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odds Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words27.5 19.2 30 29.8 98.8 10.3 44.3
Number of occurrences8938 20 3 17 1 10
Number of authors51 20 13 3 8 1 6

Occurrences of odds in Corpus

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Central

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
hat much ah dae know; so whit odds is it tae me whether ye're a on page 53

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Clark, Sara Echo and Narcissus, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012702) Central, poetry
Hou no? It maks nae odds taewart the end on page 24

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Marenich, Margaret Lallans 84 - Awa wi’t, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
an in her ee, but it made nae odds. Kate haed askit David ti hae on page 24
haiveless cairie-on anent the odds o French Canada an hame, haud on page 26

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Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
n the air, shoutin the fuckin odds. The three others ir walkin s on page 18

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Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 70 - A Bannock Day’s Pley for Thrie Fowk, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, script
for ti swick, but it maks nae odds. A maun finnd siller an cleid on page 47

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Clark, Thomas Eemis Stane 2 - Editorial: A Twa Wey Street, (Eemis Stane 2023) Central, prose
Efter years o shoutin the odds intae Plato's cavern, here it on page 3

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Clark, Thomas Animal Fairm, (Luath 2023 ISBN: 978-1804250396) Central, prose
peired sic questions as 'Whit odds is it tae us whit happens eft on page 6

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Sayers, Ross Daisy on the Outer Line, (Gob Stopper (Cranachan) 2020 ISBN: 978-1911279778) Central - Glasgow, prose
and mothers and daughters at odds wi each other, lit a bad epis on page 25

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Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
on every yin ae thum wid take odds oan the world endin themorn. on page 37

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Clark, Thomas Diary o a Wimpy Wean, (Itchy Coo 2018 ISBN: 978-1785302145) Central, weans
k and his band play. It's nae odds tae ma Maw whit Rodrick plays on page 31

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Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
d Herd carefully weighing the odds, on page 15
be at odds wi hissel, an jeelous o aa th on page 108
yins wha thocht up the Lotto odds, on page 151

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Clark, Thomas The Boggin Beginnin, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303524) Central, weans
ae ootside wid hae makkit nae odds at aw. Even by the mirkie lic on page 23
when ye're wee, tae lairn the odds atween "literally" and "figur on page 68
It'd mak nae odds tae ye at aw if I telt ye whi on page 142
Coont Olaf said. "It maks nae odds wan wey or the ither." on page 151

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Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
one in the family, Mum... The odds o you gettin on page 25

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Fleemin, Sandy Lallans 59 - A Day Weel Spent, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central - East Lothian, prose
ye no mindin 'hings kin o at odds wi what they wis?" A wis ettl on page 125

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McMillan, Hugh Whit If? Scotland's History as it Micht Hiv Bin, (Luath 2021 ISBN: 9781910022900) Central, poetry
Owerturnin the odds he wun, on page 29

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Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 73 - Editorial, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central - Prestwick, prose
emerks on the evendoun guttie odds atween the praisent set-up fo on page 8

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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 167, (self-published 2007) Central, newspaper
muckle chance in Paris an the odds wis on a French victory but h
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Fleemin, Sandy A Day Weel Spent, (sandyfleming.org 2003) Central - East Lothian, prose
ye no mindin 'hings kin o at odds wi what they wis?" I wis ettl
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Wilson, Rab Lallans 62 - Cormilligan, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, poetry
auld Herd cannily weighin the odds,
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Clark, Thomas Radge Against the Machine: Deid Wirds, Deid Warlds, an Why Scots Maitters, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central - Bellshill, blog
but then again, so whit? Whit odds is it tae onybody, as the Doo
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Clark, Thomas Aw Aboard! The fecht for the Scots language stairts the day!, (Bella Caledonia 2019) Central - Bellshill, blog
still an aw - sae whit? Whit odds is it the difference a Scots
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Bennett, Peter Park trife, (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
aulder than us, aboot thirty odds ah’d say. It’s hard tae t
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Smith, Jamie Animal Ferm: Chapters I to III, (Mak Forrit 2021) Central, prose
n is tae happen onygate, what odds daes is mak whither we wirk f
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Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
lat me catch thee calculatin odds again, sonny boy. Gamblin, at
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Connelly, Gordon Celebrating Ithers, a letter tae somebody wirth celebratin, (Scottish Book Trust 2021) Central, blog
d thank them richt for aw the odds they makkit tae yer life.
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MacMinto, Gregor The Daily Record Building on the Banks of the River Clyde, (wordpress 2022) Central, blog
In Glesca, odds o twintie year can mak a gret
o twintie year can mak a gret odds on a pairt. The Daily Record/
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Facebook link ( 2021) Central
The Pope wis at odds wi King Louis X1V o France. L

Gillespie, Alan Mon the Rovers, (Scottish Book Trust 2021) Central, prose
th Rovers failed to upset the odds against the German giants, Ba
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@g_hibby tweeted
ver ye like Helen.. Makes nae odds tae me... :) Whatever yer hap (2023) twitter link

Doric

McGregor, Iain Lallans 77 - Farquhar, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Doric, prose
no that oniebody wad ken the odds, for ordinar it wis nivver to on page 97

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Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
n's maet He bocht a twa three odds an eyns Exchanged some banter on page 15

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Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
in wi ye! An Ah canna see nae odds in yer figir," said Alec, lee on page 68
r spare mower - so fit's the odds?" Evie threw her hans in the on page 82
rkeys; an aa kines o tools an odds an sods - graips, rakes, for on page 94

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Benzie, Lesley Fessen Reared, (Seahorse 2020 ISBN: 978-1916214538) Doric, poetry
as we escape a warld at odds wi itsel, on page 43

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Smith, Derek Northwords Now 43 - Derek Smith, (northwordsnow.co.uk 2022) Doric, poetry
stack the odds in my favour. Mostly. on page 18

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Kynoch, Douglas Lallans 83 - The Umman, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Doric, prose
ings as they war. It made nae odds at aa. Wik follat wik; month
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McDonald, Charlie Doric Scots Books an Poems, (Facebook 2022) Doric, poetry
Did yer mum iye keep odds an' ends in tins
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Smith, Alex A Fer Chauve, (self-published 2005) Doric, prose
odds wid that mak?" Asks Larry Ake
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Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
ed the horse,tho, ye kent the odds richt aff, fur syne Fauldie a
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Hamilton, Roddy Lallans 63 - The Bruntie Cat, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Doric, prose
air protractit an possibly at odds wi its original version.
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Uri, Antonia The birds an the bees, (Mak Forrit 2018) Doric - Aberdeen, blog
on yer wey tae makkin aa the odds in helpin aa kinds o birdies.
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Hutchison, Pat The Three Cannels, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
yowe pound a year hid made an odds.. If it wisna for her gettin
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Hutchison, Pat Angels Ten, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Doric - Banffshire, prose
boorach o cars sellin aa the odds ‘n’ eins fowk wanted rid
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@72redz1903 tweeted
porate and fan culture are at odds. (2022) twitter link

Orkney

Giles, Harry Josephine Deep Wheel Orcadia: A Novel, (Picador 2021 ISBN: 978-1529066609) Orkney, poetry
odd gittan seean that peedie odds: on page 18

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Garson, Sheila Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
olls klaze meed fae scraps an odds and ends on page 47

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@peediepuss tweeted
it was messed up long afore. Odds are no great but good you're (2020) twitter link

Shetland

Johnson, Laureen Alice's Adventirs in Wonderlaand, (Evertype 2012 ISBN: 978-1782010081) Shetland - Voe, prose
never seemed ta be makkin ony odds, aless for a grain o shakkin on page 53
doon richt; "no at der muckle odds," shö said tae hersel; "I do on page 118

2 matches

Greig, Charles A Shetland Bible, (Saint Andrew Press 2009 ISBN: 978-0715209158) Shetland - Lerwick, prose
'Tinks du will dat mak ony odds?' said Abraham. 'If dey winna on page 125

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Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
ciety'. Heth shüll notice an odds up yunder noo among her posh on page 23
ooder bledds, bit it medd nae odds, so I got her intae da car, a on page 53

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Jamieson, Robert Alan Swiet Haar, (Abersee Press 2017) Shetland, poetry
Wid reddir rekkin wie mukkil odds. on page 20

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Nicholson, James Lallans 58 - Do whit du’s telt, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Shetland, poetry
d at his teeth but it med nae odds. on page 17

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I Hear Dee Shaetlan A primer - v. 1.1, (I Hear Dee 2022) Shetland, prose
us section) maks a big enyoch odds fae a linguistic point o view on page 20
e da lungs tae da mooth. Whit odds dey ir atween da vowel soonds on page 23
Ithin Shaetlan, stress maks a odds espeecially inna da peerie wi on page 29
o fir situations whaar de'r a odds atween da Shaetlan wye o sayi on page 36
t it doesna shaa der bein ony odds atween singular an plural add on page 54
Also on pages 56, 58
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De Luca, Christine Parallel Worlds: Poems in Shetlandic and English, (Luath 2005 ISBN: 978-1905222131) Shetland, poetry
- dis blissit odds - I wid a virmished on page 106

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@tattooedselkie tweeted
en...hit'll likely mak little odds whan he'll be oot in a week b(2021) search twitter

Southern

Purves, David Jade Lute, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Selkirk, poetry
ut whan ye ir fou it maks nae odds—
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Ulster

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
Maisie choked. "What odds will it mak if he stays in my on page 26

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Burgess, Wilson Dae Ye See: Ulster-Scots Poems, (Scots Language Centre 2007 ISBN: 978-0955791604) Ulster - L'Derry, poetry
It made nae odds tae him, on page 23

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Ni Chuilin, Caral Roadin furtae Bring Forrits an Graith tha ULSTER-SCOTCH Leid, Heirskip an Cultur, (Mannystrie o Fowkgates, Airts an Aisedom 2015) Ulster, government
e haudin a claase agin makkin odds atween fowk anent tha uise o on page 13
in tha reddin o tha makkin o odds agin kintrie-pairt or unnèr- on page 14
makkin odds agin kintrie-pairt or unnèr- on page 44

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Ferguson, Roy Rhymes frae Rathfrilan: A Wheen o Poames, (self-published 2022 ISBN: 979-8796193099) Ulster, poetry
r tae en wars didnae mak onie odds, on page 31

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Cartmill, Claire Three score years an ten, (Ballymoney and Moyle Times 2014) Ulster, newspaper
Nae odds a lang a dance wid last, A al
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Ulster Scots Agency Ulster Scots Census, (census.gov.uk 2021) Ulster, government
a tha yins ‘at effeirs, nae odds gin ye uise thaim or no.
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