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violence Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words11.5 16 7.4 9.9 0 0 0
Number of occurrences3832 5 1 0 0 0
Number of authors25 20 4 1

Occurrences of violence in Corpus

In order to avoid violating copyright law and abide by 'fair use', only up to the first five occurrences of the search term are displayed for each article.

Central

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
well as being the victims of violence, they are the perpetrators of on page 54
r n she's nae concept ae gang violence or retribution. on page 56
ect. In my experience of gang violence, such actions are widely whis on page 57
ecent increase in territorial violence: ' on page 59

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Muir, Glenn The McFables: Selected Aesop's Fables in Scots, (self-published 2015 ISBN: 978-1519739216) Central, poetry
"Tae bell the cat (wi risk o violence)." on page 8

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Freeman, Fred Lallans 102 - Burns, Hamish and Sang, (Lallans Magazine 2023) Central, prose
r o the ill-hertit lassie and violence o her evil actions. In this w on page 62

1 matches

Hubbard, Tom The Flechitorium, (Grace Note 2017 ISBN: 9781907676932) Central - East Central, poetry
Yet sex-plus-violence, as aabody kens Is the cinema on page 18

1 matches

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
condone violence. But I guess you could say th on page 71

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McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
cal union wi nae suggestion o violence, likewise there are monie o t on page 129

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Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
Thi night turns ti violence on page 62

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Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
ithin us aa - luve or poure, violence or heartpeetie, resignation o on page 102

1 matches

Milne, W. S. Lallans 78 - Mary, Queen o Scotland, Pairt I, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, script
the place drouned in violence an bluidshed. on page 30
bi your violence, bi your ill-naituredness. on page 34
The Fower Maries: The violence o his haunds is weighed - on page 35

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Douglas, Ashley Eemis Stane 1 - Editorial: Scots Belangs Tae Awbodie And Naebodie, (Eemis Stane 2022) Central, prose
audit crimes o indescrievable violence agin wimmen. Baith hings are on page 4

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Robertson, Colin Lallans 73 - Auld Scots law, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, prose
bjectis frae injust force and violence on page 23

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Purdie, David C. Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central - Midlothian, prose
Scotch Soccer: Robbery / wi' violence, an the auncient anonymous va on page 123

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Clark, Thomas Scots an the smit: a language unner lockdoun, (Bella Caledonia 2020) Central - Bellshill, blog
e calm, but a kin o spiritual violence - it's fowk bein shoutit dou
1 matches

Heather, Alistair Bravehert: The truth anent William Wallace (pairt 1), (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Angus, blog
the nobility tae heel through violence an intimidation, includin imp
1 matches

Bennett, Peter TA Hauf an a Hauf, (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
e witnessed countless acts ay violence borne fae the ignorance ay bl
1 matches

Muir, Glenn Pet-gilante, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Linlithgow, prose
n. He wisnae above robbery wi violence when it come tae getting the
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Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
almly, “efter generations o violence, we micht be the tender sex,
luve, or an unspeakable act o violence.” He paused for effeck. “
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McClurg, Fernando Tae see oorsels as we see ithers, (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
Polis violence at a protest i the caipital c
ty o Londonov – whaur polis violence, noo a common sicht at Britys
2 matches

Ewen, Allan Pairt Ane: Janus leuks back, (The Sair Fecht 2014) Central, blog
. The streets then turned tae violence as a minority o Na activists
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McClurg, Fernando The USA: Whit happened tae the Guid Guys?, (The Sair Fecht 2014) Central, blog
the USA hae tae say aboot sic violence bein brocht agin a minority
ess for the abuses an lees an violence that haes became aw ower clea
2 matches

@Chazzbat tweeted
helters when thur subject tae violence, but thur's nae need tae stop(2020) search twitter

@raiphsays tweeted
rgive him fer sayin “why the violence?” Wen no a soul touch him we(2020) search twitter

Doric

Benzie, Lesley Fessen Reared, (Seahorse 2020 ISBN: 978-1916214538) Doric, poetry
by the hype o imported sexual violence on page 25
far the vast majority o violence against women on page 26

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Byrne, Catherine Alice's Mishanters in e Land o Farlies, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010609) Doric - Caithness, prose
e last word wi so much sudden violence at Alice quite jumped; but sh on page 56

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Gauld, Ilene Ilene Gauld - Piper and Poet, (Doric Future 2020) Doric - Keith, weans
Nor will we resort tae violence!
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@72redz1903 tweeted
t think misogyny and domestic violence has disappeared and the paral (2020) twitter link

Orkney

Cormack, Kevin Toonie Void, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
Violence will oot, best be in the driv on page 27

1 matches

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