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Use in varieties of Scots

racket Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words7.2 7.2 10.6 9.9 0 10.3 0
Number of occurrences2314 7 1 0 1 0
Number of authors19 12 6 1 1

Occurrences of racket in Corpus

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Central

McGregor, Iain Lallans 85 - Archie Dodds, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
ams skailt oot the tap like a racket-squeeb gaun aff. The bleeze b on page 22

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Begg, James A. Alison's Jants in Ferlieland, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010845) Central, prose
maist byordinar racket gaun on ben the hous-~-a non- on page 44

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McGregor, Iain Lallans 87 - The Neep Lantern, (Lallans Magazine 2015) Central, prose
its wrang wi ye? Whits aw the racket aboot?' on page 22

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Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
m a bit. Scratchy stopped the racket, straightened up but his een on page 1

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Cohen, Susan Wee Scottish Book o' Pure Stoatin' Joy, (The Wee Book Company 2019 ISBN: 978-1916491588) Central, prose
e than a' thit mingin' maukit racket! Whit dae ye 'hink? Are ye wi on page

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Hubbard, Tom The Flechitorium, (Grace Note 2017 ISBN: 9781907676932) Central - East Central, poetry
doun the pit, he aye had some racket gaun. He had ~ buggeraa ti sh on page 72

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Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
chair there wis this slorpin racket jist like a hippo pittin its on page 99

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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
laustrophobia an the constant racket, wis there wis nae place tae on page 50
surprised tae hear a bit o a racket - the Howff was generally a on page 109

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McPartlin, John Lallans 68 - Black Staff , (Lallans Magazine 2006) Central, poetry
the sudden, oan its ain, the racket on page 112

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Corbett, John Lallans 70 - Owersettins o Modren Drama intae Scots, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
herd. Cyrano de Bergerac is a racket display o verbal shenanigans,
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Bennett, Peter Sharks, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
e? Wis that you makin aw that racket? Ya bloody clown, ye! Here, g
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Connor, Bailey A SCOTS HORROR STORY, (Scots Hoose 2021) Central, weans
ony words or poems o’er the racket those weans wir making up the
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Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 3, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
oise. Bruce is unfazed by the racket comin fae the road and stoaps
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Doric

Mitchell, Rhona Tales Fae The Doric Side - The Wye it Wis, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
ither time he wis makin sic a racket that the mannie next door com on page 15

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Whyte, Brian The Bottles, (Independently published 2020 ISBN: 979-8612647218) Doric, poetry
(Hey min, Fit's 'at racket? on page 174

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McGregor, Iain Lallans 76 - Loch Skeen, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Doric, prose
s yon wee baist makkin aw the racket!”
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McGregor, Iain Lallans 76 - Wullie’s Wife: The Hoaspital Veisit, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Doric, prose
Whit a racket yon motor maks wi the sirens
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McDonald, Charlie , (Facebook 2022) Doric, poetry
In fact, mare like a hally racket riot
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@Doric_Bananaman tweeted
nydee72 fit's es rock n' roll racket emanating in man lugs mannie?(2016) search twitter

@beast_afc tweeted
ge jools coudnae hiv mixed at racket oot. https://t.co/ZpMAqIFhtZ(2020) search twitter

Orkney

Hall, Anja Poosack, (Orkney Heritage Society 2010) Orkney, poetry
"Whit's all that racket", I hear dad say,
1 matches

Southern

Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
gh there was a maist peculiar racket gaun oan inside - a on page 55

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