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shocked Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words12.3 16.5 4.8 19.9 11.6 0 0
Number of occurrences3831 3 2 2 0 0
Number of authors23 17 2 2 2

Occurrences of shocked in Corpus

In order to avoid violating copyright law and abide by 'fair use', only up to the first five occurrences of the search term are displayed for each article.

Central

Robertson, James The Mannie, (Scottish Book Trust 2018) Central, prose
nixt second he wis awa. This shocked Elspeth mair than him haein b on page 6

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Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
sposed tae know?" said Alice, shocked at her ain gumption. "Ah'm ji on page 79

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Haddow, Kris nobody remembers the birdman - The Incomer, (Association for Scottish Literature 2022) Central, prose
her yer condolences, but been shocked at the reply. A richt pair o on page 80

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McQueer, Chris HWFG, (404 Ink 2003 ISBN: 978-1912489107) Central, prose
he rest ae the lads are aw as shocked as ah um, even daft Div's wok on page 13

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McNeil, Andrew Lallans 58 - Carnegie’s Turning, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, poetry
Be shocked tae the bane - on page 122

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Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
"Really?" he says. Aw shocked and hurt. "Yae hear that Crai on page 135
aved and picked up but ah wis shocked tae hear someboady fae yin ae on page 156
y?" ah says. Starin at her aw shocked, n that. on page 174
As ah looked up ah wis shocked tae find that it wis indeed A on page 193

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Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
h don't know whit ah wis mair shocked at: the fact that Missus Auld on page 100
tal this weekend. Ah wis pure shocked when ah seen her cause ah mag on page 150
ther four weeks. Ah wis quite shocked cause she's actually put on a on page 155
What happened, ah said, pure shocked. Yir gran jamp in an saved hi on page 169

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Townsley, Jane Joe's Cloud an Ither Stuff, (lulu.com 2014 ISBN: 978-1326001612) Central - Perth, prose
The King an aa the folk were shocked. The poor cameraman didnae ke on page 88

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Docherty, John F. Lallans 82 - Lang Summer Days Pairt 2, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, prose
ings in es sleep, things that shocked ye if ye heard thim: 'The SS on page 47

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Macdonald, Amy Evelynn and Peter, (Scots Hoose 2020) Central - Ayr, prose
to check the time and Ah’m shocked Ah’ve been here fae ower tw
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Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
m roon him. Naiturally he wis shocked. Thon fowk, wha were mair or
He saw the wumman’s shocked reaction. Whit? Onybody wad h
maternal uncle, than shut up, shocked tae fin that he wis
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astrothsknot The Auld Man O Jerah, (archiveofourown.org 2018) Central, prose
Auld Donald wis fair shocked tae see a High Prince acroass
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Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 4, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
™ve goat cancer?’’ asks a shocked Dougie.
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Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 5, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
er inside the hing and ah’m shocked tae see a dozen wee Brucies s
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@Seperatist_No1 tweeted
IG68 That cannae be real? I'm shocked a tory telling the truth for (2020) search twitter

@MartinBroon tweeted
??AÂ’m shocked!ANYONE who carries the Name @(2020) search twitter

@bigandymccoll tweeted
nne, all of us were genuinely shocked. It just proved how much Scot (2022) twitter link
m particularly and personally shocked by your alacrity tae rush awa (2022) twitter link

@pmcm1355 tweeted
ienkov @petermccue1 Ah'm jist shocked thit Rwanda wid lower it's st (2022) twitter link

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
res an excuse fir mr p but am shocked at u big man lol (2021) twitter link
Brian_Pacey @ajmc1066 am jist shocked n stunned wae thae tweets fae (2021) twitter link
@SaltSportsLive even bdfm wis shocked when the news filtered throug (2021) twitter link

Doric

Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
Peer Erchibald McLeod wis shocked - on page 15

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Hutchison, Pat The Tabby Sooker, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
me o the pricks standin up wi shocked looks on their faces at aa th
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Hutchison, Pat The Stones That Turned, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Doric - Banffshire, prose
erloo. At first they’d been shocked an back fitted, but soon they
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Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
I still can see his poor, shocked face, the hurt etched dark an on page 68

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Hall, Simon W. Lamborghini: Cult o the Bull, (Brisk Northerly 2015) Orkney, blog
day eftir this tour, we were shocked tae read that Lamborghini’s
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Shetland

Isbister, Sonny Caves aroond Shetland, (Young Shetland Writer 2010) Shetland, prose
everything gied black! He wis shocked!
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@RedValkyrie84 tweeted
@tattooedselkie Are ony o wis shocked?? (2021) twitter link

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