A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

hesitated Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words3.4 2.5 1.5 9.9 5.8 0 13.3
Number of occurrences115 1 1 1 0 3
Number of authors7 3 1 1 1 1

Occurrences of hesitated in Corpus

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Central

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
another SOS call hence why ah hesitated tae answer the hing. Eventual on page 156

1 matches

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
Eric hesitated. 'Then he said, dead slow, "I on page 146
Eric never hesitated. He'd learned fae watchin Rup on page 148
Miss Honey hesitated a minute. Then she said, saft on page 199

3 matches

Begg, James A. Lallans 68 - 1841 – The Plouman, (Lallans Magazine 2006) Central, prose
be dune. The man at the door hesitated, pit doun the harness graith on page 17

1 matches

Doric

Devlin, Edwin The School Dentist 1969, (Facebook 2020) Doric, prose
I got tae the door and hesitated I could run like hell here an
1 matches

Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
Tae pick thee up, I hesitated. on page 27

1 matches

Shetland

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
He hesitated a moment. on page 55

1 matches

Ulster

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
She hesitated an leukt taewart the motor. " on page 7
hesitated, the wairmth o spring sunlich on page 49
o find a way to catty on." He hesitated an stepped bak. "Ye're sapple on page 52

3 matches

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