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universal Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words15.9 21.6 6 29.8 0 10.3 4.4
Number of occurrences5142 4 3 0 1 1
Number of authors25 17 3 3 1 1

Occurrences of universal in Corpus

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Central

Rennie, Susan The Wee Prince, (Edition Lintenfass 2017 ISBN: 978-3946190592) Central, prose
e wisna jist absolute: it wis universal forby. on page 38

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Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
in meenit-pleasin universal on page 59
their inmaist utmaist universal views ss jist hoo haurd it is on page 77

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McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
certain, that the notion oO a universal free health service wis, an s on page 94

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McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
ured agin religion, advocated universal suffrage fer baith men an wee on page 124
owk. It wisnae oniewhaur near universal suffrage for men, an weemin d on page 125

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Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
looked up Orange Lodge in the Universal Dictionary but it wisnae ther on page 68
we looked up it up in the big Universal Dictionary, but the closest t on page 71
ry an looked it up in the big Universal Dictionary. Ah couldnae belie on page 78
y awready looked it up in the Universal Dictionary, he said, So away on page 116

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Donati, Colin Scots A Statement o Principles, (Scots Parliament 2003 ISBN: 978-1-899920-02-1) Central, government
s grundit on airticles in the Universal Declaration of Linguistic Rig on page 2
n terms o airticle 20.1 o the Universal Declaration o Linguistic Rich on page 11
The purpose ahint the 'Universal Declaration' on page 17
Whit the 'Universal Declaration' is on page 18
thae airticles waled frae the Universal Declaration o Linguistic Rich on page 19
Also on pages 20, 24
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McFarlane, Ishbel Maun we mak new wirds fir a chyngin warld?, (The National 2020) Central, newspaper
that spills ower tae the near-universal joke ‘blah blah blah helico
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Robertson, Colin Lallans 81 - Wildlaw, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Central, prose
ts. The affcum wes a draft ‘Universal Declaration of the Rights of
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Corbett, John Lallans 70 - Owersettins o Modren Drama intae Scots, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
in The Burdies patters oot a universal mane:
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Clark, Thomas Aw Aboard! The fecht for the Scots language stairts the day!, (Bella Caledonia 2019) Central - Bellshill, blog
hase Time Has Yet Tae Come - universal basic income, socialism, equa
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Smith, Jamie William Playfair: faither o data visualisation, (Mak Forrit 2019) Central - Edinburgh, blog
y wide and intricate field of universal history; facts sometimes conn
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 149, (self-published 2006) Central, newspaper
the Boreas sound' bringin the universal tae the particlar. He kivvers
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Bennett, Peter Park trife, (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
an hauds his hauns oot in the universal - whit ye lookin at me fur?
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 115, (self-published 2003) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
us the extrae-ordinar an the universal. A fund this mair particular
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McKillop, Roger The Staff, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
afore sich devices became in universal usage. It was small. Compact,
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Lehane, Matt Cubismo Part III, (bandcamp 2006) Central - Ayrshire, poetry
o universal thoucht
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Scots Language Center Crackin aboot politics, (Scots Language Centre 2020) Central, blog
ons taen-on an proclaimed the Universal Declaration o Human Richts. S
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Donati, Colin Universal Declaration o Human Richts, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Central, government
Universal Declaration o Human Richts
Universal Declaration o Human Richts sh
Nations, the promotion o universal tent and respect for human ri
Proclaims this Universal Declaration o Human Richts as
their universal and effective kenning and ten
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McClurg, Fernando Thon Survation poll..., (The Sair Fecht 2014) Central, blog
landVotes.com, that assumes a universal national swing, gies the foll
Noo, assumin a universal national swing is glaikit –
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Duncan, Robert The Oor-Wulliefication o Scots?, (autumnvoices.co.uk 2022) Central, blog
reepin, but a rampant (tho no universal) Oor-Wulliefication.
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Doric

Vettese, Raymond Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Doric - Montrose, prose
ersion wis but ae version o a universal ancient nairrative. Gin I've on page 126

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Vettese, Raymond Lallans 73 - Reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Doric, prose
ersion wis but ae version o a universal ancient nairrative. Gin I’v
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Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
Presentit wi a universal blank,
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The Flying Pigs The ‘Naked Cleaners’ idea is appalling. It’s sexist, demeaning, and at £80 an hour, steep, (Press and Journal 2018) Doric, newspaper
nae cash coming in ’ til ma Universal Credit comes through, and fa
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Orkney

Cormack, Kevin Toonie Void, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
fae wur universal zero oors contract. on page 12

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Orkney Voices Group Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
A smile, that universal welcome on page 93

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Giles, Harry Josephine WHIT TAE WRITE NOU?, (https://harryjosephine.com/ 2015) Orkney, blog
the most pert sattled on the Universal Translator device steid o act
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Southern

@StuartPoet tweeted
s. It's in @scotslanguage and universal I hope. https://t.co/wxByBfvR(2020) search twitter

Ulster

Crozier, Ian Recomendations fer an Ulster-Scots plen fer oor leid, heirskeip an’ culture, (communities-ni.gov.uk 2022) Ulster, government
universal. The notion o' thaim bein' ui on page 40

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