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exciting Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words4.7 2.1 10.6 0 11.6 10.3 4.4
Number of occurrences154 7 0 2 1 1
Number of authors13 4 5 2 1 1

Occurrences of exciting in Corpus

In order to avoid violating copyright law and abide by 'fair use', only up to the first five occurrences of the search term are displayed for each article.

Central

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
one of my colleagues. And an exciting opportunity has arisen. Are y on page 126

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Philips, Cally Wha's feart o' the library?, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Turriff, prose
they wis still that wee bitty exciting cus they wis exotic an’ apa
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@ionafyfe tweeted
This is giy exciting! https://t.co/K8WjDTmxvE(2020) search twitter

@iainnicol tweeted
@scottishlabour Gaunna be an exciting SEC meetin.(2020) search twitter

Doric

Leslie, Deborah Doric: Alive an Kickin 2, (Argo Publishing 2006 ISBN: 978-0954615321) Doric - Inverurie, prose
e. Silent Dating is a new and exciting concept for singles who like on page 36

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Fowler, Ross Sunday Fitba wi ma Faither, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric - Forres, prose
second hauf wid be a bit mair exciting.
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@DoricPhrases tweeted
n ma flechie the night - got exciting news tae share the morn - no(2014) search twitter
We are aboot tae add anither exciting spleet new feature tae the si(2014) search twitter
Onything exciting happening the day?(2019) search twitter

@Franwella tweeted
@LouiseNicol1 Noo that IS exciting! x(2012) search twitter

@fittiecrooners tweeted
Nae an affa exciting day fer me. Deen washing, hoo(2017) search twitter

Shetland

Watt, Valerie Back tae trowie schul, (Shetland Times 2008) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
back tae schul is a tocht. An exciting een for some an a weary wan f
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@shaetlan_rose tweeted
lighted to be joining such an exciting line up! Come du aa, Crossway(2019) search twitter

Southern

@MartyMacMurtrie tweeted
Me tae, exciting time to feel fresh cold air o(2020) search twitter

Ulster

@HurchinHome tweeted
rrit tae hear mair! Something exciting is happening in Ulster Scots (2020) search twitter