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Use in varieties of Scots

distract Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words5.2 6.6 3 0 5.8 0 4.4
Number of occurrences1713 2 0 1 0 1
Number of authors11 7 2 1 1

Occurrences of distract in Corpus

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Central

Johnstone, Shane The Gods of Frequency, (Arkbound 2020 ISBN: 978-1912092826) Central, prose
ilky wee breeze. They soothe, distract an blow baith wir hair coinci on page 3

5 matches

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
Cathy, in order tae distract on page 32

1 matches

Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
tae the next gala. Anyhin tae distract me fae that prison o a buildi on page 37
Ah look around tae distract masel. Everyhin aboot the hos on page 83

2 matches

Bennett, Peter Just Another Minute, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
ise the despair. Somethin tae distract him fae his, or anybody’s i
1 matches

Grae, Emma Jimmy and his wee darlin Alexa, (unbound.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
Ah look oot the windae tae distract masel, and ma mind drifts bac
1 matches

Rennie, Susan The Hoose o Haivers, (Itchy Coo 2002 ISBN: 978-1902927442) Central, weans
alanta as she rins an it will distract her.”
1 matches

McClure, Alan A poem, (Twitter 2022) Central - Galloway, poetry
Tae me, or ocht that micht distract them
1 matches

@rattlecans tweeted
their pet men tae pop up and distract wi pish (2022) twitter link

Doric

Morrison, Gordon Thi Lyfe An Tyme's O An Enshoar Loon, (Authorhouse 2006 ISBN: 978-1425955397) Doric - Boddam, prose
ppen tae thi lad's tae try an distract their attintien a bit, fin, " on page 26

1 matches

@Manuforti1968 tweeted
by in shorts is struggling to distract me fae Twitter the night. COY(2018) search twitter

Shetland

@HazelTindall tweeted
ie things ta trötil aboot ta distract wiz fae aathing else. Fok in (2020) search twitter

Ulster

Crozier, Ian Recomendations fer an Ulster-Scots plen fer oor leid, heirskeip an’ culture, (communities-ni.gov.uk 2022) Ulster, government
niniver hit isnae 'tended tae distract ir on page 70

1 matches

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