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Use in varieties of Scots

cept Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words10.9 16.4 1.5 0 0 20.7 0
Number of occurrences3532 1 0 0 2 0
Number of authors13 11 1 1

Occurrences of cept in Corpus

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Central

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
gless: there wis nuhin oan it cept fir a totey golden key, an Al on page 11
y, an widnae say anither wird cept, "Aye, well, ah'm aulder than on page 25
disnae take a runner.' Well, cept fir the fact," Alice went oan on page 34
bit nuhin seemed tae happen, cept a wee bit o shakin in the dis on page 51
it thir wis nuhin else oan it cept tea. "Ah cannae see ony wine, on page 66
Also on pages 83, 86, 89, 91, 115
10 matches

Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
'Cept fur one hing,' he says. 'Deei on page 1

3 matches

Hubbard, Tom The Flechitorium, (Grace Note 2017 ISBN: 9781907676932) Central - East Central, poetry
'Cept efter gettin blootered Wi the on page 22

1 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
in oor class got a Valentine cept me an Harpreet, an Charlene. on page 110
ven talks tae Nicola anymair (cept when she cannae be bothert wa on page 115
vrubdy else comes home wi wan cept you. Dunno, said Charlene, Do on page 148

3 matches

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
'Cept some o the 'Buckie' nectar, S on page 34
Cept fir the Chinky, an neds smoki on page 66
Ye're lauchin! 'Cept fir the name you an him's tau on page 106

3 matches

Townsley, Jane Joe's Cloud an Ither Stuff, (lulu.com 2014 ISBN: 978-1326001612) Central - Perth, prose
'Cept the thing that made her fash on page 17
nivver saw ma Granny cry... 'cept once. on page 31
ein it fer weeks. Magic, eh? 'Cept Isa took that funny turn an t on page 46

4 matches

Forde, Iain W D Traivells wi a Cuddie i the Cevennes (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2008 ISBN: 978-0-9574164-5-1) Central, prose
es o Bologna sasser. Aw this, cept whitlik A cairried about ma p on page 5

1 matches

Hubbard, Tom Minoritie Status, (Tapsalteerie 2017) Central - Kirkcaldy, poetry
No ti return, like, cept fir a brek. on page 21

1 matches

Paisley, Janet Lallans 62 - The Numpty, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
jist steys up,” ah said. “Cept fin it rains, or… or someti
1 matches

Marenich, Margaret Lallans 76 - The Factory, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Central, prose
ava, cept thon tentie nod o the heid, i
1 matches

Clark, Thomas Wha's Like Us?, (Bella Caledonia 2017) Central - Bellshill, blog
hou their vote will pan oot, cept the smart money is on it matt
1 matches

@MartinBroon tweeted
uck wae whoever yeez go fur...cept that waste of space Lennon...(2019) search twitter

@rosa_alba_macd tweeted
HD family thing. Happens here cept Nae just fishcakes and the di(2020) search twitter

@bigandymccoll tweeted
ens Ah ken nowt aboot the boy cept that @glasgowpauline also spe (2022) twitter link

Doric

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
boozed-up orral he'd ay bin, 'cept noo he wis a boozed-up orral
1 matches

Southern

Rodger, Matt The Borth’ick Waitter, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Roxburgh, prose
ir nou, kivvert wi treis, cept fur the wheen, kinda sma haud
closed cept fur the antrin meetin. Nae do
2 matches

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