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Use in varieties of Scots

expectation Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words3.1 3.5 0 19.9 0 0 4.4
Number of occurrences107 0 2 0 0 1
Number of authors10 7 2 1

Occurrences of expectation in Corpus

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Central

Beekman, Tony Lallans 85 - The Belt, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
t for too lang; Tam had every expectation that he wid be on MacNeil's h on page 39

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Brown, Ian Lallans 70 - The Scots leid in modren Scots drama, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
t wis bein addressed wis leid expectation an prestige - an the wey the on page 33

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Mc, Keeks Contermacious Temerity, (Dreich 2023 ISBN: 978-1-873-412190) Central, poetry
Ah gaed up ony expectation o gettin the richt lenth on page 15

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Sayers, Ross Daisy on the Outer Line, (Gob Stopper (Cranachan) 2020 ISBN: 978-1911279778) Central - Glasgow, prose
w Steven. Ah dunno whaur this expectation comes fae, that ye're meant t on page 9

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Fleemin, Sandy Lallans 62 - Blue Lift Snaw, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
h I can see her smilin wi the expectation o what he’s awae tae say no
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Falconer, Gavin Lallans 81 - Scots an Mid-Ulster Inglish, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Central, prose
orical level, wi the positive expectation o siclike resurgence, that ha
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Smith, Jamie William Playfair: faither o data visualisation, (Mak Forrit 2019) Central - Edinburgh, blog
wer[ed] the purpose beyond my expectation, by bringing into one view th
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Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
Far better than aal expectation. on page 27

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Giles, Harry Josephine Deep Wheel Orcadia: A Novel, (Picador 2021 ISBN: 978-1529066609) Orkney, poetry
o free yourself from all this expectation, to have to remake yourself." on page 138

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Ulster

Burgess, Wilson Dae Ye See: Ulster-Scots Poems, (Scots Language Centre 2007 ISBN: 978-0955791604) Ulster - L'Derry, poetry
In hopeful expectation, on page 19

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