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Use in varieties of Scots

sue Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words3.4 3.5 3 9.9 0 0 4.4
Number of occurrences117 2 1 0 0 1
Number of authors10 6 2 1 1

Occurrences of sue 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

Moodie, Gordon D. Lallans 90 - Snoke Iz A Pithie Warlock, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Central, prose
speirs heem. He seys Ah shoud sue; bit sue whae? It wud be a sa on page 78

2 matches

Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
'If that's got fleas, I'll sue,' it says. Wonder whaur he pa on page 1

1 matches

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
ned tae dissect, Prepared tae sue! on page 31

1 matches

Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
A'll sue the lass - an win!
1 matches

Douglas, Ashley Whae Were the Pechts, (Dig It Scotland 2023) Central, prose
gin that wis producit by Dame Sue Black and her team at the Uni
1 matches

Smith, George Electrical Love, (Thi-Wurd 2013) Central, prose
an/woman/kettle/toaster named Sue. Awh – who fuckin cares –
1 matches

Doric

Hay, Gordon M. The Doric New Testament, (Gordon M Hay 2012 ISBN: 978-0957351516) Doric - Banff, prose
een till him tee. Gin a chiel sue ye for e verra sark on yer ba on page 12

1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
d Indian, feathers an aa, tae sue the Council. Hunners mair jis
1 matches

Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
Sue the Cooncil? That's a laugh. on page 75

1 matches

Ulster

Ulster-Scots Language Society Tha Fower Gospels, (Ullans Press 2016 ISBN: 978-1-905281-25-1) Ulster, prose
ye. An ïf summodie wants tae sue ye an tak tha shirt aff yer b on page 6

1 matches

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