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expectit Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words10.6 14.9 6 0 0 0 4.4
Number of occurrences3429 4 0 0 0 1
Number of authors26 21 4 1

Occurrences of expectit in Corpus

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Central

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
ow, an much sooner than she'd expectit: afore she'd drunk hauf the b on page 34

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Marenich, Margaret Lallans 84 - Awa wi’t, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
icht, it wis weel seen at she expectit thair faither ti cairie on th on page 21

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Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
il's pace. Howie was whaur he expectit tae be, in the lead. The wee on page 1

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McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
Jock expectit thanks fer this gey welcome n on page 35

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Horsbroch, Dauvit Scots Warks - Uphaud an guidance for screivars, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Central, government
Scots for Wikipedia, the'r an expectit staundart. Thir parteeclars i on page 7
e anent Scots langage cuid be expectit tae hae historical context, g on page 12
The expectit nummerin system for explanato on page 13
first day in the scuil - an expectit tae be thair ae wrutten langa on page 16
eclar whaur it is scant or no expectit. An it haes aboot it a byordn on page 35
Also on pages 61
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Forde, Iain W D Traivells wi a Cuddie i the Cevennes (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2008 ISBN: 978-0-9574164-5-1) Central, prose
brent-nyow girdin at mote be expectit ti streik an slak alang the g on page 6

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Armstrong, Kate Lallans 58 - Herman Und Dorothea, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
While ye are expectit tae thole it an ever tae prai on page 43

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Crawford, Ross Eemis Stane 1 - Ane Dialog betwix King James VI, (Eemis Stane 2022) Central, script
Englische, but that's tae be expectit. I cannae verie weel ask the on page 12

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Eagle, Andy Lallans 67 - Stravaigin the Wab, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
en an whan the tryst's end is expectit tae be won at, case be a mish on page 65

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Calder, Bob Lallans 58 - Allmairshall, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
r o an ee. Allmairshall hadna expectit the trauchle o waitin for tha on page 72

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McFarlane, Ishbel Does Scotland compare weil wi ither places fir wee bairnies?, (The National 2019) Central, newspaper
overnment hid gien us fir oor expectit bairnie – wi particular str
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Falconer, Gavin Lallans 81 - Scots an Mid-Ulster Inglish, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Central, prose
o Irish oreegin micht coud be expectit tae be mair common baith in a
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Heather, Alistair Trains approachin?, (Mak Forrit 2017) Central - Angus, blog
st year — 350,000 mair than expectit — an a huge shot in the air
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Hershaw, William The Retour O The Grey Airmy, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Central - Fife, blog
canny gaun craturs are yet no expectit tae hae human sense and raiso
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Hodgart, John Scots Language Act: Oor weans hae richt tae see mither tung respectit, (The National 2021) Central - North Ayrshire, newspaper
e. Maist o the reaction, as I expectit, wis negative, but some wis g
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 114, (self-published 2003) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
ongauns an the action plan is expectit tae kythe in the nixt twa thr
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Smith, Jamie Animal Ferm: Chapters I to III, (Mak Forrit 2021) Central, prose
d mair easy than onybody haed expectit. In the bygane Mr Cameron, fo
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Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
d o ingratiatin cant that she expectit fae
d her fiercely on the mou. He expectit her tae warsle an fling him a
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Facebook link ( 2021) Central
enisters kept talkin. The men expectit tae keep listenin. The vera t

@rosa_alba_macd tweeted
estrictions micht be that are expectit the morn?(2020) search twitter

@Chazzbat tweeted
id mair - an less - than Ah expectit.(2020) search twitter
Leanne reacted exactly hou Ah expectit. #Corrie(2020) search twitter

Doric

Diansangu, Mae Tales Fae The Doric Side - My Faither's Fowk, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, poetry
loons an quines noo expectit on page 38

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Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 75 - The Petrol Tanker, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Doric, prose
Of course, we hardly expectit that Abbie would get aff with
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Uri, Antonia The birds an the bees, (Mak Forrit 2018) Doric - Aberdeen, blog
but at this pynt nane o us expectit her tae live. She’d haen a
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@d_anderson878 tweeted
istreen far spikkin Scots wis expectit, nae jist acceptit. The first(2020) search twitter

Ulster

Crozier, Ian Recomendations fer an Ulster-Scots plen fer oor leid, heirskeip an’ culture, (communities-ni.gov.uk 2022) Ulster, government
expectit. wi' in the plen we ca' fer t on page 55

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