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Use in varieties of Scots

expecting Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words3.7 4 6 0 0 0 0
Number of occurrences128 4 0 0 0 0
Number of authors10 7 3

Occurrences of expecting 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

McQueer, Chris Hings - Short Stories 'n That, (404 Ink 2017 ISBN: 978-0995623866) Central - Glesga, prose
oose, then, when ah wis least expecting it, he'd lick wan ae his big on page 76

1 matches

Grae, Emma Dancin wi the Rhona, (unbound.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
of the hospital. They’ll be expecting you.”
1 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
ut I always thought they were expecting Raquel Welch in a fur bikini.
1 matches

Connor, Bailey A SCOTS HORROR STORY, (Scots Hoose 2021) Central, weans
She opened the door expecting tae see the twa weans dauncin
1 matches

grandeicedcoffees Do You Wanna Touch, (archiveofourown.org 2021) Central, prose
ah come through the door, no expecting anyun to be in, yet Sick Boy
w, wet kisses which ah wisnae expecting, but by how ma cock’s feeli
2 matches

@Angela1Sinclair tweeted
vir in aw ma born days wiz ah expecting that. Ah canny dae ma work th(2020) search twitter

@PeoplesPoet77 tweeted
w hen, how much are taxis? Am expecting a horse and carriage! (2022) twitter link

Doric

@72redz1903 tweeted
e Chic and his family so been expecting this very sad news indeed. (2020) twitter link

@beast_afc tweeted
@gdwood01 The gee awa wiz him expecting tae play. ????(2020) search twitter

@fittiecrooners tweeted
the first fittings the morn! Expecting half the bar. A few bottles o(2017) search twitter
_hussain ?????????? obviously expecting us tae a bee idiots that will(2018) search twitter