A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

confusion Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words12.8 11.3 13.6 9.9 17.4 10.3 22.1
Number of occurrences4122 9 1 3 1 5
Number of authors27 17 4 1 2 1 2

Occurrences of confusion in Corpus

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Central

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
then silence, an then another confusion ae voices-"Haud up his heidBr on page 39
asily at the Queen, an in his confusion he bit a big chunk oot ae his on page 109
meenits the hale court wis in confusion, gittin the Dormoose turnt oo on page 113

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Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
that they turnt tail. In the confusion an clamour that followed, Joh on page 37

1 matches

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
till gripped intae a state ae confusion by this revelation. on page 32

1 matches

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
ty edifice wis a cause o some confusion amang the local fowk wha cuid on page 85

1 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
ord for a state of uproar and confusion: a riot. on page 78

1 matches

Watt, George T. Lallans 74 - Distempered, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, poetry
Puir cratur, A can sense his confusion,
1 matches

Fleemin, Sandy Shudder at the Niffer, (sandyfleming.org 2003) Central - East Lothian, prose
per. A example is the English confusion atween "strait" an "straight"
1 matches

Robinson, Christine Lallans 70 - The Language o the Glasgow Unity Plays, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
land, later meaning a state o confusion efter anither music hall sang
1 matches

Capener, Jack No Guid Eneuch, (Bella Caledonia 2019) Central, blog
wey o speakin. Thair remains confusion amang the general public aboo
1 matches

Macdonald, Amy Evelynn and Peter, (Scots Hoose 2020) Central - Ayr, prose
she remains still wi a look o confusion ower her face.
1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Fae Mooth tae Page, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Central, blog
eration at the schule – the confusion, the beltin, the anxiety. It
1 matches

McKillop, Roger The Appin Murderer, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Edinburgh, prose
ape, unseen, in the ensuin’ confusion. Ma han’s were shaking sae
1 matches

Crawford, Ross Awa in a Dwam, (Medium 2021) Central - Stirling, prose
the mornin, she’d blink in confusion at the unfamiliar ceilin fur
His brows narrowed in confusion. ‘Ur ye sure? Ah couldnae f
2 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
uously upon you, is a certain confusion that is affecting the bureauc
rstood the situation, and the confusion. And he has the right connect
did smile than, bit he shawed confusion.
3 matches

McClurg, Fernando Tae see oorsels as we see ithers, (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
nal arrangements haes creatit confusion aboot the aplicability o the
1 matches

Wallace, Lorna A Scot’s Lament fur her American Fellows (Oan their election of a tangerine gabshite walloper)., (lornalouwriting.wordpress.com 2016) Central - Ayrshire, poetry
Know we Scots feel your confusion:
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@billykayscot tweeted
s mair in a mess, a bourach o confusion, raither nor the direck clart(2020) search twitter

Doric

Leslie, Deborah Doric: Alive an Kickin 2, (Argo Publishing 2006 ISBN: 978-0954615321) Doric - Inverurie, prose
hoose oan fire," said Ronnie, confusion ragin inside im. "She wisna f on page 43

1 matches

Whyte, Brian The Bottles, (Independently published 2020 ISBN: 979-8612647218) Doric, poetry
O' confusion. on page 134
Ye say there's a richt confusion, ach weel ye ken on page 152
Ye say there's a richt confusion, ach weel ye ken on page 169

3 matches

Byrne, Catherine Alice's Mishanters in e Land o Farlies, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010609) Doric - Caithness, prose
its: iss caused some noise an confusion, as e beeg burds complained a on page 27
then silence, an then anither confusion o voices-"Howld up on page 36
neasily at e Queen, an in his confusion he bit a beeg piece oot o his on page 107
meenads e whole court wis in confusion, gettan e Moosie turned oot, on page 111

4 matches

Strachan, Shane Standing Stone, (northwordsnow.co.uk 2016) Doric, prose
grun – he looks up at ma in confusion, as though he’s nae clue fi
1 matches

Orkney

Cormack, Kevin Toonie Void, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
Here confusion is welcomed, on page 37

1 matches

Shetland

Greig, Charles A Shetland Bible, (Saint Andrew Press 2009 ISBN: 978-0715209158) Shetland - Lerwick, prose
lat doon, he wis in a dirl o confusion. Maybe if he forced Jesus' ha on page 145

2 matches

Facebook link (Wir Midder Tongue 2016) Shetland
ok. Da wan dat caused a bit o confusion wis da letter 'i' as in igloo

Southern

@StuartPoet tweeted
lish weather, fear, mistrust, confusion. Dinnae forget sheep mums who(2020) search twitter

Ulster

Morrison-Smyth, Anne Alice's Carrants in Wunnerlan, (Evertype 2013 ISBN: 978-1-78201-011-1) Ulster - Ballymoney, prose
This caased a bit o noise an confusion, es the big burds gien aff th on page 29
aas the game wus in that much confusion that shae niver knowed whathe on page 85
sily at the Queen, an in haes confusion hae bit piece oot o haes tayc on page 111
minutes the hale coort wus in confusion, gittin the Dorrmoose turnt o on page 115

4 matches

@fairfaaye tweeted
m the Irish 'ciar thuathail' (confusion) or Welsh 'cythrwfl' (turmoil(2020) search twitter

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