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attitude Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words15.8 17 11.2 9.9 29.1 43.7 0
Number of occurrences4932 7 1 5 4 0
Number of authors29 19 3 1 4 2

Occurrences of attitude in Corpus

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Central

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
ae appreciate and respect her attitude ae no takin any ae his pish. on page 78
he says "And all I get is an attitude." on page 127

3 matches

McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
The thing is, but, siccan an attitude is naethin new. Athin a year on page 41
e get on ye spoke English ~an attitude that his left deep cultural s on page 60
shment, an perceive siccan an attitude tae be in their ain interest. on page 61
that aften in the Ms. An the attitude o the British state itsel wis on page 79
owk wha's wages (gin no their attitude) clearly mairks them oot as m on page 90

6 matches

Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
We a swagger an a attitude on page 7

1 matches

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
iet life," had aye been Dod's attitude whaur Jeannie was concernt, t on page 58
wis richt enough at that, His attitude was simple, 'God made the lan on page 84

2 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
Thiv got a totally different attitude tae Karen than they had when on page 169

1 matches

McPartlin, John Lallans 81 - Fower Australian Poems, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Central - Dollar, poetry
tak attitude, splored wi gliff an fret, on page 16

1 matches

Donati, Colin Scots A Statement o Principles, (Scots Parliament 2003 ISBN: 978-1-899920-02-1) Central, government
ations. Butaince the cultural attitude chynges frae negative tae pos on page 12

1 matches

Townsley, Jane Joe's Cloud an Ither Stuff, (lulu.com 2014 ISBN: 978-1326001612) Central - Perth, prose
"That's a better attitude. Aaricht, she can come oot, b on page 87

1 matches

Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
l. It sums up hur weak-minded attitude tae every inconvenience: oot on page 28

1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 167, (self-published 2007) Central, newspaper
terment in thair behaviour an attitude durin lessons in Scots. Tho t
1 matches

Gillon, Karen Report on Inquiry intil the role o, (Education, Culture an Sport Comatee 2003) Central, government
attitude. Gaelic gets tocher direct fa
positive attitude tae baith – or aw – o the
2 matches

Macafee, Caroline Lallans 63 - Auld plain Scottis, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
servation made by minds whose attitude to experience and whose specu
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 114, (self-published 2003) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
ate bodies tae consider thair attitude tae the language in a creativ
1 matches

Muir, Glenn David of Seafield, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Linlithgow, prose
e tae the wa again. His huffy attitude wid last until the next mealt
1 matches

Neil, Gabriel The Green Pairty: Holyrood’s nixt opposition?, (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
There’s a political attitude developin o late i Scotland t
1 matches

Ahmad, Nyla How We Celebrate – scrievin prompt, (Scottish Book Trust 2021) Central, blog
re gey specific, and aw aboot attitude raither than luiks:
1 matches

Douglas, Ashley The Smeddum o Scots, (languagereach.com 2021) Central, prose
n ‘aye-been’ mentality or attitude, fur exemple. Syne there’s
1 matches

Wallace, Lorna Jock Tamson Goes tae the Doactir, (lornalouwriting.wordpress.com 2019) Central - Ayrshire, poetry
His mind an’ attitude.
1 matches

Wilson, Rab A centre of undeemous excellence fir Scots leid, (The National 2017) Central, newspaper
entury, an the aamaist racist attitude tae thaim wha hae the smeddum
1 matches

@LairnScots tweeted
Is @JaneyGodley 's attitude mair prevalent noo? 'This is (2020) twitter link

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
earer1 mon the talbot - same attitude as last time lads - bet ther (2020) twitter link
@ellie_meechan a lady with attitude - b oan lol (2020) twitter link
hardly the right attitude imo for such a big game - oh (2020) twitter link

Doric

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
s an a wye o spikkin: it's an attitude; a wye o life that his te bi on page 7

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric: Alive an Kickin 2, (Argo Publishing 2006 ISBN: 978-0954615321) Doric - Inverurie, prose
"Is at nae a bit o a selfish attitude te ging throwe life wi?" on page 15
pical North-east nae-nonsense attitude te life. on page 28

2 matches

Smith, Alex A Sair Fecht, (self-published 2003) Doric, prose
the holidays were deein". His attitude
1 matches

@72redz1903 tweeted
mations fan the availability, attitude and mix o players is so dysfu (2022) twitter link
evance because o their thrawn attitude tae the constitutional questi (2022) twitter link
gh tae tackle Hamilton if the attitude, application and maist import (2020) twitter link

Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
a bit insulted bi his naisty attitude on page 8

1 matches

Shetland

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
it up a determinedly detached attitude as da familiar beeldins cam i on page 57

1 matches

I Hear Dee Shaetlan A primer - v. 1.1, (I Hear Dee 2022) Shetland, prose
hit's gyaan on), modality (da attitude tae whit's gyaan on) an on page 70

1 matches

Tait, John M Shaetlan is Daed - Lang live Dialect, (Shetland Dialect Conference 2004 2004) Shetland, prose
an-respectable’ status. Dis attitude ta language is sometimes caad
doon-toon, anti-establishment attitude.
2 matches

@tattooedselkie tweeted
emackenzie No fir lang wi yun attitude I widna think!(2021) search twitter

Southern

Rodger, Matt The Borth’ick Waitter, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Roxburgh, prose
the day. Ae reciprocal attitude o mynd, conform til ae mutual
he auld farrant paternalistic attitude, wur plaisent warm hertit,
2 matches

@MartyMacMurtrie tweeted
thin deaf community with that attitude but... thirty years later, ah(2020) search twitter
gulation itsel and even their attitude taewards us! Simple as that ? (2020) twitter link

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