Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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The word 'distracted'

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Use in varieties of Scots

distracted	Occurrences normalised per million words	Occurrences	Authors
Total Corpus	3	10	10
ORK - Orkney	19.9	2	2
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A	6.5	2	2
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central	2.4	1	1
WCE - West Central	4.4	1	1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow	10.2	2	2
AYR - Ayrshire	10.7	1	1
LAL - General Central
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway)	13.9	1	1
DUL - Donegal (East Donegal)
WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry)
CUL - Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)
BUL - Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim)
SUL - South Antrim (Between Sixmilewater and Belfast)
BEL - Eastern Ulster (Belfast)
PUL - Peninsular Ulster (Ards)
EUL - East Antrim (Larne)
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of distracted in Corpus

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Orkney

Giles, Harry Josephine Deep Wheel Orcadia: A Novel, (Picador 2021 ISBN: 978-1529066609) Orkney, poetry
a, says Inga, shruggan. Noor, distracted, picks a slaet fer the docket on page 115

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Bruce, Lorraine Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
ship, and while Mimi Marwicks distracted bae a horrid bonny pair o nut on page 87

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Mid Northern A

Ireland, Mark Wi A Facey Like Yours, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric - Banff, prose
Am affa sorry mam. I jist got distracted makin a huttie in i widdies,"
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Hutchison, Pat The Seven Coins o Kineddart, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Doric - Banffshire, prose
essie could see the Laird wiz distracted and deep in thought. Commin t
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(South) East Central

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
om. Probably cos they wur too distracted by their ain chatter. The boa on page 189

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West Central

Bates, Gregor The Death Dance, (Scots Hoose 2022) Central - East Dunbartonshire, weans
e wis still so sair. I wis so distracted that I didnae notice the ming
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Glasgow

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
friend left is Taz, but he's distracted, tellin two lassies the tales on page 25

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Bennett, Peter Sharks, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
�m tellin ye. Mare insular an distracted , so he is.
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Ayrshire

McClelland, Ben Chicagof Island, (Scots Hoose 2020) Central - Ayr, prose
e follied. As the beasts were distracted , the trio seized their chance
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South West (Galloway)

Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
Distracted fae a fitba goal on page 49

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