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Use in varieties of Scots

unchancy Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words5.6 8.6 1.5 0 0 0 0
Number of occurrences1817 1 0 0 0 0
Number of authors10 9 1

Occurrences of unchancy in Corpus

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Central

Clark, Thomas Intae the Snaw, (Gatehouse Press 2015 ISBN: 978-0992857370) Central, poetry
An unchancy hobbles, but howp hae ah nane on page 36

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Donaldson, Gordon Lallans 90 - Echty-Echt, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Central, prose
But Ah hadnae. Somethin unchancy had happened, tho nane o the on page 37

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Clark, Thomas Animal Fairm, (Luath 2023 ISBN: 978-1804250396) Central, prose
t jist lately he'd fawen upon unchancy tides. He'd been gey disherte on page 6

1 matches

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
had suddenly become saft and unchancy. on page 22
atilda said. 'But she's verra unchancy. Bein at this schuil is like on page 112
after her voice wis, the mair unchancy it wis, but Nigel never kent on page 140
el awa fae it as if it wis an unchancy thing. Then slowly she lifted on page 168

5 matches

Morton, Elaine Hamethocts, (Evertype 2010 ISBN: 978-1782012399) Central, poetry
Ilk airt unchancy, fithauds sair tae win on page 25

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Horsbroch, Dauvit A gang-roond oor Sun Grid, (Scots Language Centre 2020) Central, blog
n mak life for ither speishie unchancy.
Mairs haes aye been an unchancy warld for human progs wi mony
actit tae souk in mony o the unchancy rocks that micht'a heidit ram
3 matches

Fleemin, Sandy Report on Inquiry intil the role Submission, (Education, Culture an Sport Comatee 2003) Central - East Lothian, government
orpheme: mischancy, mischief, unchancy,
1 matches

Douglas, Sheila Lallans 62 - The Wee Tailor in the Haunted Kirkyaird, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, weans
rowed that there wis somethin unchancy in thon kirkyaird an he didna
1 matches

Corbett, John Lallans 70 - Owersettins o Modren Drama intae Scots, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
smeddum o rural speak, no the unchancy virr o the urban patter. Bait
1 matches

Thoumire, Elizabeth Kintrae livin, (Mak Forrit 2019) Central - Edinburgh, blog
rs sin oor auntie thocht them unchancy contraptions. No lang afore,
1 matches

Thoumire, Elizabeth Makkin a muckle o a mickle, (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Edinburgh, blog
nent hou we feed oorsels. The unchancy prospect o gaein ‘ower a cl
1 matches

Doric

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
t a littlin try tae sclimm an unchancy place like this."
1 matches

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