A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

unusual Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words7.4 8 4.8 19.9 17.4 0 0
Number of occurrences2315 3 2 3 0 0
Number of authors19 12 3 2 2

Occurrences of unusual in Corpus

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Central

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
inst hersel, cause she wis an unusual bairn, an awfy fond ae kiddin on page 14
the Gryphon, an aw the ither unusual noises, wid chinge (she knew) on page 122

2 matches

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
wer at first but wae Dougie's unusual persistence ah decide ah bett on page 175

1 matches

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
sion o tutors, tae a standart unusual fer a lassie in thae the time on page 124

1 matches

Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
Which is still a wee bittie unusual, in the main. on page 105

1 matches

Grae, Emma The Tongue She Speaks, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, poetry
o write your story in such an unusual way?' Mrs Smith asks, eyebroo on page 24

1 matches

Travers, Martin A Nappie Lassie Blethers tae a Fritter, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, script
ys tae him. Zander - 'at's a unusual name. Bes hit short fir Alexa on page 3

1 matches

Clark, Thomas The Boggin Beginnin, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303524) Central, weans
lang, naethin wid hae seemed unusual, but onybody that kent her we on page 111

1 matches

Calder, Bob Lallans 67 - Reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
o concerns are exceptional or unusual. It wes there, (actually here on page 96

1 matches

Calder, Bob Lallans 58 - Allmairshall, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
ly: he griens gently efter an unusual whisky better than the rest. on page 72

1 matches

Nicol, Alissa Poor Wee Livvy, (Scots Hoose 2022) Central - North Lanarkshire, weans
wis hopeless. Emma wis acting unusual, in the sense that she rarely
1 matches

Philips, Cally Jings, crivens, help ma Boab, it’s independence!, (McStorytellers.com 2013) Central - Turriff, prose
is, sittin in the pub, nae an unusual sicht, chattin’ aboot Big E
1 matches

@rosa_alba_macd tweeted
tWorrier My real last name is unusual enough that ppl q it frae tim(2020) search twitter

@Chazzbat tweeted
erstaundable, tho. It's a bit unusual. But Ah'm shair ye hae yer re(2020) search twitter

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
heck it out - just think its unusual in the middle of a pandemic (2020) twitter link

Doric

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 85 - The Clash o the Titans, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Doric, prose
rtainly er - um - taking an unusual approach, not to say er - um on page 56

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
'"Aat's a bittie unusual, in't it?" on page 88

1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
connached an pettit. It wisna unusual fur fowk tae gie the horses a
1 matches

Orkney

Grieve, Issy Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
Unusual pattern, white and blue. on page 104

1 matches

Hall, Simon W. The Boy That Lived - Chapter Wan, (Brisk Northerly 2015) Orkney, prose
in daft. Potter wisno such an unusual name. He wis sure there were
1 matches

Shetland

Watt, Valerie A skoit trowe da shops, (Shetland Times 2008) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
a hock aroond an fen dat mony unusual things. I cam across a peerie
1 matches

Watt, Valerie A faersome feerie, (Shetland Times 2010) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
oo, da Kunal breed o trows ir unusual. Dey ir weel kent for bein un
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@helenmoncrieff tweeted
hen da familiar does somethin unusual, lik dis maalie sittin apo a (2017) search twitter

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