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Use in varieties of Scots

islan Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words5.4 0.5 1.5 9.9 0 0 14.5
Number of occurrences181 1 1 0 0 3
Number of authors8 1 1 1 2

Occurrences of islan in Corpus

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Central

Macafee, Caroline Lallans 63 - Auld plain Scottis, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
traivellt space on the ae sma islan. The muckler bouk o Englan, t
1 matches

Doric

Blackhall, Sheena Lallans 73 - Obituary for David Ogston, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Doric, prose
in a ruint abbey on Inchcolm Islan, the ootcum wes eimaginative on page 12

1 matches

Orkney

Giles, Harry Josephine WHIT TAE WRITE NOU?, (https://harryjosephine.com/ 2015) Orkney, blog
ed doun. A’ll be missan the islan lift: i the city, thir’s le
1 matches

Ulster

Robinson, Philip Oul Licht, (Ullans Press 2017 ISBN: 978-1905281305) Ulster - Larne, poetry
Tha mair it haes nae islan, on page 23
Braid Islan fowks he loved owre ocht on page 73

2 matches

Ferguson, Roy Rhymes frae Rathfrilan: A Wheen o Poames, (self-published 2022 ISBN: 979-8796193099) Ulster, poetry
Lef oor wee islan an heided tae France, on page 29

1 matches

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