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Use in varieties of Scots

twenties Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words3.3 4 1.5 9.9 0 0 4.8
Number of occurrences118 1 1 0 0 1
Number of authors10 7 1 1 1

Occurrences of twenties in Corpus

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Central

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
ir right elder cunts in their twenties: on page 5
aboot as weans, but in their twenties - while ma maw worked n ma a on page 38

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Douglas, David Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Galloway, poetry
an the Byres Road back in the twenties. on page 49

1 matches

Townsley, Jane Joe's Cloud an Ither Stuff, (lulu.com 2014 ISBN: 978-1326001612) Central - Perth, prose
ollectin her pension an buyin twenties. Then the twa o them nip inta on page 46

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Tindal, Betty Lallans 73 - The Scaffie Man’s Tale, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, prose
wee bit lassie, mibbe in her twenties, scooted in tae the tailen o on page 112

1 matches

Bennett, Peter Carpe Diem, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
aw heid who flings the wad ay twenties in his haun doon, ragin. ‘N
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Philips, Cally Jings, crivens, help ma Boab, it’s independence!, (McStorytellers.com 2013) Central - Turriff, prose
apped like flies in wur early twenties. Girls. Oor Wullie hud’nae
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Facebook link ( 2021) Central
mind he wis jist a man in his twenties. Mony a time at his open- air

Doric

Hutchison, Pat Catty, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
in a bonny lassie in her earl twenties. Mabel wiz far mair critical
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Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
r the birth-pill I took in me twenties - on page 18

1 matches

Ulster

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
aen Esther tae be in hir late twenties, the same age as hir, but she on page 5

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