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Use in varieties of Scots

twists Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words3.1 3.5 3 0 5.8 0 0
Number of occurrences107 2 0 1 0 0
Number of authors10 7 2 1

Occurrences of twists in Corpus

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Central

Sayers, Ross Daisy on the Outer Line, (Gob Stopper (Cranachan) 2020 ISBN: 978-1911279778) Central - Glasgow, prose
tae face the bar, then slowly twists his heid back roond. on page 22

1 matches

Johnstone, Shane The Gods of Frequency, (Arkbound 2020 ISBN: 978-1912092826) Central, prose
"What, music?" Her face twists subtlety. She wants to remind on page 3

1 matches

Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
Sperm, seeds like burnin twists on page 118

1 matches

Watt, George T. Lallans 73 - Wir we that young!, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, poetry
thay twists an turns that wid knit us on page 48

1 matches

Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
Far aff, it winds an twists
1 matches

McKillop, Roger Wee Roge Boobs, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
s a back somersault wi’ twa twists!” Jist fir shear devilment
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@MartinBroon tweeted
a doubt.... There’ll be more twists and turns before then, and(2019) search twitter

Doric

Benzie, Lesley Fessen Reared, (Seahorse 2020 ISBN: 978-1916214538) Doric, poetry
we wend oor wye roon the twists an turns on page 43

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Hamilton, Roddy Lallans 63 - The Bruntie Cat, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Doric, prose
it were, through the knots an twists o heather on that hillside, t
1 matches

Shetland

Watt, Valerie A daander trowe Michaelswood, (Shetland Times 2008) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
f alang da path tae follow da twists an turns. Gutteryaggle wis ah
1 matches

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