A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

unfortunately Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words9 11.7 4.8 0 0 32.8 0
Number of occurrences2822 3 0 0 3 0
Number of authors20 17 2 1

Occurrences of unfortunately 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

McQueer, Chris HWFG, (404 Ink 2003 ISBN: 978-1912489107) Central, prose
it ae late night shenanigans. Unfortunately, no the kind ah wis hopin fur on page 31

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Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
'Unfortunately, Mr Brown is absolutely corre on page 57

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Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
gone, Is that sumdy you know. Unfortunately, said ma ma, That's yir fathe on page 66
friend fur nearly three year (unfortunately), an thir's nae way he'd beco on page 169

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Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
in wan,' said Mr Wonka, 'but unfortunately the mixter-maxter isnae jist on page 103

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Grae, Emma The Tongue She Speaks, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, poetry
ve used the five senses well. Unfortunately, your use of language was not on page 45

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Bates, Gregor The Death Dance, (Scots Hoose 2022) Central - East Dunbartonshire, weans
a different group and repeat. Unfortunately this is where it aw went agle
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Muir, Glenn Pet-gilante, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Linlithgow, prose
portit her tae the S.S.P.C.A. Unfortunately for Jake, Sadie let the inspe
tae use it as a live target, unfortunately for him he wis seen by a pers
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Muir, Glenn Al Fresco, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Linlithgow, prose
Unfortunately it was Petrie and Frank’s t
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McKillop, Roger Ma Heroes o' Sport, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
tae “Chariots o’ Fire!” Unfortunately he did mich better at the run
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Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
an exchyngin o sklent leuks. Unfortunately, Iskander had come back wi
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Facebook link ( 2019) Central
ork wi a bible in his pocket. Unfortunately he met a mountit platoon. The

@Seperatist_No1 tweeted
we dinnae like it of course, unfortunately it's how our government works(2020) search twitter
nly know what they are taught unfortunately.(2020) search twitter

@g_hibby tweeted
te... ?? He went young tae... Unfortunately... :( (2023) twitter link

@jack_capener tweeted
Prof_Murdoch Hivnae a scoobie unfortunately!(2019) search twitter

@OliphantWullie tweeted
@HibernianFC @AFCFyldeAcademy Unfortunately you were usually playin AGAIN (2022) twitter link
ted Tory since 1955 Anas, but unfortunately the folk o middle England kee (2022) twitter link

@Chazzbat tweeted
e jist need the richt doctor. Unfortunately, fer mony o us, it's a post c(2020) search twitter

@weenell3 tweeted
'm still barking like a seal. Unfortunately I cannae take steroids which (2022) twitter link

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
shout out to them as well - unfortunately will miss out in tun (2020) twitter link

Doric

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
k gaed great fir Morrice bit, unfortunately, things war nae se gweed fir on page 43

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Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
e haud himsel thegither, "an, unfortunately, sae are you!" on page 40

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@72redz1903 tweeted
@AyoCaesar I think you are unfortunately becoming a litmus test for U. (2020) twitter link

Southern

@MartyMacMurtrie tweeted
em isnae ma first language, unfortunately. It’s actually sae called “(2020) search twitter
of SNP BUT cannae vote here, unfortunately ???????(2020) search twitter
@Keir_Starmer Unfortunately, a cannae trust em as well as(2020) search twitter