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Use in varieties of Scots

terrified Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words8.4 10.8 3 9.9 11.6 0 4.4
Number of occurrences2721 2 1 2 0 1
Number of authors19 14 1 1 2 1

Occurrences of terrified in Corpus

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Central

McQueer, Chris HWFG, (404 Ink 2012 ISBN: 978-1912489107) Central, prose
Huey looks terrified. Ah pull him away fae the wee on page 7
pleads. A few auld dears look terrified. The worst is yet tae come as on page 26

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Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
ae Nance's cothous, whaur twa terrified weemin were courit thegither on page 52

1 matches

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
dain here?!" ah ask her, in a terrified, panicked state. on page 82

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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
no? Despite the whisky he wis terrified an jist wantit hame! His cen on page 69
The puir lassies were terrified. In fact there wis naethin oo on page 97
- she wis starin at the nou terrified mannie in the bunnet - they on page 102

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Forde, Iain W D Traisur Insch (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2008) Central, prose
Bot tho A wes that terrified bi the idaia o the sie-farin on page 5

1 matches

Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
, no in those days. So ah wis terrified ah wis gaun'ae puck hings up on page 53

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Harrison, Jean Lallans 59 - BARRY SCHUIL 1928 - 1934, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central - East Lothian, prose
re feart o Miss Bell, we were terrified o him. My goad whit a man, he on page 120

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McClelland, Ben Chicagof Island, (Scots Hoose 2020) Central - Ayr, prose
municate n this made the trio terrified along wae many ither wurds. S
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Cunningham, Liam Tam, (Scots Hoose 2020) Central - Bellshill, prose
wife, it wiz as if a wiz pure terrified ae ir, almost like a wiz in a
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Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
eatrice in the cab aside her, terrified an lichtheidit fae the altitu
sel as a stag in rut, pursuin terrified females aroon the huts - the
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Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 1, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
d lung cancer. He became that terrified at the thoat ae dyin that he
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Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 3, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
t ah’m no massel and ah’m terrified that ah’m gonnae gee him an
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@Angela1Sinclair tweeted
hees eesel fae the cat an wiz terrified, even whin she wiz a teeny we(2020) search twitter

@Chazzbat tweeted
cat eat like this. It must be terrified it'll no get its fair share.(2020) search twitter

@rattlecans tweeted
ittle The middle class are so terrified of extreme right wing picking (2022) twitter link
content, our Mas and Das were terrified weÂ’d play with the caunles. (2022) twitter link

@ThonJacobite tweeted
the actual teachers. They are terrified for themselves and their ain (2021) search twitter

Doric

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
in oot o't - ay, richt like a terrified bairn, uncanny yon, near huma
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Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
"Weel, Pranny wis terrified o demons, bit the auld bodach
1 matches

Orkney

Baikie, R. M. Mair Fairming Tales, (Baikie 2000 ISBN: 978-0953156412) Orkney - Hackland, prose
coo at any time, but sheu wis terrified whin the veet's cam tae deu t on page 15

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Shetland

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
a see what he's laek noo, dat terrified boy i da dock", an in da end on page 58

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Isbister, Sonny Caves aroond Shetland, (Young Shetland Writer 2010) Shetland, prose
˜Aaaargh!’ shouted Joahnny, terrified!
1 matches

Ulster

Ferguson, Roy Rhymes frae Rathfrilan: A Wheen o Poames, (self-published 2022 ISBN: 979-8796193099) Ulster, poetry
The puir dug's terrified o the noise an on page 56

1 matches

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