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Use in varieties of Scots

tortoise Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words9.5 7 10.4 0 17.4 41.3 13.3
Number of occurrences3114 7 0 3 4 3
Number of authors11 5 2 1 2 1

Occurrences of tortoise in Corpus

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Central

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
ld Turtle-we used tae caw him Tortoise-" on page 94

3 matches

Muir, Glenn The McFables: Selected Aesop's Fables in Scots, (self-published 2015 ISBN: 978-1519739216) Central, poetry
The Tortoise and the Hare on page 29

6 matches

Begg, James A. Alison's Jants in Ferlieland, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010845) Central, prose
d Turtle-we uised tae caa him Tortoise-" on page 44

3 matches

Fleemin, Sandy Lallans 67 - Clash fae Cauld Hill, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, poetry
Feet stappit intae tortoise-fur buits; on page 39

1 matches

@jax6754 tweeted
cial True! ??That's why I'm a tortoise an no a hare! Happy Christmas(2014) search twitter

Doric

Byrne, Catherine Alice's Mishanters in e Land o Farlies, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010609) Doric - Caithness, prose
Turtle-we used till call him Tortoise-" on page 92

3 matches

@DoricPhrases tweeted
Ma tortoise enjoying his morn tomato. Fit(2017) search twitter
Ma freen Gonkie the tortoise enjoying his morn braakfist l(2020) search twitter

Shetland

Johnson, Laureen Alice's Adventirs in Wonderlaand, (Evertype 2012 ISBN: 978-1782010081) Shetland - Voe, prose
Turtle - we ösed ta caa him Tortoise - " on page 95
"We caa'd him Tortoise becaas he 'taught us' in Engl on page 96

3 matches

Southern

Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
d Turtle - oo yist tae ca im Tortoise - " on page 93

3 matches

Purves, David Jade Lute, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Selkirk, poetry
Twa paerls an a kaim o tortoise-shell.
1 matches

Ulster

Morrison-Smyth, Anne Alice's Carrants in Wunnerlan, (Evertype 2013 ISBN: 978-1-78201-011-1) Ulster - Ballymoney, prose
tle - wae use't tae caal him Tortoise - " on page 94

3 matches

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