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Use in varieties of Scots

melancholy Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words4.7 4.1 3 9.9 0 10.3 13.3
Number of occurrences158 2 1 0 1 3
Number of authors8 4 1 1 1 1

Occurrences of melancholy in Corpus

In order to avoid violating copyright law and abide by 'fair use', only up to the first five occurrences of the search term are displayed for each article.

Central

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
kit as ever," said Alice in a melancholy tone: "it disnae seem tae dry on page 26
ah!" she said tae hersel in a melancholy tone. "Naebdy seems tae like on page 32
t follit them, they heard the melancholy wirds: on page 105
huvtae," the King said, wae a melancholy air, an, efter foldin his erm on page 112

4 matches

Harvey, Tracy Anne Lallans 90 - The Missus, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Central, poetry
Whit a cure fir melancholy ! on page 16

1 matches

Fleemin, Sandy Report on Inquiry intil the role Submission, (Education, Culture an Sport Comatee 2003) Central - East Lothian, government
istina, Christmas, chronicle, melancholy, sepulchre, tuithache.
1 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
n waunerin back an forth at a melancholy pace. Sae quhan the Dug-men c
n waunerin back an forth at a melancholy pace. Sae quhan the Dug-men c
2 matches

Doric

Byrne, Catherine Alice's Mishanters in e Land o Farlies, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010609) Doric - Caithness, prose
e breeze at followed them, e melancholy words: on page 103
, A mosst," e King sade, wi a melancholy air, an, efter fowldan his ar on page 110

2 matches

Orkney

Miller, Alison Archipelagos : Poems from Writing the North, (University of Edinburgh 2014 ISBN: 978-0-7486-9755-7) Orkney, poetry
Melancholy had a grip o John, on page 43

1 matches

Southern

Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
ah!" she said tae hersel in a melancholy tone. "Naebody seems tae lik on page 31

1 matches

Ulster

Morrison-Smyth, Anne Alice's Carrants in Wunnerlan, (Evertype 2013 ISBN: 978-1-78201-011-1) Ulster - Ballymoney, prose
kit es iver," said Alice in a melancholy voice: "it disnae seem tae ba on page 26
ent!" Alice answert in a wile melancholy voice. on page 45
breeze that folliet thim, the melancholy wurds: on page 107

3 matches

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