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Use in varieties of Scots

irony Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words4.4 6.2 1.5 0 5.8 0 0
Number of occurrences1412 1 0 1 0 0
Number of authors14 12 1 1

Occurrences of irony in Corpus

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Central

Muir, Glenn The McFables: Selected Aesop's Fables in Scots, (self-published 2015 ISBN: 978-1519739216) Central, poetry
lling a story that showed the irony or the characteristics o thos on page 3

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Mc, Keeks Contermacious Temerity, (Dreich 2023 ISBN: 978-1-873-412190) Central, poetry
The irony is palpable on page 45

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Matheson, Ann Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, prose
Gin this had been scrievit wi irony, it micht hae been a novel. on page 128

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Fleemin, Sandy Shudder at the Niffer, (sandyfleming.org 2003) Central - East Lothian, prose
A similar irony's committit wi the wirds "las
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Clark, Thomas Radge Against the Machine: Deid Wirds, Deid Warlds, an Why Scots Maitters, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central - Bellshill, blog
lf-conscious, self-reflective irony, aye in the bathetic ghetto o
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 147, (self-published 2006) Central, newspaper
wis sartorially splendid. The irony o the bunch o Honesty flouers
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Bennett, Peter Liberties (Part Two), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
? Ah wis gonnae point oot the irony tae Pearcey an McDade but cou
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Philips, Cally Wha's feart o' the library?, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Turriff, prose
s in a library, is that no an irony?
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Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
e said,” he addit, wi’oot irony.
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Geddes, Jenny Fling the creepie in January, (McRenegade.Scots 2018) Central, blog
y can buy eh? An the ultimate irony is, we have some power tae tr
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MacMinto, Gregor Hippies, Authenticity and Globalisation, (Wordpress 2022) Central, prose
he latest consumer guids. The irony is at the hippies o the Saxti
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@ThonJacobite tweeted
@Douglas4Moray Jings there's irony in action. A Tory accusin som(2021) search twitter

Doric

Leslie, Deborah Doric: Alive an Kickin 2, (Argo Publishing 2006 ISBN: 978-0954615321) Doric - Inverurie, prose
," protestit Ivor, missin the irony o the situation athegither. " on page 12

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Shetland

Tait, John M Shaetlan is Daed - Lang live Dialect, (Shetland Dialect Conference 2004 2004) Shetland, prose
Of coorse, da irony is at bairns wid hae nae budd
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