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delight Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words10.2 7.6 6 59.6 17.4 41.3 4.4
Number of occurrences3315 4 6 3 4 1
Number of authors23 11 3 3 3 2 1

Occurrences of delight in Corpus

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Central

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
feet at wance, wae a yelp ae delight, an rushed at the stick, an a on page 41
ain!" said Alice in a tone ae delight, which chinged intae alarm in on page 51

2 matches

Bryden, Hugh Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Dumfries, poetry
contents flew, delight released aroun the hoose. on page 93

1 matches

Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
Whut a delight, sittin in meh chair on page 112

1 matches

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
gentlemen, it gives me great delight tae announce that the Queen h on page 72

1 matches

Harrison, Jean Lallans 59 - BARRY SCHUIL 1928 - 1934, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central - East Lothian, prose
se tae my Mither an Faither's delight I became DUX. My Mither said, on page 120

1 matches

Niven, Liz Stravaigin, (Luath 2001 ISBN: 978-1905222704) Central, poetry
p here on the hill A'm fu...o delight. on page 4
. Plenty tae rue bit mair tae delight in How many wumman this nicht on page 40

2 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
tter, almond cookies, Turkish delight ... for really special dinner
t, an Raggle leukit at her wi delight.
2 matches

Geddes, Jenny Fling the creepie in January, (McRenegade.Scots 2018) Central, blog
Ither fowk delight in findin’ places tae hae a
1 matches

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 1, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
Then, tae ma ain surprise and delight he mutters ‘’Mr Ali, plea
1 matches

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 2, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
adise. And he cannae hide his delight when the presenter shows thes
1 matches

@fairpechtoot tweeted
will girn about BBC’s poetic delight | Kevin McKenna https://t.co/(2017) search twitter

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
it brother - swap the angel delight for dream toppin n al po roon (2021) twitter link

Doric

Morrison, Gordon Thi Lyfe An Tyme's O An Enshoar Loon, (Authorhouse 2006 ISBN: 978-1425955397) Doric - Boddam, prose
f an oor thi chucken, tae oor delight, turn't up again. ""Yaahoo," on page 33

1 matches

Smith, Alex A Sair Fecht, (self-published 2003) Doric, prose
even, she let oot a screech o delight, an wis awa in a flash.
1 matches

Smith, Alex A Fer Chauve, (self-published 2005) Doric, prose
aye Geordie" she squeeled wi delight. Geordie let oot a sigh
1 matches

@Manuforti1968 tweeted
dairy Blackburn for e' Angel Delight. Stick tae yer ribs.(2020) search twitter

Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
wan morneen and there, tae me delight, on page 12
me pillows wi a smile o smug delight. on page 25
oo'll feel that sense o sheer delight on page 28
re efter?" Daavit chortled wi delight. on page 47

4 matches

Giles, Harry Josephine Deep Wheel Orcadia: A Novel, (Picador 2021 ISBN: 978-1529066609) Orkney, poetry
agglan, airtan, error, hixan, delight. Thay both ken the movs an ma on page 49

1 matches

Hall, Simon W. Lands o Twatt, (Brisk Northerly 2018) Orkney, blog
e. Nooadays, English tourists delight in takkan selfies wae the arr
1 matches

Shetland

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
a greff a da bank, skirlin wi delight, as da saft sun-waarmed moor on page 92

1 matches

De Luca, Christine Smootie gengs ta Lerrick, (SCOTS corpus 2003) Shetland - Bressay, weans
wha's here!' Nicol shouted wi delight. 'Hit's Mitten! Oh Mitten wha
1 matches

@RedValkyrie84 tweeted
Aaways a delight to be telt ‘fuck off nobody (2020) twitter link

Southern

Thompson, James My Borderlands, (Richardson and Son Printers 2023) Southern - Hawick, poetry
A snell wind blaws with cruel delight on page 15
Sic pleasures and delight on page 39

2 matches

Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
ts feet at yince, wi a yelp o delight, an rushed at th stick, an pr on page 40
ast!" said Ahlice in a tone o delight, which chainged intae alarm t on page 50

2 matches

Ulster

Stewart, Kenny The Proota Field, (Facebook 2021) Ulster, poetry
Was a pure delight to the tastebuds my friend an
1 matches

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