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Use in varieties of Scots

adrift Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words2.8 1.5 3 19.9 5.8 0 4.4
Number of occurrences93 2 2 1 0 1
Number of authors9 3 2 2 1 1

Occurrences of adrift in Corpus

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Central

Marenich, Margaret Lallans 84 - Awa wi’t, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
e's life. Nou her faither wis adrift in a fremmit place, an she cl on page 27

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Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
n strand an land, were lowsed adrift on page 33

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Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
ness. She had been feelin cut adrift onywey by the preparations ta
1 matches

Doric

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
towes aathegither an set him adrift on his ain wee sea o booze, b
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Hutchison, Pat The Three Cannels, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
eir wee skaffie boat hid wint adrift an wiz wrecked roon at the Sc
1 matches

Orkney

Butler, Vera Gallows Ha - Bessie, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
cast adrift fae me island. on page 19

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Bruce, Lorraine Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
andages oan ur toes is cummed adrift and its trellan ahint ur. Tha on page 87

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Shetland

Jamieson, Robert Alan Lallans 58 - Eicht poems bi Robert Alan Jamieson, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Shetland, poetry
Adrift ida doldrims. on page 27

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Ulster

King, Angeline Weans o Latharna, (angelineking.com 2021) Ulster - Larne, weans
ret years, the swans were set adrift in the wile wild an solitary
1 matches

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