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Use in varieties of Scots

alarm Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words13.2 14.4 8 59.6 5.8 21.9 0
Number of occurrences4127 5 6 1 2 0
Number of authors30 18 5 4 1 2

Occurrences of alarm 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
delight, which chinged intae alarm in anither short meenit, when on page 51
looked doon intae its face in alarm. This time thir wis nae two w on page 61

2 matches

Mc, Keeks Contermacious Temerity, (Dreich 2023 ISBN: 978-1-873-412190) Central, poetry
The alarm bursts oot at a pure ungoadly on page 52

1 matches

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
him. But it wis the plaintive alarm cries o a wheen faur-aff whau on page 50

1 matches

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
Ma alarm goes oaff at half eight in th on page 81
ur the little might as no tae alarm him. But he kens suttins up j on page 157

2 matches

McQueer, Chris Hings - Short Stories 'n That, (404 Ink 2017 ISBN: 978-0995623866) Central - Glesga, prose
Ah check the time oan mah wee alarm cloak - 2 in the fuckin morn on page 2

1 matches

Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
ments later, a flashin winner alarm went off above the machine, a on page 31
Ma phone's alarm hud jolted me awake. Usually, on page 87

2 matches

Bates, Gregor The Death Dance, (Scots Hoose 2022) Central - East Dunbartonshire, weans
hem. I wis aboot tae raise an alarm when they got me. They played
1 matches

Nicol, Alissa Poor Wee Livvy, (Scots Hoose 2022) Central - North Lanarkshire, weans
r Livvy's mouth, no tryin tae alarm the club's night guard. When
1 matches

Thoumire, Elizabeth Daein it yersel, (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Edinburgh, blog
The alarm bells should hae been clangin
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Liberties (Part One), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
treet below. The time oan the alarm cloack reads 10:33. ‘COYLE!
1 matches

Grae, Emma Jimmy and his wee darlin Alexa, (unbound.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
“Alexa, set an alarm fur three,” ah say.
Alexa’s alarm goes aff.
2 matches

Geraghty, Martin 378, (TheCommonBreath.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
Here’s yir early mornin’ alarm call. Forget aboot a snooze b
1 matches

McKenzie, Roddy Cataracts, (northwordsnow.co.uk 2018) Central - Dundee, prose
Thi alarm gied yi a flehg so yi blooter
1 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
aptain. There is no cause for alarm. We have been clipped by some
ty, but there is no cause for alarm. Just stay in your seats. Sta
rase late, surprised that her alarm hadna went aff. She wis shair
a wheen o the inemy afore the alarm gaed up, an be that time they
4 matches

Wallace, Lorna Jock Tamson Goes tae the Doactir, (lornalouwriting.wordpress.com 2019) Central - Ayrshire, poetry
When Jock’s alarm went aff
1 matches

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 1, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
art settin oaff any premature alarm bells. A boay ah yince kent,
1 matches

@alistairdunn tweeted
ing tae bed and no setting an alarm is so gid!(2013) search twitter

@jax6754 tweeted
and wake up earlier than yir alarm make sure you hae a plan fir (2015) search twitter

@Chazzbat tweeted
Ma smoke alarm hus stairtit chirpin. Ah'm no(2020) search twitter

@changed_days tweeted
in well here. The Buff causin alarm, but naebdy there tae help hi (2021) twitter link

Doric

Benzie, Lesley Fessen Reared, (Seahorse 2020 ISBN: 978-1916214538) Doric, poetry
An alarm wis nivver necessary. on page 30

1 matches

Whyte, Brian The Bottles, (Independently published 2020 ISBN: 979-8612647218) Doric, poetry
hat I will drap aff afore the alarm's bleep on page 160

1 matches

Byrne, Catherine Alice's Mishanters in e Land o Farlies, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010609) Doric - Caithness, prose
ichted, wheech changed intill alarm in anither meenad, when she f on page 49

1 matches

Strachan, Shane Hoast, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric, prose
the licht. The reid een's the alarm!
1 matches

@fittiecrooners tweeted
jist aboot burnt doon. Smoke alarm went aff, wife gan nuts! A fe(2017) search twitter

Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
The alarm gaed aff at seven - Daavit r on page 46
aafal swaet, hert poundan wi alarm on page 52

2 matches

Cormack, Kevin Toonie Void, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
blackbird alarm stabs; on page 10

1 matches

Bruce, Lorraine Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
Dads Big Bane alarm clock. on page 45

1 matches

Butler, Vera Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
tae me body. Bliss. First wan alarm clock goes off, that's 7am; t on page 85

2 matches

Shetland

@RedValkyrie84 tweeted
Oh god I’ve joost set my alarm for 630am damorn to try and g (2018) twitter link

Southern

Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
delight, which chainged intae alarm th next meenit, when she funn on page 50

1 matches

@officialAliRed tweeted
their statutory duty re: fire alarm. Get thum seen tae!(2020) search twitter

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