A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

unexpectit Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words3.1 4.5 1.5 0 0 0 0
Number of occurrences109 1 0 0 0 0
Number of authors9 8 1

Occurrences of unexpectit in Corpus

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Central

Haddow, Kris nobody remembers the birdman - The Incomer, (Association for Scottish Literature 2022) Central, prose
third bairn filled yer belly unexpectit. Queer that, sic a gap syne t on page 78

1 matches

Marenich, Margaret Lallans 84 - Awa wi’t, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
thair lugs war blastit wi an unexpectit sound. A piper an drummer, br on page 25

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Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
That comes unexpectit in the nicht directit by a bo on page 83

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Wilson, Rab Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, prose
ist come-uppance in the maist unexpectit wey! The national bard coudna on page 133

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Clark, Thomas Scots an the smit: a language unner lockdoun, (Bella Caledonia 2020) Central - Bellshill, blog
But the unexpectit virtue o haudin yer wheesht h
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Thoumire, Elizabeth Three days in October, (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Edinburgh, blog
he worry o skitin an daein an unexpectit henner in amang the trees!
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Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
in me (affectit participant) (unexpectit-like) a preen (affectit objec
him back. He staggert wi the unexpectit wecht that she pit on his erm
2 matches

Ahmad, Nyla How We Celebrate – scrievin prompt, (Scottish Book Trust 2021) Central, blog
e.g. Noo add a skailin o the unexpectit. Kirn it in wi the mixter-max
1 matches

Doric

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
Fobie fun an unexpectit tear rin doon is face es he l on page 76

1 matches

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