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expeckin Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words8.1 3.6 28.6 0 0 0 0
Number of occurrences267 19 0 0 0 0
Number of authors11 6 5

Occurrences of expeckin in Corpus

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Central

Crichton, Tam Lallans 84 - Ower the Faem Pairt Twa: Doon the Watter, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
'll be lichtly gairdit, an no expeckin ocht tae happen this faur doo on page 54

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Purdie, David C. Lallans 61 - The Mass Jack, (Lallans Magazine 2002) Central, prose
. At odd times, whan ye wisna expeckin it, ye'd get a daud o pottie on page 86

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Begg, James A. Alison's Jants in Ferlieland, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010845) Central, prose
hung on for a wee while, hauf-expeckin tae see it again, but it didn on page 44

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Macafee, Caroline Lallans 57 - Lea the leid alane, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, prose
hey come tae clesses on Scots expeckin his wark tae tak a central pl on page 56

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Fleemin, Sandy Report on Inquiry intil the role Submission, (Education, Culture an Sport Comatee 2003) Central - East Lothian, government
nch, English an German gauns, expeckin aabody tae spell ilk wird jui
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McClurg, Fernando Thon Survation poll..., (The Sair Fecht 2014) Central, blog
ak Glesca, as monie haed been expeckin thaim tae dae.
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Doric

Kynoch, Douglas Lallans 84 - The Ferlie, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Doric, prose
a pepper there?' says Fergie, expeckin the penny tae drap. on page 76

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Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
"Och, it's jist at Ah wisna expeckin te meet in wi Roddie an Kathl on page 31
at it wisna raelly fit ye war expeckin - Ah s'pose ye cud say...it' on page 73
"Na, Ah wisna expeckin ere wid bi," said anither vyc on page 75
-servant, he gaed throwe life expeckin little - demandin less. An h on page 89

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Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
pit up on ye fin ye war least expeckin't. An Ah s'pose in a wye it h on page 22
e lookit doon it Willie, hauf-expeckin te see a cloud o shite flees on page 32
jist say she wisna fit he wis expeckin. She wisna fully fit he'd tho on page 50
ome company, bit she winna bi expeckin te see you here - so on page 74
tted till't. Ah look up, hauf-expeckin te see Mam stannin ere, as if on page 80
Also on pages 83
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Hay, Gordon M. The Doric New Testament, (Gordon M Hay 2012 ISBN: 978-0957351516) Doric - Banff, prose
, his lass, Mary, her att wis expeckin her first bairn. Fan they wer on page 81

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Leslie, Deborah Doric: Alive an Kickin 2, (Argo Publishing 2006 ISBN: 978-0954615321) Doric - Inverurie, prose
bleed beginnin te bile. "He's expeckin's te bring wir bunk details a on page 6
o ess "waak-in' cairry-oan an expeckin the likes o yersel te sit asi on page 11
fir fower hunner poun Ah'd bi expeckin the hale maanie." on page 30

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McClure, Derrick J. Throwe the Keekin-Gless an Fit Ailice Funn There, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012559) Doric, prose
ddie tae kep him, for she wes expeckin him ilkie mamen tae tummle. on page 76

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Blackhall, Sheena Lallans 58 - Dour, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Doric, prose
rible hoast' he telt me. 'I'm expeckin tae beery her in the New Year on page 51

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Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
uikit ower tae the neuk, hauf expeckin the auld man tae rise up ooto
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