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Use in varieties of Scots

genius Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words10 12.2 3.2 29.8 0 21.9 4.4
Number of occurrences3123 2 3 0 2 1
Number of authors21 15 2 2 1 1

Occurrences of genius 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

McQueer, Chris HWFG, (404 Ink 2003 ISBN: 978-1912489107) Central, prose
h've goat tae admit; that's a genius way tae heat stuff up. on page 22

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Purdie, David C. Lallans 68 - The Fower Jyners o the Apocalypse, (Lallans Magazine 2006) Central, prose
kcam an the ithers - ye're a genius!" on page 26

1 matches

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
heirsels that their wean is a genius. on page 1
rain, and words like 'bairnie-genius' and 'ingyne' were fleein thr on page 68
Honey yammered. 'Matilda is a genius.' on page 80
n hen, that doesnae mak her a genius! It maks her a parrot!' on page 81
oot, is a kind o mathematical genius. She can multiply big numbers on page 92

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McQueer, Chris Hings - Short Stories 'n That, (404 Ink 2017 ISBN: 978-0995623866) Central - Glesga, prose
st looks at me, Disnae take a genius tae work oot he's fuckin ragi on page 175

1 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
aha, ah said, You're a comedy genius sumdy should employ yi tae wr on page 41
Royal Mail. Ah thought it wis genius actually the way they done th on page 169

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Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
Mr Wullie Wonka, the sweetie genius that naebody has seen for the on page 23

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Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
The genius o Watt and Hunter, on page 93
But still we'v genius and aw the airts on page 101

2 matches

Hershaw, William Lallans 73 - Proverbs o Hell, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, poetry
the crawroads's the gait tae genius. on page 82

1 matches

Evie OOR WULLIE’S SEASON’S GREET, (Largs Writers Group 2015) Central - Largs, prose
e wis mair o a genie – pure genius that, Ah thoat. She broat aw
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Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
A genius wi writer's block.
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Smith, Jamie Soonds o the kirk an court: early airt muisic in Scotland, (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Edinburgh, blog
Reid Baxter raings Carver’s genius alangside that o his Makar co
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Geraghty, Martin 378, (TheCommonBreath.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
ye…yir right son. Yir a wee genius. A chip off the auld block. Y
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Lehane, Matt La Le La Le La Iron Mountain, (bandcamp 2006) Central - Ayrshire, poetry
aa hae potential genius
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Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
n whit wey sud this technical genius be fleein ower the Taklimakan
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@DABArbuckle tweeted
an Bruce). Rabbie Burns wis a genius and Ian Bruce cannae hauf bel(2020) search twitter

@ThonJacobite tweeted
ir Shop". The sheer skill and genius o' the crafters is sublime. T (2021) twitter link

Doric

@sovereigndaisy tweeted
@JaneyGodley Genius lass ??????????????(2019) search twitter

@Doric_Bananaman tweeted
ch? Fit aboot a wee beerana? #Genius(2016) search twitter

Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
That Mystic Meg's a genius - she's answered aal wir pra on page 40
sincere devotion - Undoubted genius, maister poet - a prophet, t on page 77

2 matches

Cormack, Kevin Toonie Void, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
Disease an genius, Gospel, brick. on page 20

1 matches

Southern

Purves, David Lallans 67 - The Incomparable Li Po (701-762), (Lallans Magazine 2005) Southern - Selkirk, poetry
juidge bi a piece, 'On Poetic Genius's', wrutten bi Chao-I (1727-1 on page 34

2 matches

Ulster

Burgess, Wilson Dae Ye See: Ulster-Scots Poems, (Scots Language Centre 2007 ISBN: 978-0955791604) Ulster - L'Derry, poetry
Paytin' tributes tae the genius o' the Ullans Engineer. on page 43

1 matches

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