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Use in varieties of Scots

mutters Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words3.7 6.1 0 0 0 0 0
Number of occurrences1212 0 0 0 0 0
Number of authors8 8

Occurrences of mutters in Corpus

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Central

McQueer, Chris HWFG, (404 Ink 2012 ISBN: 978-1912489107) Central, prose
dirty, lousy bastard,' Dolly mutters. on page 22

1 matches

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
tall, wee man?' the eld alky mutters n staggers away. on page 14
shite, understand?' The crowd mutters assurances n goes back tae th on page 25
Everybody mutters a laugh n looks aboot like th on page 59

3 matches

Johnstone, Shane The Gods of Frequency, (Arkbound 2020 ISBN: 978-1912092826) Central, prose
traight awiy, turns eez heid, mutters the song title. on page 3

1 matches

Grae, Emma The Tongue She Speaks, (Luath 2022 ISBN: 978-1804250242) Central, prose
'Hail Mary, full o Grace, she mutters under hur breath. on page 7

1 matches

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
h and gaspin fur air and then mutters, "Yur granda's watch, on page 16
who's headin oor wey" Dougie mutters. Pointin desperately behind m on page 173

2 matches

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
The lads tuckt in. Doad mutters somethin like, 'This is nae h on page 73

1 matches

Milne, W. S. Lallans 78 - Mary, Queen o Scotland, Pairt I, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, script
gloats, an titters, an mutters. Ach! on page 23

1 matches

Bennett, Peter Rude Awakenings (Part one of two), (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
It appears tae work as he mutters somethin tae himsel an prompt
1 matches

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 1, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
a ain surprise and delight he mutters ‘’Mr Ali, please?’’.
1 matches

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