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Use in varieties of Scots

scan Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words6.3 7.5 5.9 0 5.8 0 4.8
Number of occurrences2115 4 0 1 0 1
Number of authors15 10 3 1 1

Occurrences of scan 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

McQueer, Chris HWFG, (404 Ink 2012 ISBN: 978-1912489107) Central, prose
go.' We go intae the hall an scan aboot, see if anybody's in oo on page 5

1 matches

Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
Nodded tae encourage her tae scan the toilet-roll pack in front on page 1

4 matches

Kay, Billy Born In Kyle, (Burnawn Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-9993309-4-1) Central - Kyle, prose
Wi his field glaisses he cuid scan the sites an verify that the on page 23

1 matches

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
Paul paused tae hastily scan some bets through his machine on page 33
tae yaise thum. Takin a brief scan ae the room and seein the pun on page 37
ae Heinz baked beans yae kin scan at a busy checkoot at Asda be on page 87

3 matches

Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
the DNA fallopian three month scan on page 17

1 matches

Douglas, Sheila Lallans 67 - William Motherwell (1797 - 1836), (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
Scan through its leaves the cloudl on page 69

1 matches

Bolland, John Lallans 71 - Line of Sight – excerpt fae a novel in progress, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
the twa secondary screens tae scan at random atween the eighteen
1 matches

Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
It widnae scan, it widnae rhyme,
1 matches

Geraghty, Martin The Pusher, (TheCommonBreath.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
Wan last sweepin scan ae the othha side ae the brid
1 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
n noo she’d had the thermal scan an it had come up positive. T
1 matches

Doric

Maitland, Andrew Tales Fae The Doric Side - The Auld Mannie, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
giein the meagre selection a scan. Efter judgin on page 72

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Tales Fae The Doric Side - Mabel, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
"wi hid a scan. Wid ye like te see it?" Dad on page 92

2 matches

Lawrie, Alistair Caal Cries, (Drunk Muse Press 2023 ISBN: 978-1399964678) Doric - Stonehaven, poetry
He'd scan the paper for the deaths each on page 41

1 matches

Shetland

De Luca, Christine Parallel Worlds: Poems in Shetlandic and English, (Luath 2005 ISBN: 978-1905222131) Shetland, poetry
it as me, mair maister o hit; scan in on page 84

1 matches

Ulster

Millar, Al Echas frae tha Big Swilly Swally, (Ullans Speakers Association 2023 ISBN: 978-0957666238) Ulster, poetry
ampbell the plebs "Magog"? We scan the stanes an scratch the fog on page 30

1 matches

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