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romantic Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words13.4 15.9 12.1 9.9 0 31 0
Number of occurrences4331 8 1 0 3 0
Number of authors29 19 6 1 3

Occurrences of romantic in Corpus

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Central

Robertson, James Naebody'd Seen Him, (Scottish Book Trust 2018) Central, prose
ruin. It wis supposed tae be romantic. on page 16

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McQueer, Chris HWFG, (404 Ink 2012 ISBN: 978-1912489107) Central, prose
s got it. Combine that with a romantic setting such as this' - ther on page 8

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Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
a had never afore heard great romantic poetry spoken aloud, felt som on page 178
bide there," ah said. "Ah'm a romantic. Ah've fallen in luve wi it. on page 196

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McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
ntation o the '45 as a doomed romantic adventure by the deein remnan on page 61
Back Again' ~ an unashamedly Romantic sang aboot Bonnie Prince Chai on page 70

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Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
It's thi hame o ivery romantic tale, on page 120

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Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
Social Dancin's dead romantic. Ah love aw that Gay Gordons on page 22
ae us, Whit's yir ideal maist romantic date. Widy; mean, said Charle on page 112
romantic is it. Aye yir right Chrissy on page 169

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Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
Truth though is less a romantic fiction, on page 15

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Morton, Elaine Hamethocts, (Evertype 2010 ISBN: 978-1782012399) Central, poetry
Nor in romantic words said aucht on page 77

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McMillan, Hugh Whit If? Scotland's History as it Micht Hiv Bin, (Luath 2021 ISBN: 9781910022900) Central, poetry
a pictur as romantic on page 22
punctuatin dank romantic moorland on page 46

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Horsbroch, Dauvit A gang-roond oor Sun Grid, (Scots Language Centre 2020) Central, blog
Aw the auld Romantic nories that humans held in la
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Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 75 - Review - The Shorter fiction, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
id wi the bairns. She is a ‘romantic’ an a Jaucobite, oorie, an
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Robinson, Christine Lallans 74 - Burns an the Dictionar o the Scots Leid, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
l kilt’. Aa richt bonny and romantic.
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Fleemin, Sandy Report on Inquiry intil the role Submission, (Education, Culture an Sport Comatee 2003) Central - East Lothian, government
wer twathree nips (SSS, RWS), romantic as it soonds, or walin spelli
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Wilson, Rab Lallans 62 - Cormilligan, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, poetry
Truth though is less a romantic fiction,
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Malgrati, Paul Ayont the Fake and the Leal: Let's Free the Leid, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central, blog
uction. Aa the myth-makkin an romantic blaflums that gang thegither
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Thoumire, Elizabeth For the fat romantics, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central - Edinburgh, blog
Im takin ye tae Greggs fir a romantic caundle-lit denner!”
s. Sin maist folk widnae feel romantic uner glarin strip lichts, the
mood’ lichtin, caundles, an romantic classical muisic playin in th
e. Tak yer dearie there fir a romantic midden o pastry an icing on V
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 114, (self-published 2003) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
ever, Sant Jordi's day haes a romantic side tae it kinna like St. Va
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 176, (self-published 2008) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
s novel is a love story. No a romantic love story, for aw that the b
1 matches

Mackintosh, Henrietta A Tale o Twa Leids: Gaelic, Scots an smoorin wi luve, (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
red in laughter’? Are Gaels romantic figures, stravaigin aboot mis
fowk, no possessed o mystical romantic pooers or couthy hameliness.
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Douglas, Ashley The Maitland Quarto and Poem 49, (wee-windaes.nls.uk 2021) Central, prose
le ithers engage wi moral and romantic themes.
akar forby (in)famous fur her romantic fankles wi ither wimmen, as r
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@ThonJacobite tweeted
Jings . . . a wee romantic sang jist cam oan the wireles (2021) twitter link

Doric

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
ed to a painter. It sounds so romantic." The taaller o the twa quine on page 44

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Goodall, Phyllis J. Lallans 59 - Last May a Braw Wooer, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Doric, newspaper
ye started poorin oot aa yer romantic mishanters til's. You an me's on page 94

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Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
a ken, though...it's nae affa romantic, is't?" on page 48

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Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
boot Aids testin – nae affa romantic, bit neither wis condoms, an
1 matches

Wilkie, Dave , (Facebook 2022) Doric, poetry
ye ye canna get better than a romantic Scottish gentleman poet, fit
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The Flying Pigs Use of the common good fund for slap-up feed merely follows in grand old tradition, (Press and Journal 2018) Doric, newspaper
i’ something that wis baith romantic and economically viable.
se oor date wisely for a very romantic alfresco wedding ceremony, by
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@fittiecrooners tweeted
mood tae take the wife for a Romantic supper doon the beach at #san(2016) search twitter

Orkney

Hall, Simon W. Tame Hogmanay, (Brisk Northerly 2017) Orkney, blog
ifetimes. These writers hid a romantic urge tae record the last o th
1 matches

Southern

Thompson, James My Borderlands, (Richardson and Son Printers 2023) Southern - Hawick, poetry
Romantic walks up Lovers Lane on page 6

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Purves, David Lallans 67 - The Incomparable Li Po (701-762), (Lallans Magazine 2005) Southern - Selkirk, poetry
adeition, sae lang taen up wi romantic abstractions, classical trapp on page 34

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@StuartPoet tweeted
rophe? ?? Aye I like it, affy romantic and typical o the time. Ah'm (2020) search twitter

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