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Use in varieties of Scots

vans Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words6.8 3 9 9.9 5.8 0 35.4
Number of occurrences226 6 1 1 0 8
Number of authors17 6 6 1 1 3

Occurrences of vans in Corpus

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Central

Haddow, Kris nobody remembers the birdman - The Incomer, (Association for Scottish Literature 2022) Central, prose
shuttin, went wae lorries or vans or cattle wagons or cars. Nae on page 77

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
pointit tae a line o gigantic vans parked nearby. on page 167

1 matches

Bennett, Peter The Guru an Zander, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
Goat a fleet ay vans aw kitted oot, manned by fitt
1 matches

@Chazzbat tweeted
sic, or there are 3 ice cream vans operatin in ma area the day.(2020) search twitter

@DABArbuckle tweeted
the STV news the night showed vans fu' o breid and milk and ithe(2020) search twitter

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
hianAP i see elc employees in vans with no masks and van sharing (2020) twitter link

Doric

Stewart, Del Tales Fae The Doric Side - Haudagain, 8:12 am, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, poetry
There's vans an cars an larries, bit nae a on page 86

1 matches

Mitchell, Ian R. Lallans 63 - Walkin Woundit, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Doric, prose
the butchers’ and bakers’ vans, or the tinkers fa cam roon w
1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
boorichs o cars an vans an twistit bed springs. It ho
1 matches

Facebook link (Doric Scots Books an Poems 2021) Doric - Fraserburgh
him en Aileen fulled twa big vans

McDonald, Charlie , (Facebook 2022) Doric, poetry
A' kinds o' vans came roon tae sell their good
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@beast_afc tweeted
lk @AberdeenFC @AberdeenFCSLO Vans Gillhaus jist hid this blarin (2020) twitter link

Orkney

Orkney Voices Group Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
for the buses an Streamline's vans an tourists on page 137

1 matches

Shetland

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
da perish tae da tidder (nae vans dan), bit he just medd a day' on page 1

1 matches

Ulster

Ferguson, Roy Rhymes frae Rathfrilan: A Wheen o Poames, (self-published 2022 ISBN: 979-8796193099) Ulster, poetry
In cars, nor vans, nor jaips. on page 37

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Ulster Scots Agency Ulster Scots Census, (census.gov.uk 2021) Ulster, government
Owreaa, hoo monie motors or vans is in tha aucht o, or lowse f
Pit in onie motors or vans belangin tae a consarn lowse
Nyborin wi motors or vans, twinin oot tha guidin
3 matches

Stewart, Kenny The Bread Van, (Facebook 2020) Ulster, poetry
ll sorts o liveries,the bread vans when I was wee
O this fleet o men and tidy vans that came roon wi yer bread
That the Inglis vans were painted half o red an ha
se men were proud o their wee vans and kept them fresh n bright
4 matches

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