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Use in varieties of Scots

curious Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words22.8 13.4 30.1 0 11.6 165.4 39.8
Number of occurrences7326 20 0 2 16 9
Number of authors24 13 7 2 1 1

Occurrences of curious in Corpus

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Central

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
" The Moose lookt at her awfy curious, like, an seemed tae wink tae on page 22
d. Alice thought this an awfy curious thing, an she went nearer tae on page 76
Alice'd never seen sich a curious croquet-grun in aw her days; on page 81
he fumbled aer the list, awfy curious tae see whit the next witness on page 113

4 matches

Begg, James A. Alison's Jants in Ferlieland, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010845) Central, prose
leeve on?" speirt Alison, aye curious aboot whit siclike folk ate a on page 44

2 matches

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
eens o the Covenant? Adam wis curious, but still canny. The win wis on page 59

1 matches

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
t ae time. But still, ah wise curious as tae what someboady else th on page 96

1 matches

McQueer, Chris Hings - Short Stories 'n That, (404 Ink 2017 ISBN: 978-0995623866) Central - Glesga, prose
He hawns me the bag back. Ahm curious as tae wit these hings taste on page 2

1 matches

Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
So curious eh pursue, on page 59

1 matches

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
A curious luikin buird, cairved frae wu on page 87
The wean's curious fuitsteps, on page 140

2 matches

Begg, James A. Lallans 68 - 1841 – The Plouman, (Lallans Magazine 2006) Central, prose
an a guid worker, an she wis curious aboot his age as weel as the on page 17

1 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit A gang-roond oor Sun Grid, (Scots Language Centre 2020) Central, blog
n Berrickshire wad'a seen twa curious cheils scrammlin aboot an pyn
1 matches

Facebook link ( 2022) Central
umbrellas alang wi yin or twa curious dugs.

Horsbroch, Dauvit Are The Onybody Ither?, (Scots Language Centre 2022) Central, blog
ts an objects wis reportit as curious asides, tho as yet awmaist na
anither instance, fae 1787, a curious baw o fire wis seen tae flee
een fleein aboot an even mair curious, ships in the air. Whit are w
e the wark o the deil. In twa curious verses Watson threapit:
4 matches

Nicol, Alissa Poor Wee Livvy, (Scots Hoose 2022) Central - North Lanarkshire, weans
p. He sprinted e'er tae them, curious as tae why they hud broken in
1 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
ugh fremit, Chinese, they got curious aboot him an begoud tae tak n
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 102, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
l man frae woman; for it is a curious fact that your sumph is as am
1 matches

Burnett, Colin Cardboard Gangster - Part 1, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central, prose
Masel and Danny exchange a curious glance at yin another. Intrig
1 matches

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 3, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
coonter. He’s alweys been a curious soul ever since he wis a pup
1 matches

@rosa_alba_macd tweeted
n, oorie, queer (!), fremd or curious tae best descrive a were-bair(2020) search twitter

@Chazzbat tweeted
Ah'm curious as tae why naebody hus made a(2020) search twitter

Doric

Mitchell, Rhona Tales Fae The Doric Side - The Wye it Wis, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
e een anither. This wis richt curious, because her faither an mithe on page 17

1 matches

Robb, Lydia AUNTIE BEAN UNDRESSES, (Association for Scottish Literary Studies 2005 ISBN: 978-0948877698) Doric - Arbroath, poetry
I keek wi curious een fae in alow on page 123

1 matches

Wheeler, Leslie Dinnae Mak Me Laugh, (Scots Hoose 2021) Doric, weans
The most curious case I have had I suppose. on page 25

1 matches

Byrne, Catherine Alice's Mishanters in e Land o Farlies, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010609) Doric - Caithness, prose
n an Eaglet, an several ither curious craters. Alice led e way, an on page 22
r their heids. She felt awful curious till ken what id wis all aboo on page 53
in withoot a cat! Id's e most curious thing A ever saw in all ma li on page 63
okan ower his shoolder, richt curious lek. "What a funny watch!" sh on page 66
ed. Alice thoucht iss a awful curious thing, an she went nearer til on page 74
Also on pages 94, 99, 100, 107, 111
11 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Lallans 58 - Dour, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Doric, prose
I wis curious tae hear fit the auld man wid on page 51

1 matches

Smith, Alex A Fer Chauve, (self-published 2005) Doric, prose
a fork. Jonsar wis a wee bit curious aboot this an went awa ower
1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
plantations o Ceylon. It's a curious ferlie, bit nae byordnar bonn
is the tale she telt, near as curious as the bullock cairt itsel, i
2 matches

@Franwella tweeted
eannenaylor hahahahahaha jist curious ma luv jist curious x(2011) search twitter

Shetland

Greig, Charles A Shetland Bible, (Saint Andrew Press 2009 ISBN: 978-0715209158) Shetland - Lerwick, prose
Da owld man wis gittin ta be curious aboot dis so he said ta Samue on page 21

1 matches

Sutherland, Hazel Biggin Da Dess, (Shetland For Wirds 2004) Shetland, prose
up wi naebody at da hoose an curious to see whit's goin on. I hide
1 matches

Southern

Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
"Whit a curious feelin!" said Ahlice. "Ah mus on page 13
layin aginst hersel, fur this curious bairn fair loved playin at be on page 14
!" Th moose looked at hur gie curious lik, an seemed tae hur tae wi on page 21
n an Eaglet, an seevral ither curious craiters. Ahlice led th wei, on page 23
hole-an yet-an yet-eet's fair curious, ee ken, this sort o life! Ah on page 34
Also on pages 54, 64, 75, 76, 81, 82, 102, 122, 123
16 matches

Ulster

Morrison-Smyth, Anne Alice's Carrants in Wunnerlan, (Evertype 2013 ISBN: 978-1-78201-011-1) Ulster - Ballymoney, prose
playin agin hirsel, fur this curious weeyin wus wile fond o lettin on page 14
e-an yit-an yit-it's richt an curious, yae know, this soart o life! on page 35
"What a curious plan!" exclaimt Alice. on page 97
last: "an A dae sae lik thon curious sang aboot the whittin!" on page 101
"It's aal aboot es curious es it can bae," said the Gryp on page 103
Also on pages 111, 115, 124
9 matches

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