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excitin Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words10.3 9 14.4 0 17.4 0 13.3
Number of occurrences3217 9 0 3 0 3
Number of authors19 13 3 2 1

Occurrences of excitin 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

Robertson, James Precious and the Puggies, (Itchy Coo 2011 ISBN: 978-1845023324) Central, weans
But maist excitin, wioot ony doot, were the wil on page 4
mony times, but it wis ayewis excitin, ayewis eneuch tae keep ye on on page 10

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Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
ly felt obliged tae share the excitin news wae wee Brucie. Who wis on page 166

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
is is naewhaur near the maist excitin thing that will happen on the on page 60
oab, this is gonnae be sic an excitin day! I dae hope ye enjoy it! on page 68

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Clark, Thomas The Boggin Beginnin, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303524) Central, weans
"Is this no awfie excitin?" said a vyce, and the bairns on page 135

1 matches

Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
, ah thocht life wis terribly excitin. Glasgae wis wan o the maist on page 74

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Macafee, Caroline Lallans 61 - Glesca dialeck i the modren warld, (Lallans Magazine 2002) Central, prose
e interestin an theoretically excitin, an it can keep Scots tae the on page 9

1 matches

Tindal, Betty Lallans 67 - Two poems by Betty Tindal, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central - Dumfries, poetry
bit it's excitin, cos they're no allooed tae t on page 129

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Robinson, Christine Lallans 73 - Historical Lexicography and the Records of the Parliaments of Scotland to 1700, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, prose
hrase the said may no be that excitin tae maist fowk but a search f on page 19

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Gillon, Karen Report on Inquiry intil the role o, (Education, Culture an Sport Comatee 2003) Central, government
excitin weys o helpin bairns fae dive
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Thoumire, Elizabeth Bairns ootside, (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Edinburgh, blog
Sae mony excitin gemms we haed! We lued Levoy,
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 174, (self-published 2008) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
– entertainin, imaginative, excitin tae leuk at an thocht provoki
an modern praisentation is an excitin an radical wey o shawin hou S
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Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
his heid in her hauns. It wis excitin, in a wey. The depth o the an
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Facebook link (Changed Times Historical Novel By Ethyl Smith 2022) Central
eeclar interest. It’s baith excitin an terrible an fu o character

Facebook link ( 2021) Central
Excitin times tae read aboot. It‘s

Doric

Leslie, Deborah Tales Fae The Doric Side - Mabel, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
"Excitin, eh?" Mam rummiled up ma hair on page 91

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Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
lt, ere's naebody Ah'm really excitin masel aboot seein again. An, on page 72

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Uri, Antonia Bidin awa: City Breaks, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Doric - Aberdeen, newspaper
o hiv tae offer are jist ower excitin for them nae tae be spoken ab on page 9

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Leslie, Deborah Doric: Alive an Kickin 2, (Argo Publishing 2006 ISBN: 978-0954615321) Doric - Inverurie, prose
e. It'll tell ye aboot aa the excitin new chynges ye can expeck." J on page 10
a flee-up. In fack, Ah'm nae excitin masel iv Ah ging or no. Ah'll on page 28
cud aye mak yer job soun mair excitin then it actually is. Ah ken ~ on page 32

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Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
excitin onymair.
hoose. There wis naething excitin tae see in the bedroom, sae t
skirled Mooch, “Oh this IS excitin,” as his fur flew oot ahin
3 matches

Shetland

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
"Am I missed onything excitin," I aksed him, "while ah'm be on page 55

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@HazelTindall tweeted
rnative ta da mobile library. Excitin ta open da bag ta see whit so(2020) search twitter

Ulster

Crozier, Ian Recomendations fer an Ulster-Scots plen fer oor leid, heirskeip an’ culture, (communities-ni.gov.uk 2022) Ulster, government
ival forrit wi' monie new an' excitin' chansts. Es yin member o' th on page 4
An excitin forderin lately wus the stair on page 46
n oor view mich potential an' excitin' chansts. The mair gien the d on page 66

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