A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

awkward Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words9.9 12.5 7.4 9.9 0 0 9.7
Number of occurrences3325 5 1 0 0 2
Number of authors21 14 4 1 2

Occurrences of awkward in Corpus

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Central

Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
roon an legs it, fast as his awkward gait will cairry him, awa doo on page 1

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Kay, Billy Born In Kyle, (Burnawn Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-9993309-4-1) Central - Kyle, prose
t wis kinna muckle, clumsy an awkward in their movements; a sleekit on page 23

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Sayers, Ross Daisy on the Outer Line, (Gob Stopper (Cranachan) 2020 ISBN: 978-1911279778) Central - Glasgow, prose
that makes ye feel a wee bit awkward. This is how the world works on page 26

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Johnstone, Shane The Gods of Frequency, (Arkbound 2020 ISBN: 978-1912092826) Central, prose
cheaper wan). Humf that, huge awkward borrowed bouzouki in case, re on page 3

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Donovan, Anne Gone are the Leaves, (ISIS 2014 ISBN: 978-1445099262) Central, prose
. Lady Alicia is stiff but no awkward, aye a solemn lass. The colou on page 3

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Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
awkward, but that's nae bather, on page 26

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Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
There wis a pure awkward silence after that. Then Kell on page 26
e's went an put me in another awkward situation. It aw startet when on page 79
ter that because ah felt pure awkward, but it wis quite hard especi on page 127
ssie Duffy wis wi looked dead awkward. Ah don't think she knew whit on page 169

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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 168, (self-published 2007) Central, newspaper
ay 'I love you', but hugs me, awkward and fierce. Gies me a bosie.
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Percy, Ely The Family Situation, (The Interpreters House.org 2020) Central, prose
aid tae Karen, Dae yi no feel awkward sittin next tae him. Whit yi
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Clark, Sara Indyref 2: Aulder, Wiser, Kinder, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central, blog
, an we'd lost touch efter an awkward message exchange on Facebook
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Campbell, Karen Gie it laldy, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Central - Glasgow, blog
ein self-conscious aboot thon awkward shoes I’m hirplin in an jus
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Crawford, Ross At Stake, (Medium 2021) Central - Stirling, prose
wer tae Declan and gie him an awkward wee pat oan the shooder. If a
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Bennett, Peter Coyle Loyal, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
om doon the hall, breakin the awkward silence.
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Crawford, Ross At Stake, (productmagazine.co.uk 2022) Central - Stirling, prose
huffle ower tae gie Declan an awkward wee pat oan the shooder. If a
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@rosa_alba_macd tweeted
arden. Now I am being o/t and awkward but how does on winterise a g(2020) search twitter

@Chazzbat tweeted
telt me. It wis parteecularly awkward when, at age 7, Ah got (2020) search twitter
na's lost aa her inhibitions? Awkward. #Corrie(2020) search twitter

Doric

@DoricPhrases tweeted
hrase Contermacious fit means Awkward.(2014) search twitter
Aat awkward moment fin ye ging tae the ci(2019) search twitter

@72redz1903 tweeted
pGadgetBlogs @JimSpenceDundee Awkward squad has been used tae defin (2020) twitter link

@cligeey tweeted
id say Perth shire jist to be awkward(2020) search twitter

@JoanHenry7 tweeted
oke goes. 'Well he works affa awkward shifts'. (2023) twitter link

Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
You're a mean and awkward beggar and you don't deserve on page 22

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Ulster

Logan, Liam Thon Ulster Scots Book, (Galdanagh 2014 ISBN: 978-0992881405) Ulster - Dunloy, prose
laik a pack o grulshes, slow, awkward and overweight people. George on page 32

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@fairfaaye tweeted
be used to describe a clumsy, awkward person or even a footery obje(2020) search twitter

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