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Use in varieties of Scots

upside Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words13.1 11.3 21.1 19.9 11.6 0 8.9
Number of occurrences4222 14 2 2 0 2
Number of authors30 16 9 2 2 1

Occurrences of upside in Corpus

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Central

McQueer, Chris HWFG, (404 Ink 2012 ISBN: 978-1912489107) Central, prose
ed). He's goat an iron turned upside doon wi a tin a hotdogs sitti on page 22
kits an that, turn this place upside doon.' Ah turn mah attentions on page 28

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Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
other two bottles ir stuffed upside doon in his ripped and paint- on page 13

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Begg, James A. Alison's Jants in Ferlieland, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010845) Central, prose
hat are walkin wi their heids upside-doun! The Antipathies, I thin on page 9

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Mc, Keeks Contermacious Temerity, (Dreich 2023 ISBN: 978-1-873-412190) Central, poetry
n sometimes yer life is turnt upside-doon" on page 31

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Cunningham, Lucy nothing but a set of eyes for stars - Swedish Fish, (Association for Scottish Literature 2023 ISBN: 978-1906841546) Central, prose
quickly they'd see where the upside wis and stop splashing around on page 36

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Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
hen oor hale world is flipped upside doon. That's what dreams and on page 18

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Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
hed an then ah tipped the box upside doon an two blue rubber flipp on page 43

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Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
pened the pooch and cowped it upside doon. Oot drapped a singil si on page 42
ff his heid, and held it oot, upside doon, in front o Mrs Teeveehe on page 140

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Clark, Thomas Diary o a Wimpy Wean, (Itchy Coo 2018 ISBN: 978-1785302145) Central, weans
oo" bairns haudin their books upside doon, and I dinnae think they on page 16

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Townsley, Jane Joe's Cloud an Ither Stuff, (lulu.com 2014 ISBN: 978-1326001612) Central - Perth, prose
en it back. He turned the bag upside doon an strew the contents ow on page 40

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Clark, Thomas The Boggin Beginnin, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303524) Central, weans
Klaus as they turnt the room upside doon. His een were shinin bri on page 102

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Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
effort. Hur world wis turned upside doon when Robert came back fa on page 5
t. The biggest and maybe only upside tae livin in Thistlegate is n on page 92

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Fitt, Matthew The Itchy Coo Book o Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales in Scots - A Wee Story Aboot Love, (Itchy Coo 2020) Central, weans
sodger jist lay there, papped upside doon. He didnae ken where he on page 75

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Horsbroch, Dauvit A gang-roond oor Sun Grid, (Scots Language Centre 2020) Central, blog
he Sun withershins, but it is upside doun. Naebody kens for shair
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Letford, William Bevel, (Carcanet 2012 ISBN: 978 1 84777 192 6) Central - Stirling, poetry
inside ootside upside doonside backside frontside
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Philips, Cally Jings, crivens, help ma Boab, it’s independence!, (McStorytellers.com 2013) Central - Turriff, prose
e drama it wis. It hud it’s upside. There wis ten girls tae iver
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 125, (self-published 2004) Central, newspaper
Upside-doon stairheids wi the sichtl
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Begg, James A. Lallans 74 - The Killie Fleshers - 1786, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
mp. The ither twa were hingin upside doun by their feet, aither si
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@g_hibby tweeted
@gersoise32 Always an upside tae everything Alison.. ????? (2022) twitter link

Doric

Gray, Kathleen Tales Fae The Doric Side - The Ootlin, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
13 the world seemed tae turn upside doon for baith O us. It wis t on page 58

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Leslie, Deborah Tales Fae The Doric Side - Mabel, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
The hoose got turnt upside doon. "Wi'll need te pack up on page 92

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Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
An when tryin tae rip an upside-doon strip Fae the wa - he t on page 15

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Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
es afore turnin the china cup upside doon on a sasser. She teen a on page 37
oon an roon, loop the loop an upside doon. He cud feel his denner on page 40

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Whyte, Brian The Bottles, (Independently published 2020 ISBN: 979-8612647218) Doric, poetry
Oh quine I'm upside doon, aye, aye, aye, aye, aye on page 95
Gan upside doon, roon aboot an inside oo on page 133

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Hamilton, Roddy Lallans 63 - The Bruntie Cat, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Doric, prose
ilver birch an hangin fae it, upside doon by one leg wis Charlie â
hat culminatit in his swingin upside doon fae the tree. He wis inc
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The Mannie Fae Unco The Diary o a Feel at the Skweel, (unco.scot 2021) Doric, prose
ide sayin it wiz only an teem upside' doon bean tin. The reason I'
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Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
it upside doon. Ten pence an a drawin p
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Irvine, Owen Eldritch Story, (The Gaudie 2018) Doric - Banff, weans
t the cross o Jesus wiz turnt upside doon like the deil’s cross.
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@DoricPhrases tweeted
it in een ging fin ye rype it upside doon an ye dinna need tae she(2020) search twitter

Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
The sitteen-room wis upside doon - a state o disrepair. on page 25

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Grieve, Issy Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
Are lyan upside doon yernan, on page 102

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Shetland

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
ee pair a rubber buits hingin upside doon abune da stove, dryin oo on page 93

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De Luca, Christine Parallel Worlds: Poems in Shetlandic and English, (Luath 2005 ISBN: 978-1905222131) Shetland, poetry
upside doon, an trees kaleidoscope on page 105

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Ulster

Ferguson, Roy Rhymes frae Rathfrilan: A Wheen o Poames, (self-published 2022 ISBN: 979-8796193099) Ulster, poetry
Turnt upside doon, it's contents poured ai on page 10
It's turned oor lives upside doon on page 37

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