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Use in varieties of Scots

odd Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words48.1 50 30.4 49.7 34.9 43.7 92.8
Number of occurrences14994 19 5 6 4 21
Number of authors81 50 13 3 4 4 7

Occurrences of odd in Corpus

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Central

Bennett, Peter nobody remembers the birdman - Stovies, (Association for Scottish Literature 2022) Central, prose
Ah've been tryin fur seventy-odd year. He either disnae listen on page 8

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Marenich, Margaret Lallans 84 - Awa wi’t, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
t she gaed back til't twintie-odd year on, whan Kate an David w on page 16

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Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
marchin aboot our school the odd time. She hus that look tae h on page 49

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Purdie, David C. Lallans 61 - The Mass Jack, (Lallans Magazine 2002) Central, prose
fanton sniper gaun aboot. At odd times, whan ye wisna expeckin on page 86

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Begg, James A. Alison's Jants in Ferlieland, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010845) Central, prose
teness, wi no a soun baur the odd "H)jckrrh!" frae the Gryphon, on page 44

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Connor, Charles P. Lallans 90 - Serendipity, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Central, prose
r auld an Ah'd been oot wi an odd puckle lassies afore (ane ir on page 27

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Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 70 - A Bannock Day’s Pley for Thrie Fowk, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, script
airst is ower A can steal sum odd bawbees frae ma guidman, an y on page 48

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Mc, Keeks Contermacious Temerity, (Dreich 2023 ISBN: 978-1-873-412190) Central, poetry
it's an odd day o the muin on page 9
Hou daes fowerty odd year on page 34

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Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
fae the odd nyaff or melt on page 14
jist the odd muckle heid hingin owre a yet on page 73

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Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
urin up frae the south an the odd rummle o thunner in the faur on page 48

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Douglas, David Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Galloway, poetry
to tack with the odd brisk stagger on page 50
wi the odd blush o memorie on page 52

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Hubbard, Tom The Flechitorium, (Grace Note 2017 ISBN: 9781907676932) Central - East Central, poetry
In the past, you'd catch the odd hint fae him, tantalisin-like on page 76

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Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
nd ah'm hinkin this is fuckin odd. Considerin he's an absolute on page 80
go tae the cless ah goat the odd smile fae some ae thum but th on page 197

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Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
a bit stiffly, 'Ah'm jist the odd wan oot.' on page 187

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McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
e faimlies there his been the odd wee fawin-oot ower the Indepe on page 80
d. An is it no jist a wee bit odd that the Yanks hae nivver on page 116

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McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
Nou anither ane o the odd things aboot Scotland wis tha on page 16
heir expense. They were a gey odd-lookin pair richt enough but on page 25
o the rigs - apairt frae the odd can gin ye were stuck oot in on page 46
swegians an Liverpudlians, an odd mix, but they got on fine. 'T on page 50
Jeannie wuid whiles drap the odd hint. Dod had been a warkin m on page 59
Also on pages 72, 101, 122, 123
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Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
geous: he's only aboot twenty-odd an he's got spikey blond hair on page 22
migratet tae Australia thirty odd year ago. Ma ma disnae see he on page 57

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Grae, Emma The Tongue She Speaks, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, poetry
that ah'm no partial tae the odd episode o Tracey Beaker. on page 9

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Townsley, Jane Joe's Cloud an Ither Stuff, (lulu.com 2014 ISBN: 978-1326001612) Central - Perth, prose
THE ODD SOCK SONG on page 17

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Clark, Thomas The Boggin Beginnin, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303524) Central, weans
the bairns could mak oot the odd detail here and there. It wis on page 5

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Purdie, David C. Lallans 59 - Terry Fae Brooklyn, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central - Aryshire, prose
baby-sit ma great-granbairns odd times. Ma great-granfaither f on page 136

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Hershaw, William Lallans 59 - Review Lang Syne in the East Neuk o Fife, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
n an fermin community, ninety-odd years gaun ben, lang afore th on page 54

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Robb, Fraser Lallans 61 - Jimmy Bond, (Lallans Magazine 2002) Central, weans
Was the bloke Jim cried Odd Job. on page 9

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Clark, Thomas Eemis Stane 1 - Ye’re Still Here? It’s Ower. Gang Hame., (Eemis Stane 2022) Central, prose
iv had yer Eemis Stane, aw 40-odd pages o it. Noo here's me tae on page 24

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Sneddon, Duncan Lallans 83 - Biggin Brigs – Nummer 3: Cornish, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, prose
the coorse o the lest hunner-odd years, nae fewer nor sax deif on page 107

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Sprott, Gavin Lallans 68 - Gairdens, (Lallans Magazine 2006) Central - Edinburgh, poetry
Serious, they cheinge the odd word, on page 98

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Calder, Bob Lallans 58 - Allmairshall, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
'Hae ye, by ony odd chance, a special?' on page 72

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Connor, Charles P. Lallans 73 - Waashin Day Weirriors, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, prose
n. Meg lay ablow her, gien an odd pule it Ella's hair. Naither on page 68

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Hodgson, Brent Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, prose
a sicht o the rigbanes o the odd heich carles, an wi thair fro on page 119

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Macafee, Caroline Lallans 57 - Lea the leid alane, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, prose
l aa ither formats. In the 40-odd year sin the Makars' Club dre on page 56

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McPartlin, John Lallans 76 - The Gied Ower Gairden, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Central, poetry
o trades an kin – odd fella o this kirkyaird,
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Fleemin, Sandy Report on Inquiry intil the role Submission, (Education, Culture an Sport Comatee 2003) Central - East Lothian, government
As aye, the'r the odd len wird here an thare that b
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 111, (self-published 2003) Central, newspaper
n a diet o chips wi mebbe the odd fish, pie, mealie puddin or b
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Marenich, Margaret Lallans 76 - The Factory, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Central, prose
he Great Plains some sieventy-odd year
the odd man out, a young chiel wi a f
simmer forty-odd year on, I watched wi growin
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Holton, Brian Lallans 71 - O Niver ti Dree Corruption Mair, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
own an calm an hingie, wi the odd drow o rain, but naither the
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Robinson, Christine Lallans 70 - The Language o the Glasgow Unity Plays, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
le and oil disnae. A slightly odd ane is shot-the-craw (gaed aw
but the compound seems a bit odd. Again ony licht on the subje
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Donovan, Anne Not Scotland, (Edinburgh International Book Festival 2010) Central - Glasgow, prose
camp wi the odd bitty paintin thrown in on th
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Logan, Kirsty Lego, (Scots Hoose 2017) Central, weans
ve the hale hunner-an-siventy-odd miles in silence, except for
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 177, (self-published 2008) Central, newspaper
ien in English, there aye the odd ane or twa that maks a maucht
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Clark, Thomas Tae Kathleen Jamie, an ither Scots Scrievers, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central - Bellshill, blog
that, even efter eight hunner-odd years, we ayeweys seem tae be
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Sutherland, Hope Twa sisters, een room, (Scots Hoose 2020) Central - Buckie, prose
So we’re bount tae hae the odd argument or twa! Or even the
argument or twa! Or even the odd wee ongan joke.
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Macdonald, Amy Evelynn and Peter, (Scots Hoose 2020) Central - Ayr, prose
ed; Evelynn is no longer the "odd one out". Ah feel like Ah’m
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Hershaw, William The Retour O The Grey Airmy, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Central - Fife, blog
es like Sooth Kelty whaur the odd Tory is forced tae cohabitate
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 149, (self-published 2006) Central, newspaper
air wark in prent. Gettin the odd bit furthset can be braw, but
eadin an aw! If the lave o 90 odd poems is tae be furthset, som
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Bennett, Peter The Bools, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
loody hielenders, big six fit odd fellas an they wid gie the tr
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Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 59 - Editorial, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Central, newspaper
(an I div, joukin whyles the odd attachment) an will react as
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Philips, Cally Wha's feart o' the library?, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Turriff, prose
t through it widnae seem that odd, ah mean, they didnae wear sh
rt racin’ e’en noo, forty odd year on, tellin’ it fer the
it. Hus expression wis sae odd ah cannae fix it in words eve
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Muir, Glenn Al Fresco, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Linlithgow, prose
ae her. She wis prone tae the odd bit o exaggeration. Faither u
wis a steep yin, rocky wi the odd whinbush and crusty looking c
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Hodgart, John A Catalogue o Sair Neglect, (Bella Calledonia 2016) Central - North Ayrshire, blog
n their ain education, but 30 odd years on, we are the only ind
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Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
rs cam up wi thaim, the fifty-odd strinth o the pairty fillt th
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Shoor Caan, Angus Coont Thum: A hunner an' oad McLimericks, (self-published 2012 ISBN: 978-1480242425) Central - Ardrossan, poetry
ure every sunny day Mibbe the odd wanc’t ur twice a year.
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Connor, Bailey A SCOTS HORROR STORY, (Scots Hoose 2021) Central, weans
e their priceless frames. The odd wee giggles and echos o song
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Clark, Thomas Till Houletgless an the Soond o Money, (The Scores 2018) Central, prose
s mair that he’d had twinty-odd years o giein it “yes sir,
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Bennett, Peter Stovies, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central, prose
h’ve been tryin fur seventy odd year. He either disnae listen
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Facebook link (Changed Times Historical Novel By Ethyl Smith 2022) Central
Noo it’s odd whit moves folk. In Renwick

Facebook link ( 2016) Central
An odd man, a quiet, non violent man

Facebook link ( 2019) Central
the kirk hall as it's warmer. Odd ah thocht fur Kirk's dinna hu

Facebook link ( 2019) Central
Ah'm tellin ye this fur an odd thing happened.

McDonald, Hamish The Girnin Gates - Chapter 12, (Itchy Coo 2003) Central, prose
y wur demolished aboot thurty-odd years ago."
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Burnett, Colin Cardboard Gangster - Part 1, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central, prose
n a bright rid side table. An odd ornament fur a livin room, ah
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Douglas, Ashley Scotland’s Linguistic Landscape - Scots and Gaelic, (Translation Services 24 2022) Central, prose
ds. English is wioot doot the odd yin oot in no haein yin. Comp
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@Chazzbat tweeted
@StagecoachWScot Seems a bit odd tae me. Ah've hed drivers ref(2020) search twitter

@DABArbuckle tweeted
tae be helping ye? I spent 20 odd years getting young fowk inta(2020) search twitter

@bigandymccoll tweeted
the church mice threw us the odd penny: I LOVED them - they w (2022) twitter link

@weenell3 tweeted
. nonsensical nonsense. At 80 odd you're needing tae chuck it! (2022) twitter link

@changed_days tweeted
1972 There are apparently 250 odd ways tae eat them. Think av d (2021) twitter link

@LairnScots tweeted
they're' are likely tae sound odd, or even 'wrang'. (2021) twitter link

@ThonJacobite tweeted
During ma twenty odd years as a teacher I had tae (2020) search twitter
in honestly say that in ma 20 odd years teaching ah never came (2021) search twitter
principal teacher fur twinty odd years an ah aye spoke tae col(2020) search twitter

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
y stoap it n u may c me on an odd fri nicht at u no where - bi (2020) twitter link

Doric

Wood, Evelyn Tales Fae The Doric Side - Carlo, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
hrase books, bits o French an odd wirds o Italian an English ke on page 29

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Maitland, Andrew Tales Fae The Doric Side - The Auld Mannie, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
ve been bidin fur the last 30-odd years, dae ye?" on page 76

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Leslie, Deborah Tales Fae The Doric Side - Mabel, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
st pal. An Ah dinna think the odd stinky hippin'll keep onybody on page 94

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Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
files didna match an nott the odd patch He cut it in a the wran on page 15

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Byrne, Catherine Alice's Mishanters in e Land o Farlies, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010609) Doric - Caithness, prose
s till wan's oun feet! An how odd e directions will look! on page 15

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Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 73 - The Bigger Hoose, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Doric - Aberdeen, prose
e in the hoose an Dod wis the odd-job man an did maist o the oo on page 106

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Smith, Alex A Sair Fecht, (self-published 2003) Doric, prose
Odd blustery shoor, jist bear an
em." Peer auld Teenie, echty odd year auld an, she hid nivver
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Smith, Alex A Fer Chauve, (self-published 2005) Doric, prose
retired noo an did the odd job noo an again tae keep him
id been deein this for thirty odd year an wis lookin
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Strachan, Shane Standing Stone, (northwordsnow.co.uk 2016) Doric, prose
up towels until I realise hoo odd it must seem aifter fit’s j
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Hutchison, Pat The Three Cannels, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
’d seen for the past twinty odd years as the skin grafts rubb
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Hutchison, Pat Catty, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
eloved gairden. Apart fae the odd cut o the greenie she’d har
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Lawrie, Alistair Caw, (northwordsnow.co.uk 2020) Doric - Stonehaven, prose
s listenin. Naethin but the odd gasp fae the twa that’s scr
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McDonald, Charlie , (Facebook 2022) Doric, poetry
It's odd fan ye think fan ere wis less
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@beast_afc tweeted
et in we @siferry8 as inither odd ball side kicks. #redtintedgl(2020) search twitter

@cligeey tweeted
Looking oot at this 6 odd year ago https://t.co/nlLMf54(2020) search twitter

Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
We hid the odd disaster bit no more than you on page 24
anwhile, across in Shapinsay, odd happeneens occurred. on page 55
Drappan odd bits o plesterboard fae a sho on page 83

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Giles, Harry Josephine Deep Wheel Orcadia: A Novel, (Picador 2021 ISBN: 978-1529066609) Orkney, poetry
an odd gittan seean that peedie odds on page 18

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Miller, Alison Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, prose
Hid might seem like an odd choice, for George Mackay Bro on page 9

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Shetland

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
dere, an I ken du's dreamt da odd thing at's come true, bit dir on page 51
wir keepit dir promise, an da odd time shiti rang dem dey aye a on page 76
da mair da vibrant mauve o da odd butterwort flooer wi its lime on page 91

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Jamieson, Robert Alan Swiet Haar, (Abersee Press 2017) Shetland, poetry
filniss i fiel miesel a koarn odd on page 12

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De Luca, Christine Lallans 58 - seiven poems bi Christine de Luca, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Shetland, poetry
an odd conglomorate. on page 19

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Watt, Valerie A faersome feerie, (Shetland Times 2010) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
im. “Even if dey tak hom da odd feerie.”
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Southern

Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
ng silence, broken only b' th odd outburst o "Hjckrrh!" frae th on page 93

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@StuartPoet tweeted
e bother atween us, forby the odd wird we'd lair(2020) search twitter

@MartyMacMurtrie tweeted
n ex Deaf professional for 20 odd years. went thick and thin wi (2021) twitter link

@Woodwinecoolers tweeted
wiz the same Norman. Mage the odd nap through the dark wee hour (2022) twitter link

Ulster

Fenton, James On Slaimish, (Ullans Press 2009 ISBN: 9781905281299) Ulster, poetry
Foo o odd sweerin, bairded lake a leopa on page 51
That ens this odd eventfa histry, on page 52

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Morrison-Smyth, Anne Alice's Carrants in Wunnerlan, (Evertype 2013 ISBN: 978-1-78201-011-1) Ulster - Ballymoney, prose
hat, an Alice didnae think it odd tae hear a rabbit sayin tae i on page 7
e a boadie's ain feet! An hoo odd the directions wull luk! on page 16
e wus taakin. "Agh dear! Iloo odd iverythin is the day! An yest on page 19
hocht the hale thing wus wile odd, but they aal lukt that dower on page 29
tterfly yae'll feel a wee bit odd, wull yae naw?" on page 44
Also on pages 58, 76, 77, 84, 94, 103
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Logan, Liam Thon Ulster Scots Book, (Galdanagh 2014 ISBN: 978-0992881405) Ulster - Dunloy, prose
wae the rest o thim, naethin odd or funny there, monies a gran on page 46

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Ferguson, Roy Rhymes frae Rathfrilan: A Wheen o Poames, (self-published 2022 ISBN: 979-8796193099) Ulster, poetry
ls an screws an things an the odd auld rusty spring, on page 10
But A'm gettin' the odd wee comment an that, on page 35

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Hume, David The Aldfreck Coalmining Disaster, (Ullans Magazine 2012) Ulster - Ballycarry, poetry
at the odd bits o coal their efforts squ
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Gillen, Charles Whun A’ The Kye Had Names, (Ullans Press 2005) Ulster, poetry
It wus odd the wye that Flossie an’ ou
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@the_gellick tweeted
whan you dinnae gie them the odd mention. (2015) twitter link

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