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The word 'sojer'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
sojerOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus7.22411
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 13.1 4 1
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen 10.5 1 1
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 15.5 6 2
WCE - West Central 17.8 4 1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 18.6 3 2
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 5.3 4 4
SEA - South East (Borders) 24.2 2 2
SWE - South West (Galloway)
DUL - Donegal (East Donegal)
WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry)
CUL - Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)
BUL - Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim)
SUL - South Antrim (Between Sixmilewater and Belfast)
BEL - Eastern Ulster (Belfast)
PUL - Peninsular Ulster (Ards)
EUL - East Antrim (Larne)
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of sojer 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.

Mid Northern A

Hutchison, Pat Tarrarra boomby ae, This is my dying day, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
The sojer lay gaspin wi the pain. The w
b’s theory onywye. Here the sojer lay wi a bullet jist abeen an
The sojer through clenched teeth said,
3 matches

Hutchison, Pat If I Catch Ye I'll Eat Ye, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Doric - Banffshire, prose
t Wully Wazzie set fit like a sojer towards Tarlair. He tellt the
1 matches

Aberdeen

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 83 - Dunnottar, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Doric, prose
ard him – his brither’s a sojer an it wis him that lent him t
1 matches

(South) East Central

Purdie, David C. Lallans 68 - The Fower Jyners o the Apocalypse, (Lallans Magazine 2006) Central, prose
urin the war an thinks he's a sojer yet - aye daein rifle dreel on page 26

1 matches

Forde, Iain W D Hale Ir Sindries - Buik Twa, (Fons Scotiae 2000) Central, prose
g o the beig shede at wes the sojer’s ludge. Mirren jaloused at
vins thare-about. The wesna a sojer ti be sein sae thai approched
wesna a sojer avaw. He wes a wie loun wi an
intil hiz presence lik a rale sojer, an no lik a weitie
ddie wes masell,” awned the sojer. “ Ma faither wes a courss
5 matches

West Central

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central - Prestwick, prose
leivert til us bi a braw auld sojer i the field (atweill, bi twa on page 136

1 matches

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 82 - Editorial, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central - Prestwick, prose
haes been skreivit bi an auld sojer i the field, an a bodie wha's on page 7

1 matches

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 75 - Review - The Shorter fiction, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
t. Altho he haes been a bauld sojer, the General fentit oot-richt
1 matches

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 71 - Review - Auld Campaigner: A Life of Alexander Scott, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
rtson, a 19 year auld private sojer wha served wi him, ti bring o
1 matches

Edinburgh

Forde, Iain W D Dalquharter (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2010 ISBN: 978-0-9559-105-6-2) Central, prose
a preist wi a berde, a peirie sojer, an a draucht-ox. Pittin the on page 3
"The preist an the sojer gane, an anerlie the beiss o on page 4

2 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
. “He’s an engineer, no a sojer.”
1 matches

General Central

Purdie, David C. Lallans 58 - The Dumb Jyner, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
o them haed slauchtert ivvery sojer in Hitler's airmy.) But even on page 65

1 matches

Docherty, John F. Lallans 82 - Lang Summer Days Pairt 2, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, prose
yaised the book whin e wis a sojer in Cologne jist efter the war on page 45

1 matches

Robertson, Colin Lallans 81 - Wildlaw, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Central, prose
d-Yins uised ti pit on mukkil sojer-like huntin splores for ti cl
1 matches

@billykayscot tweeted
yaised in a sang The Forfar Sojer aboot a loon that got shot in(2020)

South East (Borders)

Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
aheid o thum, in chains, Wi a sojer oan each side tae guaird um; on page 107

1 matches

Purves, David Lallans 75 - On War, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Southern, prose
Ir ye that sojer bund bi dour human laws, ti f
1 matches

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