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Use in varieties of Scots

alone Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words19.3 16.4 19.2 49.7 34.9 51.7 7.7
Number of occurrences6433 13 5 6 5 2
Number of authors43 22 8 3 6 2 2

Occurrences of alone in Corpus

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Central

Robertson, James Naebody'd Seen Him, (Scottish Book Trust 2018) Central, prose
He's always alone when he does. Sometimes he pi on page 14

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McQueer, Chris HWFG, (404 Ink 2012 ISBN: 978-1912489107) Central, prose
d like that, 'Please leave us alone,' nearly greetin an that. Dol on page 2

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Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
Taz is alone n runnin up the hill, gittin on page 17
the nice things in life. Let alone security for your own family, on page 37
d sees rabbit it, by instinct alone, wull give . chase. Sometimes on page 42

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Johnstone, Shane The Gods of Frequency, (Arkbound 2020 ISBN: 978-1912092826) Central, prose
the sun. Hnnng. Thoughts left alone wi nae physical output, like on page 3

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Donovan, Anne Gone are the Leaves, (ISIS 2014 ISBN: 978-1445099262) Central, prose
s near-blind, working by feel alone, but she was rare. In time, m on page 3

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Hubbard, Tom The Flechitorium, (Grace Note 2017 ISBN: 9781907676932) Central - East Central, poetry
A solidarity you'll feel alone. on page 57

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Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
and age who owns a mace? Lit alone actually uses yin. Some said on page 20
remains and noo he is standin alone. Face tae face wae Aldo. Yae on page 42
r students hit haime jist how alone ah actually wis there. And th on page 189

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Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
e that paper again. Leave her alone, said ma ma, Kirsty's quite h on page 42
how she wantet tae watch Home Alone. Ah'd never actually seen tha on page 169

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Robertson, James The Deil, (Scottish Book Trust 2018) Central, prose
cannot leave your mother all alone the
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Macdonald, Amy Evelynn and Peter, (Scots Hoose 2020) Central - Ayr, prose
t her for fifteen meenits let alone an oor and when Ah did it wis
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Stewart, Anna An Alien Feeling, (Scots Hoose 2019) Central, prose
, and that wis that – I wis alone. See, when I think aboot it n
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Pennie, Len Toast Tae The Daft Days, (Lidl 2020) Central, poetry
rk a shift, tae those at home alone,
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Wallace, Lorna Jock Tamson Goes tae the Doactir, (lornalouwriting.wordpress.com 2019) Central - Ayrshire, poetry
Totally alone.
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Wallace, Lorna An Ode Tae Tinder, (lornalouwriting.wordpress.com 2020) Central - Ayrshire, poetry
Hiy you. Aye, you! Are you alone?
1 matches

Havery, Hannah The Gaithering, (Literature Alliance Scotland 2022) Central - Edinburgh, poetry
by oor screens – alone.
1 matches

Donovan, Anne Hieroglyphics and Other Stories - All that Glistens, (Canongate 2004 ISBN: 1841955191) Central, prose
deid flesh of ma daddy, lyin alone in the cold church. Then ah s
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@Seperatist_No1 tweeted
if ye can, speak to your wife alone later. Dinnae be scottish abo(2020) search twitter
might just need a bit of time alone.(2020) search twitter

@alistairdunn tweeted
'll spend a fortune when he's alone(2015) search twitter

@g_hibby tweeted
eople would leave things well alone... Nae respect.. (2023) twitter link

@jax6754 tweeted
and your SO richt! Your never alone as family/freends are happy t(2014) search twitter

@MartinBroon tweeted
uaneast2418 Oan that evidence alone, A’d say luck, the bad kind,(2019) search twitter

@OliphantWullie tweeted
England tae boot him oot. We alone in Scotland cannae dae that. (2022) twitter link

@DABArbuckle tweeted
e respect. Leave these people alone. Your interfering wae their h(2020) search twitter

@bigandymccoll tweeted
er a town the size of Paisley alone ?? (2022) twitter link
through, tae realise yer not alone, and that Scotland's future w (2022) twitter link

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
th @PenicuikAth whit aboot - alone again(naturally) by gilbert o (2020) twitter link

Doric

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 77 - Anither Time, Anither Place, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Doric, prose
'Man shall not live by bread alone! But by every word that proce on page 30

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Strachan, Shane Tales Fae The Doric Side - Doric Dwams, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, poetry
Nae alone noo. on page 31

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Maitland, Andrew Tales Fae The Doric Side - The Auld Mannie, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
he and his wife Amy had been alone thegether, livin in their ain on page 77

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Strachan, Shane DWAMS, (Tapsalteerie 2024 ISBN: 978-1916214880) Doric, poetry
echo through the tunnel. Nae alone noo. on page 27
means that ye'll die alone wi naething on page 38

2 matches

Byrne, Catherine Alice's Mishanters in e Land o Farlies, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010609) Doric - Caithness, prose
Bill!" then e Rabbit's voice alone-"Catch him, by e hedge!" then on page 36
she walked off, leavan Alice alone wi e Gryphon. Alice didna qui on page 89

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Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
But we left him alone with his glory!
1 matches

Strachan, Shane Hoast, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric, prose
ower being stuck in her hoose alone and a wee incident in ma kitc
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@DoricPhrases tweeted
ring or not leaving something alone. Mony thanks tae Gena. xx(2014) search twitter
ession then pls do not suffer alone https://t.co/fKjTutLnVR https(2017) search twitter

@Franwella tweeted
games, S oot we pals. Am home alone :-((2011) search twitter

@JoanHenry7 tweeted
hile. I remember walking home alone from a house party. Doon stai (2022) twitter link

Orkney

Johnston, Barbara Gallows Ha - Dance tae the End, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
No pertner fur me, alone in me swings, on page 27

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Giles, Harry Josephine Deep Wheel Orcadia: A Novel, (Picador 2021 ISBN: 978-1529066609) Orkney, poetry
g real about my own work, let alone armoured men appearing from t on page 57

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Cormack, Kevin Toonie Void, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
Hid's seffer tae drink alone noo, on page 35

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Johnston, Barbara Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
ou ken whut flooers tae leave alone tae graow. on page 63
No partner fur me, alone in me swings on page 153

2 matches

Shetland

Hall, Nat nobody remembers the birdman - Hairst, (Association for Scottish Literature 2022) Shetland, poetry
Noo da licht leaves wis aa alone, wi on page 82

1 matches

MacInnes, Morag Archipelagos : Poems from Writing the North, (University of Edinburgh 2014 ISBN: 978-0-7486-9755-7) Shetland, poetry
No even a drawer, let alone cradle. No a rag o claes. on page 21

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Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
iver it, but I want her to be alone when she opens it. I desperat on page 24

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Watt, Valerie Da secret wirld o Santie’s elves, (Shetland Times 2008) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
get off with employing elves alone. I’ll have to employ all br
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@Julie_Dennison tweeted
Now she here runnin dis ship alone (2017) twitter link

@helenmoncrieff tweeted
o spottin a killer whale let alone seein one ????????????(2016) search twitter

Southern

Thompson, James My Borderlands, (Richardson and Son Printers 2023) Southern - Hawick, poetry
But noo you find yer'sel alone on page 6
Noo shunned, alone, forlorn on page 34
Where yince alone and in despair on page 35
Alone wi' pleasant thoughts that st on page 46

4 matches

@MartyMacMurtrie tweeted
d the difference atween being alone/solitude. a fin’ latter fitt(2020) search twitter

Ulster

Campbell, Robert Lock Doon Poyams, (Independently 2021 ISBN: 979-8742155812) Ulster, poetry
I march alone ais sun tis dawnin, on page 45

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Crozier, Ian Recomendations fer an Ulster-Scots plen fer oor leid, heirskeip an’ culture, (communities-ni.gov.uk 2022) Ulster, government
next five years are not stand alone but future focused and with l on page 5

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