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Use in varieties of Scots

williams Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words10.6 14.4 3 9.9 0 31 0
Number of occurrences3428 2 1 0 3 0
Number of authors11 7 1 1 2

Occurrences of williams 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
t, there's yir main man. Alan Williams. Azzy, A git called. Rangers on page 8
'Azzy Williams, A say, aw confidence. on page 26
"Bye, Azzy Williams, Monica says, givin us that m on page 31
e on aw their radar. Me, Azzy Williams, the wee fuckin fly in the so on page 33
up in the same street. Angela Williams' parents, ma granny n granda, on page 37
Also on pages 40, 42, 45, 52, 54, 55, 56, 59, 60
19 matches

Sayers, Ross Daisy on the Outer Line, (Gob Stopper (Cranachan) 2020 ISBN: 978-1911279778) Central - Glasgow, prose
her day. Who's Robin?' "Robin Williams. Whit, urr ye sayin ye don't on page 1

1 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
ae've met the Queen or Robbie Williams or somethin. Naebdy in oor cl on page 76
room's got Stramash an Robbie Williams an Madonna, an the other side on page 77
wi the same company as Robbie Williams. on page 169

3 matches

Townsley, Jane Joe's Cloud an Ither Stuff, (lulu.com 2014 ISBN: 978-1326001612) Central - Perth, prose
ne dyke as he waited fer Joey Williams tae open the bookies. Busy mi on page 35
Joey Williams appeared an felt fer a pulse. on page 36

2 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit Lallans 67 - Reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
hat's no mentioned. Aldersley-Williams, McCallum an MacAskill speak on page 110

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@raiphsays tweeted
@yesiscoming Kennef williams? A fot he wis deid!(2020) search twitter

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
8 wurd oan the street is fort williams efter him tae bolster there d (2020) twitter link

Doric

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 90 - Mrs Cadwallader’s Conversion, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Doric, prose
She's deen that ti me, an ti WIlliams, an ti Green. An ti a lot mai on page 40
irket. 'The Fairfax,' mummelt Williams. on page 41

2 matches

Orkney

Orkney Voices Group Gallows Ha, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
eed on tae be recorded by Huw Williams for BBC Radio Orkney's Tullim on page 34

1 matches

Southern

Thompson, James My Borderlands, (Richardson and Son Printers 2023) Southern - Hawick, poetry
Fort Williams thoroughfare on page 51

1 matches

Rodger, Matt The Borth’ick Waitter, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Roxburgh, prose
mson yaised tae refer tae J.D.Williams Mail Order Catalogue is, Jai
l Order Catalogue is, Jai Dai Williams catalogue
2 matches

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