A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

accidental Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words2.2 2.6 1.5 0 5.8 0 0
Number of occurrences75 1 0 1 0 0
Number of authors5 3 1 1

Occurrences of accidental in Corpus

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Central

McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
h jist get richer. This isnae accidental onie mair than it is inevitab on page 53
ye. D'ye think onie o that is accidental? on page 54
r guns an bombs, an thon's no accidental. Get fowk fechtin amang their on page 114

3 matches

Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
As ye please, even an accidental gift on page 11

1 matches

Townsley, Jane Joe's Cloud an Ither Stuff, (lulu.com 2014 ISBN: 978-1326001612) Central - Perth, prose
t. Or mebbe April nudged him. Accidental like. on page 73

1 matches

Doric

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
extra vigilant and beware of accidental damage to either yourself or on page 37

1 matches

Shetland

@shaetlan_rose tweeted
g of 'skaddi', 'scabby' is an accidental yet accurate translation ??(2020) search twitter