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madness Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words9.3 11.5 5.9 0 0 20.7 9.7
Number of occurrences3123 4 0 0 2 2
Number of authors21 15 2 2 2

Occurrences of madness in Corpus

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Central

McQueer, Chris HWFG, (404 Ink 2012 ISBN: 978-1912489107) Central, prose
He turns roon, jookin at the madness in front ae him, then ah see on page 27

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Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
ain every time. Yir night aé madness wae infinite possibilities ae on page 13

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Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
puir Bess wis driven near tae madness wi the dreid o whit micht bef on page 62

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Johnstone, Shane The Gods of Frequency, (Arkbound 2020 ISBN: 978-1912092826) Central, prose
pears oan ma face despite the madness in the background, yet we spo on page 3

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McDowell, Diane Drummond (Ma's Bairns), (Independently Published 2021 ISBN: 979-8592734588) Central, prose
wantit tae leave this hoose o madness, ne'er tae come back! on page 1

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McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
ll notion O gettin quit o the madness o nuclear 'deterrence'. This on page 129

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McQueer, Chris Hings - Short Stories 'n That, (404 Ink 2017 ISBN: 978-0995623866) Central - Glesga, prose
al? 'That's the first sign ae madness,' Ah wid freak oot, right, st on page 75

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Milne, W. S. Lallans 78 - Mary, Queen o Scotland, Pairt I, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, script
Gie up this madness, lady, ignore it! on page 35

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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 175, (self-published 2008) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
e play that his puir mither's madness wisnae schizophrenia efter aw
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MacDonald, Bo CAULD NIGHT, (Scots Hoose 2021) Central, weans
, relaxing noise tae calm th' madness ben mah mynd.
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Bennett, Peter Arabian Monkfish (Part One), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central, prose
t back hame tae aw the fuckin madness.
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Facebook link ( 2019) Central
Each tae thur ain madness ah suppose. But whitivver it

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 2, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
heid doon a road straight tae madness. Jist remember what happened
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@DavidJWood2 tweeted
y have been shut for donkeys. Madness ?????(2020) search twitter

@Chazzbat tweeted
ed citizenship by birth here. Madness.(2020) search twitter
tae an aesthetic ideal. It's madness. #BeingBritishEastAsian(2020) search twitter
thumsels in the future. It's madness.(2020) search twitter

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
no mentioned that yin - its madness lol a ken ma west lothian bru (2020) twitter link
@markweir91 of course its madness - it was bad enough last tim (2021) twitter link
in tier 2 as well - aye its madness defo (2020) twitter link
is it me - but surely its madness to start the eos leagues this (2020) twitter link

Doric

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
n I shid ken: it's a meenit o madness; a faa fae grace...an sometim on page 43
Mower Madness on page 81

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Strachan, Shane Standing Stone, (northwordsnow.co.uk 2016) Doric, prose
He sniffs a laugh. ‘It’s madness to still be out here, where n
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Southern

@StuartPoet tweeted
an Full Portree. Yon wey lies madness.(2020) search twitter

@MartyMacMurtrie tweeted
d to London. ?? This is utter madness cos it’s obsolete in any mod(2020) search twitter

Ulster

Millar, Al Echas frae tha Big Swilly Swally, (Ullans Speakers Association 2023 ISBN: 978-0957666238) Ulster, poetry
lter," He groaned alood, "But madness come frae Bacchus altar - Th on page 59

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Reynolds, Charlie Krisamas time is draa’in near, (Ullans Speakers Association 2011) Ulster - Coleraine, prose
amas becum a soart o a time o madness whun, if ye dinnae spen a hal
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