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situation Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words47 61.1 24 29.8 29.1 0 35.4
Number of occurrences151119 16 3 5 0 8
Number of authors56 42 6 3 4 1

Occurrences of situation in Corpus

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Central

McQueer, Chris HWFG, (404 Ink 2012 ISBN: 978-1912489107) Central, prose
Efter explainin the situation, the boays wurnae too keen ta on page 31

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Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
s aboot it that made the hale situation dangerously ludicrous. on page 1

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Sayers, Ross Daisy on the Outer Line, (Gob Stopper (Cranachan) 2020 ISBN: 978-1911279778) Central - Glasgow, prose
else. Ah imagine this kind ae situation in ma mind quite a lot, as it on page 29

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Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
attempt tae defuse the tense situation, he says: "I'm not looking fo on page 43
o git too worked up aboot the situation. But this is the same boay wh on page 54
In this sortae situation the last cunt yae want tae hu on page 65
ies tae make a joke aboot the situation by indirectly askin him a ser on page 102
This is the exact same situation yae see at the Oscars. When t on page 117
Also on pages 125, 126, 153, 158, 198
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Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
eneuch tae see how fykie the situation wis and didnae want tae say o on page 183

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Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
a thorny situation nae easy on page 77
o yir situation. on page 89

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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
them on their ain lands! The situation fae their pynt o view wis int on page 84

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Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
ilty aboot the whole Harpreet situation. on page 48
an put me in another awkward situation. It aw startet when she took on page 79
ved seats cause ae the FAMILY SITUATION, 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
e Scotland's haill linguistic situation the-day. on page 9
c as English. Since this is a situation faur frae unique tae Scotland on page 10
y. Yet, as is weel kent, this situation disna aye pertain in Scotland on page 11

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Clark, Thomas The Boggin Beginnin, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303524) Central, weans
n bed, can aften mak a dreich situation look a wee bit better, but th on page 12
an aw, can mak a scunnersome situation feel jist that wee bit better on page 32
ven if naethin else aboot yer situation has chynged wan wee bit. Thon on page 57
s if they had escaped. In the situation like theirs, ye ken, figurati on page 69
laires, and Violet fund their situation totally lamentable, a phrase on page 128
Also on pages 152
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Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
hur old age. But if Dad's job situation hudnae been so up in the air, on page 30
proddy family didnae help the situation, But fur aw ma lassies are bo on page 113

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Matheson, Ann Lallans 67 - Reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
sion arises frae this stickit situation as weill as frae Jess's ither on page 90

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Calder, Bob Lallans 67 - Reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
aboot the plausibility o the situation in a fable, and o the narrato on page 95

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Niven, Liz Stravaigin, (Luath 2001 ISBN: 978-1905222704) Central, poetry
no mak ye frisky? Ye ken the situation though, Wumman like thon ur c on page 43

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Sneddon, Duncan Lallans 83 - Biggin Brigs – Nummer 3: Cornish, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, prose
language in a gey deifferent situation, but that nanetheless micht h on page 107

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Hodgson, Brent Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, prose
e a conchie in Scotland: Your situation is worse because you are so m on page 119

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Macafee, Caroline Lallans 57 - Lea the leid alane, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, prose
ainit i thae domains, there a situation cried 'diglossia'. Sic diglos on page 56

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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 168, (self-published 2007) Central, newspaper
r the years but whan ye get a situation whaur Ulster Scots is includi
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Gillon, Karen Report on Inquiry intil the role o, (Education, Culture an Sport Comatee 2003) Central, government
s tae the debate compared the situation for Scots wi
in the Scots Pairlament, the situation for Gaelic is gey different f
84. While the situation in Wales is cited as a strauc
a straucht comparison wi the situation
become segregatit. The situation could arise whaur, for exampl
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Fleemin, Sandy Report on Inquiry intil the role Submission, (Education, Culture an Sport Comatee 2003) Central - East Lothian, government
Scots langage in oor praisent situation. A wad recommend that whaurev
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Percy, Ely The Family Situation, (The Interpreters House.org 2020) Central, prose
ved seats cause ae the FAMILY SITUATION.
did find oot whit the family situation wis. Ah know it wis partly ta
nothin tae dae wi the family situation ah jist think yir girlfriend
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gov.scot Biggin a strang future for Gaelic an Scots, (Scottish Government 2022) Central, government
"The situation for Gaelic spikkers the noo i
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Hardie, George Lallans 81 - Annie and the New Chairs, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Central, prose
n lippit mou. She tuik in the situation at a glance and, haean bocht
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Kay, Billy Born In Kyle, (Burnawn Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-9993309-4-1) Central - Kyle, prose
ic on a Setterday nicht. That situation continued on intae televeisio
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 177, (self-published 2008) Central, newspaper
a blinn ee for ordinar, in a situation the likes o this when he cam
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Clark, Thomas Wha's Like Us?, (Bella Caledonia 2017) Central - Bellshill, blog
ance o aw this to our current situation gans nearly wioot sayin. That
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Bremner, Stewart Haud Yer Wheesht?, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central, blog
e acuse me o romanticisin the situation but a ken whit a felt. Mibbe
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Clark, Thomas Aw Aboard! The fecht for the Scots language stairts the day!, (Bella Caledonia 2019) Central - Bellshill, blog
e ken, ah micht be readin the situation aw wrang, mebbe we arenae -
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Burnett, Colin Boris Johnstone, (colinburnett.co.uk 2021) Central - East Central, prose
o git too worked up aboot the situation. But this is the same boay wh
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Heather, Alistair Trains approachin?, (Mak Forrit 2017) Central - Angus, blog
is train taks unner ane. This situation is mirrored by the Broch an A
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Bennett, Peter The Sacrificial Doo, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
How ah goat masel intae this situation, ah’ll never know.
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Bennett, Peter Sharks, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
auld Chic McHendry aboot the situation an he sais the same thing hud
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Bennett, Peter The Party ay the Year (Part Two), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
Stevie filled us in oan his situation wae McNulty; how he’d ran u
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Bennett, Peter The Bothy (Part Two), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
yin tae get ma heid aroon the situation.
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Bennett, Peter The Bothy (Part One), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
y thing ah kin tae rescue the situation fae gaun south. ‘McDade, fo
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Grae, Emma Dancin wi the Rhona, (unbound.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
hould the ongoing coronavirus situation worsen,” it reads. “Hand
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 116, (self-published 2003) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
threitened but noo we're in a situation whaur German or Russian is 'm
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Muir, Glenn Lion Rampant, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Linlithgow, prose
line he quickly summed up the situation. A lion had taen possession o
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Smith, Jamie Animal Ferm: Chapters I to III, (Mak Forrit 2021) Central, prose
war nae wey tae haud in the situation. They haed niver seen bease b
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Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
ut our contact understood the situation, and the confusion. And he ha
so I must just deal with the situation as I find it.”
wi Iskander tae scout oot the situation. The mine wad be weill guaird
edged tae hersel. It’s this situation - the danger, the excitement
o thair leid, tae haunle this situation wi ony finesse. Aa she cud da
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Alston, Connor THE BLACK-EYED CHILDREN OF SCOTLAND, (Scots Hoose 2021) Central, weans
ted afore the weather ‘n’ situation cud eat ‘er alive. She wis
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Davidson, Alistair The Mitterand Plan, (The Sair Fecht 2016) Central, blog
ced a crisis, a revolutionary situation. It failed for the ae reasons
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McClurg, Fernando Scots, the Electoral Commission an the language community, (The Sair Fecht 2016) Central, blog
no bather ava wi it. An in a situation o language shift tae English
owk, that’s a gey dangerous situation tae be in.
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McClurg, Fernando “Blood Upon the Grass” – merk twa?, (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
an raisin awareness aboot the situation o warkin fowk – maistly pui
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Neil, Gabriel The Green Pairty: Holyrood’s nixt opposition?, (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
It’s a gey strange situation for a pairty currently pollin
While the situation wi Wastminster is obviously d
onie SNP voters wad mind that situation ava. Scotland’s new politic
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McClurg, Fernando Thon Survation poll..., (The Sair Fecht 2014) Central, blog
gies us the actual political situation i Scotland the day. Noo, that
i Scotland the day. Noo, that situation wull chynge. While Mr. Murphy
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Clark, Thomas Till Houletgless an the Soond o Money, (The Scores 2018) Central, prose
mak the maist o onybody whase situation wis waur than his. He’d mad
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Douglas, Ashley Scotland’s linguistic launscape – Scottish Staunart English and Scots, (languagereach.com 2021) Central, prose
, at its maist fundamental, a situation o bilingualism, or twa-leidit
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Facebook link ( 2019) Central
years passed an the political situation chainged the Privy Cooncil is

Heather, Alistair Tak tent o the Cabrach, (The Herald 2018) Central, newspaper
the hielans. The truth o the situation fir the hail o the Cabrach is
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Burnett, Colin Cardboard Gangster - Part 1, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central, prose
. Ah quickly decide that this situation is noo under ma jurisdiction.
wants oot ae here before the situation deteriorates. Fortunately fur
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Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 1, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
o much oan the negatives in a situation like this. That’s why ah’
h. And ah dinnae see how this situation should be treated any differe
hatever wey yae size the hale situation up, eh? The truth is ah canna
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Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 2, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
t course ae action is in this situation. Ah’ll hae tae jist pit oan
And now that ah’ve seen the situation through ma ain eyes. Ah reali
make sense ae this depressin situation.
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Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 5, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
on who really matters in hale situation though, Brucie.
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@g_hibby tweeted
.. Talk aboot helping wi' the situation..!!! (2023) twitter link

@IshbelMcF tweeted
me chat aboot the linguistic situation in Northern Ireland (WHA DISN(2019) search twitter
ternet wioot serious a hazmat situation.(2019) search twitter

@OliphantWullie tweeted
N wimin tae blame fir the P&O situation ! She wid caw it 'flexible wo (2022) twitter link
nnae spik SLANG in ony formal situation !!! Gaun yirsel Billy !! (2022) twitter link

@bigandymccoll tweeted
s blaming politicians for oor situation - nope. The people have alwa (2022) twitter link

@pmcm1355 tweeted
st_JAWS Johnson is maskin the situation in England, the bit o the UK (2022) twitter link

@ThonJacobite tweeted
chin the news oan the current situation in Afghanistan. The reporter (2021) twitter link

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
- regardless of the current situation - n thats a fact (2020) twitter link
bly as you can in the current situation says it awe kevin - b oan ta (2020) twitter link
teur point yes - but the eos situation is shambolic and this lack of (2020) twitter link
lburgh no sure whit the money situation is in the womans game m8 but (2021) twitter link

Doric

Morrison, Gordon Thi Lyfe An Tyme's O An Enshoar Loon, (Authorhouse 2006 ISBN: 978-1425955397) Doric - Boddam, prose
fter Ronalt hid explained thi situation, Thi toor say's et thi hidna on page 18
eis abudee weis discussen thi situation, eis sma, stooteish Glaisgae on page 29
nicht a wis thinken aboot thi situation, paraffin wis deer, bit deesi on page 51

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Leslie, Deborah Doric: Alive an Kickin 2, (Argo Publishing 2006 ISBN: 978-0954615321) Doric - Inverurie, prose
the till. "It's a regrettible situation, like - leaves a bittie o a on page 10
Ivor, missin the irony o the situation athegither. "Far's the benefi on page 12

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Murdoch, Steve Lallans 63 - Poacher, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Doric, prose
e better unnerstaun their ain situation.
y check as the enormity o the situation teen ower his thochts. It wes
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Leslie, Dawn Press and Journal 2023-12-02 - Doric Corner, (no publisher recorded 2023) Doric, newspaper
s can gie folk in a stressful situation. Or as een o ma students pit
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Hutchison, Pat If I Catch Ye I'll Eat Ye, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Doric - Banffshire, prose
es did and teen control o the situation. Noo Wully hid stood in the l
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@72redz1903 tweeted
r. I dinna think the contract situation and nae committing helps wi p (2023) twitter link
it. Tae find oorsels in this situation next week wid truly be ludicr (2022) twitter link
ter points, poor grasp of the situation including the horrendous run (2021) twitter link
@stephane_ulrich Similar situation in Aberdeen when Bob Cooney m (2020) twitter link
elines. It was a disgrace the situation at Soul on Seterday and for t (2020) twitter link
and 1 other occurrences.

Orkney

Baikie, R. M. Mair Fairming Tales, (Baikie 2000 ISBN: 978-0953156412) Orkney - Hackland, prose
s whut happens in that kind o situation, the stoopeed oul thing yiggi on page 14

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Giles, Harry Josephine Slipan, Sweechan, (harryjosephine.com 2017) Orkney, prose
urally as we can in any given situation”.
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@johnkmitchinson tweeted
nt registers depending on the situation. Some Scots IS slang - disno (2021) twitter link

Shetland

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
him, so I tried ta remedy da situation. on page 63

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I Hear Dee Shaetlan A primer - v. 1.1, (I Hear Dee 2022) Shetland, prose
situation, laek See dis!, Is du seen yu on page 58
ed tae point sumthin oot in a situation or a utterance. Shaetlan on page 63

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Ratter, Peter Da Perishin Nort, (Young Shetland Writer 2010) Shetland, prose
igid, frosty sea, ponderin da situation. He searched his deep, dark m
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Tait, John M Shaetlan is Daed - Lang live Dialect, (Shetland Dialect Conference 2004 2004) Shetland, prose
written, and are used in any situation, including those in which dia
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Ulster

Crozier, Ian Recomendations fer an Ulster-Scots plen fer oor leid, heirskeip an’ culture, (communities-ni.gov.uk 2022) Ulster, government
e penel alloos at tae let the situation stey the saime wud bae an ect on page 31
n oot tae bae the caase. Thon situation maun bae on page 37
fu' tim' staff. The resourcin situation waarks on page 43
forebye tae provide fer a situation quhar a a road kent langsine on page 50
theday's offairin. The situation aa the Ulster-American Fowk P on page 53
Also on pages 63, 64, 70
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