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Use in varieties of Scots

impossible Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words15.6 18 10.6 9.9 17.4 31 4.4
Number of occurrences5035 7 1 3 3 1
Number of authors33 22 5 1 3 1 1

Occurrences of impossible 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

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
that thir wis hairdly anythin impossible. on page 12

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Begg, James A. Alison's Jants in Ferlieland, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010845) Central, prose
t think that naethin micht be impossible. on page 12

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Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
They're near impossible tae thole on page 49

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Cohen, Susan Wee Scottish Book o' Pure Stoatin' Joy, (The Wee Book Company 2019 ISBN: 978-1916491588) Central, prose
tae be as impossible as climbin' thon Ben Nevis in on page

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Pennie, Len Poyums, (Canongate Books 2024 ISBN: 978-1805301387) Central - Aberdeen, poetry
It's physically impossible fur me tae no chat shite. on page 26

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Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
sleep in it. It wis impossible tae get his heid comfy on his on page 30
looks and unco ways are near impossible tae descrive, but ah will ett on page 61

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McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
e o public opinion wis provin impossible tae resist. In June 1832 the on page 125

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Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
'But yon's impossible!' said wee Chairlie, gawpin a on page 12
"Coorse it's impossible!' cried Granda Jock, 'It's co on page 13
ate a day that it wis awmaist impossible for him no tae find wan. Eati on page 26
' cried Mr Wonka. 'Naethin is impossible! Jist watch!" on page 172

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Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
skin fur trouble. It would be impossible fur them no tae crash intae a on page 81
been tae Hell and back. It's impossible no tae be overwhelmed by ange on page 92
It'll be impossible fur Stella Marie no tae be hi on page 114

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Durie, Nick A Scots Letter, (peffers50.freeserve 2002) Central - Glasgow, prose
wab wha'r ettlin tae dae the impossible, mak wur Scots speikin people
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Haddow, Kris Haud the Bus - No In-gleesh, (The Wee Paper 2022) Central, prose
suddenly turnin intae Mission Impossible. Am huvin tae jook in an oot
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Holton, Brian An Owresetter’s Tale, (Bella Caledonia 2015) Central - Galashiels, blog
Daoming, the inspirational an impossible John Scott, an the far-seen a
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Letford, William Bevel, (Carcanet 2012 ISBN: 978 1 84777 192 6) Central - Stirling, poetry
sparky fay Partick sade it's impossible ti see
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Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
ae modren humans. It wad been impossible tae socialise wi thaim itherw
ae modren humans. It wad been impossible tae socialise wi thaim itherw
- than it’s in the bluid. Impossible tae be shair, impossible tae
tae be shair, impossible tae ken onythin. Bit at least
ink Ah’m makin luve tae ye. Impossible, o coorse, bit they micht thi
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Bennett, Peter Time, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
Perry Como - It’s Impossible comes emanatin doon the loabb
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Seth-Smith, Niki Chynge o sum kind is comin either wey, but a vote tae leave wad empooer Europe’s faur richt, (The Sair Fecht 2016) Central, blog
monie factors at play: it’s impossible tae say yit whit the govrenme
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Davidson, Alistair The Mitterand Plan, (The Sair Fecht 2016) Central, blog
. At a UK level, even thon is impossible wioot first repressin the Cit
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Douglas, Ashley Fur maist o history, anonymous wis a wumman, (Scottish Poetry Library 2022) Central, prose
s reassurit that it is “not impossible … that MQ 49 was composed b
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Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 5, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
Ah feel disorientated ‘’Impossible’’ ah tell her ‘’Bruce
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@rosa_alba_macd tweeted
@speyquine It seems impossible unless it is late midgies in (2020) search twitter

@weenell3 tweeted
@DavyGavin1 Impossible tae pit the gither Davy ?? (2022) twitter link

@ThonJacobite tweeted
ll ye fae experience that its IMPOSSIBLE tae stop bairns fae huggin an(2021) search twitter

Doric

Lawrie, Alistair Caal Cries, (Drunk Muse Press 2023 ISBN: 978-1399964678) Doric - Stonehaven, poetry
".,.ony smaaer thocht's impossible..." on page 10

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Uri, Antonia Bidin awa: City Breaks, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Doric - Aberdeen, newspaper
It wad be near impossible tae spik aboot Brussels athoo on page 13

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Byrne, Catherine Alice's Mishanters in e Land o Farlies, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010609) Doric - Caithness, prose
at no many things wis really impossible. on page 12

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Smith, Alex A Sair Fecht, (self-published 2003) Doric, prose
ose liked their orders first (impossible) The twa Jeanies didnae
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Smith, Alex A Fer Chauve, (self-published 2005) Doric, prose
"that is impossible." Jonsar Eck studied the new
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Uri, Antonia Naewey tae bide, (Mak Forrit 2018) Doric - Aberdeen, blog
It’s impossible tae unnerstaund fit it feels
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@Manuforti1968 tweeted
r @d_anderson878 I think it's impossible tae spik pan loaf if yer fae (2020) search twitter

Orkney

@peediepuss tweeted
answer; maybe related to the impossible amount of electricity being r (2020) twitter link

Shetland

Johnson, Laureen Alice's Adventirs in Wonderlaand, (Evertype 2012 ISBN: 978-1782010081) Shetland - Voe, prose
ery mony things at wis fairly impossible. on page 12

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I Hear Dee Shaetlan A primer - v. 1.1, (I Hear Dee 2022) Shetland, prose
laek *A'll see du damoarn is impossible in Shaetlan an maks as little on page 53

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Williamson, Christie Submissions, an keepin on, (damagnifyingless.wordpress.com 2012) Shetland, blog
a Shaetlan poyim, practically impossible fur a Ingleesh een) you micht
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Southern

Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
t gie few hings were actually impossible. on page 11
h already, that eet was quite impossible tae say whither th blows hurt on page 58
ted agin (or grunted, eet was impossible tae say which), an they went on page 60

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Ulster

Morrison-Smyth, Anne Alice's Carrants in Wunnerlan, (Evertype 2013 ISBN: 978-1-78201-011-1) Ulster - Ballymoney, prose
wee wheen o things wur really impossible. on page 12

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