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tension Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words10.5 15 0 19.9 17.4 0 0
Number of occurrences3530 0 2 3 0 0
Number of authors27 23 2 2

Occurrences of tension in Corpus

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Central

Haddow, Kris nobody remembers the birdman - The Incomer, (Association for Scottish Literature 2022) Central, prose
oot the windae tae break the tension in the air. Och, ah dinnae ke on page 81

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McQueer, Chris HWFG, (404 Ink 2012 ISBN: 978-1912489107) Central, prose
aye?' ah say tae diffuse the tension. The lads aw nod. 'Who's gett on page 11

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Crichton, Tam Lallans 84 - Ower the Faem Pairt Twa: Doon the Watter, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
traders. There wis a feelin o tension, no o fear (no even, I think, on page 56
said Skalla-Magnus, an aw the tension wis braken as we stairtit tae on page 57

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Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
awready awa, gled tae be, the tension drainin oot her, front door i on page 1

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Kay, Billy Born In Kyle, (Burnawn Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-9993309-4-1) Central - Kyle, prose
r that weekend o the heichest tension in Cauld War history, that wi on page 23

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Scottish Parliament Scots Leids Bill – Stage 1 Report, (The Scottish Parliament 2024) Central, government
n Eilean Siar tuik tent o the tension atween Bòrd na Gàidhlig's r on page 11

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Fitt, Matthew Roald Dahl Reekin Rhymes, (Itchy Coo 2018 ISBN: 978-1785301834) Central, weans
In ivry hoose, the tension grew. on page 9

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Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
The tension is cracklin in the air. The c on page 41
me bomb. Ah kin sense wae the tension fillin up in the room that wu on page 105

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Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
id a word. She could feel the tension growin and growin in the room on page 189

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Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
It relieves meh tension on page 95

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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
it fowk faintit an by nou the tension wis becomin unbearable. As th on page 93

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Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 81 - Editorial, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Central - Prestwick, newspaper
ir local, wi a wee bit gender-tension thrawn in for guid meisur. In on page 5

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Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
, we laughed, an tae ease the tension, on page 59

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Townsley, Jane Joe's Cloud an Ither Stuff, (lulu.com 2014 ISBN: 978-1326001612) Central - Perth, prose
, doon an roond. He shook the tension oot tae the audience an then on page 94

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Matheson, Ann Lallans 67 - Reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
cams tae nocht. A loat o the tension arises frae this stickit situ on page 90

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Niven, Liz Stravaigin, (Luath 2001 ISBN: 978-1905222704) Central, poetry
mind ye'll soon be free. The tension ower the votes aw coontit, Wi on page 4

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Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 75 - Review - The Shorter fiction, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
(this wey Scott warks in the tension). Is he waik-mindit or juist
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Robinson, Christine Lallans 70 - The Language o the Glasgow Unity Plays, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
wis immediately apparent. The tension atween the rhetoric, the aspi
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McKinlay, Kieran Walk Way to Fame, (Scots Hoose 2020) Central - Dunfermline, prose
behind us, ah could feel the tension n hate between the two teams,
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Bennett, Peter Carpe Diem, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
h an pullin away fae him, the tension oan the chain-link leash Gedâ
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 175, (self-published 2008) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
lives". In the mids o aw this tension o auld luves an rivalries, Na
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Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
Beatrice cud aamaist see the tension atween thaim. Bill drappit hi
lauch, mair for the relief o tension nor for humour. “Ah’ll da
bane ... excep that there wis tension comin intae her posture noo.
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Sands, Finn THE GHAISTLY FITBAW MATCH, (Scots Hoose 2021) Central, weans
He was tremmlin’ wae tension.
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@Chazzbat tweeted
nicht Ah wis in agony fae the tension. The day, Ah'm jist disappynt(2020) search twitter

Orkney

Giles, Harry Josephine Deep Wheel Orcadia: A Novel, (Picador 2021 ISBN: 978-1529066609) Orkney, poetry
les is haaden in that tight a tension. Brenna an Gunnie, young eens on page 27

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Hall, Simon W. Lamborghini: Cult o the Bull, (Brisk Northerly 2015) Orkney, blog
whar there’s likely tae be tension on this factory floor is in t
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Shetland

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
ognise me, bit I cood feel da tension in him as da interview gude o on page 58

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Tait, John M Shaetlan is Daed - Lang live Dialect, (Shetland Dialect Conference 2004 2004) Shetland, prose
t is forever dealing with the tension between the sound of the word
n terms. Sae dis problem o da tension atween da spokken an da writt
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