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Use in varieties of Scots

alert Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words5.2 3.7 11.2 9.9 0 0 4.4
Number of occurrences167 7 1 0 0 1
Number of authors10 4 4 1 1

Occurrences of alert in Corpus

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Central

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
ager tae git rid ae. But ah'm alert enough tae take a quick look on page 150

1 matches

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
' Richt awa Miss Honey became alert. She'd tried tae talk aboot M on page 164
Matilda became verra alert. She could hear in Miss Honey on page 189

2 matches

Hardie, George Lallans 58 - twa poems bi George Hardie, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central - Hamilton, poetry
ilk sense alert. on page 41

1 matches

Donovan, Anne Hieroglyphics and Other Stories - All that Glistens, (Canongate 2004 ISBN: 1841955191) Central, prose
a bit better than usual, mair alert, listenin tae whit ah hud tae
1 matches

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 2, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
tely pits ma emotions oan red alert. Cos, ah’m hit wae a worrie
1 matches

@Seperatist_No1 tweeted
e mince and tatties was a red alert.(2020) search twitter

Doric

Smith, Alex A Fer Chauve, (self-published 2005) Doric, prose
the grun fer alert, fer keyed up, lookin awye ta
1 matches

@cligeey tweeted
Janela_X @theSNP Maybe am nae Alert enough(2020) search twitter
tand_Free1980 @youngwd1 Wisna alert enough(2020) search twitter
ad incase a canna though STAY ALERT(2020) search twitter
Gype alert https://t.co/3XBOcXaw14(2020) search twitter

@Franwella tweeted
ouiseNicol1 i might feel mare alert efter a shower x(2011) search twitter

@JamieFairbairn1 tweeted
cratic middle names. *sarcasm alert* (2021) twitter link

Orkney

Norquoy, Greer Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
gittan bolder bit iver alert on page 149

1 matches

Ulster

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
usement an dunched Daniel tae alert him tae the commotion. Daniel on page 1

1 matches

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