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The word 'uncanny'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
uncannyOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus2.588
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
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
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 2.6 1 1
WCE - West Central 4.6 1 1
DUN - Dundee 10.6 1 1
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 5.4 1 1
AYR - Ayrshire 13.1 1 1
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)
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 uncanny in Corpus

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Mid Northern A

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
richt like a terrified bairn, uncanny yon, near human, an the first
1 matches

(South) East Central

Douglas, Sheila Lallans 62 - The Wee Tailor in the Haunted Kirkyaird, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, weans
were aa tellin stories aboot uncanny places aroon the village, lik
1 matches

West Central

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
es, whilk aye an oan exert an uncanny influence ower aa Western lee on page 101

1 matches

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
accuracy o his imitations wis uncanny but he cuidnae speak a ward. on page 90

1 matches

Glasgow

Bennett, Peter Rude Awakenings (Part one of two), (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
p fur so long. He’s goat an uncanny ability tae worm his waiy bac
1 matches

Ayrshire

Begg, James A. Alison's Jants in Ferlieland, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010845) Central, prose
ord wi this mous? It's aa sae uncanny doun here, that I'm gey near on page 21

1 matches

General Central

Fitt, Matthew Geordie's Mingin Medicine, (Itchy Coo 2007 ISBN: 978-1845021603) Central, weans
and _ stachenn, uncouthie and uncanny, fou o warlockry and magic. W on page 33

1 matches

Chalmers, Aimee Lallans 58 - twa poems, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, poetry
oose i the weave. Queesitive, uncanny. on page 95

1 matches

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