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Use in varieties of Scots

gretna Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words1.8 2 1.5 0 0 0 4.4
Number of occurrences64 1 0 0 0 1
Number of authors5 3 1 1

Occurrences of gretna in Corpus

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Central

Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
tae Moffat an richt doon tae Gretna. on page 77

1 matches

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 3, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
h tae even make that wee cunt Gretna Thunberg demand a big Mac and
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@kennethbryce184 tweeted
h @EastScotlandFA bonnyrigg v gretna which a really enjoyed n a al (2020) twitter link
@edinburghsport ex gretna coach ffs - need a say more (2020) twitter link

Doric

Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
ilka hoose has got a bed Fae Gretna Green tae John O' Groats That on page 15

1 matches

Ulster

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
bak onie memnes o his ma's at Gretna Green, but a chill hastened b on page 25

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