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Use in varieties of Scots

anticipation Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words6.9 8.2 4.5 9.9 11.6 0 0
Number of occurrences2216 3 1 2 0 0
Number of authors12 9 1 1 1

Occurrences of anticipation in Corpus

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Central

Crichton, Tam Lallans 84 - Ower the Faem Pairt Twa: Doon the Watter, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
Whedder this wis frae fear or anticipation or some mellin o the twa, I d on page 55

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Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
's awready git a tracky on in anticipation ae the inevitable suspension on page 51
plastic wans been sat oot in anticipation ae our arrival. Broonie goes on page 52

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Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
he joint ah hud pre-rolled in anticipation ae ma final act oan this plan on page 14
s. Each yin ae thum waitin in anticipation tae hear the commentator mutt on page 35
here freezin oor baws oaff in anticipation ae the referee blowin his ope on page 105
oolin at the mooth in excited anticipation at bein greeted by the new me on page 159
kly quieted doon the cless in anticipation ae her pendin announcement. on page 189

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Bryden, Hugh Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Dumfries, poetry
still taste the anticipation o him blowin wan up takin on page 93

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Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
grups the quill, quiverin wi anticipation on page 56

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Drosten, John Lallans 67 - Fower Poems bi John Drosten, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, poetry
juist savourin anticipation on page 134

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Bennett, Peter The Bothy (Part One), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
t hovers, suspended in silent anticipation afore divin fearlessly, drapp
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Monahan Brown, Ricky Dùn Èideann, (The Scores 2020) Central, prose
r missile, turnin her back in anticipation o the explosion o gless afore
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Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 1, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
ornin. The hale room gasps in anticipation as tae who’s names gonnae b
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Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 4, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
. He scrunches his puss up in anticipation ae the punch and ah roar in h
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@DABArbuckle tweeted
big cushions oan the flair in anticipation ??(2020) search twitter

Doric

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
The air wis thick wi anticipation es the second hauf stairtit a on page 60

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Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
the bairns' faces, shinin wi anticipation, an kent he wis beat: fin it on page 36
ivellin Stem-Mull an mynd the anticipation an excitemint o the day o the on page 93

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Orkney

Orkney Voices Group Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
anticipation, walks on the cliffs, on page 123

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Shetland

@helenmoncrieff tweeted
ictir maks me feel gleeful in anticipation. Da pinks alang wi da squill (2020) search twitter
I'm enjoyin da anticipation. One o da joys o livin in She(2016) search twitter