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Use in varieties of Scots

promptly Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words3.9 4.8 3.2 0 5.8 0 0
Number of occurrences129 2 0 1 0 0
Number of authors9 6 2 1

Occurrences of promptly 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

Beekman, Tony Lallans 84 - The Fate o the Philosopher, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
'A am that,' said Peter wha promptly stuck a haun oot atween the r on page 48

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Fitt, Matthew Roald Dahl Reekin Rhymes, (Itchy Coo 2018 ISBN: 978-1785301834) Central, weans
And promptly flushed it doon the cludge on page 8

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Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
tered smokin area. And so, ah promptly gee they'm each a wee wave an on page 71
A suffocatin awkwardness then promptly developed. And naeboady seeme on page 190

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Townsley, Jane Joe's Cloud an Ither Stuff, (lulu.com 2014 ISBN: 978-1326001612) Central - Perth, prose
ar the water's edge, where it promptly disappeared frae sight. Naebo on page 45

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Bennett, Peter Carpe Diem, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
is the best course ay action, promptly decidin that it is. Ah’m fu
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Bennett, Peter Rude Awakenings (Part one of two), (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
utters somethin tae himsel an promptly slams the windae shut, fuckin
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Bennett, Peter TA Hauf an a Hauf, (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
ay the time. Accordingly, he promptly acquired the tenement block n
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McKillop, Roger Educational (Mis)Communication, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
great, A love Gerkins.” He promptly gobbed the Chilli. His beatif
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Doric

Hutchison, Pat The Tabby Sooker, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
nd tabbies on the grun’ and promptly put the tabby in the nearest
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The Flying Pigs Multiple choice voting leaves city cooncil facing, (Press and Journal 2022) Doric, newspaper
e the idea o’ mail arriving promptly via robot instead o’ the al
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Shetland

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
itin tae ony passin insect at promptly gets digested if it laands ip on page 91

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