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Use in varieties of Scots

instinct Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words5.6 6.6 0 19.9 11.6 10.3 0
Number of occurrences1813 0 2 2 1 0
Number of authors13 8 2 2 1

Occurrences of instinct in Corpus

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Central

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
greyhound sees rabbit it, by instinct alone, wull give . chase. Som on page 42

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Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
w's faither. She bit back the instinct tae say 'wheesht'. It was too on page 1

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Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
Ma first instinct wis tae smile but ah managed on page 31
rection tae another. Ma first instinct wis tae brek the ice by forma on page 192

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Hubbard, Tom Lallans 59 - Leids and Lieder: Walcome ti Helvetiscots, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, newspaper
inimal approach ti naitur. My instinct suggestit a tonal affinitie w on page 5

1 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit Scots Warks - Uphaud an guidance for screivars, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Central, government
aboot yer Scots langage throu instinct nor ye will seein it aw wrutt on page 8

1 matches

Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
's always said go wi your gut instinct. Always go wi your gut instin on page 27

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McFarlane, Ishbel Maun we mak new wirds fir a chyngin warld?, (The National 2020) Central, newspaper
eanin than ‘deaf’. But ma instinct alsae telt me that ‘deif’
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Clark, Sara Scot Free -The Psychic Cost O Uisin Scots, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central, blog
ish, fou o the same in-biggit instinct tae speak their ain leid as a
n Yorkshire, but tae hae that instinct battered oot ye bi yer teache
2 matches

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 2, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
t lacks that eye ae the tiger instinct. Aw flight and nae fight. And
1 matches

Orkney

Garson, Sheila Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
he his a natural instinct fur hid. on page 59

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@peediepuss tweeted
n theesel, lass and follow dy instinct (2020) twitter link

Shetland

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
derstand why dat bird, wi her instinct tae mak fur da sea as shune a on page 91

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Ratter, Peter Da Perishin Nort, (Young Shetland Writer 2010) Shetland, prose
As if be instinct, da skipper began tae cloor a
1 matches

Southern

@MartyMacMurtrie tweeted
Helenmarchant9 Listen yer gut instinct!(2020) search twitter