A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

reluctant Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words4.2 3.5 5.9 19.9 0 0 4.8
Number of occurrences147 4 2 0 0 1
Number of authors12 6 3 2 1

Occurrences of reluctant 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

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
friends in the Young Toi were reluctant to talk when they were "grass on page 54

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Scottish Parliament Scots Leids Bill – Stage 1 Report, (The Scottish Parliament 2024) Central, government
le nan Eilean Siar, wis aften reluctant tae yaise the word "crisis", on page 5

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Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
There's a hesitant and reluctant roond ae applause efter ma in on page 53
ooth" whispers Aldo, intae ma reluctant ear. on page 78

2 matches

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
hings an the bosses were fair reluctant tae be legally exposed an res on page 59

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Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
We're gey reluctant tae complain
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Bennett, Peter The Guru an Zander, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
hat ma man.’ he laughs in a reluctant acceptance an pulls the box o
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Doric

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
"Oh, ay!" Ma reluctant companion grinned. "At'll bi on page 58

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Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
Tamara gied a reluctant nod. on page 76

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Hutchison, Pat The Seven Coins o Kineddart, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Doric - Banffshire, prose
darker shadows caused by the reluctant daylight pushin its wye throw
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t Never a member but slightly reluctant SNP voter, former Labour supp (2020) twitter link

Orkney

Baikie, R. M. Mair Fairming Tales, (Baikie 2000 ISBN: 978-0953156412) Orkney - Hackland, prose
nither match tae rekindle his reluctant pipe. "Wae alwis thowt, thoo on page 20

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Butler, Vera Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
And there we stood reluctant tae leave on page 27

1 matches

Ulster

Morrison-Smyth, Anne Alice's Carrants in Wunnerlan, (Evertype 2013 ISBN: 978-1-78201-011-1) Ulster - Ballymoney, prose
s axt Dodgson fur a story an, reluctant at furst, hae stairtet tae te on page v

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