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Use in varieties of Scots

it'd Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words22 28.7 14.4 0 0 21.9 13.3
Number of occurrences6854 9 0 0 2 3
Number of authors20 13 4 1 2

Occurrences of it'd in Corpus

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Central

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
is elegant thimble"; an, when it'd feeneeshed its wee speech, th on page 29
usly aw aboot as it went, zif it'd loast somehin; an she heard i on page 33
oot that it wis jist possible it'd fell intae a cucumber frame, on page 37
dae, an ye never know, mebbe it'd say suhin wirth the hearin. F on page 45
ir auld cloot unner her chin: it'd clattered intae her fit! on page 51
Also on pages 54, 57, 59, 61, 62, 64, 81, 86, 102, 122
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Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
I thought it wid be cheerio. It'd be the furst time fur a long on page 1

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Clark, Thomas Eemis Stane 2 - Editorial: A Twa Wey Street, (Eemis Stane 2023) Central, prose
nnin on 810 medium-wave - an it'd mak hee-haw difference, if aw on page 3

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Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
that Matilda wis by-ordinar. It'd likely be mair tricky tae sto on page 85
nnae ken,' Matilda said. 'But it'd be braw tae fund oot.' on page 186
ut the wecht wis aboot richt. It'd be fine fur practisin. on page 204
But even so, ye widnae think it'd go as fast as that in a crait on page 225

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Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
hough cause ah wishae sure if it'd come aff, so she had tae go a on page 53
, said Laura. Dunno, ah said, It'd probably be somewhere at nigh on page 112
t her naw. Aye, she said, But it'd be good fur her tae earn her on page 142
latape doon the post box so's it'd stick tae aw the envelopes 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
y. 'Mind ye, I'd love tae go. It'd be smashin. But on the ither on page 61

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Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
it'd be as daft as ettlin tae trai on page 107

1 matches

Townsley, Jane Joe's Cloud an Ither Stuff, (lulu.com 2014 ISBN: 978-1326001612) Central - Perth, prose
Aye an then it'd look like Frankenstein! Och, on page 66

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Clark, Thomas The Boggin Beginnin, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303524) Central, weans
Klaus said. "Ye widnae think it'd be that haird tae come up wi on page 33
maist fowk think. They thocht it'd be jist the thing tae serve u on page 42
Noo, if it'd been me insteid o Violet, I'd on page 120
tin huckled hersel. Aw in aw, it'd jist been wan bad turn efter on page 127
a bairns," she said. "I think it'd be best if I jist stick tae w on page 137
Also on pages 142, 151
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Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
'It'd be nice tae huv a wean tae pl on page xiii
ons when ah telle hur wan day it'd be me and Lizzie's names in l on page 53

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Calderwood, Lynsey Lallans 68 - Barlinnie Gradyooits, (Lallans Magazine 2006) Central, prose
lataip doon thi post box so's it'd stick tue aw thi invloaps the on page 41

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Clark, Thomas Eemis Stane 1 - Ye’re Still Here? It’s Ower. Gang Hame., (Eemis Stane 2022) Central, prose
But whit a rid neck it'd be, tae staun up efter aw tha on page 24

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Nicol, Alissa Poor Wee Livvy, (Scots Hoose 2022) Central - North Lanarkshire, weans
hey couldnae huv jist walked, it'd take far too long. So the fou
1 matches

Clark, Thomas Tae Kathleen Jamie, an ither Scots Scrievers, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central - Bellshill, blog
or fowk tae scrieve in Scots. It'd be that much harder wioot her
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Clark, Thomas Yes Nae Mair, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Central - Bellshill, blog
are welcomed intae the fold, it'd be guid tae stairt mindin oor
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Capener, Jack No Guid Eneuch, (Bella Caledonia 2019) Central, blog
htnae be a siller bullet, but it'd be an important first step ta
1 matches

Clark, Sara Indyref 2: Aulder, Wiser, Kinder, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central, blog
d staun never tae hear again, it'd be the word "divisive". Durin
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Donovan, Anne Buddha Da - Chapter 1 Anne Marie, (Canongate 2009 ISBN: 978-1847673459) Central - Glasgow, prose
better tae dae and ah thought it'd be a laugh, you know, folk in
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@bigandymccoll tweeted
ans is that AS himself thinks it'd be antithetical tae getting i (2022) twitter link

Doric

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
e fir ony serious business - it'd bi like deein't on the fit o on page 9
"Aye, Ah s'pose it'd bi aricht," Morrice lookit ar on page 11
owered it his mither-in-laaw. It'd bin years since he'd thocht a on page 35
eens aat dinna even exist - it'd jist bi somethin else te wirr on page 52
"Weel, Ah s'pose it'd be 'a relationship'," said Ro on page 53
Also on pages 95
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Hamilton, Roddy Lallans 58 - Cyaard, the Tattie Doodle, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Doric, prose
ion, where only twa weeks ago it'd been chargit wi electricity. on page 118

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@Doric_Bananaman tweeted
i' celebrating like? Fit rare it'd be if it disnae pish wi' rain(2015) search twitter

@Franwella tweeted
e cud be a grand wee indian n it'd go doon a treat(2011) search twitter

Southern

@StuartPoet tweeted
are they transgender or not? It'd seem not from the MandS state(2020) search twitter
@estaitis @JMcL14 Aye it'd have been gulloch, same in Ay(2020) search twitter

Ulster

Dornan, Stephen The Widenin Sheuch, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Ulster, blog
rse glipe bletherin aboot it. It'd gie ye a quare scunner at tim
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@the_gellick tweeted
aye changes oor Ulster Scots: it'd scunner ye. But we'll keep er (2015) twitter link
in tha coronavirus cud spake, it'd gie it's crack in braid Ulste (2020) twitter link

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