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weapons Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words11.1 16.1 4.5 0 5.8 0 0
Number of occurrences3632 3 0 1 0 0
Number of authors18 14 3 1

Occurrences of weapons in Corpus

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Central

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
time. "Yi dinnae bring bloody weapons tae school! That's whit yur f on page 55

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Mackintosh, Jim The Banes o the Turas, (Tippermuir 2022 ISBN: 978-1913836313) Central, poetry
afore the hellish rammy o weapons, on page 23

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Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
ers followeq her, wavin their weapons. Then they stopped. They gawp on page 40

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McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
ng theirsels an sell aw sides weapons - thon's the British wey. Ev on page 114
in Saudi Arabia. Sellin them weapons wheneer they ask is ae thing on page 116
rie that keepin sic dangerous weapons on page 128
in fer a total ban on nuclear weapons. Activists aroun the warld di on page 129
nt willnae promote the sale o weapons on page 154

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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
had nae bather in gettin the weapons. on page 104

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Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
nds fae ane or anither o thir weapons. on page 40

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Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
A Bio-weapons laboratory on page 141

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Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
A weapons officer in the Hindu Kush. on page 102

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Robertson, James The Sleekit Mr Tod, (Itchy Coo 2008 ISBN: 978-1845021986) Central, weans
d aw kind o ither scunnersome weapons. 'There wis nae chance o a to on page 33

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Purdie, David C. Lallans 58 - The Dumb Jyner, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
irdin unco saicret, hush-hush weapons." Broun's mooth drappit aipen on page 65

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Fitt, Matthew Hercules: Bampots and Heroes, (Itchy Coo 2005) Central - Dundee, weans
for the netherwarld wi aw the weapons he could pit his hauns on. He on page 51

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Docherty, John F. Lallans 82 - Lang Summer Days Pairt 2, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, prose
tae Murmansk an bring food an weapons an that tae the Russians. An on page 43

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Horsbroch, Dauvit Are The Onybody Ither?, (Scots Language Centre 2022) Central, blog
s arrayit, Speires, and uther Weapons, and as it had bene the joyni
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Lehane, Matt La Le La Le La Iron Mountain, (bandcamp 2006) Central - Ayrshire, poetry
money for weapons and sterling for death
money for weapons and dollars for death
money for weapons dollars for death
money for weapons sterling for death
money for weapons dollars- dollars
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Facebook link ( 2017) Central
nnerstaund whit happened, the weapons used, the tactics etc.
er. They wur much taen wi the weapons, the muskets, pistols, basket
enades ..... Ah micht add the weapons wur aw replicas so naebody go
ebody got hurt. Ah'll pit the weapons up anither time an explain a

Facebook link ( 2019) Central
hud haurly ony ammunition or weapons worth mentionin. They wur als

@pmcm1355 tweeted
anser tae, "I've got nuclear weapons" no supposit tae be, "so hiv (2022) twitter link

Doric

Strachan, Shane DWAMS, (Tapsalteerie 2024 ISBN: 978-1916214880) Doric, poetry
weapons o mass destruction on page 17

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Benzie, Lesley Fessen Reared, (Seahorse 2020 ISBN: 978-1916214538) Doric, poetry
ANGRILY, Ah like nuclear weapons, on page 23

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Smith, Alex A Fer Chauve, (self-published 2005) Doric, prose
war correspondents didnae get weapons
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Shetland

Greig, Charles A Shetland Bible, (Saint Andrew Press 2009 ISBN: 978-0715209158) Shetland - Lerwick, prose
ing Saul. He lookit efter his weapons an he played music fir him fo on page 23

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