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opinion Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words21.9 20.2 25.5 19.9 11.6 51.7 22.1
Number of occurrences7140 17 2 2 5 5
Number of authors51 26 14 2 2 3 4

Occurrences of opinion in Corpus

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Central

McQueer, Chris HWFG, (404 Ink 2012 ISBN: 978-1912489107) Central, prose
auld yin. Weird how when yer opinion ae somebody changes, ye wonde on page 25

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Sayers, Ross Daisy on the Outer Line, (Gob Stopper (Cranachan) 2020 ISBN: 978-1911279778) Central - Glasgow, prose
eet somebdy wi such a correct opinion. on page 16

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Grae, Emma The Tongue She Speaks, (Luath 2022 ISBN: 978-1804250242) Central, prose
ven if it wis jist ma Daddy's opinion. He always said ah'd a rare i on page 7

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Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
'In ma opinion,' Miss Honey said, 'Matilda s on page 81
he Trunchbull bowffed. 'In ma opinion ye're the kind o pizenous wee on page 146

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McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
pectrum, no jist o poleetical opinion but o age an backgrund on page 104

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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
hiel, an he had a pretty high opinion o himsel. He wis, in short, a on page 33
early 1830s the tide o public opinion wis provin impossible tae res on page 125

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Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
cky 80's ah could get a guy's opinion an he said the same; so that' on page 169

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Donati, Colin Scots A Statement o Principles, (Scots Parliament 2003 ISBN: 978-1-899920-02-1) Central, government
rfu statement o international opinion. Pittin the Declaration intae on page 18

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Horsbroch, Dauvit Scots Warks - Uphaud an guidance for screivars, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Central, government
evidence instead of personal opinion. on page 11

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Holton, Brian Lallans 67 - The Nine Sangs: Brian Holton, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, poetry
aister Dauvit Hawkes is o the opinion that the Nine Sangs thirsels on page 33

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Douglas, Sheila Lallans 67 - William Motherwell (1797 - 1836), (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
ient in that robust vigour of opinion necessary for long and sustai on page 69

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Gillon, Karen Report on Inquiry intil the role o, (Education, Culture an Sport Comatee 2003) Central, government
l as Scots bein uised, in his opinion, “as a political fitba.”
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Robinson, Christine Lallans 81 - Chynge for chynge’s sake?, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Central, prose
biggin up. Ye can gie me yer opinion by email at
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Clark, Thomas Wha's Like Us?, (Bella Caledonia 2017) Central - Bellshill, blog
k Paul Dacre. The burden o an opinion an a means tae disseminate it
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Clark, Sara Indyref 2: Aulder, Wiser, Kinder, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central, blog
s ilka news ootlet has got an opinion on whit Yes Voters are thinki
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Bennett, Peter McShane's Reprieve, (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
It’s ma considered opinion that ah wis supposed tae be g
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McKillop, Roger Educational (Mis)Communication, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
relish, (me bein’ o’ the opinion that gin it disni’ burn yer
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Smith, Jamie Animal Ferm: Chapters I to III, (Mak Forrit 2021) Central, prose
a wark aither. He wad gie nae opinion anent the Rebellion and the a
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Puchowski, James Frae Norrowa ower the faem, (The Sair Fecht 2016) Central, blog
devolution. Ultimately, i ma opinion, the SNP wull need tae be hau
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McClurg, Fernando Weill, weill, weill, (The Sair Fecht 2016) Central, blog
y dae the grundwark tae shift opinion. We tynt the referendum. We n
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Neil, Gabriel The Green Pairty: Holyrood’s nixt opposition?, (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
n aim, the braid range o left opinion can create a sphere o politic
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McClurg, Fernando The Great Divide, (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
weys – an whan the split o opinion is sae close as it is the noo
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Ewen, Allan Pairt twa: Janus leuks aheid, (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
r an individual’s political opinion is, spriedin the message o wh
d as unrepresentative o fowks opinion, thir social gaitherins micht
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Ewen, Allan Pairt Ane: Janus leuks back, (The Sair Fecht 2014) Central, blog
While political opinion is divided atween Aye an Na,
rces fowk can gaither news an opinion that disna gang wi the status
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Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 4, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
understatement considerin the opinion ae the internet. Yin hing abo
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@DavidJWood2 tweeted
n visit anyone. Not a popular opinion, but alcohol and distancing d(2020) search twitter
n there 50s like myself in my opinion ?????.(2020) search twitter

@Chazzbat tweeted
oor_halabi Ah wunner whit yer opinion o Ackley Bridge is? Ah'm whit(2020) search twitter

@pmcm1355 tweeted
e ye...unless ye'r o the same opinion as this gowk thit thinks we'r (2022) twitter link

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
r reply btw - i only gave my opinion after all - that i thought i (2021) twitter link
speak now at all and give an opinion? - ffs youll b gettin arrest (2021) twitter link
fer but your entitled to your opinion (2021) twitter link
n fuck off tae - diffrence o opinion disnae bother me - its life (2020) twitter link
usseau10 @jimwaterson jist ma opinion m8 - efter awe the way the g (2020) twitter link
and 2 other occurrences.

Doric

Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
Erchibald McLeod his some opinion o imsel on page 15

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Morrison, Gordon Thi Lyfe An Tyme's O An Enshoar Loon, (Authorhouse 2006 ISBN: 978-1425955397) Doric - Boddam, prose
en, Eis wis a gaitheren we an opinion an thi opinion of coarse widn on page 28

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Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
a back te the present. "In my opinion," she said confidintly, "It's on page 8

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Goodall, Phyllis J. Lallans 59 - Last May a Braw Wooer, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Doric, newspaper
r except in his ain conceited opinion!" on page 94

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Byrne, Catherine Alice's Mishanters in e Land o Farlies, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010609) Doric - Caithness, prose
"Nobody asked yer opinion," sade Alice. on page 70

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Hamilton, Roddy Lallans 58 - Cyaard, the Tattie Doodle, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Doric, prose
powers. A substantial body o opinion maintains Cyaard, a gypsy, as on page 118

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Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 73 - TROUBLE WI WITTGENSTEIN, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Doric - Aberdeen, prose
"Liturgical Puritanism, in my opinion... .(yaan yaan)..." that maun on page 86

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Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
y intae siller. She'd a heich opinion o hersel did Isie, bit still
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Uri, Antonia Here's the problem wi the trad wife muivement, (The National 2020) Doric, newspaper
Ae quine vyced her opinion online that feminists shoud b
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@sovereigndaisy tweeted
from London, thinks he’s an opinion former. Yawn, jog on ye radge(2019) search twitter

@d_anderson878 tweeted
Och, ye're entitlit tae yer opinion: bein wrang's nae a crime. ??(2020) search twitter

@72redz1903 tweeted
e shit oot me with his expert opinion (2020) twitter link

@cligeey tweeted
t twitter wis a voice for yer opinion the folks that go on the atta(2020) search twitter

@fittiecrooners tweeted
bar doon the hairboor in your opinion? Only one fer me(2017) search twitter

Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
I aalways wir o the opinion that there's sometheen most t on page 42

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Hall, Simon W. No the Six o Clock News, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Orkney, blog
weel-documented difference o opinion wae his BBC bosses aboot the
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Shetland

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
ls fur a while, "Confirmin my opinion o him," Janet said ta hersel on page 25

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@Julie_Dennison tweeted
ad in Dundee I mean I towt my opinion o da place couldna git any hi (2020) twitter link

Southern

Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
"Naebody asked eer opinion," said Ahlice. on page 72

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@StuartPoet tweeted
63 That's a pretty uninformed opinion. And opinion it is. Do you kn(2020) search twitter

@MartyMacMurtrie tweeted
worked up and doon UK. In ma opinion, NE isnae part of sooth. See (2020) search twitter
@RDHale_ Tae ma opinion, he isnae guid enuff fur me! (2020) search twitter

Ulster

Morrison-Smyth, Anne Alice's Carrants in Wunnerlan, (Evertype 2013 ISBN: 978-1-78201-011-1) Ulster - Ballymoney, prose
"Naeboadie axt yer opinion," said Alice. on page 73

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Crozier, Ian Recomendations fer an Ulster-Scots plen fer oor leid, heirskeip an’ culture, (communities-ni.gov.uk 2022) Ulster, government
rtment o' Lear shud get legal opinion, gif needfu fae the Attorney on page 26

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Ferguson, Roy Rhymes frae Rathfrilan: A Wheen o Poames, (self-published 2022 ISBN: 979-8796193099) Ulster, poetry
If his opinion wisnae heerd. on page 13

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@the_gellick tweeted
I dinnae hae ony opinion on #IanPaisley . Hooaniver, t (2014) twitter link

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