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Use in varieties of Scots

must've Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words8.1 10.3 7.5 9.9 0 0 0
Number of occurrences2620 5 1 0 0 0
Number of authors15 10 4 1

Occurrences of must've in Corpus

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Central

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
hing. "Then the eleventh day must've been a hoaliday?" on page 96
"Tt must've been that," said the King, "l on page 117

4 matches

Bennett, Peter nobody remembers the birdman - Stovies, (Association for Scottish Literature 2022) Central, prose
am ay Johnnie Walker - an ah must've dozed aff. on page 13

1 matches

McQueer, Chris HWFG, (404 Ink 2012 ISBN: 978-1912489107) Central, prose
the entertainers or something must've found it.' on page 19
hen he first clocked them, he must've thought he wis oan tae his ho on page 27

2 matches

Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
'But Andrew must've done that break-in.' on page 1

2 matches

McQueer, Chris Hings - Short Stories 'n That, (404 Ink 2017 ISBN: 978-0995623866) Central - Glesga, prose
that before in mah life man, must've been they fuckin whelks, That on page 3
al a few month ago though. He must've forgoat aw aboot that. on page 173

2 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
Charlene must've tried on every jumper in the on page 53
ipped oot. Evrubdy roon aboot must've heard it cause it wis wan ae on page 89

2 matches

Clark, Thomas Diary o a Wimpy Wean, (Itchy Coo 2018 ISBN: 978-1785302145) Central, weans
I must've been makkin a richt hooley bu on page 12

1 matches

Townsley, Jane Joe's Cloud an Ither Stuff, (lulu.com 2014 ISBN: 978-1326001612) Central - Perth, prose
kside an let me in, Bobby? Ye must've locked it frae the inside." on page 29

2 matches

Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
ievable lie, but Aunty Sandra must've spun that story after the hit on page 91

1 matches

Grubb, Adrian Bungee, (Scots Hoose 2020) Central - Kirkcaldy, prose
rt - awbudy wiz feart. There must've been aboot 20 eh us. We got o
1 matches

@alistairdunn tweeted
@GrantyyReid it must've been crackin tae see it live!(2013) search twitter

@Chazzbat tweeted
ird Christ! Whit a scare that must've bin. Ah hope he recovers quic(2020) search twitter

Doric

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
ad hid caaed her aat cause he must've kent reed wis her favourite c on page 63

1 matches

Benzie, Lesley Fessen Reared, (Seahorse 2020 ISBN: 978-1916214538) Doric, poetry
forecast for this must've escaped his notice on page 17

1 matches

The Mannie Fae Unco The Diary o a Feel at the Skweel, (unco.scot 2021) Doric, prose
at by the looks o some o them must've eence been used for plays an
1 matches

Hutchison, Pat The Seven Coins o Kineddart, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Doric - Banffshire, prose
. “Michty me, quine, but ye must've been stairved o' hunger!” s
she thocht o aa the fowk that must've deet here.
2 matches

Orkney

Cormack, Kevin Swiet Haar, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
'They must've aetan on page 4

1 matches

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