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Use in varieties of Scots

ton Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words5.5 4.5 9 9.9 5.8 0 4.4
Number of occurrences189 6 1 1 0 1
Number of authors15 8 4 1 1 1

Occurrences of ton in Corpus

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Central

Purdie, David C. Lallans 68 - The Fower Jyners o the Apocalypse, (Lallans Magazine 2006) Central, prose
wis razor sherp an weighed a ton. Gin they'd hut him, they'd h on page 26

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Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
'Ten,' he says. "Ton each.' on page 1

1 matches

Stevenson, Gerda Quines: Poems in tribute to women of Scotland, (Luath 2020 ISBN: 978-1913025502) Central, poetry
crooned fur filletin a ton o fish in a flash - on page 106

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
We ken this greedy ten ton boay on page 90

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Clark, Thomas Diary o a Wimpy Wean, (Itchy Coo 2018 ISBN: 978-1785302145) Central, weans
Ma Da's deid smart abot a ton o tings, but when it cams tae on page 25

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Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
rricane blew lums doon by the ton on page 115

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Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 67 - Reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central - Prestwick, prose
Language of Translation, ed. Ton Hoenselaars, The Arden Shakes on page 116

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@ThonJacobite tweeted
@CelticNick93 A ton o oose(2020) search twitter

Doric

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 85 - The Clash o the Titans, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Doric, prose
sed bi the heidlichts o a ten-ton larry. on page 54

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Morrison Murray, Harold Doric, Historic and Humorous, (Peters and Sons 2024) Doric, poetry
urchase o' manure £13/10 per ton, seed oats £18 per ton and b on page 14

3 matches

Hutchison, Pat The Seven Coins o Kineddart, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Doric - Banffshire, prose
s there wiz seemed to weigh a ton as she trudged tae an uncerta
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@fittiecrooners tweeted
a! Although twa sausages, nae ton greasy breed & nae so muckle (2017) search twitter

Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
As he watched twa ton o 'Smokeless' gaan dirlan doo on page 14

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Shetland

Watt, Valerie Back tae trowie schul, (Shetland Times 2008) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
da trowie wye o life, we wir ton wi da subjects on offer.
1 matches

Ulster

Robinson, Philip Tae a Virus, (no publisher recorded 2020) Ulster, poetry
e’ve beans and pasta by tha ton
1 matches

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