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Use in varieties of Scots

incident Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words8.7 11.3 6 9.9 5.8 0 0
Number of occurrences2822 4 1 1 0 0
Number of authors20 14 4 1 1

Occurrences of incident in Corpus

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Central

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
knows. It turned oot the hale incident wis aw oor a boay workin at P on page 20
no mentioned nuttin aboot the incident at the pub and ah'm surprised on page 39
n English fur the unfortunate incident." on page 131

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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
it seems that eftir this last incident Geordie, tho nivver brocht ta on page 111

1 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
een actin as if the tuck shop incident never happent; she's no said on page 102
spoke since the chair flingin incident. Put yir haun up, he says, If on page 128

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Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
aiblins based oan a raellife incident, but the character hus nae ke on page 123

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Grae, Emma The Tongue She Speaks, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, poetry
centred roond an unfortunate incident that saw ma wee sister Skye t on page 29

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Tindal, Betty Lallans 73 - The Scaffie Man’s Tale, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, prose
l taken into custody after an incident in Renfield Street." Gie's a on page 113

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Higgs, Jo The tale of how Evan Evans scrapped wi Evan Nichols, (berfrois 2022) Central - Edinburgh, prose
een told by Nichols since the incident, at hearing this Evans’ fac
1 matches

Fleemin, Sandy Report on Inquiry intil the role Submission, (Education, Culture an Sport Comatee 2003) Central - East Lothian, government
education. For example, in a incident at ane o the gaitherins o the
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 108, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
He thocht that thon incident whaur a Sheriff haed daured a
1 matches

Marenich, Margaret Lallans 76 - The Factory, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Central, prose
duin it a puckle times athout incident, the
1 matches

Nicol, Alissa Poor Wee Livvy, (Scots Hoose 2022) Central - North Lanarkshire, weans
whenever anyone mentioned the incident, or spoke the name Livvy, as
1 matches

Heather, Alistair Bravehert: The truth anent William Wallace (pairt 1), (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Angus, blog
We ken fae this incident that at least by the time o L
1 matches

Bennett, Peter The Party ay the Year (Part One), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
wae McDade an Pearcey, an the incident. Ah’d tried tae keep it und
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Rude Awakenings (Part one of two), (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
he’s no came near since the incident at the park, he will though.
1 matches

McKillop, Roger Challengin' Times, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, poetry
Then there wis the incident in the “Caves” at Succoth
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McKillop, Roger The Staff, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
innocence o’ blame fir this incident, an’ o’ course the mair h
1 matches

McKillop, Roger Wee Roge Boobs, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
When A reminded her o’ the incident, she avowed, indignantly that
1 matches

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 1, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
Even wae that ah hud a nasty incident in the toilet nixt tae the re
e Anthony fuckin Joshua. Said incident is likely a reference tae ma
2 matches

Doric

Morrison, Gordon Thi Lyfe An Tyme's O An Enshoar Loon, (Authorhouse 2006 ISBN: 978-1425955397) Doric - Boddam, prose
t, Av niver seen em since eis incident. So a shut doon thi throttle on page 17

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Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
urely ye myn aboot the spewin incident on the wye here? Aat wis aa y on page 41

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Hamilton, Roddy Lallans 58 - Cyaard, the Tattie Doodle, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Doric, prose
tae rescue oor Sooty, an the incident wi the saw, he hadnae gone ne on page 118

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Strachan, Shane Hoast, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric, prose
in her hoose alone and a wee incident in ma kitchen involvin the mi
1 matches

Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
saa Steve standan there. The incident knocked some stones aff wir b on page 64

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Shetland

@helenmoncrieff tweeted
uel to an auld body. One more incident and ban them fae leaving the (2020) search twitter