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The word 'sensation'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
sensationOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus6.92219
ORK - Orkney 9.9 1 1
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness) 70.3 2 1
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 3.3 1 1
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 4.4 1 1
NEC - North East Central 46.4 1 1
SEC - (South) East Central 5.1 2 2
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 18.8 3 3
GLA - Glasgow 38 7 5
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 2.7 2 2
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway)
DUL - Donegal (East Donegal)
WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry)
CUL - Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim) 31.4 1 1
BUL - Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim)
SUL - South Antrim (Between Sixmilewater and Belfast)
BEL - Eastern Ulster (Belfast)
PUL - Peninsular Ulster (Ards)
EUL - East Antrim (Larne) 32.8 1 1
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of sensation in Corpus

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Orkney

Hall, Simon W. No the Six o Clock News, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Orkney, blog
n Scots wid be a student cult sensation in the West End o Edinburgh.
1 matches

North Northern B (Caithness)

Byrne, Catherine Alice's Mishanters in e Land o Farlies, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010609) Doric - Caithness, prose
ss speech caused a remarkable sensation amang e party. Some o e burds on page 29
ad Alice felt a awful curious sensation, wheech puzzled her a good de on page 107

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Mid Northern A

Leslie, Deborah Doric: Alive an Kickin 2, (Argo Publishing 2006 ISBN: 978-0954615321) Doric - Inverurie, prose
o shiny silver communications sensation wi polyphonic ringtones an a on page 52

1 matches

General Northern

Devlin, Edwin The School Dentist 1969, (Facebook 2020) Doric, prose
can mine was a buzzin ringin sensation in ma heed and out ah went .
1 matches

North East Central

Heather, Alistair Bravehert: The truth anent William Wallace (pairt 1), (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Angus, blog
heart, the 1995 international sensation, there wis a deifenin amoont
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(South) East Central

Purdie, David C. Lallans 73 - The Glesgy Screwdriver, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central - Midlothian, prose
rnt roon an got the fameiliar sensation o abject fear he ayeweys felt on page 97

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MacDonald, Bo CAULD NIGHT, (Scots Hoose 2021) Central, weans
th' kip. Ah felt th' taps aff sensation o' liquid form oan mah heid b
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Edinburgh

Monahan Brown, Ricky Eemis Stane 1 - The Mindin, (Eemis Stane 2022) Central, prose
re it cam tae rest. The alien sensation o the packit mud flair unnerf on page 8

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Higgs, Jo The tale of how Evan Evans scrapped wi Evan Nichols, (berfrois 2022) Central - Edinburgh, prose
s upon the slightest fleeting sensation of the wee prick being even c
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Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
It wis a gey sensation tae haud his heid in her haun
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Glasgow

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
en Alice felt an awfy stringe sensation that fair puzzlit her till sh on page 109

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McQueer, Chris Hings - Short Stories 'n That, (404 Ink 2017 ISBN: 978-0995623866) Central - Glesga, prose
yway an FUCK ME, it's a taste sensation! Salty but no too salty, if y on page 2

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Bolland, John A Chocolate Cowboy, (From Glasgow To Saturn 2008) Central, prose
lourish. An in thon silence o sensation and invisible colour, Ah hear
1 matches

Bennett, Peter TA Hauf an a Hauf, (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
good tae feel such a vibrant sensation in the mornin - well it’s
friend. A strangely comfortin sensation that comes wae familiarity. H
2 matches

Donovan, Anne Buddha Da - Chapter 1 Anne Marie, (Canongate 2009 ISBN: 978-1847673459) Central - Glasgow, prose
the door. It caused a bitty a sensation, lamas in Maryhill. We've had
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Bennett, Peter Time, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
ky glides doon ma throat, the sensation ay warmth pronounced in its d
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General Central

Donati, Colin The Student and the Pawnwife , (Itchy Coo 2003 ISBN: 978-1902927817) Central, prose
et a sort o a seik an fleggit sensation that hud him glunchin an burn on page 133

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Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
aster. He seemed tae love the sensation o wheechin through a white tu on page 97

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Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)

Morrison-Smyth, Anne Alice's Carrants in Wunnerlan, (Evertype 2013 ISBN: 978-1-78201-011-1) Ulster - Ballymoney, prose
ent Alice feelt a gye curious sensation, whutch puzzelt hir a guid de on page 111

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East Antrim (Larne)

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
e again tae quell the tinglin sensation o sweat unner hir airms. But on page 34

1 matches

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