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Use in varieties of Scots

explanation Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words12 13.8 9.6 0 0 21.9 13.3
Number of occurrences3726 6 0 0 2 3
Number of authors23 15 5 1 2

Occurrences of explanation 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

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
it somewhere," Alice addit bi explanation. on page 63
e sell," the Hatter addit, bi explanation: "Ah've nane ae ma ain. Ah'm on page 109

2 matches

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
r your mothers and father. My explanation, I'm sure, will differ from y on page 54

1 matches

Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
'Aye.' Relieved wi the explanation, Scratchy conceded. on page 1

1 matches

Hubbard, Tom The Flechitorium, (Grace Note 2017 ISBN: 9781907676932) Central - East Central, poetry
I lookit ti Nick for an explanation, gif sic there cuid be, 'Beha on page 74

1 matches

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
Ma explanation seems tae huv fallen oan deaf on page 158

1 matches

Grae, Emma The Tongue She Speaks, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, poetry
ie aboot his name? The ainlie explanation is that he's tryin tae reinve on page 10

1 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit Scots Warks - Uphaud an guidance for screivars, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Central, government
An explanator text, or explanation, is a parteelcar kind o nocht on page 9

1 matches

Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
The ainlie explanation fur ma dream wis that ah wis on page xx

1 matches

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 75 - Review - The Shorter fiction, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
hir wuts (allouin a wyce-like explanation, forby, o coorse). But his gh
s. O coorse, (as aye), a wyce explanation is offert. He coud a been a s
2 matches

Gillon, Karen Report on Inquiry intil the role o, (Education, Culture an Sport Comatee 2003) Central, government
explanation o whit particular words means
1 matches

Fleemin, Sandy Report on Inquiry intil the role Submission, (Education, Culture an Sport Comatee 2003) Central - East Lothian, government
whiles bi proclamation athoot explanation. The richt solution is tae li
e Older Scots", whaur the'r a explanation o whaur thae soonds comes fae
2 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 147, (self-published 2006) Central, newspaper
Written in English, her explanation in the Herald threapit, "Fowe
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Liberties (Part Two), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
be bothered wae the in-depth explanation it wid inevitably necessitate
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Graftin, (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
just witnessed, Joe’s weak explanation indicatin that we hudnae seen
1 matches

Smith, Jamie Animal Ferm: Chapters I to III, (Mak Forrit 2021) Central, prose
wirds, but they acceptit his explanation, and aa the mair hummle bease
1 matches

Monahan Brown, Ricky Dùn Èideann, (The Scores 2020) Central, prose
ime he tried tae formulate an explanation fur the feelin, it disintegra
1 matches

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
amateur football community an explanation why they have reached this de (2020) twitter link
re - and of course demand an explanation and apology - mon (2020) twitter link
08 @Wrighty0511 aye thats the explanation - but it willnae work - ma (2020) twitter link
@McBookie thanx for the explanation guys - a must b gettin auld (2021) twitter link
urgh @McBookie thats the best explanation av seen m8 - well said - it (2021) twitter link
and 2 other occurrences.

Doric

Byrne, Catherine Alice's Mishanters in e Land o Farlies, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010609) Doric - Caithness, prose
somewhere," Alice added as an explanation. on page 60
l sell," e Hatter added as an explanation: "A've none o ma oun. A'm a h on page 107

2 matches

Shepherd, Robbie Harknin tae the braw souns, (John Benjamin 2000) Doric, newspaper
in the hall," wis Sir Jimmy's explanation for his immaculate timin.
1 matches

Storrie Lewis, Jean Lallans 71 - Snuffy, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Doric, prose
The only explanation I kin think o is that Snuffyâ
1 matches

@d_anderson878 tweeted
hotie. A pictur YOU teen. Nae explanation. We wint tae get peace and ha(2020) search twitter

@FaeFoggie tweeted
otie. A picture YOU teen. Nae explanation. We won't to get peace and ha(2020) search twitter

Southern

Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
omewhere," Ahlice added as an explanation. on page 62
sell," th Hatter added as an explanation: "Ah've nane o ma ain. Ah'm a on page 110

2 matches

Ulster

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
Maisie waited. Nae explanation come. on page 1

2 matches

Morrison-Smyth, Anne Alice's Carrants in Wunnerlan, (Evertype 2013 ISBN: 978-1-78201-011-1) Ulster - Ballymoney, prose
sell," the Hatter addet es an explanation. "A hae nane o mae ain. A'm a on page 111

1 matches

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