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Use in varieties of Scots

uproar Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words2.6 3.7 0 0 5.8 0 0
Number of occurrences87 0 0 1 0 0
Number of authors6 5 1

Occurrences of uproar in Corpus

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Central

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
being sick n there's a mighty uproar, on page 20

1 matches

Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
Ir emotions ir in uproar as shi on page 77

1 matches

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
that the haill toun was in an uproar, fowk were gaitherin at stree on page 27
talks were aften the cause o uproar an riot. A contentious figure on page 124
morning the toun wis still in uproar tho things quietent doun when on page 127

3 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
Scottish word for a state of uproar and confusion: a riot. on page 78

1 matches

@alistairdunn tweeted
g setting would cause such an uproar, fair tae say al no be left i(2014) search twitter

Shetland

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
"Yun place is been in an uproar da night," shü telt me. "I w on page 14

1 matches

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