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Use in varieties of Scots

obsession Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words4.5 4 5.9 0 11.6 0 4.8
Number of occurrences158 4 0 2 0 1
Number of authors9 4 2 2 1

Occurrences of obsession in Corpus

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Central

Johnstone, Shane The Gods of Frequency, (Arkbound 2020 ISBN: 978-1912092826) Central, prose
self worth an lead tae manic obsession wi the abstract concept ay ma on page 3

2 matches

Hubbard, Tom The Flechitorium, (Grace Note 2017 ISBN: 9781907676932) Central - East Central, poetry
His obsession wi the French Won the juicies on page 22

1 matches

McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
rich few get ivver richer The obsession wi siller that his brocht the on page 88
h fascination (tae the pynt o obsession?) wi aw things Roman an, as i on page 99
tentiousness? ignorance? self-obsession? - steerit up some derk feel on page 112
wey o thinkin is biggit on an obsession wi siller. The City o London on page 117

4 matches

@bigandymccoll tweeted
e Greenwash Sturgeon's gender obsession disnae take hold. She decided (2022) twitter link

Doric

Vettese, Raymond Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Doric - Montrose, prose
llenged America: The Life and Obsession of Thomas Lipton, Laurence Br on page 125

2 matches

Vettese, Raymond Lallans 73 - Reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Doric, prose
he commercial side and the ‘obsession’, whit Lipton spent muckle
1 matches

@72redz1903 tweeted
BC and it’s ‘impartiality’ obsession? Fit wis refreshing aboot CNN (2020) twitter link

Shetland

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
maet, an noo it cam ta be an obsession. Shü wis gane up drivin bi d on page 15

1 matches

@RedValkyrie84 tweeted
What is the obsession we #MarieKondo aboot?? (2019) twitter link

Ulster

Campbell, Robert Lock Doon Poyams, (Independently 2021 ISBN: 979-8742155812) Ulster, poetry
Obsession finally burned tae bricht, on page 46

1 matches

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