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Use in varieties of Scots

distraction Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words5.6 5.7 1.5 9.9 5.8 10.3 13.3
Number of occurrences1811 1 1 1 1 3
Number of authors12 6 1 1 1 1 2

Occurrences of distraction in Corpus

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Central

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
nches ae Arithmetic-Ambition, Distraction, Uglification, an Derision." on page 95

1 matches

Begg, James A. Alison's Jants in Ferlieland, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010845) Central, prose
nches o Arithmetic-Ambeition, Distraction, Uglification, an Dereision." on page 44

1 matches

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
t themselves. Then a welcomed distraction appeared ootae naewhere. In t on page 187

1 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
turnt oot tae be quite a good distraction that cheered us aw up, an fur on page 169

1 matches

Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
no enough tae conk me oot. A distraction is a distraction. on page xix
the back. Ah'm glad rae huv a distraction. The years might roll by, but on page 45
h love clubbin because it's a distraction on page 89

4 matches

Grae, Emma Dancin wi the Rhona, (unbound.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
Ah paint ma nails. Ah need a distraction, and ah know fine well ah’m
ans and man are drivin me tae distraction, but it’s better than bein
2 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
es there wis a lot o backgrun distraction; she wasna shair. He had a ki
1 matches

Doric

Byrne, Catherine Alice's Mishanters in e Land o Farlies, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010609) Doric - Caithness, prose
ranches o ArithmetieAmbition, Distraction, Uglification, an Derision." on page 93

1 matches

Orkney

Giles, Harry Josephine Deep Wheel Orcadia: A Novel, (Picador 2021 ISBN: 978-1529066609) Orkney, poetry
cut - thir gled o the antic distraction (tho thay jentle refuse the l on page 42

1 matches

Shetland

Johnson, Laureen Alice's Adventirs in Wonderlaand, (Evertype 2012 ISBN: 978-1782010081) Shetland - Voe, prose
kinds o Arithmetic-Ambeetion, Distraction, Uglification, an Dereeshion. on page 97

1 matches

Southern

Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
branches o Sums - Ambition, Distraction, Uglification, an Derision." on page 93

1 matches

Ulster

Morrison-Smyth, Anne Alice's Carrants in Wunnerlan, (Evertype 2013 ISBN: 978-1-78201-011-1) Ulster - Ballymoney, prose
ranches o ArithmeticAmbition, Distraction, Uglification, an Derision." on page 95

1 matches

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