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Use in varieties of Scots

uncanny Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words2.5 3.5 1.5 0 0 0 0
Number of occurrences87 1 0 0 0 0
Number of authors8 7 1

Occurrences of uncanny in Corpus

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Central

Begg, James A. Alison's Jants in Ferlieland, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010845) Central, prose
ord wi this mous? It's aa sae uncanny doun here, that I'm gey near on page 21

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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
accuracy o his imitations wis uncanny but he cuidnae speak a ward. on page 90

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Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
es, whilk aye an oan exert an uncanny influence ower aa Western lee on page 101

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Fitt, Matthew Geordie's Mingin Medicine, (Itchy Coo 2007 ISBN: 978-1845021603) Central, weans
and _ stachenn, uncouthie and uncanny, fou o warlockry and magic. W on page 33

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Chalmers, Aimee Lallans 58 - twa poems, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, poetry
oose i the weave. Queesitive, uncanny. on page 95

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Douglas, Sheila Lallans 62 - The Wee Tailor in the Haunted Kirkyaird, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, weans
were aa tellin stories aboot uncanny places aroon the village, lik
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Bennett, Peter Rude Awakenings (Part one of two), (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
p fur so long. He’s goat an uncanny ability tae worm his waiy bac
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Doric

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
richt like a terrified bairn, uncanny yon, near human, an the first
1 matches

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