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Use in varieties of Scots

careless Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words2.6 2.1 3.2 9.9 0 0 4.4
Number of occurrences84 2 1 0 0 1
Number of authors8 4 2 1 1

Occurrences of careless in Corpus

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Central

Curran, Doug Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Galloway, poetry
But the pale mune pu'd, the careless tide ran high, on page 17

1 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
xpensive bike an Karen's dead careless wi her stuff: the last bike s on page 40

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
e,' said Mr Wonka. 'Hoo awfie careless.' on page 169

1 matches

McKillop, Roger The Staff, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
Wi’ careless, wilfu’ speed,
1 matches

Doric

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 90 - Mrs Cadwallader’s Conversion, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Doric, prose
s torpedoed aff Iceland? Affa careless o him, wisn't it? An the boat on page 44

1 matches

Johnson, Mary Lallans 59 - Furst Time, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Doric - Aberdeenshire, prose
ae attention tae me. “Awfie careless folk are, specially the wummi
1 matches

Orkney

Hall, Simon W. The Boy That Lived - Chapter Wan, (Brisk Northerly 2015) Orkney, prose
eids. Folk are bean doonright careless, oot on the streets in broad
1 matches

Ulster

Ulster-Scots Language Society Tha Fower Gospels, (Ullans Press 2016 ISBN: 978-1-905281-25-1) Ulster, prose
hae tae mak answer fer iverie careless wurd the' hae spauk. Fer bi y on page 9

1 matches

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