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Use in varieties of Scots

oak Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words5.4 6 3 9.9 5.8 0 9.7
Number of occurrences1812 2 1 1 0 2
Number of authors15 9 2 1 1 2

Occurrences of oak in Corpus

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Central

Harvey, Tracy Anne Lallans 104 - Stephen, (Lallans Magazine 2024) Central, prose
uidgrain patterns oan the big oak wardrobe. The swurls wuid the on page 11
s wisdom, din awa wae the big oak wardrobe, eftir gien me wan h on page 16

2 matches

Donovan, Anne Gone are the Leaves, (ISIS 2014 ISBN: 978-1445099262) Central, prose
We stood aneath an oak, and the wind blew a scour of on page 3

1 matches

Hubbard, Tom The Flechitorium, (Grace Note 2017 ISBN: 9781907676932) Central - East Central, poetry
's leaves, The slime o a deid oak-beam, on page 15

1 matches

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
anither at the fit o an auld oak tree there in the hairt o Abe on page 81

1 matches

Nicol, Alissa Poor Wee Livvy, (Scots Hoose 2022) Central - North Lanarkshire, weans
vvy and Abby, ahint a massive oak tree. Lewis and Liam, ahint t
1 matches

Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
The Oak
the oak pits on its claes,
2 matches

Bennett, Peter The Party ay the Year (Part Two), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
o cauld, as ah shut the thick oak door ay the Lodge behind me,
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Just Another Minute, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
rved balconies, rest oan huge oak beams spannin the room, leavi
1 matches

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 3, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
te oaff the modern grey solid oak coffee table that sits in fro
1 matches

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and chopping doon 600yr auld Oak Trees ?? (2022) twitter link

Doric

Skinner, Alison C. Tales Fae The Doric Side - Leaves, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
abel inside the flyleaf. Some oak, hidin freffly amon her Jane on page 23

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
h turn roon te face the solid oak coffin aat's sittin it ma bac on page 22

1 matches

Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
The oil slick fae the Royal Oak lies, grey, on Scapa Flow. on page 48

1 matches

Shetland

De Luca, Christine Swiet Haar, (Abersee Press 2017) Shetland, poetry
at Lyness; an da Royal Oak lyin aff, on page 27

1 matches

Ulster

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
wi pins, buiks crammed intae oak shelves an oil lamps suspende on page 57

1 matches

Campbell, Robert Lock Doon Poyams, (Independently 2021 ISBN: 979-8742155812) Ulster, poetry
Then perched in oak tha owl sung on page 47

1 matches

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