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twins Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words18.7 18.5 25.6 9.9 34.9 0 0
Number of occurrences6036 17 1 6 0 0
Number of authors24 17 3 1 3

Occurrences of twins in Corpus

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Central

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
n the stell, lambin a yowe wi twins. Ane o thaim, a wee yowe lamb on page 57

1 matches

Pyper, Hugh S. The Five Scrolls, (Handsel Press 2023 ISBN: 978-1912052790) Central, poetry
aa wi twins, on page 7
twins o a gazelle, on page 8
aa wi twins, on page 13
twins o a gazelle. on page 16

4 matches

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
kin the five hunner miles the twins wur sae eager tae sing aboot. on page 178

1 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
r really, said her pal wi the twins. Aye, said Emma, Ah cannae wa on page 58
id injury. 'hen there wis the twins Rona an Nora, said ma da. The on page 61

3 matches

Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
Twins, the delite o the fit fou o r on page 70

1 matches

Townsley, Jane Joe's Cloud an Ither Stuff, (lulu.com 2014 ISBN: 978-1326001612) Central - Perth, prose
e's fairm An they're expectin twins on page 9

1 matches

Morton, Elaine Hamethocts, (Evertype 2010 ISBN: 978-1782012399) Central, poetry
Ilk ane mak twa, ilk twin re-twins, divides; on page 47

1 matches

Sprott, Gavin Lallans 68 - Gairdens, (Lallans Magazine 2006) Central - Edinburgh, poetry
Some are in gangs o twins and threiplets on page 98

1 matches

Evie OOR WULLIE’S SEASON’S GREET, (Largs Writers Group 2015) Central - Largs, prose
Steve played a blinder as The Twins wi thur wee paper hats. Naw,
1 matches

Higgs, Jo The tale of how Evan Evans scrapped wi Evan Nichols, (berfrois 2022) Central - Edinburgh, prose
l time (bar perhaps conjoined twins, or at least the majority of
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Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
the Twins, an aw the heavenly crew,
1 matches

Forrest, Liam Hittin the Toon, (Scots Hoose 2020) Central - Dunfermline, prose
ncussion. He wiz wi a pair eh twins, they wurr nae taller than 4f
1 matches

Holton, Brian An Owresetter’s Tale, (Bella Caledonia 2015) Central - Galashiels, blog
ambo, the fursten bairn eftir twins.
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 176, (self-published 2008) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
n Jaswinder o Shelley, an the twins that's champion dancers. Fion
1 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
aboot fourteen, Bill guessed. Twins, Wu-Yun an Bai-Yun. The engin
multiply thaim up. He got the twins involved, an got thaim tae ex
at some calculations that the twins had brocht til him. They had
win her mou. He leukit at the twins. They were stammagastit at th
mes in an arid lan. They were twins an Beatrice cudna tell thaim
14 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 102, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
d his wife, a comely body, wi twins on her breast, is aiblins, wi
1 matches

Eunson, Catherine Freude, (The Scores 2020) Central, poetry
If anely the twins hidnae taen thon bug, nor the
1 matches

@jax6754 tweeted
faw daein both...any chance "twins" run in yir fam? Hee hee! Gui(2015) search twitter

Doric

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
nna hurry up an gang noo, the twins' ll bi ower aul. They winna w on page 38
turnt te the eleeven-year-aul twins, layin inte ane anither in th on page 39
pulse te turn roon an gie the twins a gweed clout roon their lugs on page 40
"At's oors!" shoutit the twins. "Air Europa." on page 41
r." Mornice waved ower it the twins splashin aboot in the pool. " on page 44

7 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
ago," interruptit Joyce. "The twins are ower aul te come wi's noo on page 6
"Please, Dad\" cried the twins. on page 39
fir?" Donald glowered it the twins' grunnie. "Fit's a cricket se on page 40
m," said Donald as he saa the twins makkin fir a burger bar. on page 41

5 matches

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 79 - The Tattiebogle, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Doric - Aberdeen, prose
brither an sister they were, twins aboot sivven year aal. He'd t on page 18

2 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Lallans 58 - Dour, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Doric, prose
rmer. The cousin wis cairryin twins at the time. Fin Nell steppit on page 51

1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
It happens wi yowes, aften wi twins. The mither takks tae een, bi
1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
. Ma says ye'd think they war twins – ye niver see ane wioot th
1 matches

Orkney

Cormack, Kevin Toonie Void, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
the draaeen o twins. on page 5

1 matches

Shetland

MacInnes, Morag Archipelagos : Poems from Writing the North, (University of Edinburgh 2014 ISBN: 978-0-7486-9755-7) Shetland, poetry
Singles, twins, a on page 21

1 matches

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
Da eight year aald twins, Ivan an James, is fairly gie on page 9
hin we heard shü wis kerryin twins. Shü gude awa tae Aiberdeen on page 12
wis boarn, Ronnie, an dan da twins, an peerie Alec. on page 49

3 matches

Watt, Valerie Tochts fae Tushie Truncherface: Announcin Truncherfaece twins, (Shetland Times 2009) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
noo dey’ve been blissed wi twins, a common trait in trows. Da
in wir claas tae meet da new twins. We hed twartree hansels. Mee
2 matches

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