets fur Stramash huv aw sold oot. Charlene an Nicola huv b on page 75

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Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
Burns said 'We're bought and sold for English gold' on page 42

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McCrory, Pat Lallans 57 - Jimsie’s Maw’s Soup, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central - Cowcaddens, poetry
It's sold faur an wide, even in Kelvins on page 29

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Handy, Robbie Forked Tongues, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Central - Dunfermline, blog
ced, packaged, controlled and sold. Limited use of Patois is tol
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McKillop, Roger Ma Heroes o' Sport, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
n’ ethics, would hae tae be sold.
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Bennett, Peter Arabian Monkfish (Part One), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central, prose
ot. In just oer two weeks, he sold the lot ay it an Scanlon’s
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Douglas, Ashley Scotland’s linguistic launscape – Scottish Staunart English and Scots, (languagereach.com 2021) Central, prose
fur exemple, telt/selt (told/sold).
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Briggs, Susi Atween the lines o Muirland Meg, (Scottish Poetry Library 2022) Central, poetry
Her flooer wis sold when she wis ainly thirteen
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@Seperatist_No1 tweeted
ft in the world ?? plus I was sold long ago on your good charact(2020) search twitter

@jax6754 tweeted
@JohnBishop100 Last sold ticket fir Thurs #edfringe is(2014) search twitter

@IshbelMcF tweeted
aresuperfan @edbookfest It’s sold out! We’re hoping to go on t(2019) search twitter

@SusiBriggs1 tweeted
@simiain2 Thanks pal, sold oot. ??(2020) search twitter

Doric

Gauld, Ilene Ilene Gauld - Piper and Poet, (Doric Future 2020) Doric - Keith, weans
o caad "Smile a Fyle" which I sold and split the proceeds atween
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@72redz1903 tweeted
z1903 : Yas min! Robert Plant sold oot at the Tivoli the night, (2022) twitter link
Yas min! Robert Plant sold oot at the Tivoli the night, (2022) twitter link
e He started as a midfielder, sold tae Riems for 2 million - I (2021) twitter link

Shetland

@Julie_Dennison tweeted
ing I hed at da Shetland Open sold dey took VAT aff o it, it's n (2014) twitter link

@shaetlan_rose tweeted
oah I didna see dat it wis aa sold oot! Yes du's likly richt?? w(2019) search twitter
afraid the first two have now sold out (!!) but there are still (2019) search twitter

Southern

Thompson, James My Borderlands, (Richardson and Son Printers 2023) Southern - Hawick, poetry
Which sold in wee one gallon tins on page 40

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@jamie_ginger tweeted
d and said aryt ti a man that sold is a carpet aboot 20 year ago(2019) search twitter

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