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talents Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words4.5 4.5 5.9 9.9 5.8 0 0
Number of occurrences159 4 1 1 0 0
Number of authors10 6 2 1 1

Occurrences of talents in Corpus

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Central

Marenich, Margaret Lallans 84 - Awa wi’t, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
is richt vogie o her mither's talents an accomplishments. She kent on page 16
nd o thair hauflin years, her talents, an thay war monie, indeed th on page 17

2 matches

Hershaw, William Lallans 102 - Editorial: Jean Tamson’s Bairns, (Lallans Magazine 2023) Central, prose
aith Scots nouce and screivin talents, on page 8

1 matches

McKillop, Roger Ma Heroes o' Music, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
Their talents appreciate,
1 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
atrice thocht. Ye hae the ilk talents. Bit she didna interrup Derri
1 matches

Douglas, Ashley Fur maist o history, anonymous wis a wumman, (Scottish Poetry Library 2022) Central, prose
nuscript and her ain literary talents – includin comparin her tae
ndantlie). Marie’s literary talents are heized, and a series o go
2 matches

Douglas, Ashley The Maitland Quarto and Poem 49, (wee-windaes.nls.uk 2021) Central, prose
celebrate her ain scrieverly talents forby.
1 matches

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
ood on you m8 - a man o many talents! (2020) twitter link

Doric

Morrison Murray, Harold Doric, Historic and Humorous, (Peters and Sons 2024) Doric, poetry
he exploits | canna tell Mony talents he has got Especially, on his on page 29

1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
The parable o the talents, an the three servants, Minni
ahin. An aa the servants hid talents, an war telt tae makk the mai
she wid makk gweed eese o her talents, takkin tent o the teachin o
3 matches

Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
Me talents glowan brighter than the star on page 3

1 matches

Shetland

@helenmoncrieff tweeted
if twitter is ready to see my talents(2014) search twitter