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horror Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words15.9 21.6 6 19.9 11.6 10.3 0
Number of occurrences5142 4 2 2 1 0
Number of authors38 31 3 1 2 1

Occurrences of horror in Corpus

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Central

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
awfy sorry!" she exclaimed in horror, an stairtit pickin them up a on page 114

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Donati, Colin The Student and the Pawnwife , (Itchy Coo 2003 ISBN: 978-1902927817) Central, prose
wi smeddum. "Hoo could sic a horror as that come intae ma heid? T on page 139

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McQueer, Chris HWFG, (404 Ink 2012 ISBN: 978-1912489107) Central, prose
Ah pull him away fae the wee horror an get masel in between the t on page 7
night but as they get closer, horror wipes the smugness right aff on page 27

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Beekman, Tony Lallans 85 - The Belt, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
ure o excitement, smugness an horror. on page 42

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Clark, Thomas Animal Fairm, (Luath 2023 ISBN: 978-1804250396) Central, prose
ore the year is oot. Tae thon horror we maun aw come - coos, pigs on page 6

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Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
t their een. He gied a gasp o horror as he saw a band o men, aboot on page 51
ee frae her burden o grief an horror. It wis o the past, a faur-af on page 67

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Hubbard, Tom The Flechitorium, (Grace Note 2017 ISBN: 9781907676932) Central - East Central, poetry
n thaim ti the utmaist tang o horror an humour melled thegither. T on page 75

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Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
the posh cunts hud heard the horror stories aboot the dump. on page 67

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McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
at the back curnt tae look in horror at the corpse. Sure enough in on page 93
e dizzens o fowk lookin on in horror as it headit taewards the nea on page 94

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Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
i; ae an idiot), an she wis a horror. She had umpteen different bo on page 126

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Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
eeveeheid let oot a skraich o horror. "Ye mean we micht jist get h on page 151

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Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
The kindae mundane horror weans enjoy! on page 128

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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
Burnt bricht whan horror comics on page 23

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Townsley, Jane Joe's Cloud an Ither Stuff, (lulu.com 2014 ISBN: 978-1326001612) Central - Perth, prose
ntortit like somethin oot o a horror picture... as if it wis screa on page 64

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Clark, Thomas The Boggin Beginnin, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303524) Central, weans
mixter-maxter o hertscaud and horror." For a guid wee while, nane on page 50
ss on Violet, wha realised in horror that the goonie she'd chynged on page 138

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Morton, Elaine Hamethocts, (Evertype 2010 ISBN: 978-1782012399) Central, poetry
r sae monstrous lowers, sweir horror's thrust on page 30

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Milne, W. S. Lallans 78 - Mary, Queen o Scotland, Pairt I, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, script
Mary (luik o horror, disbelief): Are ye gaan clea on page 35

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Fitt, Matthew Hercules: Bampots and Heroes, (Itchy Coo 2005) Central - Dundee, weans
The Hydra wis a richt hackit horror o a beast. It had the body a on page 11

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Sprott, Gavin Lallans 68 - Gairdens, (Lallans Magazine 2006) Central - Edinburgh, poetry
This cruel horror o a man. on page 98

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Docherty, John F. Lallans 82 - Lang Summer Days Pairt 2, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, prose
ack uniform haudin a gun. The horror! Bit the French fermers took on page 47

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Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
An the horror that befell ye
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Heather, Alistair Rin throu the jungle, (Mak Forrit 2017) Central - Angus, blog
hit rar, oot there in aa that horror, sic a dose o civilisation at
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Grae, Emma Dancin wi the Rhona, (unbound.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
k oot the windae, shuttin the horror o the mornin news oot ma ears
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Rennie, Susan The Hoose o Haivers, (Itchy Coo 2002 ISBN: 978-1902927442) Central, weans
I luiked til ma faither in horror, an ettled tae rin towards hi
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McKillop, Roger Educational (Mis)Communication, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
faces caught in a rictus o’ horror. When he grabbed the waater j
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Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
rsion whan aabody trummlet wi horror, Bill thocht.
ypothetical, Bill realised wi horror, as she gaed on: “Gin a wum
e opent her mou tae scream in horror, bit at the ilk saicont, Guzu
d tae tell her. She had heard horror stories aboot the consequence
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Shoor Caan, Angus Coont Thum: A hunner an' oad McLimericks, (self-published 2012 ISBN: 978-1480242425) Central - Ardrossan, poetry
Brings back the horror that wis last night
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Sands, Finn THE GHAISTLY FITBAW MATCH, (Scots Hoose 2021) Central, weans
He, tae his horror, noticed the baw wis the heid
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Connor, Bailey A SCOTS HORROR STORY, (Scots Hoose 2021) Central, weans
A SCOTS HORROR STORY
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Crawford, Ross At Stake, (productmagazine.co.uk 2022) Central - Stirling, prose
bject by a mile, it’s fu ae horror stories like that.
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Haddow, Kris Ronnie's Story, (words.krishaddow.com 2011) Central, prose
d panic and wi’ a wave o’ horror it happened. A had messed mas
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Burnett, Colin Cardboard Gangster - Part 1, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central, prose
e boay, tae Danny’s visible horror. ‘’And ah dinnae ken how
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@Seperatist_No1 tweeted
t was the first time I seen a horror.(2020) search twitter

@DABArbuckle tweeted
d chillin whackjob fae aw the horror films ever made, ye'd feenish(2020) search twitter

Doric

Goodall, Phyllis J. Lallans 59 - Last May a Braw Wooer, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Doric, newspaper
nna wint ti face his shock an horror fin he speirs an I say no." on page 94

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Hamilton, Roddy Lallans 63 - Beggerey’s Greenhoose, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Doric, prose
ecoontin the event wi obvious horror.
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Martin, Keiron Ma Worst Nicht Oot, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric - Forres, prose
ae in ma moo fan a saw tae ma horror something green and creepy cr
is on ma plate they stared in horror. They started lookin at their
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Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
And I grabbed me waist in horror as me undies start tae slip. on page 4
I stared at me plate in horror. "Whit's this tae a wirkan ma on page 31

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Shetland

Watt, Valerie Görwill trows blamed for earthquake, (Shetland Times 2009) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
wis deafenin. We waatched in horror as trows slippit intae da hol
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Williamson, Christie Da Problem o dese Paerts, (Scots Language Centre 2022) Shetland, prose
Tae my surprise, an nae smaa horror, I enjoyed makkin dem.
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Southern

Thompson, James My Borderlands, (Richardson and Son Printers 2023) Southern - Hawick, poetry
Tae awake and see what horror brings on page 32

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