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Use in varieties of Scots

yellow Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words13.1 11.3 6 109.3 17.4 20.7 0
Number of occurrences4222 4 11 3 2 0
Number of authors25 10 4 7 2 2

Occurrences of yellow in Corpus

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Central

Douglas, David Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Galloway, poetry
yellow-fleshed lover. on page 40

1 matches

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
d wae his Colgate smile and a yellow scarf draped roond his neck l on page 52

1 matches

Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
frame. The nurse takes oot a yellow piece o paper and squiggles s on page 84

1 matches

Douglas, Sheila Lallans 58 - The Sang o the Fowk, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
Jeelie Piece Sang, Hamlet an Yellow on the Broom. Rod Paterson o on page 77

1 matches

Purdie, David C. Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central - Midlothian, prose
With a fluttering of yellow and red in the breeze. on page 122

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Robinson, Christine Lallans 74 - Burns an the Dictionar o the Scots Leid, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
various wild-flowers, either yellow or white with yellow centres,
or white with yellow centres, e.g. various species
2 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit Are The Onybody Ither?, (Scots Language Centre 2022) Central, blog
re of divers Colours, as Red, Yellow, Green, etc. And there was a
1 matches

McKillop, Roger Ma Heroes o' Music, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
(Tune:- Lassie with the Yellow Coatie)
1 matches

Briggs, Susi My Yellow Yorlin, (Scottish Poetry Library 2022) Central, poetry
If ye let me touch yer yellow yellow yorlin.”
Hoo dae I save my yellow yellow yorlin?
Tae the stealin o my yellow yellow yorlin
An he’s clawin fer my yellow yellow yorlin
yellow yorlin
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@MartinBroon tweeted
@ClydeFC Yellow fuckin cerd? ?? https://t.co/(2020) search twitter

Doric

Fairbairn, Jamie The Press and Journal (Inverness, Highlands, and Islands) - Doric Corner, (DC Thomson 2024) Doric - Banff, newspaper
raiter. Adam McNaughtan's The Yellow On The Broom, aboot the traiv on page 37

1 matches

Strachan, Shane Beyond the Sea, (Scottish Book Trust 2023) Doric, prose
The red and yellow balls. I hae tae win the bonu
1 matches

@beast_afc tweeted
als, look at the spill kit in yellow.(2020) search twitter

@JamieFairbairn1 tweeted
cooped up in houses when the yellow’s on the broom'. Adam McNaug (2020) twitter link

Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
There's fields o yellow buttercups, aal shinan in the on page 48

1 matches

Grieve, Ingrid Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
colours o blue, green, yellow on page 65
Red, orange, yellow, green, blue ,indigo, violet on page 79
The low yellow light ower the Flow on page 112

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Johnston, Barbara Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
What I love - yellow buckies, angel wings on page 49
Thir's yellow, orange, reed on page 56

2 matches

Bruce, Lorraine Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
The yellow plane that wis niver thayur. on page 45
eek them daffies wur sunshine yellow on page 67

2 matches

Norquoy, Greer Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
bright beady yellow eyes and on page 149

1 matches

Brown, Moyra Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
Red plastic sandals, yellow bucket and spade, on page 29

1 matches

Hall, Simon W. Lamborghini: Cult o the Bull, (Brisk Northerly 2015) Orkney, blog
orghini fitted oot in blue an yellow: No, really, very beautiful.
1 matches

Shetland

MacInnes, Morag Archipelagos : Poems from Writing the North, (University of Edinburgh 2014 ISBN: 978-0-7486-9755-7) Shetland, poetry
an the yellow stinkan smoor o him, his root on page 23

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@helenmoncrieff tweeted
ed cuttin da girs, added some yellow rattle, sat back and enjoyed (2019) search twitter
@LastWomble It's what we call yellow iris. I think the root o the (2020) search twitter

Southern

Thompson, James My Borderlands, (Richardson and Son Printers 2023) Southern - Hawick, poetry
George Gordon's yellow digger on page 56

1 matches

Tindal, Betty Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Southern - Dumfries, poetry
yellow-rattle an buttercups; on page 155

1 matches

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