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Use in varieties of Scots

situations Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words6.2 7.2 3 9.9 11.6 0 4.4
Number of occurrences2014 2 1 2 0 1
Number of authors14 10 1 1 1 1

Occurrences of situations in Corpus

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Central

McQueer, Chris HWFG, (404 Ink 2012 ISBN: 978-1912489107) Central, prose
"You need to be clever with situations like this. What did you think on page 21

1 matches

Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
These situations that eh wid on page 98

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McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
y the great ice field. In sic situations, wi the men usually buildin s on page 36

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Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
when faced wi real situations. Common sense wid tell ye the on page 120

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Donati, Colin Scots A Statement o Principles, (Scots Parliament 2003 ISBN: 978-1-899920-02-1) Central, government
in aw conceivable linguistic situations. Scotland, like ony ither cou on page 18

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Niven, Liz Lallans 67 - Reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
pecialist equipment, aw these situations engage the reader's emotions. on page 87

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Macafee, Caroline Lallans 57 - Lea the leid alane, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, prose
has researchit minority leid situations aa ower the warld, ettlin tae on page 56

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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS nummer 109, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
pportit whan they yaise it in situations lik sport, song, leeterature,
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 147, (self-published 2006) Central, newspaper
e hoose an "polite" in formal situations, shuid pit a tick in the "Spe
1 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
t whit wis gaun on, e’en in situations that she wis involved in. She
t whit wis gaun on, e’en in situations that she wis involved in. She
situations ...”
“In these situations it means a lot to a man if th
4 matches

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 2, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
at is this maist fucked up ae situations. It wid be clear tae even Ste
1 matches

Doric

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
a ken foo te act in sensitive situations." on page 82
"Tak a lookie it the Situations Vacant in the paper, than," s on page 87

2 matches

Orkney

@johnkmitchinson tweeted
rious registers for different situations. ‘That’s slang!’ disno mea (2020) twitter link

Shetland

I Hear Dee Shaetlan A primer - v. 1.1, (I Hear Dee 2022) Shetland, prose
etlan contractions, an no fir situations whaar de'r a odds atween da S on page 36
as you, unkan fokk, in formal situations, etc). Standirt English haes on page 55

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Ulster

Ferguson, Roy Rhymes frae Rathfrilan: A Wheen o Poames, (self-published 2022 ISBN: 979-8796193099) Ulster, poetry
uld Box pullt us oot o awkart situations. on page 10

1 matches

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