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Use in varieties of Scots

solitary Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words4.7 4.6 0 9.9 11.6 10.3 8.9
Number of occurrences159 0 1 2 1 2
Number of authors13 8 1 2 1 1

Occurrences of solitary in Corpus

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Central

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
sure, I wis left tae sot in a solitary cell on the Bass . . . wi noc on page 31

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Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
Tae spill ae solitary tear wept at last upon the ea on page 55

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McMillan, Hugh Whit If? Scotland's History as it Micht Hiv Bin, (Luath 2021 ISBN: 9781910022900) Central, poetry
imprisont hersel in solitary on page 60

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Wilson, Rab Lallans 76 - The Sycamore at Calton, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Central, poetry
A solitary Bull, it held its grunnd,
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Kay, Billy Born In Kyle, (Burnawn Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-9993309-4-1) Central - Kyle, prose
I hae anely ae solitary memory fae the media in ma he
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Bennett, Peter The Sacrificial Doo, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
bleak, dystopian landscape. A solitary tower comprised ay corrugated
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Bennett, Peter Rude Awakenings (Part two of two), (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
ber, the cunt’s no goat wan solitary hair oan his heid.
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Ewen, Allan The Blin Man an the Man Wha Couldna See, (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
aunin upricht on the hulltap, solitary, like a cairn. Comin tae the
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@kennethbryce184 tweeted
day - literally spelling out solitary confinement for us scots - y (2021) twitter link

Orkney

Garson, Sheila Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
In a solitary waltz on page 158

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Shetland

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
ir. Dat passed, replaced by a solitary man obsessed wi wark (he hedd on page 25

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Watt, Valerie A faersome feerie, (Shetland Times 2010) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
Kunal trow example an lead a solitary life. You needa lippen onythi
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Southern

Thompson, James My Borderlands, (Richardson and Son Printers 2023) Southern - Hawick, poetry
Solitary, on yer own on page 6

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Ulster

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
atures imprinted on a wild an solitary expression. She turnt tae the on page 58

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King, Angeline Weans o Latharna, (angelineking.com 2021) Ulster - Larne, weans
et adrift in the wile wild an solitary sea o the Moyle.’
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