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Use in varieties of Scots

alien Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words8.4 9.8 7.5 29.8 0 0 0
Number of occurrences2719 5 3 0 0 0
Number of authors18 13 3 2

Occurrences of alien in Corpus

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Central

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
doesnae get it. This world is alien tae hur n she's nae concept a on page 56

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Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
b they did. A feelin that wis alien tae maist ae the boays and la on page 87

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Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
ae yi has tae pretend yir an alien fae another planet an yiv got on page 123

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Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
Contortit in the ruins o an alien ire, on page 83
In sairch o life and some alien loons. on page 102
Ye dinna leuk like an alien wi yer wee face hingin oot. on page 132

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

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Clark, Sara Indyref 2: Aulder, Wiser, Kinder, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central, blog
t itherwise seemed awmaist an alien tae me. Ah had the moral hie-
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Fitt, Matthew Fae Mooth tae Page, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Central, blog
rt o us will be less unco and alien in the country whaur it’s a
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Bennett, Peter The Bothy (Part Two), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
ix in the mornin wae only the alien sound ay somethin unknown fur
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Stewart, Anna An Alien Feeling, (Scots Hoose 2019) Central, prose
that's mistook a coat fir an alien. I ken that's what Ray and Fa
ue that I didnae ken what the alien wanted. I know it’s watchin
broken up. That’s what this alien does tae me. And I’m glad i
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Geraghty, Martin A Bad Sport, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
eadline, I was captured by an Alien and we had sex for 24 hours s
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Lehane, Matt Tuim Tattie, (bandcamp 2006) Central - Ayrshire, poetry
alien mechanics
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Bennett, Peter Time, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
pyramid inspired design still alien tae me in this post-industria
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Douglas, Ashley Scotland’s Linguistic Landscape - Scots and Gaelic, (Translation Services 24 2022) Central, prose
) has a saicont meanin o “alien/fremmit”. This term is fyki
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@jax6754 tweeted
ugh if you'll be relaxin tae "Alien Autopsy" on Sky 1 now?! ? xxx(2015) search twitter

Doric

Storrie Lewis, Jean Lallans 71 - Snuffy, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Doric, prose
gowd sovereigns wid end up in alien hauns if oor country wis inva
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@72redz1903 tweeted
good few years ago - totally alien tae the toon and were rejecte (2023) twitter link
ghtenment - all of which are alien tae Tories like you. (2020) twitter link
anism is culturally generally alien to Aberdonians. (2020) twitter link

@cligeey tweeted
Alien invasion last nicht https://t(2020) search twitter

Orkney

Cormack, Kevin Toonie Void, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
, pens abandoned - twaard an alien on page 26
ancient set-up: an abandoned alien on page 30

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Grieve, Ingrid Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
Like peedie alien creaturs on page 71

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