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Use in varieties of Scots

excited Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words21.5 17.6 16.4 59.6 75.6 20.7 13.3
Number of occurrences7035 11 6 13 2 3
Number of authors47 19 11 4 8 2 3

Occurrences of excited in Corpus

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Central

Burnett, Mikey nobody remembers the birdman - It's Ladle, (Association for Scottish Literature 2022) Central, prose
nly the three ae them goat aw excited. It wis clearly suttin they e on page 34

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Cunningham, Lucy nothing but a set of eyes for stars - Swedish Fish, (Association for Scottish Literature 2023 ISBN: 978-1906841546) Central, prose
e race because Da would be so excited aboot the pups that he'd be p on page 39
A shot a look at Da, excited tae see his big teeth appear on page 40
the stairs that morning, fair excited tae see Das reaction tae wit on page 42

3 matches

Johnstone, Shane The Gods of Frequency, (Arkbound 2020 ISBN: 978-1912092826) Central, prose
Eh gets excited, the hauns an erms start flal on page 3

1 matches

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
ain surprise ah wis genuinely excited aboot explainin Aldo's charac on page 70
He jumps up fae his bed in an excited state and begins barkin. Whic on page 153
much droolin at the mooth in excited anticipation at bein greeted on page 159
ame oan. The noise fae aw the excited voices amongst the other firs on page 189

4 matches

Townsley, Jane Joe's Cloud an Ither Stuff, (lulu.com 2014 ISBN: 978-1326001612) Central - Perth, prose
led happily on ma hip, gettin excited aboot the chickens. I smiled on page 73
an mair happy an mair an mair excited an so he flew higher an highe on page 99

3 matches

Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
The lassies look mair excited than they've ever done oan Ch on page xvi
ar wasnae enough tae get Isla excited aboot comin even though she's on page 2
and fro whenever she gets too excited aboot a story. When ah wis we on page 26
ty classroom, too nervous and excited tae go ootside. When ah final on page 90

4 matches

Tindal, Betty Lallans 67 - Two poems by Betty Tindal, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central - Dumfries, poetry
Excited, on page 129

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Fitt, Matthew Hercules: Bampots and Heroes, (Itchy Coo 2005) Central - Dundee, weans
Nae bother," said Atlas, that excited aboot gettin awa fae the baho on page 48

1 matches

Atkins, Elise Billy Barr ’n’ Jonny Jimison’s Day Oot!, (Scottish Book Trust 2023) Central, prose
“Ur ye excited?”
1 matches

Thoumire, Elizabeth For the fat romantics, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central - Edinburgh, blog
t airteries wull be even mair excited gin they see the bill o fare!
1 matches

Stewart, Anna An Alien Feeling, (Scots Hoose 2019) Central, prose
nose, especially when he wis excited. I liked rubbing them between
1 matches

Matthews, Lily A SPARK O INSPIRATION, (Scots Hoose 2021) Central, weans
but Mr Baxter wis incredibly excited.
1 matches

Sands, Finn THE GHAISTLY FITBAW MATCH, (Scots Hoose 2021) Central, weans
Tam felt excited. He wis gaun guisin’ later.
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Robertson, Gary A Wee Dundee Xmas Poem, (Lidl 2020) Central, poetry
Bairns start gittin excited, but Santa's naewahr tih be s
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grandeicedcoffees Do You Wanna Touch, (archiveofourown.org 2021) Central, prose
ch, but ma stomach gies us an excited wee thrill as ah look doon an
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@g_hibby tweeted
e a sell oot, I'll no get too excited aboot it.. Given oor form at (2022) twitter link

@ionafyfe tweeted
OorVyce Absolutely. I’m affa excited for tae host the nichts live-(2020) search twitter
Affa excited tae be hostin this @OorVyce e(2020) search twitter
Giy excited tae tune in tae this! https:/(2020) search twitter
IshbelMcF Braw! Jist ordered. Excited ti read :)(2020) search twitter

@jax6754 tweeted
@ComeCoachWithMe Still excited that I've registered with @Co(2014) search twitter
e Monday afternoon! Hee hee! #Excited(2014) search twitter
ay tae pleeeeease! Scared but excited! YIKES!? X(2015) search twitter

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
wee flushy gif btw - gettin excited again lol (2020) twitter link
@edinburghpaper excited residents wake up in edinburg (2020) twitter link

Doric

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
"Oh! Ah'm at excited!" Joyce grippit is airm an py on page 41

1 matches

Mitchell, Ian R. Lallans 63 - Walkin Woundit, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Doric, prose
d ma “qually”. I wis that excited, and I run doon tae ma pal’
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Gray, Kath Lallans 63 - Aikey Brae Fair – 1962, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Doric, prose
, ye canna sleep. Ye’r ower excited. Yer main says, “Ye’r lik
1 matches

Fowler, Ross Sunday Fitba wi ma Faither, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric - Forres, prose
Hibs an Rangers and were fair excited. We baith supported Celtic so
1 matches

Ritchie, John Fishin in the Findhorn, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric - Forres, prose
listen tae first. I wis fair excited.
1 matches

Martin, Keiron Ma Worst Nicht Oot, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric - Forres, prose
with aabudy (family) and fair excited tae see them a.
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@DoricPhrases tweeted
oor wedding vows - ah got aa excited kis ah thocht the licence had(2018) search twitter

@72redz1903 tweeted
even a loan tae buy I wid be excited - the lad is a player (2022) twitter link

@cligeey tweeted
CScotland Kaye Adams wis affa excited wee a Spanish lad phoning in (2020) search twitter

@daleser23 tweeted
ttrick @paul_coull aye ye too excited for iday? Spoke tae daryl hes(2013) search twitter

@fittiecrooners tweeted
Local boy wee a rowie" Bert's excited(2016) search twitter

Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
ie aff - you'll get me clean excited! on page 52
I got mesel that excited, I could hardly bear the wait on page 58

2 matches

Johnston, Barbara Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
excited peedie faces on page 56

1 matches

Bruce, Lorraine Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
Wae heeded off fair excited an happy on page 90

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Hall, Simon W. The Boy That Lived - Chapter Wan, (Brisk Northerly 2015) Orkney, prose
hisperan tae wan anither, aal excited. Mr Dursley wis horn mad tae
whisperan tae wan anither aal excited as weel, but he couldna see w
2 matches

Shetland

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
kk. An noo Janice wis just as excited as shü wis been. on page 77

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I Hear Dee Shaetlan A primer - v. 1.1, (I Hear Dee 2022) Shetland, prose
boannie maed braesslet tae da excited lass. on page 82

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Watt, Valerie Tochts fae Tushie Truncherface: Announcin Truncherfaece twins, (Shetland Times 2009) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
d afore Gutteryaggle got ower excited.
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@Julie_Dennison tweeted
Keen how excited da bairn on da Christmas Coke (2020) twitter link
Still git all excited when I see my peerie polo on (2021) twitter link

@tattooedselkie tweeted
ving not had it in a year I'm excited.(2021) search twitter
Brawly excited tae read dis! https://t.co/Lz(2021) search twitter
Dis time last year I wis so excited tae be travellin hom fir Delt(2021) search twitter

@helenmoncrieff tweeted
Ceilidh Wir just a peerie bit excited #journey #notseasick https://(2016) search twitter
a Walls regatta. Ridiculously excited aboot it! #Shetland(2013) search twitter
I'm rather excited aboot seein Doug Allan danigh(2014) search twitter

@shaetlan_rose tweeted
So excited to be part of this incredible(2020) search twitter

@RedValkyrie84 tweeted
Commerce I’m starting to get excited aboot da dice coming!! (2019) twitter link

Southern

The Westender Loupin Salmon, (The Hawick Paper 2007) Southern, newspaper
ie caught a fish and was fair excited es hei came back tae the bank
1 matches

@MartyMacMurtrie tweeted
shire around ‘85/86, she was excited fir her hearing transformatio(2020) search twitter

Ulster

@fairfaaye tweeted
ase in Ulster-Scots meaning ‘excited or exasperated’ but ‘keyed (2020) search twitter

@HurchinHome tweeted
Got too excited tweeting this earlier The Bog(2020) search twitter

@Rosehill_girl tweeted
rScotsAgen Thank you! I’m so excited by this wonderful new project (2020) twitter link