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Use in varieties of Scots

waters Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words5.6 5.1 7.5 0 5.8 20.7 0
Number of occurrences1810 5 0 1 2 0
Number of authors15 9 4 1 1

Occurrences of waters in Corpus

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Central

Clark, Sara Echo and Narcissus, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012702) Central, poetry
An the waters o blae on page 12

1 matches

Brown, Ian Lallans 70 - The Scots leid in modren Scots drama, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
The blood runs like the waters breaking on page 40

1 matches

McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
shiftit fae bein in Scottish waters tae English waters. Despite p on page 24

2 matches

Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
'Ma waters huv broke!' ah say. on page xv

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Kate O Shanter's Tale: And Other Poems, (Luath 2003 ISBN: 978-1842820285) Central, poetry
along each of your waters, to Perth all the way on page 33

1 matches

Douglas, Sheila Lallans 67 - William Motherwell (1797 - 1836), (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
r rest thyself where peaceful waters glide; on page 69

1 matches

Sprott, Gavin Lallans 73 - Monument, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, poetry
Fourdin fremmit waters on page 100

1 matches

Burnett, Colin Cardboard Gangster - Part 1, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central, prose
n that, eh? he’s testin the waters and ma patience.
1 matches

@LairnScots tweeted
Scotland's Year of Coasts and Waters by explorin oor links an idea (2020) twitter link

Doric

Lawrie, Alistair Caal Cries, (Drunk Muse Press 2023 ISBN: 978-1399964678) Doric - Stonehaven, poetry
across the troublit waters tae a moon on page 10

1 matches

Byrne, Catherine Alice's Mishanters in e Land o Farlies, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010609) Doric - Caithness, prose
An pour e waters o e Nile on page 18

1 matches

Smith, Alex A Sair Fecht, (self-published 2003) Doric, prose
deer comin richt doon tae the waters
1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
ce it wad sail awa tae unkent waters, baith wirkwyse an sexually.
les gaithered bi the sweltrie waters o the equator tae sweem, an d
2 matches

Shetland

Cumming, John Da Whillie, (Shetland For Wirds 2010) Shetland, prose
boat wis aafil peerie fur yun waters, jöst kinda driftin withoot
1 matches

Southern

Thompson, James My Borderlands, (Richardson and Son Printers 2023) Southern - Hawick, poetry
The waters laced wi' Pentiand peat on page 10
Her crystal waters clear enhance on page 20

2 matches

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